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  • 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 ...

  • Game Blog Brewers vs. Houston Astros

    and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. Today, the Brewers open a three-game series at Minute Maid Park with the Houston Astros. Milwaukee righthander Alfredo Figaro (1-0, 3.47) faces 22-year-old Jordan ...

  • Report faults UW-System education schools

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A review of the nation's teacher-training programs suggests that many University of Wisconsin System education schools are of middling ...

  • Wisconsin DNR wants to increase wolf hunt limits

    Hunters and trappers would be allowed to kill dozens more wolves during Wisconsin's second wolf hunt in the fall under new quotas released Tuesday by state wildlife officials. Department of Natural Resources officials say the new quotas will help shrink the state's burgeoning wolf population to what they think is its ideal size of 350 animals. But the plan promises to incur the wrath ...

  • House fire in West Allis

    WEST ALLIS - Fire crews from West Allis and Milwaukee have gone to the scene of a fire at a home in West Allis. It happened at about 6:00 p.m. near the corner of South 62nd and West Lapham. There was no initial word on the cause of the fire or any ...

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Ghost World [DVD]

Ghost World [DVD]

Ghost World is an often funny, often painful portrait of the abyss that is postadolescence. In the void between high school graduation and full adulthood, we find Enid (Thora Birch) and her best friend Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), bound together by their mutual misanthropy and desire not to go with the crowd, but still struggling to define themselves in a bland, commercialized world that ... ...

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  • Shorewood cycling event leads to road closings Thursday

    SHOREWOOD - Thousands of cyclists are expected in Shorewood on Thursday, for the 10th annual Shorewood Criterium Cycling Classic. It's part of the Tour of America's Dairyland. The event will feature men and women's pro races. There's even a "Kid's Roll" for neighborhood kids to ride their bikes, as long as they're wearing a helmet. The races start at ...

  • Could Brookfield lake become a dump

    BROOKFIELD - Buried beyond the trees of Debbie Hanson’s Brookfield backyard is a quiet oasis; a lone lake in an old quarry. "I bought this house because of what’s back there. Nothing’s back there but the nature." But the area could soon lose its peacefulness. A contractor with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Super Excavators, plans to buy the ...

  • State Assembly delays budget work after 15 minutes of debate

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has adjourned after debating the state budget for only 15 minutes. The Assembly is scheduled to resume debate at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and vote at 5:30 p.m. Action was delayed on Tuesday while lawmakers waited for a Republican-sponsored amendment that makes a series of changes to the two-year spending plan. Republican Speaker Robin Vos says the changes ...

  • Officials Man mauled by bear outside Wis. cabin

    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 ...

  • Wisconsin Air National Guard plane has in-air emergency

    A KC-135 aircraft from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Refueling Group has been diverted to a U.S. Air Force Reserve base in Indiana because of an in-air emergency, WTMJ-TV (Channel ...

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