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  • Weeks Ramirez homer late to push Brewers past Astros

    The Brewers shook off a nine-run loss the previous evening by beating the Houston Astros, 3-1, Wednesday night. The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the eighth when Rickie Weeks, batting leadoff for the first time in more than a year in the absence of Norichika Aoki, collected the first extra-base hit of the game. And it was a big one, a two-run homer off reliever Hector Ambriz. Aramis Ramirez ...

  • Menomonee Falls man unconscious after bike crash

    VILLAGE OF LANNON - The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office says that a man who was found unconscious after a bike crash has been taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. There was no initially confirmed report on his condition. The crash happened just before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday night in Menomonee County Park in the Village of Lannon. According to the Sheriff's Office, no cars were ...

  • Thousands without power in Milwaukee area

    MILWAUKEE - According to We Energies, about 5,700 customers lost power Wednesday after an equipment failure. Spokesman Barry McNulty told 620WTMJ's Jay Sorgi that as of about 9:15 p.m., 3,800 customers remained without power. Milwaukee Police tell TODAY'S TMJ4 that a transformer blew near the corner of North 32nd and West Wells Streets. We Energies did not confirm the blown ...

  • Stillwater Lift Bridge opens earlier than expected

    The bridge was closed in its lowered position as a precaution on Sunday night when crews noticed the damaged cable that hoists the bridge vertically 57 feet above the normal level of the St. Croix (kroy) River to let boats pass under it. The normal lift schedule was suspended and the lift span was in the down position until repairs were ...

  • Wis. Innocence Project helps homicide inmate go free

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Milwaukee man who won a new trial after being convicted of homicide and sentenced to a life term has instead reached a plea deal that made him a free man this week. Twenty-seven-year-old Seneca Malone could have tried to clear his name by contesting a renewed homicide charge. Instead he pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of negligent homicide. Defense attorney Jerome ...

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  • Mother speaks about MPD officer shooting her son

    Police: Suspect accidentally shot near Milwaukee day care center MILWAUKEE - The mother of the robbery suspect Milwaukee Police said was accidentally shot by an officer wants the department to explain exactly how the cop’s gun fired after her son surrendered. Sheldon Gainer is awaiting charges, and is still recovering from a gunshot to his thigh. It’s an injury Milwaukee ...

  • How safe are Air National Guard KC-135s

    National Guard plane makes emergency landing Friday MILWAUKEE - Are the lives of our service men and women in danger? It’s a question you’ve raised after the fourth emergency landing for the 128th Air Refueling Wing this year. A KC-135 jet engine was forced to land outside of Indianapolis at Grissom Air Reserve Base Tuesday, after one of its hydraulic systems failed. Col. ...

  • Sopranos actor dead at 51

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51. In a statement, the cable channel, and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, said he died Wednesday ...

  • Health groups oppose Wisconsin bill barring gun inquiries

    Health organizations say a Wisconsin bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own guns would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. Under the proposal from Republican Rep. Michael Schraa, doctors except for psychiatrists who violated the ban could face a $25,000 fine or nine months in prison. "Owning a firearm, or not owning a firearm, is a personal ...

  • Brewers try to bounce back against Astros without Braun Aoki

    Milwaukee Brewers Rickie Weeks (23) hits the third out in the bottom of the 8th stranding runners and the score tied 3-3 during the MLB baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Journal Sentinel photo by RICK WOOD/ ...

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