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Wednesday, September 18
The Rezko trial resumed yesterday after a week off, with the state's star witness confessing to all manner and means of illicit intoxication: and that was under direct examination! Levine's tales of binges in Lincolnwood, the Hancock, and Springfield were a dirty-laundry airing designed to get ahead of the defense's attempt to tear down his credibility. Now, someone get Stu some B-12 and orange slices.