Wisconsin

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

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Student checks with mom, returns bag of cash

MADISON - A Chicago college student who found a duffel bag containing more than $10,000 in cash decided to call the police - after consulting her mother.

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California launches probe into scam targeting churches

LOS ANGELES - California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.

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State mulls Harley-Davidson, cheese microbe honors

MADISON - Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols.

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Harley's Pa. plant thought likelier to stay now

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving the state to cut costs.

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Report: Nuclear power won't solve global warming

MADISON - A new report says nuclear power plants would take too long to build and are too expensive to make any impact on global warming.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:25 pm | Loading…

11 percent of home loans behind or in foreclosure

MILWAUKEE - A new report shows 11 percent of home loans in Wisconsin were in foreclosure or delinquent at the end of September.

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Detainees needle Wisconsin troops about Favre

MILWAUKEE - Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

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Brothers get prison time for arson plot

MADISON - Two brothers have been sentenced to prison for plotting to burn down a northern Wisconsin bar in exchange for a construction contract.

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Great Lakes ballast regulations take effect in February

MADISON - State environmental officials say they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February.

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Three arrested in murder of Oconomowoc mother

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Authorities have arrested three men in the October murder of an Oconomowoc woman in what they say was part of a plot by her ex-boyfriend to get custody of their 4-year-old son.

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Most Wisconsin road projects done for year

MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says most road construction projects in the state are done for the year, which should ease travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Wisconsin unemployment dips slightly in October

MADISON - Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

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Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

MILWAUKEE - A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

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Cranberry harvests in Wisconsin, US meet expectations

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) - Cranberry harvests in Wisconsin and elsewhere are meeting expectations, meaning your cranberry sauce will cost about the same this Thanksgiving as it did last year.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:00 pm

Report details Wisconsin's 20-year transportation needs

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs.

Nov 19, 2009 | 3:00 pm

Health insurance costs more in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Nov 19, 2009 | 1:00 pm

State prosecutors decide not to charge legislator

MADISON - State prosecutors have decided not to charge Rep. Pedro Colon with falsifying nomination signatures, closing the books on a complaint his primary opponent filed last year.

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Marines, corpsman to be removed in Iraqi death

SAN DIEGO - Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.

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Milwaukee woman pleads guilty in son's starvation

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman has pleaded guilty to allowing her 7-week-old son to starve to death.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…

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