Barbara Vitello
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Suburban crime spree earns Elgin man 16 yearsFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Trevor Russell is only 18, but he's left a lot of victims in his wake. Indicted on charges of home invasion, aggravated battery, residential burglary and burglary in 10...
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'Misamerica' travels all-too-familiar groundFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - There's nothing subtle about "Misamerica," Tom Patrick's over-the-top satire on the effects of American intervention, unfettered capitalism and cultural ignorance on an ...
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Subtler 'Living' still showcases Coward's sharp witFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - A ménage a trois just doesn't pack the punch it once did. The unconventional romance between best friends and occasional lovers Gilda, Leo and Otto - which underscores ...
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Bond set in animal cruelty caseJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge set bond at $5,000 earlier this week for Schaumburg resident Jenell Land, charged with animal cruelty in the death of a 2-year-old pit bull. Schaumbu...
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Weapons charge puts crimp in paroleJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - On March 3, 1999, Ryan Baldwin pleaded guilty to murder and received 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was released from Dixon Correctional Center ...
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Dennehy shines in Robert Falls' forceful 'Desire Under the Elms'Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - A few weeks ago, Brian Dennehy talked like a man contemplating retiring. "My time is almost over," he said, responding to a question about his future plans. On stage a...
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Death penalty hearing next week in 2006 Rolling Meadows murderJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - By next week, Patrick Taylor will know the sentence he'll face if a jury finds him guilty of the 2006 murder of musician Marquis Lovings. At a hearing Wednesday before C...
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Elk Grove man gets new judge for murder trialJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Jonathon Wood will face a new judge when he next appears in a Rolling Meadows courtroom, after assistant state's attorney Steve Rosenblum successfully argued a substitut...
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Noble Fool to salute doo-wop girl groups in 'Taffetas'Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Circle Theatre artistic director Kevin Bellie returns to Noble Fool to direct "The Taffetas," a salute to doo-wop girl groups from the 1950s, about a quartet of singing ...
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Ex-swim YMCA instructor faces life in prisonJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Kevin Skowron could spend the rest of his life in jail. If convicted on two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, among the several sex-related charges he faces, ...