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  • FBI Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

    Investigators stand outside an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John ...

  • Update Case against Milwaukee veteran over Japanese rape judgment proceeds

    A judge in Milwaukee has denied a Navy veteran's several attempts to dismiss an unusual civil suit seeking enforcement of a Japanese judgment that he raped a woman there in 2002. Catherine ...

  • Milwaukee Brewers Zack Greinke no longer perfect at Miller Park

    Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke pauses behind the mound before throwing in the third inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) MILWAUKEE--Zack Greinke's aura of invincibility at Miller Park vanished into the warm May air Tuesday night. Making his first appearance as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

  • One Charles Woodsons impact with Packers

    Download our FREE Gameday Extra app for comprehensive Packers coverage! GREEN BAY - "One." Former Green Bay Packers defensive back Charles Woodson repeated that word many times in his postgame speech following the 2010 NFC Championship Game as he rallied his team Perhaps it's the most important word Woodson ever said in his tenure in green and gold ...

  • Wisconsin schools retire Native American logo

    WINTER, Wis. (AP) -- A western Wisconsin school district will change its Native American logo that it's used for its sports teams. Winter School District Administrator Penny Boileau says the American Indian warrior logo has been used for decades, but if it's offensive to anyone, then it's time to change. A state law requires the state superintendent to consider any complaints ...

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Last Summer

Last Summer

So many films about adolescents are vapid, banal affairs, treating their subjects either as dull, cardboard cutouts with no emotions, or gross caricatures of unappealing stereotypes. Somewhere along the line a mentality developed that adolescents are unimportant, and their lives are shallow and u ... ...

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  • Milwaukee man one of two $1 million Powerball winners

    A Milwaukee man has come forward as one of two $1 million winners after Saturday's Powerball jackpot drawing and will participate in a Thursday news conference about his winnings. Jason Peck purchased his winning ticket Saturday night at Pick 'N Save, 1100 E. Garfield Ave., and will receive a lump sum payment of $672,500 after taxes, according to a Wisconsin Lottery news release. A ...

  • Graduation poignant for Chippewa Falls valedictorian

    Graduation for Gabrielle Geissler, one of two valedictorians at McDonell Central Catholic High School in Chippewa Falls, will be bittersweet. While celebrating her graduation, Geissler also will be reminded of her twin brother, Nicholas, who would have been standing with her during the ceremony but died shortly after their 11th birthday, ...

  • Wisconsin school district dropping Indian logo

    Winter-- A western Wisconsin school district will change its Native American logo that it's used for its sports teams. Winter School District Administrator Penny Boileau says the American Indian warrior logo has been used for decades, but if it's offensive to anyone, then it's time to change. A state law requires the state superintendent to consider any complaints that a school ...

  • Madison man guilty in starvation case due back in court

    A 42-year-old Madison man who was found guilty of neglecting his 15-year-old daughter but received a mistrial on four other charges will be back in court in November, according to ...

  • Kimberly man 30 accused sexual contact with girls he met online

    Appleton Post-Crescent . Donald T. Dercks faces charges of two counts of second-degree sexual assault, use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, child sexual exploitation, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. A criminal complaint alleges that Dercks knew the girls' ages and asked them to send nude photos to him. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

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