Barbara Vitello
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Butler, McMonagle bring star power to 'Pearl'Jan 24, 2012 10:00 pm - For evidence of how a pair of powerhouse performers can liven up a middling play, look no further than Northlight Theatre's “Black Pearl Sings!” and the standout perform...
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Cook County on board for cameras in courtroomJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Cameras will be allowed in Illinois trial courtrooms for the first time in the state’s history as a way of making legal proceedings more transparent, the Illinois Suprem...
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Man charged in Hoffman murders get new public defenderJan 22, 2012 10:00 pm - When D'Andre Howard stood before Cook County Judge Ellen Mandletort last week, he did so without Cook County Assistant Public Defender Jim Mullenix by his side. It was t...
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Married public defenders have 'the toughest job you'll ever love'Jan 22, 2012 10:00 pm - Defense attorneys Jim Mullenix and Julie Koehler make a pretty good team — in and out of the courtroom. Professionally, they're 11-2. Of the 13 cases they've tried toget...
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Suburban businessmen weather storm in 'Blizzard '67'Jan 20, 2012 5:00 am - The world premiere of “Blizzard '67” — under the agile, ever-steady direction of Chicago Dramatists' Russ Tutterow — is as bracing as the winds whipping along the Chicag...
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First Folio's Sandys takes artistic reins at Remy BumppoJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Artistic director wasn't a role Nick Sandys intended to play, at least not right now. But when Remy Bumppo Theatre's board of directors offered it to him last week, in ...
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Vernon Hills man faces multiple bank, mail fraud chargesJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors announced grand jury indictments Wednesday against a Vernon Hills accountant charged with bilking U.S. Bankcorp and five of his clients out of more t...
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Theater events: Clockwise premieres 'Courting Vampires'Jan 17, 2012 10:00 pm - In the blood A woman puts on trial the vampire she believes infected her younger sister with a fatal blood disease in Laura Schellhardt's drama “Courting Vampires,”...
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Chicago man charged with Palatine car burglaryJan 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A 57-year-old Chicago man whose lengthy criminal record includes multiple convictions for burglary, theft and possession of a controlled substance dating back to 1985 fa...
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Threat charges dismissed against Palatine teenJan 12, 2012 11:00 pm - A Palatine teenager told a Cook County judge that he learned something about self-control in the nine months since prosecutors say he threatened a Rolling Meadows judge ...