What's Going On With Rob Ford, Toronto's Alleged Crack-Smoking Mayor?

It's been nearly a week since the news first broke that three journalists had watched a video that they say shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, giggling and uttering a homophobic slur. You're probably wondering what has happened since.

Things had been moving pretty slowly until this afternoon, when the mayor's chief of staff Mark Towhey made a hasty and unexpected departure from City Hall. "I am no longer the chief of staff. I did not resign," Towhey told reporters as he was escorted out through a parking lot by security. Towhey said he had given the mayor his advice on the crack allegations, but would not say what it was.*