Barbara Vitello
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Judge admits girl's dying words in murder trialJan 17, 2013 2:00 pm - Jurors will hear the dying declaration of 18-year-old Conant High School senior Laura Engelhardt when the man charged with her murder goes on trial, a Cook County judge ...
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Elk Grove residents get prison for burglariesJan 15, 2013 1:08 pm - Two members of an Elk Grove Village trio who police say robbed several Mount Prospect homes last year pleaded guilty to the charges Tuesday in a Rolling Meadows courtroo...
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Chief judge announces grace period to cellphone banJan 12, 2013 7:00 am - Days before a ban on electronic devices was to take effect at most Cook County courthouses, Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans on Friday announced...
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Fine acting defines Steppenwolf's revival of urban 'Hat'Jan 10, 2013 4:00 am - One thing about the provocative title of Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The (expletive) with the Hat," it minces no words. "It announces itself," agreed Martha Lavey, artistic...
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Palatine woman gets 5 years for head-on collisionJan 09, 2013 12:20 pm - A Palatine woman pleaded guilty to illegally inhaling substances while driving, leading her to crash head-on into another car and injuring herself and four other people ...
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Theater events: Steel Beam stages mystery drama 'Deathtrap'Jan 09, 2013 5:00 am - ‘Deathtrap' revived A playwright struggling through a series of flops finds a promising script by an unknown writer and passes it off as his own in Ira Levin's “Dea...
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Maday defense focuses on health issuesJan 07, 2013 2:01 pm - Robert Maday’s trial on charges of escape, armed bank robbery, being a felon in possession of a firearm and using a firearm to commit a violent crime continued Monday at...
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Discount tickets offered for Chicago Theatre WeekJan 07, 2013 12:00 pm - As if the breadth and diversity of Chicago-area theater weren't enough to entice audiences, special discounts are now being offered for next month's Chicago Theatre Week...
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Local theater: On guard, swashbucklersJan 03, 2013 4:00 am - Combat comedy Those jesting swashbucklers Dirk Perfect (Douglas Mumaw) and Guido Crescendo (David B. Woolley) — collectively known as The Swordsmen — return to Fox ...
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Theater events: Laugh in the new yearDec 28, 2012 5:00 am - Exit laughing Conclude 2012 on a humorous note at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, which hosts a pair of New Year's Eve standup comedy shows featuring WGN spo...