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  • Republicans wont seek to restrict mining access

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Assembly Republican leaders say they will not include a provision in the state budget designed to limit public access to the proposed site of an iron ore mine near Lake Superior. Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Scott Suder both said Wednesday they would not be moving ahead with the proposal. On Tuesday, Vos said the budget would be amended to allow the state ...

  • American Medical Association vote classifies obesity as a disease

    LOS ANGELES - The American Medical Association now classifies obesity as a disease. The LA Times reports the group voted to approve that decision Tuesday. The declaration recognizes obesity as a medical condition that requires treatment and prevention. The LA Times quotes an AMA member as saying it will "help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue." Obesity ...

  • Brewers collecting school and art supplies during weekend game

    MILWAUKEE - The Brewers Community Drive for Charity will be collecting school and art supplies during their games this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. According to the team, each fan that donates will receive a collectible Brewers player pin of pitcher Chris Narveson. Fans should drop off their items from the time the gates open through the second inning of each of the games this weekend. The ...

  • Wis. public workers might pay more for retirement

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Public employees in Wisconsin could see another increase in the contribution rates they pay into the Wisconsin Retirement ...

  • Sex offender drops from monitoring for months by letting GPS battery go dead

    A Milwaukee man with a history of sexual assault convictions is finally headed to prison, after months of refusing to charge his monitoring bracelet effectively took him off electronic supervision. Christopher L. Wright, 29, was found delinquent in 1995 for first degree sexual assault of a child. In 2002, he had prison terms of five and seven years for separate sexual assaults of a 13-year-old ...

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The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) [DVD]

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) [DVD]

Luchino Viscontis opulent historical epic The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is, along with Jean-Luc Godards Contempt (1964) and Roman Polanskis Repulsion (1967), one of the great European-American art films of the 1960s. After the 1950s saw the increasing popularity of am ... ...

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  • Health groups oppose bill barring gun inquiries

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Health organizations say a Wisconsin bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own guns would interfere with the doctor-patient ...

  • Goodhue County adopts frack sand mining rules

    The regulations limit mines to 40 acres of exposed or uncovered ground at any one time. Operations are limited to 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The county gets authority to require air quality monitoring. And mines must be 1,000 feet from any existing dwelling or platted residential ...

  • Wisconsin woman gashed bludgeoned 27 times

    A medical examiner has testified that a slain 78-year-old Wisconsin woman was struck at least 27 times with sharp and blunt objects. Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner Doug Kelley testified Tuesday at the homicide trial of 14-year-old Nathan Paape of Sheboygan. Kelley performed the autopsy on Barbara Olson, who was killed in her Sheboygan Falls home last September. Kelly said his number is ...

  • Wisconsin Assembly set to pass state budget

    The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on passing the state budget after debate barely got off the ground on Tuesday. The vote on passage is scheduled to happen at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Assembly was scheduled to spend all day Tuesday on the plan, but discussions among Republicans on more than two dozen changes caused a delay. Lawmakers spent only 15 minutes debating the plan as talks dragged ...

  • Not guilty pleas in crash that killed 2

    MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) -- A 21-year-old Manitowoc man has pleaded not guilty to driving drunk and under the influence of drugs in a car crash that killed two people and injured four others. Authorities say Dylan Karnitz was speeding when he crashed into a car in Manitowoc in March, killing 23-year-old Christopher Mark and 24-year-old Zachary Gates. A passenger in the victims' vehicle was ...

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