Chuck Goudie
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Indecent parades: One down, one to go, according to criticsMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - As regularly as heartburn after a pepper and egg sandwich, the e-mails would start arriving. Every year they would begin bubbling up early on Monday morning after the S...
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Judge's closed doors aren't helping get justice for JeanineMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Depending on your age, you will recognize some or all of these names: Helen Brach, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, the Schuessler-Peterson boys, Marilyn Lemak, the Spilo...
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A towering monument for six forgotten victims of corruptionMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - God willing, one day former Gov. George Ryan will be out of prison and return to some of his favorite things in life, such as lunch with his wife Lura Lynn at Gibson's o...
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A letter from Paul Harvey... or was it?Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A letter from Paul Harvey has been sitting on my desk for more than a year. I was holding onto the letter for the right time to include in a column. Since the legendary ...
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Inside story: Fast Eddie Vrdolyak and Judge ShadurMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEWS ITEM: Ed Vrdolyak walks from corruption case. NEWS ITEM: Federal judge says Fast Eddie was no insider. Once upon a time, legend has it there was a "Department of In...
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Our history with Burris is already etched in stoneFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - There is a reason you don't see footnotes on a tombstone. Or grave markers with an asterisk next to the person's name. By the time the dearly departed is in resting in p...
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Why Honest Abe wouldn't have voted for ObamaFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - When Chicago's U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said the corruption charges against Gov. Milorad Blagojevich "would make Lincoln roll over in his grave," Fitzgerald was...
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"I regret that you did not lead a better life."Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - A trip to the morgue has always been a parent's ultimate threat. "I'll show you what life is really all about," a dad will say to a rebellious offspring, hoping to jolt ...
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Rod's swan song: 'Sweep the streets I used to own'Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - When the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court announced that the governor was "in the building" to attend his impeachment festivities, a few cynical commentators ...
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Crying black tears for Blagojevich's 'Pearl Harbor'Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This is a quote that will live in infamy. "Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States - what we call our personal Pearl Harbor ...