Provides the latest RSS feeds for Wisconsin News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Wisconsin Star.com http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d2a460830d69bfa0/ en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:50 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:50 -0500 30 A University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor and researchers from the University of Washington analyzed 500 MySpace profiles of 18-year-old users from July 15 to Sept. 30. To pick the profil... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921202/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:44:56 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921202/ ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) -- A Langlade County man reported missing last weekend has been found dead, having apparently frozen to death about half a mile from his home. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922112/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:20:34 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922112/ Minnesota boy abducted two decades ago.Search warrant documents obtained by WTMJ-TV show the 62-year-old man told his psychiatrist of the killing and the psychiatrist notified police, but the man died... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922117/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:41:35 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922117/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 6:32 p.m. For the third time in as many years, Wisconsin voters will choose a state Supreme Court justice in April - a race that will be closely watched and that could contin... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922100/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:45:03 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922100/ Milwaukee police have investigated a suburban barber's reported deathbed statement that he was a child killer. But a police spokeswoman says no connection has been found with any missing child case, i... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922115/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:41:45 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922115/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Five candidates seeking to become state superintendent of public instruction filed signatures by Tuesday's deadline to appear on the ballot. Those with at least 2,000 valid signa... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922103/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:42 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922103/ More than nine years after a repeat drunk driver killed a Town of Oshkosh woman, he's asking for a new trial. David Balliette was sentenced to 40 years in prison back in 2000 for killing Michelle ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922111/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:39 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922111/ LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) - Three men accused of trying to dig up a woman's body in a Cassville cemetery so 1 of them could have sex with it contend they were illegally arrested. Lawyers tried to make tha... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922102/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:48 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922102/ Here's what some members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation had to say about the start of a new Congress and an economic stimulus plan: Sen. Herb Kohl: "We're dong everything we can to crea... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921200/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:44:58 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921200/ Area health care providers say plenty of people received an unwrapped, unwanted gift this holiday season. "Because you're around your kids with snotty noses and what-not,, it gets passed on to adu... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922110/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:37 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922110/ BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) -- Search and rescue crews in Colorado have found twin brothers from Green Bay, Wis., who were missing since Sunday. The Summit Daily News is reporting the 22-year-old twins ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921203/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:55:48 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20921203/ ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits. Systems in New... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922109/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:35 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922109/ MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - Two men and a teenager have been charged in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay-area. Prosecutors on Tuesday charged 31-year-old Humberto Hernandez Sal... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922108/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:33 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20922108/ **WARNING: Contains graphic content** Investigators also found "child pornography on Seitz's bed approximately 4-5 feet from where Seitz had died" as well as "Missing flyers of small c... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915871/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:30:21 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915871/ Madison Surgery Center . She said the plan needs final approval from the center's board, which could take action this month.The Alliance Defense Fund, an http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917445/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:14:31 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917445/ While economic indicators for the metro Milwaukee area improved modestly from a historic low posted in October, the business activity measures still pointed to continuing deterioration of the economy.... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20912848/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:32 -0500 Business Journal http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20912848/ SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (AP) - Search and rescue crews in Colorado are looking for twin brothers from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who are missing. The 22-year-old twins' mother notified police that they were ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917432/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:04 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917432/ The Milwaukee-area labor market lost 12,400 jobs between November 2007 and November 2008, according to employment figures released Tuesday by the http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915872/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:19 -0500 Business Journal http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915872/ If your driveway or sidewalk is still dangerously icy, chances are you're either waiting for it to melt or you can't find any sidewalk salt to do the trick now. Supplies of ice melters are low... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917433/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:01 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917433/ Ice cleats are a hot commodity lately to help people traverse the ice-covered sidewalks and parking lots in Northeast Wisconsin. "Then these little nubs here, they grip the ice in the slippery cement,... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917434/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:00 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917434/ Time is not the only thing running out for people who haven't purchased digital converter boxes for their TVs. On February 17, television stations across the country will stop transmitting analog ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917436/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:57 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917436/ The investigation continues into a drive-by shooting in Appleton this weekend. Police say it was gang-related -- and the type of activity Appleton's gang unit says is actually on the rise. That ha... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917435/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:55 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917435/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 5:12 p.m. A West Allis man killed in a one-car crash early this morning was identified this afternoon as Milan Radjenovic. According to Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office spo... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917429/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:16 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917429/ Susan Wolter, who underwent deep brain stimulation surgery to control her Parkinson’s disease, reads to her granddaughter, Melayna Lamke, 3, at her home in Oconomowoc. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915870/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:10 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20915870/ If you're a low-tech TV owner who has a set of rabbit ears on top of your set or an old-style antenna sitting on your roof, listen up. Starting with the New Year, you will be able to obtain $40 co... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917431/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:08 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917431/ When Congress asked the Army and Marine Corps to enlist more people, no one expected it to take less than five years. Both branches are seeing an increase in recruits, and the Marine Corps is set to h... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917437/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:52 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917437/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush's national security adviser says Iran is the biggest challenge that President-elect Barack Obama will face in the Middle East. Outside the Mideast, Stephen ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917438/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:49 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917438/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers for victims in a deadly commuter rail crash say the train engineer's employer knew he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains. Attorney Edward Pfiester (FEE-st... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917439/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:47 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917439/ WASHINGTON (AP) - He's been CNN's chief medical correspondent for years. Now, two Democrats with knowledge of the discussions say Dr. Sanjay Gupta is under consideration for the post of U.S. surgeon ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917440/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:45 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917440/ WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who's led the counter-terrorism effort at the State Department for the past 18 months says he's encouraged by what he's seen and heard from Barack Obama's team. Dell Dailey ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917441/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:43 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20917441/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 12:36 p.m. Jim Miller, the president of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute since it was founded in 1987, is retiring, effective this month, and will be succeeded by Geor... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911446/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:13:08 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911446/ Marshfield says postcards sent to remind pet owners about vaccinations are drawing fewer responses.Case-Doney says she doesn't think pet owners mean to be negligent, but they have to make hard choices... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911474/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:07 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911474/ With the temperatures going up, then down, more potholes are surfacing on Milwaukee's streets. One man hit a big pothole and wanted to warn others before they did the same thing. "This a pretty... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910125/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:48 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910125/ Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery .Geothermal systems use the earth's mass and stable temperature to produce or absorb heat.Building project manager http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911469/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:20 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911469/ MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin says all-times saves leader Trevor Hoffman is his top choice to be the ball club's next closer. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911464/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:36 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911464/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 10:44 a.m. A former Milwaukee fire and police commissioner attempted to use his position to avoid a drunken driving arrest in Dodge County, suggesting that if he were in the ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910123/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:13:00 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910123/ The first entity is the Ice Drilling Program Office at Dartmouth, with collaborations at UNH and UW. It will provide scientific leadership and oversight of ice coring and drilling funded by National S... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911466/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:33 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911466/ Madison officials say the city paid more than $41,000 to cover its recycling costs in November. It's the first time since April 2002 that the recycling program didn't pay for itself. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911467/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:32 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911467/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin would join 12 other states that use an emergency alert system to notify the public when seniors with dementia go missing under a proposal being worked on in the Legisla... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911462/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:35 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911462/ The Milwaukee Art Museum is changing its admission policy. The museum will now start charging $12 for admission, up from $8 for adults. Students and seniors will be charged $10. The new admission p... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910127/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:46 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910127/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 10:02 a.m. For the first time ever, the Midwest Connect regional carrier is flying more passengers from Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport than the Midwest Airlines m... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910124/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:13:02 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910124/ WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Eleven Old Order Amish families sued a northern New York community Tuesday, claiming that its refusal to grant permits for their traditionally built homes is religious discrimi... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911460/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:37 -0500 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911460/ An elderly Fond du Lac man died after slipping and falling on ice outside his home. The sheriff's department says the 84-year-old man had been outside for some time before he was discovered. He di... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911456/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:12 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911456/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says the nation probably faces huge deficits for years to come, but heavy spending is needed now to spur the economy. Obama said Tuesday the deficit app... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911457/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:10 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911457/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve officials feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time despite their decision to slash interest rates to a record low and pledge to use other unco... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911458/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:08 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911458/ WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan - and crashed. State police say the boy suffered only minor injuries and author... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911459/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:07 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20911459/ The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on Austin Croshere, General Manager John Hammond announced today. Croshere (6-10, 235) appeared in 11 games with the Bucks and averaged 3.3 points and 2.2 r... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910122/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:18:25 -0500 Milwaukee Bucks http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20910122/ Milwaukee was the only one of 25 major cities where home prices rose from year-ago levels in October, according to a monthly report from real estate data firm http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20902390/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:09:46 -0500 Business Journal http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20902390/ Milwaukee County interstate early Tuesday for at least four hours.Sheriff's officials say the car hit a median wall on Interstate 43/894 and landed in a ditch, killing the male driver.The interstate r... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905965/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:09 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905965/ Kenosha are using vehicle registration records to try to find the owner of a car found submerged in the harbor.No one was found inside the sedan discovered in the water about 50 feet from the city's n... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905963/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:20 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905963/ Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling says it's 24-hour hotline received at least 12,000 calls last year - a 28 percent increase over the previous year.The council's executive director, http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905966/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:04 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905966/ as a used car dealer in Pewaukee. It has since grown to five dealerships in the Milwaukee Metro Area. The Safro Group currently employs more than 350 people, according to the company's Web site. Saf... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904860/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:31:00 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904860/ A pair of crashes on southbound I-43 near the Milwaukee/Ozaukee county line injured three people during the Tuesday morning rush hour. Two children and an adult each suffered non-life threatening inj... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904865/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:30:59 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904865/ GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A Green Bay teenager has pleaded not guilty in a drunken driving crash that killed his friend and injured four others. Nineteen-year-old Joseph Turppa also asked that his case ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905948/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:31 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905948/ ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - The region's locks on the Upper Mississippi River were quieter in 2008, with nearly a third fewer tons of cargo going through than in 2007. And 2007 was well down from the pea... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905946/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:33 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905946/ A Democratic official says the secretary of the Senate has turned former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris away from taking the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904859/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:17:56 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904859/ Barack Obama will be sworn in as president. That will give Obama a chance to appoint his replacement.Shabaz has been on medical leave for nearly a year. In November, a court official said Shabaz had s... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905962/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:22 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905962/ Milwaukee fire crews were on the scene of what's being described as an electrical fire in an industrial building on Milwaukee's east side. Eight Milwaukee fire vehicles went to the fire inside the Be... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904864/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:30:58 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904864/ ckoplien@todaystmj4.com Over the past month or so, weak to moderate La Nina conditions have begun to develop in the Pacific Ocean. La Nina is defined as unusually cool water temperatures in the Pacifi... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904861/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:31:01 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20904861/ Posted: Jan. 6, 2009 6:16 a.m. Chilton - An Appleton woman was killed when a small school bus collided with her car at a Calumet County intersection. There were no passengers on the bus and the d... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905942/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:18:01 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905942/ NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street is paring some of its earlier gains following mixed readings on the economy. The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday the U.S. services sector contracted at a slow... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905950/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:22 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905950/ NEW YORK (AP) - A private research group says the U.S. services sector contracted at a slower pace in December as new orders and employment improved. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade grou... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905951/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:20 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905951/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to factories fell for a record fourth straight month in November, reflecting the intensifying effects of the country's steep recession. The Commerce Department says orders de... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905952/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:17 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905952/ WASHINGTON (AP) - State Department officials say Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to New York Tuesday to meet with Arab ministers and lobby for a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan for Gaza. ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905953/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:16 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20905953/ Milwaukee police this morning are looking for a man who shot and killed a 28-year-old man in a drug-related murder. Authorities say that at about 10:45 p.m. Monday night, someone came to the man's ap... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20899805/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:23:56 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20899805/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards are expected to appear in federal court to answer to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad. The... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900558/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:26:18 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900558/ ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's Supreme Court will decide whether statements from witnesses who have been threatened or intimidated can be heard in criminal cases -- even if prosecutors don't ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900559/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:26:14 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900559/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sponsors of California's voter-approved gay marriage ban say Attorney General Jerry Brown is advancing a far-fetched legal theory to try to overturn it. Lawyers for the Protect M... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900561/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:26:11 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20900561/ He stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, but Howard Nolan looks as if he should be taller. Something isn't normal. To Nolan, normal means near-constant pain in his feet, knees, back and arms. His eyesight is... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895786/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:52:45 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895786/ Wisconsin town board would be subject to drug and alcohol testing under a program being considered by the board.Supervisor Sheila Running is one of three members of the Seymour Town Board. She said th... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896902/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:50:11 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896902/ The number of people killed in fires in Milwaukee last year dropped dramatically. Six people died in fires in 2008. Fourteen people died due to fires in 2007. "There are many things I attribut... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895787/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:04:26 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895787/ Survey after survey shows getting in better shape is a top New Year's resolution every year. Survey after survey also shows most don't keep their resolutions for more than a month. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896896/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:40 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896896/ Posted: Jan. 5, 2009 Madison - Democrats took control of state government Monday, as legislators were sworn in for a two-year legislative session that will require them to fix a record budget def... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895785/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:52:46 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20895785/ CHILTON, Wis. (AP) - An Appleton woman was killed when a small school bus collided with her car at a Calumet County intersection. There were no passengers on the bus and the driver wasn't hurt. The s... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896894/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:31 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896894/ MADRAS, Ore. (AP) - Four young children were left on their own inside an Oregon home after what police think was a murder-suicide. Investigators believe the couple, Hannah Crowe and Julian Wallulatum... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896899/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:26 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896899/ DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A fire in suburban Detroit has damaged a boarding house built for employees of inventor Thomas Edison that was among the first buildings to get electric lighting. A spokeswoman... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896900/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:25 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20896900/ Michael Redd scored a season-high 35 points and Villanueva added 13 of his 25 in the fourth quarter Monday night, leading Milwaukee to its first victory without Bogut in 21 months, 107-97 over the http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893219/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:31 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893219/ Savannah Yates to death when their mother left them with him while she was working the weekend of April 13.---Information from: Baraboo News Republic, http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893220/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:27 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893220/ DE PERE, Wis. (AP) - St. Norbert College alumnus Fred Wakeman and his wife Carol are giving $1 million toward the new Donald J. Schneider Outdoor Athletics Complex at the campus. The gift announced M... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893207/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:26 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893207/ WEST ALLIS -- The digital TV conversion is scheduled for February 17th. Anyone with an analog television needs to buy a digital converter to continue to watch television.The federal government has mad... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892427/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:05:26 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892427/ A Racine County couple and a pair of college students from Minnesota are among seven people killed in Wisconsin snowmobile accidents so far in 2009. That pushes the season's fatality toll to 13, or mo... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893209/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:21 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893209/ People all over Northeast Wisconsin have braved iced-over parking lots and sidewalks that look more like skating rinks. Many people have fallen, requiring an ambulance. But driving ambulances in those... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893210/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:19 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893210/ The ice left from the weekend storm is especially a hazard on sidewalks. A number of cities are warning residents to either scrape it off or face a possible fine. Getting rid of the ice on driveways a... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893211/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:17 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893211/ TICHIGAN -- Mike Massman wouldn’t have heard the desperate shouts for help if he hadn’t been outside Sunday afternoon, taking down Christmas decorations at his lakefront home. When he heard Bill K... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892428/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:05:28 -0500 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892428/ A construction project is underway near Lambeau Field switching the Packers' practice field location. But there's more construction than just the field switch going on, and that caught some co... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893212/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:15 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893212/ News ) - A line about a sneaky baby and dirty diapers has been named the top lie of 2008. The Burlington Liars Club bestowed its top award Monday for this line: "My grandson is the most persuasive lia... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893221/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:24 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893221/ Posted: Jan. 5, 2009 11:17 p.m. A Milwaukee lawyer - sort of - has found himself in the center of a national storm. Roland Burris was chosen to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. S... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892426/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:53:54 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20892426/ News ) - A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday. The Burlington Liars Club bestowed its top award for this line: "My... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893222/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:25 -0500 Examiner http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893222/ NEW YORK (AP) - Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a New York crane collapse that killed seven people in March. Contractor William Rapetti and his rigging company face manslaughter a... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893213/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:13 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893213/ JACKSON, Ohio (AP) - Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his ar... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893215/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:08 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893215/ FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - According to police documents released today, anthrax mailing suspect Bruce Ivins behaved erratically in the weeks before the Army scientist took his own life. The Frederick (Md... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893216/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:06 -0500 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20893216/ DENVER—A Wisconsin company says 3,600 pounds of bacon bits used in sandwiches and burritos sold by Colorado convenience stores were possibly contaminated with a bacteria. Home Fresh Sandwich Dis... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20890772/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:51:39 -0500 Denver Post http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/20890772/