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  • Unemployment improves in nearly all Wis. counties

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Unemployment rates improved in nearly all 72 Wisconsin counties last month. The state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that unemployment got worse in April in Calumet, Menominee and Price counties, and stayed the same in Iron and Langlade counties. Unemployment rates improved in the other 67 counties. The highest unemployment rate was in Menominee ...

  • Brewers to honor fallen Wis. police officer Jen Sebena Friday

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers are planning to honor the Wauwatosa police officer who was gunned down Christmas Eve while on duty. The team is dedicating its opening ceremony Friday to Officer Jennifer Sebena. Her husband is charged in her death. Sebena's family will be at the game, and her friend, Officer Katie Gierach, will throw out the first pitch. The festivities are part ...

  • Wis. common core education standards to be discussed

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Advocates and opponents of common core standards for teaching math and English in Wisconsin were gathering for a joint hearing before the Legislature's education committees. While Wednesday's hearing is informational only, critics of the common core standards are calling for a closer look. Dozens of tea party supporters sent lawmakers a letter this week raising ...

  • Wave stays at US Cellular Arena in Milwaukee

    Milwaukee Wave defender #4 Josh RIfe follows through on his shot to score a goal on this shot in third period of game between the Milwaukee Wave and Baltimore Blast. The Milwaukee Wave won the MISL championship with a 12-10 win overtime against Baltimore Blast, Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is the Wave's second consecutive MISL championship. ...

  • Wis. candidates got $758K from sand gas industry

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A new report says the sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign study found the gas and sand mining industries gave candidates a total of $18,762 in 2007 when only five sand mines were operating in the state. ...

Movie Review

Trading Places [DVD]

Trading Places [DVD]

Trading Places is what you might imagine a Frank Capra film would be like if it were reimagined for the Reagan era and starring a couple of stand-out comedians from Saturday Night Live. In true Capraqesue fashion, its all about the underdog rising up and the greedy-wealthy being punished, even though the lesson at the end of the movie is to get as much money as possible at all costs ... ...

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  • Rep. Paul Ryan writing book

    The book will be "a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions," wrote Robert Costa, National Review's Washington-based political reporter. Ryan's office did not respond to a WISN 12 News request for more information about the book. Ryan ran for vice president on the GOP ticket with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney last year. Ryan returned to ...

  • FBI Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

    Investigators stand outside an apartment complex in Orlando, Fla., where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John ...

  • Wisconsin Gov. Walker Rep. Ryan invited to speak at St. Louis ACU convention

    O'FALLON, Mo.o With senior aces Calvin Munson of Francis Howell and Ryan Franklin of Fort Zumwalt West opposing each other in a Class 5 ...

  • Body in Mississippi River was Wisconsin student 18

    The body pulled from the Mississippi River in St. Paul Tuesday has been identified as 18-year-old Dakotah Coach, the Ramsey County medical examiner's office said Wednesday. Coach and Erika Borgstrom, 16, jumped from the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on May 14, the St. Croix Central School District in Hammond, Wis., said last week. Coach, of Hammond, was a senior and Borgstrom was a ...

  • Cambridge Major completes Germantown expansion

    Cambridge Major is a provider of intermediates and ingredients for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Cambridge Major Laboratories Inc. this month is unveiling its expanded active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility in Germantown. The expansion, which The Business Journal reported in September 2012, was partly funded through a loan from Economic Development of Washington County. The ...

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