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  • Family of 14-year-old wants justice for hit-and-run driver who struck child

    MILWAUKEE - A mother is pleading for help to find the driver who hit her son, then took off. TODAY'S TMJ4's Nick Montes talked exclusively with the mom and her 14-year-old son, Nathan Pacala, who is slowly recovering. It's been two months since a car struck Nathan at the corner of South Muskego and West Mitchell Streets. The driver took off, and it's been a long journey ...

  • Heartland heartbreak hits home for Milwaukee woman who lived in Oklahoma

    MILWAUKEE - Allison Silveira is from the Midwest but studied meteorology for fifteen years at the Univesity of Oklahoma. She moved to Milwaukee two years ago, but knows Moore very well. "I have been to a movie at the Warren Theater that got hit that was very close to the elementary school as well," she sad. Plus, Allison has a lot of friends, family, and collegeaues who still ...

  • Packers K Mason Crosby becomes new dad

    Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby (2) chats with San Francisco 49'rs David Akers (2) before the NFL Divisional playoffs between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49'rs at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, Saturday, Januyary 11, 2013 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Photo by Rick ...

  • Brewers look for series win vs. Dodgers

    MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers are aiming for a series win, something that's been a while coming for the slumping Brew Crew. They're in action right now at Miller Park. Listen to Bob Uecker and Joe Block now on 620WTMJ ...

  • Green Bay CVB explains why Lambeau Super Bowl is a never say never idea

    Green Bay Packer legend Bart Starr and other former players line the field with flags before the game against the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau ...

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Mr. Deeds

Woe to poor Adam Sandler. Stuck in what appears to be a cinematic perpetual motion machine, he continues to show up year after year in dim-witted comedies organized around his increasingly unfunny presence. In his latest project, Mr. Deeds, Sandler once again offers ample proof of his limited range in portraying the titular hero by combining the boyish innocence of his character from Th ... ...

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  • 12-year-old Mass. boy wins National Geographic Bee

    David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa’s ...

  • Police surround downtown Milwaukee building as man is rescued

    Wisconsin law enforcement officials and Milwaukee police have blocked off an alley between W. State St. and W. Highland Ave. while Milwaukee Fire Department rescue workers prepare to lower an injured man from the second story of a building to an awaiting ambulance. It's unclear why there was a heavy law enforcement presence while the man was being treated. Fire Department Batallion Chief ...

  • Scott Walker plan allows rent-to-own contracts with blank spaces

    Madison -- Rent-to-own stores could encourage customers to sign contracts that included blank spaces that would be filled in later with the actual terms of the agreement such as the real costs to the consumer of a television, under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker coming before a key committee Thursday. The provision is one of several in the Republican governor's 2013-'15 budget bill ...

  • Wis. Republicans want rent-to-own out of budget

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Two Republican state senators want the Legislature's finance committee to delete wording in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would exempt rent-to-own businesses from Wisconsin's consumer protection ...

  • Man killed in Superior industrial accident

    In a news release, Superior police say Clink was pinned against machinery and died from asphyxiation. Police say he had been working alone at the time and was ultimately found by a ...

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