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  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Grills can last for years if taken care of properly

    She and her husband were able to keep their grill for 40 years by covering it up, which Consumer Reports recommends, but for the best protection, don't use any old ...

  • Kids busted throwing balloons from car

    LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) -- Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for tossing water balloons from a car, causing damage to at least three other ...

  • Wisconsin Do Not Call list registration available online

    We've all answered the phone and more than likely been annoyed by a total stranger trying to sell us a product we've never heard of and probably won't ever use. Even more aggravating is receiving a call for votes and financial support from the political party you definitely don't belong to. Thankfully, there is legislation in place to protect consumers from such telephonic ...

  • Wisconsin Madison police say Thong Cape Scooter Man not breaking law

    MADISON, Wis. -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to schoolchildren. But police say the rider they call "Thong Cape Scooter Man" isn't breaking any laws. Earlier this month, staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School called authorities after the man rode by in his unmentionables while students were ...

Movie Review

The Killing Fields

Based on a true story that is both horrifying and uplifting, "The Killing Fields" is a powerful portrait of how the atrocities of a world gone crazy tested the friendship and loyalty of two men: Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston), a "New York Times" correspondent in Cambodia at the end of the Vietnam War, and Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), his Cambodian assistant, translator, and friend. When the film o ... ...

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  • Milwaukee special education teacher accused of exposing himself to class

    According to a criminal complaint, Kevin France exposed himself several times in front of his special education class at Mary McLeod Bethune Academy at 35th and Galena ...

  • Raw milk trial in hands of jury

    Baraboo -- Jurors in the criminal trial of Vernon Hershberger are set to begin their deliberations tonight on charges that he operated an unlicensed retail store -- that sold raw milk and other products -- from a farm in Loganville. The 12-member jury has indicated it wants to stay as long as necessary this evening and finish the trial that began Monday in Sauk County Circuit Court and involved ...

  • Wisconsin Walker expects compromise on voucher school plan

    MADISON, Wis. -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week. The voucher program subsidizes students' private school tuition. It's currently in effect in Milwaukee and Racine. Walker's budget would expand the program to large districts with ...

  • 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 ...

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