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Joel Brodsky left, and Joe Lopez, right, defense attorneys for former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson, speak to the media outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, during a break in Peterson's murder trial. The judge in the case rejected a request by the defense to acquit Peterson after prosecutors rested Monday. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Peterson lawyers mount defense at murder trial

Michael Tarm · August 27, 2012 4:00 am

Judge allows evidence Peterson sought hit man

Michael Tarm · August 21, 2012 11:51 pm

Peterson judge bars hearsay testimony about alibi

Michael Tarm · August 18, 2012 12:35 am

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., after his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife Kathleen Savio. Lawyers for Drew Peterson on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, have withdrawn a motion for a mistrial, allowing the former Illinois police officer's murder trial to go ahead. The defense attorneys' move follows several blunders by prosecutors seeking to prove that the 58-year-old Peterson killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. He's also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, but never has been charged in her case. Peterson told the judge Wednesday he does not want a mistrial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Drew Peterson withdraws request for mistrial

Michael Tarm · August 15, 2012 4:00 am

Witness denies jazzing up testimony for movie

Michael Tarm · August 11, 2012 2:03 am

Peterson trial filled with drama, shouts, tears

Michael Tarm · August 9, 2012 4:00 am

Officer: 4th Peterson wife upset over 3rd’s death

Michael Tarm · August 8, 2012 4:00 am

Henry and Marcia Savio, father and stepmother of Kathleen Savio enter the Will County Courthouse, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Joliet, Ill. for opening statements in former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson's murder trial. Peterson is charged in the 2004 death of his third wife Kathleen Savio. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Judge puts off ruling on mistrial in Peterson case

Michael Tarm · August 1, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Friday, May 8, 2009, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. Opening statements in Peterson's trial are scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Drew Peterson murder trial under way in Illinois

Michael Tarm, Don Babwin · July 31, 2012 4:00 am

Illinois memorabilia company accused of fraud

Michael Tarm · July 26, 2012 12:39 am

FILE - This combo made from undated file photos provided by the Chicago Police Department shows from left, Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla., Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H., and Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The three NATO summit activists will appear in a Chicago courtroom Tuesday, June 12, 2012, to face terrorism-related charges that accuse them of plotting to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and other targets with Molotov cocktails. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department, File)

NATO activists’ lawyers blast Ill. anti-terror law

Michael Tarm · June 13, 2012 12:07 am

States in unchartered waters using own terror laws

Michael Tarm · June 11, 2012 8:19 pm