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  • Talk continues about Walkers high-profile speech in Iowa

    Walker insisted that his high-profile trip to Iowa had nothing to do with testing the presidential waters, but that's not how it's playing there. The Des Moines Register newspaper Friday morning suggested that his appearance here could lay the groundwork for a 2016 ...

  • Neurosurgeon pleads not guilty to insurance fraud

    White denied the charges in the indictment that details a sophisticated scheme in which he's accused of paying another doctor to help him defraud his patients' insurance ...

  • No-call list deadline approaching

    The deadline to be added to the list is May 31. Any number put on the list then will be protected from unwanted phone solicitations and text messages starting July ...

  • 100s of bridges in the state are considered structurally deficient

    I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on' MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Department of Transportation is keeping a close eye on 93 bridges in Milwaukee County and 30 in Waukesha County. The bridges on this list are deemed structurally deficient due to federal highway standards. "If they get to where they are structurally deficient", said WisDOT southeast region deputy director, ...

  • Former Bucks guard Flynn Robinson dies at 72

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Flynn Robinson, the former NBA guard who played on the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 championship team, has died after a two-year fight with cancer. He was 72. Flynn's wife, Nancy Pitts-Robinson, told the Lakers he died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles. Called "Mr. Instant Point" by late Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn, the 6-foot-1 Robinson ...

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Paycheck

After watching Paycheck, one might be tempted to think that the title refers to director John Woos primary reason for making the movie. ...

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  • Wis. gov didnt know of ex-aides drunken driving

    . Twenty-five-year old Nicole Tieman pleaded guilty to her second OWI offense in Milwaukee on Wednesday and was sentenced to 20 days in jail. She had already been convicted in March of operating with a prohibited alcohol content in Waukesha County. Both incidents occurred within days of each other in June 2011, long before she joined Walker's campaign earlier this year. She abruptly ...

  • Gorzelanny activated Burgos goes on DL

    Milwaukee Brewers Hiram Burgos delivers a pitch, during the first inning of their spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix.(Photo/Roy Dabner) ORG XMIT: ...

  • Wauwatosa may be getting a new beer garden

    WAUWATOSA - A new beer garden could open in Wauwatosa by July. The non-profit group, Friends of Hoyt Park & Pool, is seeking the city's approval for a permit to operate a seasonal beer garden. Mary Pluta say's some neighbors have voiced concerns about possible noise from music and crowds. The group has agreed to limited hours for music because of those concerns. Pluta says the ...

  • GOP lawmakers plan calls for deeper tax cut elimination of some credits

    Madison -- The state would more than double the cut in income tax rates proposed by Gov. Scott Walker, cutting rates by an additional $450 million over two years and eliminating a score of seldom-used credits, under an overhaul of the tax system offered by a key Republican lawmaker. The tax package to be formally unveiled Tuesday would come on top of the $343 million tax cut already proposed by ...

  • Milwaukee Brewers giving out Ryan Braun bobblehead Sunday

    Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun carefully watches his pitches getting two walks, this one in the 4th inning 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/ ...

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