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  • Family of Jessica Benson talks about alleged bank robbery disapperance

    Vigil for missing college student MILWAUKEE - Her family believed she was the victim of a crime. Now, police believe she is a suspect in a crime. Investigators believe Jessica benson and her boyfriend helped rob a bank, and are now on the run. Benson disappeared days before her graduation from college, days after the bank where she worked was robbed. Her family can't believe Benson ...

  • Keeping our kids safe when severe weather strikes at summer camp

    MENOMONEE FALLS - School is out and that can mean only one thing--Summer is in full swing! At Tri-County YMCA in Menomonee Falls, kids are running and playing at day camp. Regional Director and camp counseler Chris Przedpelski explains, "Whether they are into science, art, cooking, sports--there is something for everyone." But Przedpelski knows that the weather can change everything ...

  • Three-car crash leads to freeway ramp closure in Waukesha County

    BROOKFIELD - Drivers going west on I-94 had to encounter a ramp closure Tuesday night after a three-vehicle crash. It happened at about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday at the exit ramp from I-94 westbound to Barker Road. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, injuries were minor. The freeway was re-opened by 10:00 ...

  • Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings

    "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...

  • Weather service forecasts warmer sunny Wednesday for Milwaukee

    After another cool night Milwaukee will enjoy a warmup Wednesday with a high temperature of 73 degrees and sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service in Sullivan. The high temperature Tuesday recorded at Mitchell International Airport was only 64 degrees, 12 degrees cooler than the normal high of 76 for June 18. A low temperature of 51 is expected for tonight, 7 degrees cooler than ...

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The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

Henri-Georges Clouzots existential suspense classic The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) opens in Las Piedres, a village in a poor, unnamed country somewhere in the heart of South America. It is a lost, dilapidated place of nearly suffocating heat where naked chi ... ...

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  • Wisconsin Bear Attack Leaves Man In Hospital

    SHELL LAKE, Wis. -- A man who was attacked by a black bear outside a cabin in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering at a hospital. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the man was attacked in his yard near Shell Lake on Monday night. DNR carnivore specialist David MacFarland says the man's dog apparently initiated contact with the bear. MacFarland says the man's brother ...

  • Chilling testimony in trial with teen accused of murdering elderly woman

    SHEBOYGAN - Jurors heard a 14-year-old boy on trial describe the murder of his friend’s great grandmother. Special agents from the Wisconsin Department of Justice interviewed Nathan Paape just days after 78-year-old Barbara Olson was found dead. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco played a recording of that interrogation to wrap up the trial's second day. "He ...

  • Some Brookfield residents upset about turning quarry into DOT landfill

    A MASSIVE OLD BROOKFIELD QUARRY COULD SOON BECOME THE SITE OF NEW LANDFILL FOR DOT PROJECTS. THE IDEA HAS SPARKED ANGER FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. NEW AT SIX: WISN 12 NEWS HILLARY MINTZ SHOWS US THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE LAND. CLIP 6755 YEAH IT'S BEAUTIFUL.THAT'S HOW BROOKFIELD HOMEOWNER LISA KOLLMEYER DESCRIBES THE QUARRY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER....AND ...

  • Judge suggests district attorney rethink 25-year-old drowning case

    THERE IS A NEW TWIST TONIGHT IN A QUARTER-CENTURY OLD MYSTERY. IT WAS 25-YEARS-AGO TODAY 8-YEAR-OLD ARTIS ECHOLES DROWNED IN A JEFFERSON COUNTY POND. AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INSIST HIS DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT - BUT HIS MOTHER BELIEVES IT WAS MURDER. AND AS KENT WAINSCOTT REPORTS, ONLY ON 12 NEWS, SHE'S NOW PINNING HER HOPES ON A SURPRISING LETTER SHE GOT IN THE MAIL. ARTIS ECHOLES WAS BROUGHT ...

  • Lawmakers pass venture capital bill

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State lawmakers have approved legislation that would invest millions of dollars in public money in Wisconsin startups despite criticism that the investment only targets limited industries. The venture capital program created under the bipartisan proposal would contain $25 million from the state and at least $50 million in private money. The investment will go to qualified ...

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