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Unanswered Cries: Drew Peterson Ex-Wife Kathleen Savio's Death
By David Murray
FROM MAY 2008: Before she died in 2004, Kathleen Savio, the third wife of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson, repeatedly warned authorities she would be killed. Now her death has been reclassified a homicide. Why wasn't there a stronger response to her pleas for help? Read more
Bolingbrook—C’est Moi!
By David Murray
He weeps, he insults, he builds lavish projects, and Mayor Roger Claar sees in his own journey—from chubby outsider to powerful Republican—a parallel to the booming emergence of his town. Read more
Kicking Back
By David Murray
Why would Illinois Supreme Court justice Robert R. Thomas, a rugged former placekicker for the Bears, sue a small newspaper's scrappy columnist for defamation? Some observers believe the judge wants to clear the air before making bigger political moves. Read more
Dino Dilemma
By David Murray
What is Jane? Inspired by this mysterious find, a family creates a documentary with a Jurassic plot. Read more
Game Boy
By David Murray
Tom Chambers is a young graduate of Harvard who recently scrapped his job as an actuary to make a living playing online poker. But a new law threatens his livelihood. Can he and others like him hold—or must they fold? Read more