Barbara Vitello
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'Romeo and Juliet' with a twist -- It's sans RomeosOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Gender-blind R&J Janus Theatre puts a different spin on "Romeo and Juliet" by staging Shakespeare's tragedy about the young star-crossed lovers with an all-female cast. ...
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Degorski being prepared for prison transferOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Twenty-four hours after receiving a life sentence, James Degorski's daily routine remains pretty much the same as it was 24 hours before he learned of his sentence. Conv...
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Brown's jury spares James Degorski's lifeOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten jurors wanted James Degorski to forfeit his life for murdering seven workers at a Palatine Brown's Chicken and Pasta on Jan. 8, 1993. Two disagreed. In the end, the...
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'Caroline, or Change' takes top honors at Jeff AwardsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - For all the accolades Drury Lane Oak Brook and Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire earned for its productions of "Miss Saigon" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream...
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Degorski jury begins death penalty deliberationsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - More than seven weeks after it began, jury service is drawing to a close for the six men and six women charged with determining the fate of James Degorski, convicted las...
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Brown's killer's mom: Son endured physical, sexual abuseOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Thirty-seven years and two months after Patricia Degorski gave life to her oldest son James, she tried Monday to save it. Looking drawn, her eyes downcast, Patricia Dego...
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Experts testify Degorski not a psychopathOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - James Degorski is not a psychopath. Not according to a psychologist who testified Friday during the ongoing sentencing phase of Degorski's capital murder trial. "He does...
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Fact and faith collide in well-cast 'Fake'Oct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Inspired by one of the greatest scientific hoaxes of all time and underscored by the enduring fact vs. faith conundrum, Eric Simonson's "Fake" is a philosophical debate ...
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Degorski 'damaged' by childhood abuse, expert saysOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Thursday marked another day of cringe-inducing testimony in the capital murder trial of James Degorski, convicted of the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Palatine Bro...
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Juror replaced as court hears more testimony about Degorski family lifeOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Psychologists, social workers, therapists and teachers testified Wednesday that the Degorski family made a memorable impression for all the wrong reasons. More ugly det...