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DuPage County judge ousted over 2017 gun incident found guilty of aggravated assaultSep 29, 2023 5:30 am - A former DuPage County judge removed from the bench over allegations he lied to police about a shooting has been found guilty of threatening two neighbors with a shotgun...
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Justice Kagan speaks outSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - Justice Elena Kagan, the former dean of Harvard Law School, weighed in last week publicly on what is really a crisis facing the United States Supreme Court. The crisis c...
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The problem with being Mike PenceSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - Mike Pence is polling under 5% in the RealClearPolitics polling average; that low number placed the former vice president at a far end on the Fox Business News debate st...
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One contract down as Teamsters pressure tollway to close on a secondSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - The original version of this article incorrectly quoted tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse. She said, "This is another discussion that we take seriously bec...
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Superb storytelling, masterful acting define TimeLine's brilliant 'Lehman Trilogy'Sep 28, 2023 11:00 pm - YouTube #8220;Lehman Brothers is going bankrupt.#8221; TimeLine Theatre's bravura Chicago-area premiere of #8220;The Lehman Trilogy,#8221; Italian writer Stefano Ma...
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Sound check: Nick Cave, Violent Femmes, H.O.O.F. music festival, Honky TonktoberfestSep 28, 2023 10:00 am - Nick Cave Australian artist Nick Cave had been performing on stages for more than two decades before the inclusion of "Red Right Hand" - with its creeping bass lin...
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How a fungus can turn soldier beetles into zombiesSep 28, 2023 6:00 am - Soldier beetles are commonly spotted in the late summer and early autumn. This probably is because they are often found on colorful late bloomers such as goldenrod and Q...
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Steppenwolf's 'Sanctuary City' marks dream come true for Waukegan actressSep 28, 2023 6:00 am - Every year, Waukegan actress Jocelyn Zamudio creates a vision board, which is collage of words and images meant to inspire and motivate. A few years ago, she included a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Fitzgerald is close to filing a mega-million lawsuit against NorthwesternSep 28, 2023 6:00 am - ANY HINT OF ALL'S QUIET on the Northwestern legal-and-athletics front is about to end. Former football coach Pat Fitzgerald is working toward finalization of a lawsuit a...
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'Fair Play' a smart, twisty mix of romance and corporate politicsSep 28, 2023 6:00 am - “Fair Play” — ★ ★ ★ ★ It takes a while for Chloe Domont's smart and twisty first feature “Fair Play” to segue from a high-finance romance to an alarming domestic h...