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  • Brewers try to bounce back against Astros without Braun Aoki

    Milwaukee Brewers Rickie Weeks (23) hits the third out in the bottom of the 8th stranding runners and the score tied 3-3 during the MLB baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Journal Sentinel photo by RICK WOOD/ ...

  • School district fights state legislatures push to expand vouchers

    MEQUON - Shawn Osowski is a dad and plans to keep his kids in public schools, even if the state passes an expanded voucher program. "I’m pro public schools." Mequon-Thiensville School Superintendent Demond Means is making a last minute plea to lawmakers to reconsider expanding school vouchers. "This is bad government. This is not the way we should invest our ...

  • TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead

    The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...

  • Milwaukee Brewers coverage on your smartphone

    Stay up to date on the Milwaukee Brewers wherever you are with "Milwaukee Baseball," the Journal Sentinel's new mobile site for smartphones. Just go to your phone's browser and type in the web ...

  • 4-year-old child struck after running into street

    NEW AT FIVE A CHILD IS HIT BY A CAR NEAR 20TH AND STATE IN MILWAUKEE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. WITNESSES SAY THE FOUR-YEAR OLD BOY RAN INTO TRAFFIC FROM BETWEEN TWO PARKED CARS, BUT APPEARED TO BE CONSCIOUS AFTER BEING HIT. 15:20:55 THEY SAY HE MOVED HIS ARMS AND EVERYTHING BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE HOSPITAL LET PEOPLE KNOW THE DRIVER REMAINED AT ...

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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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  • Emergency landing prompts questions about KC-135 safety

    A plane from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is grounded and undergoing repairs after an in-flight emergency ...

  • Unrest after Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police have taken at least four people into custody after an apparent fight a short distance from the end of the Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee. It happened just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near the corner of North 4th and West Center Streets on Milwaukee's north side. Milwaukee Police officers wearing riot gear came to the scene. Chopper 4 video shows a large ...

  • Police search for owners of abused dogs

    An investigation is underway for a pending case of animal abuse. The Oshkosh Area Humane Society says the two dogs were dropped off on May 31, after a bad Craigslist adoption in Fond du ...

  • Proposed settlement continues to cover those who bought prepaid funerals

    under water since at least 2007 . The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the fund's aggressive strategies. The fund, which is supposed to have $70 million on hand but actually has less than $50 million, had collected money from about 10,000 people who wanted to ensure that their funeral costs would be covered. Funeral directors who sold the investments have been honoring ...

  • Man accused of Potawatomi casino shooting released

    WITNESS: "I JUST HEARD PEOPLE RUNNING AND SHOUTING, 'SOMEBODY'S SHOOTING! SOMEBODY'S SHOOTING!" ONE PERSON SHOT. WITNESS: "IT WAS KIND OF CHAOTIC. EVERYONE WAS DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING." TONIGHT, NEW PICTURES FROM INSIDE THE CASINO, AS WE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED WRESTLE THE GUN FROM THE SHOOTER. "ANTONIO FELDER, WITNESS: "I ...

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