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  • Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

    FILE PHOTO: A tractor with cultivator sits idle after being delayed by wet weather earlier this month preventing central Illinois farmers from starting their spring planting of corn crops Monday, May 13, 2013 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth ...

  • Chippewa Falls police investigate sex offenders death

    The Chippewa Herald reports. Christopher R. Vought, 27, was found dead at 7:25 p.m. Saturday at an unspecified location in Chippewa Falls after a woman called police requesting a welfare check. Police did not give more details about Vought's death, saying only that officers are investigating. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Boston Store parent Bon-Ton files claim against Sheboygan

    The parent company of Boston Store has filed a claim against the City of Sheboygan saying that water runoff from a city-owned parking lot has caused $400,000 in damage, according to ...

  • Apples Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

    In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ...

  • Suspect in large Milwaukee bank heist expected to plead guilty

    One suspect in a Milwaukee bank heist that netted more than a quarter-million dollars is expected to plead guilty to his role in the crime next month. But at least two other people involved in the January robbery remain on the loose. Coleman Jones Ferrell, 26, of Oshkosh, is charged with armed robbery, party to a crime, in the Jan. 6 robbery of Community Financial Business, 6404 N. 76th St. ...

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Proof of Life

In Taylor Hackford's Proof of Life, Russell Crowe gets to keep his native Australian accent as Terry Thorne, an ex-soldier-turned-hostage-negotiator whose expertise is K&R (kidnapping and ransom). He deals mainly with extracting businessmen and politicians who are snatched by extremist groups in the farthest reaches of the world--Russia, southeast Asia, South America. He is calm, collected ... ...

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  • Wisconsin home sales increase 9 percent in April

    April sales included 5,863 existing homes, a 9.2 percent increase from the 5,367 sold during the same time the year before, the Wisconsin Realtors Association said Monday. The median price was $138,000, up from $128,000 in April 2012. Still, the median home price remains far below the $160,000 seen in April 2006 during the housing ...

  • Proposal to sell state properties up for vote

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A wide-reaching change that would allow the state to sell off properties ranging from prisons and power plants to University of Wisconsin dormitories and state highways is up for approval before the Legislature's budget committee. Gov. Scott Walker is proposing the provision as part of his state budget up for a vote Tuesday in the Legislature's Joint Finance ...

  • Man loses cash pants in Madison robbery

    A 26-year-old man lost his pants during a struggle with two robbers over the weekend, Madison police said Monday. The man, from Columbus, Wis., said he and a friend, a 24-year-old Beaver Dam man, were staying at a Hayes Road hotel and invited two strangers into their room for a drink about 5:25 a.m. Saturday. One of the strangers then pulled a knife and robbed them, taking a large amount of ...

  • Firefighter hospitalized after fighting Green Bay blaze

    Green Bay Press-Gazette . The fire was reported at 1:27 p.m. Monday at a Procter & Gamble building at 501 Eastman Ave. The fire appeared to be caused by roof construction and did about $30,000 in damage. The firefighter was expected to be released later Monday, according to the Press-Gazette. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Watchdog group accused of showing Democratic bias with fundraiser

    its website , the Democracy Campaign describes itself as "a nonprofit, nonpartisan political watchdog group dedicated to clean government." But at noon Saturday, the Vilas County Democratic ...

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