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  • Wisconsin not likely to consider same-sex unions

    Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. "I just don't think it's very likely in this state anytime soon," Joe Heim, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political ...

  • Wisconsin Gov. Walker to headline Iowa GOP event

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will visit Iowa this week to deliver a speech that may bolster speculation that he will run for president in ...

  • Wisconsin bill would eliminate workplace flu-shot requirement

    Madison - Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) said he began drafting the legislation after several hospital workers and health care contractors in his district complained they were fired after refusing to be ...

  • DNR considers purchase of 140 acres in Oconomowoc River valley

    A140-acre property at 1147 St. Augustine Road in the Town of Erin is to be aquired by the DNR for addition to the Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Washington ...

  • New Milwaukee SDC member sees lack of trust on board

    Newly sworn in and attending her first board meeting, Social Development Commissioner Magda G. Peck listened for more than an hour as the commission discussed and debated a slate of issues including the hiring of a search firm to find a new CEO, where to hold the annual meeting and how to elect a new executive committee for the anti-poverty agency. The tone was sometimes friendly, but at other ...

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The Pledge

Sean Penn's The Pledge is about a man named Jerry Black who is absolutely sure that he is right about something, but is never able to prove it. There is a kind of terrible grandeur to Penn's vision of Jerry because Penn ensures that we see he is right, but because he is never able to convince anyone around him, he is literally driven to madness. The last five minutes of the film feature th ... ...

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  • Weather better for 2013 Cellcom Green Bay Marathon

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- In contrast to last year, weather conditions were nearly idea as an estimated 7,000 runners started the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon at Lambeau ...

  • Budget panel to consider rent-to-own changes

    MADISON -- The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is poised to consider provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would exempt rent-to-own stores from Wisconsin's consumer protection laws. Rent-to-own businesses offer customers a chance to rent items such as appliances and electronics with no credit check. Customers can exit and rejoin the deals as they wish with ...

  • Tornadoes hit Kan. Okla. no injuries reported

    A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ...

  • Brewers Lohse has rough fourth inning

    Kyle Lohse on the mound, Aramis Ramirez out of the lineup and the St. Louis Cardinals with another big inning. It all added up to yet another setback for the Brewers to their rival at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon, 4-2. The Cardinals got to their former teammate Lohse for four two-out runs on six hits – five of them singles – in the fourth inning while the Brewers’ ...

  • State takes over Madison police shooting case

    MADISON -- The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation of the shooting death in Madison of a man who allegedly charged police officers with a sword. The Dane County Medical Examiner identifies him as 43-year-old Brent E. Bozek. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Bozek was shot Friday night after a day-long standoff that began when officers attempted to ...

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