Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Ex-Chicago firefighter gets pension in prisonJun 19, 2013 4:43 pm - A former Chicago firefighter who was convicted in the 1994 slaying of his wife has received more than $55,000 a year in pension payments from behind bars, according to a...
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Man mauled by bear in WisconsinJun 18, 2013 5:58 pm - SHELL LAKE, Wis. — A man who was attacked by a black bear in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering at a hospital in the Twin Cities. The Wisconsin Department of Natural R...
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Catholic religious order opens abuse filesJun 18, 2013 5:56 pm - NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and...
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Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries oldJun 18, 2013 12:25 pm - FAIRPORT, Mich. — A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a...
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One more smartphone app: Finder of fishJun 15, 2013 9:54 am - MADISON, Wis. — Before Brian Jensen’s mobile app showed up in the sporting goods sections of hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, the Sun Prairie native got all but skunked on a...
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New permit allows faster cleanup of zebra musselsJun 14, 2013 8:46 am - MADISON, Wis. — A new Wisconsin state permit allows owners of waterfront properties to more easily clean up accumulated zebra mussels, dead fish, algae and other deposit...
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Miller Caves to host concert this weekendJun 14, 2013 8:46 am - MILWAUKEE — For decades, the “Miller Caves” were used to store Miller beer before refrigeration. Later, they were used as a bomb shelter for Miller employees and then re...
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Walker urged to reconsider UW regent appointmentJun 14, 2013 8:46 am - MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker refused to say Thursday why he withdrew his nomination to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents of a UW-Platteville student who ...
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Expedition hopes to find La Salle’s long lost shipJun 13, 2013 3:44 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher’s stories of the brash 17th-century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Gre...
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Wisconsin Assembly approves anti-abortion billsJun 13, 2013 3:42 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Assembly Republicans approved a package of bills Thursday designed to make it more difficult to get abortions in Wisconsin, joining a renewed conservativ...