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    Rickie Weeks brought Milwaukee from behind with a two-run homer in the eighth Wednesday that led the Brewers to a 3-1 win over Houston. Milwaukee had been shut out through seven innings and faced a 1-0 deficit when Josh Prince drew a leadoff walk ...

  • Juneteenth festival ends with several arrests

    A MILWAUKEE FESTIVAL ENDS WITH SEVERAL ARRESTS. TONIGHT -- ARRESTS. TONIGHT -- VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP KEEP IT SAFE SAY NEIGHBORHOOD UNITY ALLOWED MANY MORE TO ENJOY THE CELEBRATION. WISN 12 NEWS CHRISTINA PALLADINO IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHRISTINA.. MILWAUKEE POLICE SOURCES TELL 12 NEWS THERE WERE SEVERAL ARRESTS AT TODAY'S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS BUT WOULD NOT GO ...

  • Greenfield driver Obstructed view leads to crash danger on busy street

    GREENFIELD - Ron Fowler has three words to describe his drive home after he ran an errand on South 76th Street. "It was scary," said Fowler to TODAY'S TMJ4's Shannon Sims. "I waited, then I edged a little bit. Just as I got the nose out, a guy coming north changed lanes, coming right in the lane toward me." Fowler was attempting to make a left hand turn ...

  • Residential street has freeway-style drivers

    MILWAUKEE - Erika Harley has lived on North 84th Street for years, and has finally had enough. She e-mailed Speedbusters last week after those speeders pushed her to the limit, blowing past the 30 miles-per-hour speed limit one too many times. "They don't pay attention to it," Harley said. "It's like they ignore it. They just go right through." Her house is ...

  • Marquette student recovering after struck in alleged OWI hit-and-run crash

    23-year-old Marquette student hit by alleged drunk driver Wednesday morning MILWAUKEE - A Marquette student was recovering at a local hospital after being left for dead on campus when an out-of-control van struck her. Aryn Sobchak was skateboarding near North 16th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue when police say a drunk driver hit her and took off. That driver was taken into custody. ...

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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

In Flags of Our Fathers, producer/director Clint Eastwood resurrects the specter of World War II, not for a simplistic celebration of the momentous sacrifices of the Greatest Generation, but rather to question the nature of heroism. Like any symbol, heroes are socia ... ...

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  • Rep. Brett Hulsey says he may become an independent

    Madison -- State Rep. Brett Hulsey of Madison signaled Wednesday he is considering leaving the Democratic Party, but declined to say if he would do so. Hulsey, who represents the 78th Assembly District, has clashed with both Republicans and Democrats this session. One of his aides in February told police she ...

  • Wisconsin budget passed by Assembly heads to Senate

    The Wisconsin Assembly passed the state budget Wednesday after Democrats decided against offering any amendments or prolonging debate, saying the $70 billion spending plan is so bad it can't be fixed. "We believe there's no hope for this budget," said Minority Leader Peter Barca, the only Democrat who spoke against the plan before the vote. The move was surprising, ...

  • Winston Van Horne guided UWM department of Africology

    Winston Van Horne liked to say that Africology was both the newest idea, and the oldest. It was as old as Africa itself, but the notion of having a department of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee took some time. "He birthed a discipline, at once father and mother," UWM Provost Johannes Britz said, quoting one of his colleagues, in announcing the death last month of ...

  • Weeks Ramirez homer late to push Brewers past Astros

    The Brewers shook off a nine-run loss the previous evening by beating the Houston Astros, 3-1, Wednesday night. The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the eighth when Rickie Weeks, batting leadoff for the first time in more than a year in the absence of Norichika Aoki, collected the first extra-base hit of the game. And it was a big one, a two-run homer off reliever Hector Ambriz. Aramis Ramirez ...

  • Thousands lose power in Milwaukee outage

    A We Energies spokesperson says the outage started at 7:19 p.m. when there was a problem with a cable at the company's 28th Street substation. While they said power should be restored around 9 p.m., according to We Energies' outage map, nearly 4,000 customers remained without power at that ...

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