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  • OWI Hunter tactics ruled legal

    Pharmacist by day, 'OWI Hunter' by night APPLETON -- Drunk drivers in the Fox Valley will get no reprieve from the "OWI Hunter," after a judge ruled he is not acting as an illegal agent of law enforcement. The man known simply as Brad was called into an Outagamie County courtroom by a defense attorney last month as part of an attempt to get an OWI charge dismissed. The ...

  • Aerial yoga taking off in SE Wisconsin

    WAUKESHA - At the Reaching Treetops Studio in Wauskesha, they're flipping yoga up in the air. It's called aerial yoga. Instructors hang hammocks from the ceiling and work on different poses. From swinging, to inversion, to other aerial techniques, gravity is used to better stretch and strengthen the body. It also has the added of excitement of doing yoga in flight. Instructor ...

  • Wisconsin GOP doesnt trust women not to lie about rape

    Rachel Maddow plays powerful video of Wisconsin State Representative Many Wright's personal disclosure about having been raped by a cousin at 8-years-old but not having filed a police report - a circumstance Wisconsin Republicans are hoping to use as an excuse to block access to a legal abortion for the victim should such abuse result in pregnancy, because they believe women lie about rape ...

  • Guest Dells hotel didnt do enough to help during carbon monoxide leak

    LAKE DELTON - A carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in the Wisconsin Dells has some guests upset more wasn't done to help them. Doug Schuenemann was enjoying a vacation in the Dells with his fiance and baby boy when all of the sudden early Saturday morning at the Travelodge hotel, he got a shock. "A firefighter on our door saying 'Lake Delton Fire Department. We need to evacuate ...

  • Wisconsin economy stuck in old-growth industries

    Like the 130-year-old paper mill in Nekoosa, on the banks of the Wisconsin River, many of Wisconsin's paper mills are more than a century old. Wisconsin's economy remains surprisingly reliant on papermaking and printing industries, according to a new ...

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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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  • Milwaukee-area freeway shuts down after rollover crash

    MEQUON - The Ozaukee Co. Sheriff's Office has shut down I-43 northbound after a rollover crash. Flight for Life was headed to the scene of the crash, which happened just before 9:00 p.m. Monday night. TODAY'S TMJ4 reports that a vehicle struck a center barricade at the Milwaukee-Ozaukee Co. line. At least one person may have been injured. Check back for more details on this ...

  • Body pulled from Chippewa River in Eau Claire

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Eau Claire Police say a body has been pulled from the Chippewa River. Police say canoeists spotted the body Monday not far from the Short Street Bridge. Eau Claire firefighters then launched a boat and recovered the body. WQOW-TV (http://bit.ly/17UpX9YP reports there's no word on an ...

  • Jobs program gives Milwaukee teens real-world experience

    With youth unemployment hitting 24.5% nationally in May, several Milwaukee teenagers are getting real-world work experience this summer, thanks to the St. Charles Youth and Family Services Youth Employment Services program, ...

  • How can Potawatomi keep you safer after shooting on casino floor

    Shooting at Potawatomi Casino MILWAUKEE – Questions are swirling about the way security officers handled a shooting at Potawatomi Bingo Casino. Never before has a shooting taken place on the casino floor, according to a spokesman. Patrons describe the scene as chaotic. "All of a sudden, people started stampeding--that’s all I can say," said Linda Schmit, who was at ...

  • Homeowners see pine trees withering away and dying

    WAUKESHA - People living in Waukesha have a mystery on their hands. Dozens of homeowners say they've watched their pine trees wither away and die. Scott Barrowclift is one of the residents who's had to cut down several pine trees on his property because they are sick. He said trees on his property aren't the only one's that have turned brown. "On Sunset I've ...

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