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  • Thousands lose power in Milwaukee outage

    A We Energies spokesperson says the outage started at 7:19 p.m. when there was a problem with a cable at the company's 28th Street substation. While they said power should be restored around 9 p.m., according to We Energies' outage map, nearly 4,000 customers remained without power at that ...

  • Menomonee Falls man unconscious after bike crash

    VILLAGE OF LANNON - The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office says that a man who was found unconscious after a bike crash has been taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. There was no initially confirmed report on his condition. The crash happened just before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday night in Menomonee County Park in the Village of Lannon. According to the Sheriff's Office, no cars were ...

  • Thousands without power in Milwaukee area

    MILWAUKEE - According to We Energies, about 5,700 customers lost power Wednesday after an equipment failure. Spokesman Barry McNulty told 620WTMJ's Jay Sorgi that as of about 9:15 p.m., 3,800 customers remained without power. Milwaukee Police tell TODAY'S TMJ4 that a transformer blew near the corner of North 32nd and West Wells Streets. We Energies did not confirm the blown ...

  • Steelworkers members question vote to ratify Caterpillar contract

    Angry that leaders of Steelworkers Local 1343 are refusing to release exact results of the vote ratifying a contentious labor contract at Caterpillar Inc., some union members at the South Milwaukee plant are pressing hard to get the the numbers. The union, however, isn't blinking. It says the precise vote total will remain secret for strategic reasons involving future negotiations. ...

  • Wis. Innocence Project helps homicide inmate go free

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Milwaukee man who won a new trial after being convicted of homicide and sentenced to a life term has instead reached a plea deal that made him a free man this week. Twenty-seven-year-old Seneca Malone could have tried to clear his name by contesting a renewed homicide charge. Instead he pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of negligent homicide. Defense attorney Jerome ...

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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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  • Mother speaks about MPD officer shooting her son

    Police: Suspect accidentally shot near Milwaukee day care center MILWAUKEE - The mother of the robbery suspect Milwaukee Police said was accidentally shot by an officer wants the department to explain exactly how the cop’s gun fired after her son surrendered. Sheldon Gainer is awaiting charges, and is still recovering from a gunshot to his thigh. It’s an injury Milwaukee ...

  • How safe are Air National Guard KC-135s

    National Guard plane makes emergency landing Friday MILWAUKEE - Are the lives of our service men and women in danger? It’s a question you’ve raised after the fourth emergency landing for the 128th Air Refueling Wing this year. A KC-135 jet engine was forced to land outside of Indianapolis at Grissom Air Reserve Base Tuesday, after one of its hydraulic systems failed. Col. ...

  • Sopranos actor dead at 51

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51. In a statement, the cable channel, and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, said he died Wednesday ...

  • Health groups oppose Wisconsin bill barring gun inquiries

    Health organizations say a Wisconsin bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own guns would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. Under the proposal from Republican Rep. Michael Schraa, doctors except for psychiatrists who violated the ban could face a $25,000 fine or nine months in prison. "Owning a firearm, or not owning a firearm, is a personal ...

  • 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/ ...

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