Barbara Vitello
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Medical examiner testifies in Hoffman Estates murder trialMay 03, 2012 7:22 pm - From his seat in the front row, Jeffrey Ziegler listened stoically as a retired Cook County assistant medical examiner testified in a Rolling Meadows courtroom Thursday ...
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Testimony begins for man accused of killing Hoffman Estates teenMay 02, 2012 10:24 pm - “Secrets are only secrets if you keep them to yourself,” said Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Clarke during opening arguments Wednesday in the...
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Probation for Schaumburg driver who struck a teenage skateboarderMay 01, 2012 1:27 pm - The actions of a Schaumburg man, who turned himself in to police after hitting a teenager with his car last August, earned him consideration from a Cook County judge dur...
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Jury selection begins in Hoffman Estates teen's deathMay 01, 2012 5:30 am - The last two weeks have been difficult for Jeffrey Ziegler and his family, but no more difficult than the 3½ years since Ziegler found the lifeless body of his 19-year-o...
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Revisiting O'Neill drama proves 'irresistible' to Goodman's artistic directorApr 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Had anyone other than Brian Dennehy and Nathan Lane come to him with the idea of reviving "The Iceman Cometh," Robert Falls would have said no. Then again, mused Goodm...
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Innocent verdict for man who climbed in Mr. Beef drive-through windowApr 30, 2012 7:16 pm - The last seven months have been stressful for Hachem Gomez, the 21-year-old man caught on surveillance video last September pushing his way into the drive-through window...
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Streamwood man pleads guilty to sexual abuseApr 30, 2012 6:01 pm - A Streamwood man, who authorities say sent as many as 15 sexual messages a day to an underage girl, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse Monday in Rolling ...
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Des Plaines man pleads guilty to batteryApr 27, 2012 5:30 pm - A Des Plaines man accused of striking a woman and forcing her to accompany him pleaded guilty to an amended charge of misdemeanor domestic battery in Skokie. Fernando G...
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Theater events: Writers' stages 'Little Night Music'Apr 27, 2012 6:00 am - ‘Night' music Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan (“August: Osage County”) co-stars in the Writers' Theatre production of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical “A ...
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Drury Lane teases out the whimsy in bouncy 'Hairspray'Apr 26, 2012 6:00 am - For "Hairspray" to hold, it has to be properly sold. Overselling the 2002 musical, about a spirited teen's attempts to integrate a local TV dance show in 1962 Baltimor...