Barbara Vitello
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Jailed R. Kelly fan released after apologyJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Debra Triplett's devotion to R. Kelly earned her 34 days behind bars. An apology secured her freedom. Judge Vincent Gaughan, who presided over the Kelly child pornograp...
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Degorski to appeal confession rulingJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Defense attorneys for James Degorski, charged with capital murder in the 1993 slayings of seven people at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, will appeal to the Il...
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Fresh off Tony win, Chicago playwright serves up 'Donuts'Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tracy Letts has earned some time off. For more than a year, "August: Osage County," his blistering dysfunctional family drama that took first Chicago and then New York ...
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Aurora teens' death prompts concerns about heart testingJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Playing basketball shouldn't be a deadly endeavor. Neither should drill team practice, or kickball. But it was for Zamarri Doby, the Waubonsie Valley High School student...
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Living out her dream at GoodmanJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Not many people get to live out their dreams. Lina Kernan, about to make her Goodman Theatre debut in director Chuck Smith's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," counts herse...
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Impressive debut for Sideshow's one-man showJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - New theater companies don't have it easy. Not only do they compete for attention from theatergoers, they compete for attention from critics. Both pose a challenge. Howe...
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Prints on potato chips clinch robbery convictionJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecution witnesses talked a lot about bloody footprints and Nike gym shoes they say linked defendant Samuel Span to the April 2006 attack at an Elgin convenience stor...
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Man gets 11 years for friend's murderJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In the end, hot tempers and alcohol ruined a friendship, cost Juan Carlos Cardoso his life and ensured that his killer will spend the better part of the next decade as a...
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$1 million bond in Des Plaines stabbing deathJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - While his fellow Maine West graduates enjoy their summer unfettered, 17-year-old Ashuri Hidou of Des Plaines will likely spend his in jail. At a bond hearing Monday in S...
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Steppenwolf's 'August' dominates Tony AwardsJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - On a hot July afternoon last year, a shiver went up the collective spine of the audience attending the opening of Steppenwolf Theatre's "August: Osage County." It was th...