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  • LIVE VIDEO Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

    Interactive Radar OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest. Watch the live video from NBC ...

  • UW-Madison student arrested in dorm fire

    A University of Wisconsin-Madison student set fire to a residence hall bulletin board as payback for being disciplined for urinating in a women's shower stall, officials said Monday. The 19-year-old man was arrested after admitting he set the fire shortly after 2 a.m., Saturday in Sellery Hall, according to UW-Madison police. Police believe the man set the fire because a house fellow ...

  • Wisconsin tornadoes since 1954

    Since 1954 more than 1, 200 tornadoes have blown through Wisconsin, causing mostly moderate to light damage. Each bubble below represents the originating point of a tornado, and is color-coded according to the amount of damage it caused. Click to see more information, including fatalities and ...

  • Poor children in Wisconsin schools increases

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The percentage of children in Wisconsin public schools who come from families poor enough to receive free and reduced-priced lunches has increased for the ninth year in a ...

  • Jury selected in Wisconsin raw milk trial

    BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- A jury has been selected to hear the licensing trial of a Wisconsin dairy farmer who supporters say is being targeted for selling raw ...

Movie Review

Hulk

Hulk

Ang Lees ambitious big-screen version of Hulk is much like the titular green behemoth himself: Grand in scale and purpose, it is a weighty, muscular adaptation of the popular comic book series, but its own bulk often gets in the way. At times elegant and other times clumsy, Hulk is frequently entertaining, but too often dour and humorless, the clear result of the filmmakers passiona ... ...

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  • Ryan Braun and Aaron Rodgers will open 2nd Milwaukee-area restaurant

    October 18, 2012 Photographs from 8-twelve MVP Bar & Grill at 17800 W. Blue Mound Brookfield. Here the bar area, with Ryan Braun and and Aaron Rodgers Jerseys hanging framed above it. MICHAEL ...

  • Milwaukee Pug Fest attracts 1700 dogs

    The Milwaukee Bucks announced on Tuesday that center Samuel Dalembert will be suspended for one game without pay to a violation of team ...

  • Scott Walker proposes $50 fee for state workers who smoke

    Madison -- State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee planned to take up the issue Tuesday. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that the fee will generate $6 million over the next two years. Twelve other states currently impose similar fees, but ...

  • Late winters big chill drove 10 jump in heating costs

    A colder-than-normal winter pushed up winter heating costs from last year, even as the price of natural gas fell, according to the state's largest utility. We Energies released final statistics for the winter heating season that ended April 30, and they show a typical customer paid about $49 more than last winter for heat. But thanks to low natural gas prices, the bite of a colder winter ...

  • River Falls man dies after fall from party bus

    Ellsworth -- A River Falls man has died after falling out of the back of a party bus. Police say 23-year-old Joel Velure fell out of the back door of the bus on Saturday in Ellsworth and was pronounced dead at the scene. The bus is owned by Elijah Omweno and leased to Kilimanjaro. Omweno referred questions to his attorney, who did not immediately return a call Monday. The death remains under ...

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