Barbara Vitello
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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, ...
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Playwright disappoints with 'Italian American Reconciliation'Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Playwright John Patrick Shanley has been riding quite a wave. The critically acclaimed film version of his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play "Doubt" earned a sp...
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Jury to hear testimony of Degorski witness' drug useJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled Thursday that a jury may hear about the alleged drug use of Anne Lockett, a key witness against James Degorski, charged with seve...
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State unemployment rate hits 15-year highJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - The tsunami that has battered Illinois workers for seven consecutive months continued in December. And the wave shows no signs of diminishing. A report released Friday ...
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First Folio's 'Design for Living' opens Jan. 31Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - First Folio Theatre's season of passion continues with "Design for Living," Noel Coward's droll examination of a love triangle between two friends vying for the same wom...
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Goodman 'Exploration' delves into the works of O'NeillJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - "Most people, the vast majority of people, live their whole lives without hearing the name Eugene O'Neill," says actor Brian Dennehy. "The vast majority of people live t...
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Hoffman Estates man gets 18 years for sex abuse of 11-year-oldJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Cook County Judge John Scotillo sentenced 52-year-old Elias Leon to a total of 18 years in prison Wednesday for sexually abusing a young girl. A jury convicted Leon of ...