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  • Chicago company recalls child strollers

    Kolcraft Enterprises of Chicago announced it has issued a voluntary recall of its Jeep Liberty Limited Urban Terrain and All Terrain strollers as well as a Jeep Liberty Sport X ...

  • Wis Dems No budget debate was tactic not retreat

    was part of a strategy, not surrender. Democrats prepared 211 amendments going into Wednesday's floor session but didn't introduce any of them. Minority Leader Peter Barca was the only Democrat who spoke against the spending plan before majority Republicans adopted it. The Democrats told reporters after the vote Majority Leader Robin Vos, a Burlington Republican, told them the GOP ...

  • Wisconsin Center District says they do not have money to help build a new arena

    MILWAUKEE - With the aging BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Center District looks to some people as a viable option to help build a new arena. The chairman of the district said board members should know that: "We don't have a lot of extra cash that we have available to us either for collaboration for an athletic facility or building out on our ...

  • MLB starts interviewing players linked to PED scandal

    . It appears they have not yet interviewed two of the biggest players in their sights, Ryan Braun or Alex Rodriguez, but that move is likely to come. "Rodriguez and Braun are the top two reasons this PED case is attracting so much interest, and since they have been in MLB's crosshairs before, some have suggested they may also be viewed as the top two targets," said Jon Heyman ...

  • No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus

    The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...

Movie Review

127 Hours [Blu-Ray]

127 Hours [Blu-Ray]

For his first film since winning multiple Oscars for the unlikely, crowd-pleasing hit Slumdog Millionaire (2008), director Danny Boyle set himself a fundamental cinematic challenge: How do you maintain visual and narrative interest in a story that is fundamentally about enforced stasis ... ...

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  • Full map of Wisconsin pick-your-own berry farms

    Wisconsin's lingering cold front may have delayed strawberry ripening, but local orchards are still preparing for a bountiful pick-your-own berry season. Whether its blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or pea pods, you can find a number of pick-your-own places with our ...

  • Supervisor Abele aide exchange words after committee meeting

    Emotions boiled over Wednesday, after the issue of weakening the Milwakee County Board got mixed into debate over a proposed deal on transferring a county water tower to Wauwatosa. Don Tyler, County Executive Chris Abele's top aide, strode straight to Supervisor John Weishan Jr. immediately after a committee hearing adjourned, pounded his fist on a table and told Weishan he should have ...

  • Fitch Releases Report on Milwaukee County WI

    Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

  • Beam found in Lake Michigan may be part of 1679 shipwreck

    Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...

  • Wisconsin Assembly passes state budget

    The $70 billion budget would cut income taxes by $650 million, expand private school vouchers statewide and reject a federally funded expansion of ...

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