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  • Milwaukee Brewers giving out Ryan Braun bobblehead Sunday

    Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun carefully watches his pitches getting two walks, this one in the 4th inning 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/ ...

  • Local students react to Boy Scouts decision to allow in openly gay scouts

    , and many are happy about it. Nick Fetting is a junior at Whitefish Bay High School working on becoming an Eagle Scout. He would like to see other teens learning in the scouts like he has, even if they are openly gay. Gay scouts have been banned from the century old organization for 22 years. "It’s about time," Fetting says. "There's not any one reason they ...

  • UW students will get a break after discovery of reserve fund

    MADISON - UW students will finally get a break after lawmakers found out the UW-System had hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away. Lawmakers told the UW-System they have to use the reserves and can't raise tuition for at least two years, a break students say was a long time coming. "I think that's good. I am completely happy with that," said UW Milwaukee Junior Liz ...

  • Two teens accused of drive-by water balloon tossing

    Two Grant County teenagers are facing charges of criminal damage to property and recklessly endangering safety accusing them of tossing more than 80 water balloons from a moving car at other vehicles and pedestrians, the sheriff's department said Friday. The drive-by ballooning started shortly before 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, when the sheriff's department began receiving calls reporting ...

  • Hiram Burgos to DL Tom Gorzelanny reinstated

    The Milwaukee Brewers did some more juggling with regard to their pitching staff on Friday, placing starter Hiram Burgos on the 15-day disabled list with a right-shoulder impingement and reinstating reliever Tom Gorzelanny from the DL. Burgos, 1-2 with a 6.44 earned-run average, made his last start Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He went only 3 1/3 innings, allowing six hits, two ...

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [DVD]

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [DVD]

When Stephan Elliott's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert became a surprise international hit in 1994, it marked the high point of the mainstream breakthrough of what critic B. Ruby Rich had dubbed The New Queer Cinema, a trend of political ... ...

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  • Wis. lawyer wants car dealers to oppose bill

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's Lemon Law King is trying to rally dealers against a Republican bill that would relax car buyer protection ...

  • Man found guilty of 2006 slaying at Burger King

    WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2006 strangulation death of a Lindenhurst restaurant ...

  • Wis. gov expects compromise on voucher school plan

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next ...

  • MPD searching for men who robbed Popeyes

    MILWAUKEE - Police are asking for the public's help to identify two men who robbed the Popeyes at 2910 W. Capitol Dr. on May 18. "Shortly after 5 p.m. the suspects forced their way behind the counter through an employee door," said Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with the Milwaukee Police Department. "The suspects demanded and received money by removing the cash drawers with the trays. ...

  • Woman accused of assaulting MPS substitute teacher at school

    MILWAUKEE - A 55-year-old woman that was reportedly in an incident with an MPS teacher could face charges. According to the Journal Sentinel, police say the woman pulled the hair of a 40-year-old substitute teacher during an argument at the school on Wednesday. "The hair-pulling occurred about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rogers Street Academy, 2430 W. Rogers," according to the newspaper. ...

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