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  • Rescuers search board by board for survivors

    Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...

  • Missing teenager from Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police say they're searching for a teenager who went missing Monday night. According to a police spokesman, Deavan Harroway was last seen by her mother at 7:00 p.m. Monday evening, and reported missing three hours later. Police ask you to call them at ...

  • Teen killed in Milwaukee shooting IDd by police

    16-year-old boy who was shot and killed earlier this week in Milwaukee was identified Tuesday by police as Marvin J. Cottrell. The teen was shot "during a disturbance" at 3:30 a.m. Monday outside an apartment building in the 2500 block of West Glendale Avenue, Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said. Stanmeyer said the investigation is continuing and no suspects are in custody. Module type ...

  • County officials warn legislators about cutting child support enforcement

    Madison -- As state lawmakers consider cutting local child support enforcement by 25% next year, county officials say this ongoing trend is already taking the pressure off deadbeat parents and endangering millions of dollars in additional federal money. Members of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee are set Tuesday ...

  • Dalys Pen Shop to close at Grand Avenue

    Daly's Pen Shop, a downtown Milwaukee fixture since 1924, will close its location in the Shops of Grand Avenue at the end of the year. The firm, which sells fine writing instruments and describes itself as the country's oldest pen store, is not going out of business. Daly's opened a second location, at 7632 W. Burleigh St., about a year ago. It will continue there and with its ...

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Trouble in Paradise [DVD]

Trouble in Paradise [DVD]

Ernst Lubitsch was a German migr who began as a silent film actor and became one of the most celebrated and popular Hollywood directors of the 1930s and early 40s. The reason for his popularity and critical acclaim was the fabled Lubitsch Touch, which began as a publicity term but slowly grew in legend to describe the indescribablehow Lubitsch could take material that, in any other directors hand ... ...

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  • Wisconsin State board seeks absentee voting rule changes

    MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin election officials have decided to ask the Legislature to make a number of changes to Wisconsin's absentee voting regulations. The state Government Accountability Board on Tuesday voted to recommend lawmakers allow all overseas voters to receive ballots electronically. Currently only military and oversea voters with no intent to return can obtain ballots ...

  • The Main Street America Group Expands Commercial Products into Wisconsin

    The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty insurance carrier's Austin Mutual Insurance Co. throughout the state of Wisconsin. In addition to Main Line BOP, a property and liability product for small business owners that ...

  • Marquette promotes university architect Ganey

    Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall, an $85 million building housing the Marquette University Law School, is one of the most recent projects overseen by Tom Ganey. Marquette University has promoted Tom Ganey to vice president of planning in addition to his current role as university architect. For the past 20 years, Ganey has served in various leadership roles including project manager, assistant director ...

  • Apples Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

    In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ...

  • Suspect in large Milwaukee bank heist expected to plead guilty

    One suspect in a Milwaukee bank heist that netted more than a quarter-million dollars is expected to plead guilty to his role in the crime next month. But at least two other people involved in the January robbery remain on the loose. Coleman Jones Ferrell, 26, of Oshkosh, is charged with armed robbery, party to a crime, in the Jan. 6 robbery of Community Financial Business, 6404 N. 76th St. ...

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