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Details are emerging about David Letterman's sexcapades with women in his employ other than his acknowledged longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko, mother of his now five-year-old son Harry. CBS News producer Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, the man who was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort $2,000,000 out of Letterman by threatening to write a screenplay detailing uncomfortable aspects of Dave's dalliances, is a former boyfriend of Stephanie Birkett, a former Letterman personal assistant. I have already gone on record as saying that after watching Letterman going back to my days working graveyard in the eighties, I gave up on him and...

ABC7 News has learned two top Illinois republicans are teaming up for the state's two top political positions. Illinois Republican Party officials tell ABC 7 News that gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka has asked DuPage County state's attorney Joe Birkett to be her running mate. Birkett has apparently accepted the offer. Topinka is a moderate republican, Birkett is more conservative. An official announcement is expected sometime next week.

I just received this from the Joe Birkett Campaign and thought it important enough to pass along to you. I happen to personally support Joe, but the extent that Lisa Madigan is taking this campaign is unacceptable. DAN RUTHERFORD Joe Birkett Supporters: It is a lie. There's no other way to put it. Lisa Madigan's new television commercial -- about a domestic violence case -- is flat-out false. The ad refers to a violent domestic violence incident and says that Joe "agreed to a plea bargain of just 34 days in jail." The truth is that Joe's office asked the...

Dr. Ray Pritchard, Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois told the story on Sunday. In between his 3rd and 4th worship services for the morning he stepped out front of the church and had a second to make some small talk with the village's traffic cop helping to keep traffic moving through the congested area near the church. "Mornin' pastor!" came the greeting from the policeman. They engaged in a discussion for a few minutes about the day and then came the question. "So who do you think the sniper is," asked the officer. Dr. Pritchard...

From: http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,545266,00.html Illinois Gun Law Tested-- 8/13/2001 A vague clause in an Illinois gun-control law is being challenged by a bicyclist who carried a handgun in his backpack, the Chicago Tribune reported Aug. 6. John Horstman was biking across the state when a DuPage County sheriff's officer stopped him. Police said he matched a description of a man who committed a crime in the county. After searching Horstman, the officer found an unloaded Taurus 9mm handgun stored in a carrying case in his backpack. He was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, which is illegal in Illinois, and could face...