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Laurie Piechur is over her limit
8/29/2010 12:00 PM

The Redbox DVD rental protocol is simple and straightforward, but that didn't stop Laurie Piechur of St. Clair County from challenging it.

Sized-challenged shopper suit is a stretch
8/22/2010 4:37 PM
If you eschew a step stool or assistance and try to reach a heavy object on a high pantry shelf or cupboard, you run the risk of bringing it down on yourself, in which case you have no one to blame but yourself and a headache to prove your foolishness.
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Who's the public in Public Interest?
8/15/2010 5:39 PM
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
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Judge Crowder's asbestos docket
8/8/2010 5:56 PM
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) said last summer that it no longer considered Madison County a "judicial hellhole" -- thanks, in part, to a declining number of asbestos lawsuits on the docket.
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Doing things the hard way
7/31/2010 1:22 PM
If a cashier rings up the wrong price, or the new sale price hasn't been entered into the store computer and the scanner records the old price instead, you draw the cashier's attention to the error.
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The Senator from Willannoy
7/24/2010 4:42 PM
If you haven't realized by now, Dick Durbin doesn't often represent the people of the Metro East, or even Illinoisans in general.
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Asbestos 'historian' is a major 'revisionist'
7/17/2010 1:51 PM
"He's sort of like one of the historians of the asbestos story over the years," is how McLean County Circuit Court Judge Michael Prall described Barry Castleman, the so-called expert witness who testified recently on behalf of plaintiffs in an asbestos case against Owens-Illinois in Prall's courtroom.
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We're mad because we didn't get audited!
7/3/2010 3:59 PM
People buy insurance as protection against something that's not likely to happen.
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When business is too good for some lawyers, it's bad for us
6/26/2010 5:49 PM
One has to wonder if it's worth pursuing a lawsuit for seven years to win a $30 judgment.
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Georgia on our minds
6/20/2010 7:55 AM
The American system of checks and balances, which characterizes the three branches of our federal government, also informs the relationship between the federal government and the states, and the relationship among the states as well.
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No Madco welcome mat for venue shoppers
6/13/2010 12:43 PM
Mardi Gras in New Orleans has an anything-goes reputation and out-of-towners descend upon the city every year to make fools of themselves.
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