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School Specialty Ch. 11 reorganization plan approved by federal judge

School supplies company School Specialty will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the next two weeks. A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the reorganization plan for School Specialty Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The Greenville-based supplier of K-12 educational materials and school supplies (OTCQB: SCHSQ) said yesterday that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the ...
Steelworkers union hands Caterpillar new South Milwaukee contract proposal

Caterpillar and union officials met for several hours on Thursday and will meet again next week. United Steelworkers Local 1343 presented Caterpillar Inc. with a new labor contract proposal in a meeting Thursday, and the two sides will meet again May 30 to continue negotiations, a local union official said. Thursdays meeting was the first since May 8. That meeting was the first after 803 union ...
Oshkosh training program gives refugees work experience

Habitat for Humanity in Oshkosh is providing on-the-job training to refugees who are among a group of 86 people, mostly Burmese, who moved to the area last ...
Buffalo Wild Wings outdoor store among new businesses in Fond du Lac area

The Fond du Lac area is experiencing an increase in new home and business development this year with projects including a Buffalo Wild ...
Crystal Finishing to add 250 jobs expand to Mosinee

Weston-based Crystal Finishing Systems plans to create up to 350 jobs by expanding to Mosinee after buying a 677,500-square-foot building ...

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Cría cuervos [DVD]

Set during the Franco regime and shot while the fascist general was on his deathbed, Carlos Saura's Cra cuervos is a dream-like evocation of the shifting lines between fantasy and reality, living and dying, past and present. It has many similarities to Ingmar Bergman's Cries a ... ...

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UW tuition freeze funding cuts adopted by budget committee

The University of Wisconsin System would get a $152 million funding cut and a two-year tuition freeze under a plan approved by the Legislatures budget ...
Madison-area economic development group Thrive rebrands

Thrive, an economic development group representing south-central Wisconsin that is similar to the Milwaukee 7, on Thursday unveiled a rebranding effort and a new name: the Madison Region Economic ...
IRSs Lerner being replaced on acting basis Bloomberg Video

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Lois Lerner, the mid-level Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the controversy over scrutiny of small-government groups seeking tax-exempt status, is being replaced on an acting basis, the IRS said today. Pimm Fox reports on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg) Lois Lerner, the mid-level Internal Revenue Service official at ...
Rapper Chief Keef not allowed to perform at local Milwaukee venue

Chief Keef . He was supposed to take part in an event being thrown this Saturday (5/25) as part of the Memorial Day weekend festivities. Representatives from 618 held meetings earlier in the week after some concerns were voiced in regards to Keef's reputation. The result of the meetings was the decision that Keef not be allowed to perform this weekend. Concert ...
Volunteers from Milwaukee area to help clean up in Oklahoma

Retired carpenter Don Douglas is a disaster veteran leading a team of 16 volunteers from the Milwaukee area to go help clean up after the Oklahoma ...

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...