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  • Company where man was injured subject of OSHA investigation

    The I-Team discovered the company has a recent history of safety violations with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Thursday's accident came in the middle of a federal safety ...

  • Obama sees narrower terror threat defends drones

    President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

  • Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

    Photo credit: Getty Images | Members of Scouts for Equality hold a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America as part of the "Scouts for Equality Day of Action" in Washington, DC. (May 22, ...

  • Wisconsin Historical Society adds Gov. Doyle portrait to collection

    The Wisconsin Historical Society has added the official portrait of former Gov. Jim Doyle to its collection of official portraits of state governors. The Doyle portrait is now on exhibit on the third floor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave., through late summer. It was painted by David Lenz of Shorewood, a nationally recognized artist and ...

  • Allouez apartment fire forces dozens from their homes

    ALLOUEZ - A small basement fire turned into a major blaze in the Village of Allouez, near Green Bay. At least eight departments are working on containing the fire at the Hilltop Place Apartments. The fire was reported just before noon Thursday. According to reports from the scene people living in the apartments are safe and accounted for. However, a pair of firefighters were taken to the ...

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Catfish

Catfish

All of the controversy swirling around the authenticity--or lack thereof--of the events as depicted in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulmans Catfish since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival has certainly drawn attention to the film, and even if it turns out that the whole thing was an e ... ...

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  • Residents near house fire in Sheboygan Falls being evacuated

    SHEBOYGAN FALLS - The residents of a home in Sheboygan Falls have been evacuated after their home caught on fire Thursday afternoon. According to the City of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, the fire is located at 112 Shelly Drive. The area is being evacuated, but Sheboygan Falls Police will not confirm ...

  • Milwaukee County Board votes to hire outside lawyers to fight state

    The Milwaukee County Board Thursday voted to hire an outside legal firm to help clarify and possibly mount a challenge against state legislation that would cut the authority and funding of the board. The measure, approved on a 14-4 vote, gives board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic the authority to choose the legal firm and an initial budget of $25,000. County Executive Chris Abele, who lobbied ...

  • Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...

  • Police searching for man who robbed Bank Mutual

    MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect responsible for the May 17 robbery at the Bank Mutual located at 3340 S. 27th Street. According to Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with Milwaukee Police, the robbery happened around 2:15 p.m. "The suspect entered the bank, approached a teller, and handed her note demanding money while implying that ...

  • Jury for brother of man accused of killing his children to come from Portage Co.

    Armin Wand III (left), 32, the father of three children killed in a house fire in southwestern Wisconsin and his 18-year-old brother, Jeremy ...

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