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  • Budget panel to consider rent-to-own changes

    MADISON -- The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is poised to consider provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would exempt rent-to-own stores from Wisconsin's consumer protection laws. Rent-to-own businesses offer customers a chance to rent items such as appliances and electronics with no credit check. Customers can exit and rejoin the deals as they wish with ...

  • Selig tells UWM grads to stress power of possibilities

    Commissioner of Major League Baseball Allan H. (Bud) Selig (left) receives a No. 42 Panthers UWM Panthers jersey in a presentation during the UW-Milwaukee commencement ceremony. Selig also spoke at the ...

  • Milwaukee police investigating shooting

    It happened around 2:20 a.m. on Sunday near 54th Street and Green Tree Road. Police said one person sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the shooting. No information was immediately available about what led up to the incident or whether anyone has been ...

  • Fire damages home in Sussex

    The fire started about 9:30 p.m. Saturday near Sunset and Hickory drives in the village of Sussex, firefighters said. Neighbors said they had to enter the home to tell the residents that their garage was on fire. Authorities said that upon arrival, the garage and two vehicles inside it were fully engulfed in flames. The fire then spread to the home. The fire caused about $130,000 in damage, fire ...

  • Oak Creek crash leaves at least 2 injured

    The crash happened about 12:20 a.m. on Sunday near 13th Street and College Avenue. Police told WISN 12 News that at least two people suffered injuries that were not considered to be ...

Movie Review

Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams is an extraordinary documentary that tracks the lives of two inner-city Chicago kids as they try to make good on their dream to make it to the NBA. Shot over a five-year period (1986-1991) and expertly edited from the subsequent 250 hours of footage, Hoop Dreams un ... ...

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  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Brewers Lohse has rough fourth inning

    Kyle Lohse on the mound, Aramis Ramirez out of the lineup and the St. Louis Cardinals with another big inning. It all added up to yet another setback for the Brewers to their rival at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon, 4-2. The Cardinals got to their former teammate Lohse for four two-out runs on six hits – five of them singles – in the fourth inning while the Brewers’ ...

  • State takes over Madison police shooting case

    MADISON -- The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation of the shooting death in Madison of a man who allegedly charged police officers with a sword. The Dane County Medical Examiner identifies him as 43-year-old Brent E. Bozek. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Bozek was shot Friday night after a day-long standoff that began when officers attempted to ...

  • Traffic lights out at major Milwaukee intersection

    Sandy Rusch Walton with the DPW said drivers should be especially cautious at the intersection of 51st Boulevard, Capitol Drive and Fond du Lac ...

  • Milwaukee Public Museum to feature poop exhibit

    Visitors can listen to an animal's digestive system, learn the language of poop in countries around the world, examine fecal samples in a veterinarian's lab and compete in dung beetle ...

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