ANALYSIS
Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says
FiveThirtyEight.com Oct 26, 08 12:11 PM CDT
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John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick which states he and Sarah Palin can do the most good in.” To wit:
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Man chooses to wear the sign, not do the time
WEAU-TV (Wisconsin) Oct 10, 08 8:31 PM CDT
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A Wisconsin drunk driver who crashed into a water treatment plant has chosen humiliation over jail time, WEAU reports. Instead of serving a sentence for property damage, Shane McQuillan, 22, who admitted he was “just being stupid,” was sentenced to wear a sign reading “I was stupid.” The judge often offers such punishment by sign, and said “it’s an option for the person. It's not something that's forced on them.”
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Poll: Obama holds slim lead in Ohio; dead heat in NC; Mac's edge slim in Ind.
Time Oct 7, 08 10:38 AM CDT
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John McCain finds himself fighting to hold some states that went red in 2000 and ‘04—a bad sign for the Republican, Time reports. Polls show Barack Obama in real contention in once-solid GOP states like Indiana and North Carolina, and inching ahead in crucial Ohio. Obama has also opened wide leads in New Hampshire and Wisconsin, Democratic in ’04.
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Barack gains, Mac seen as 'typical Repub' as economy worries hit
CNN Sep 18, 08 6:02 AM CDT
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The race for the White House is in a dead heat in some vital swing states, according to a new CNN poll. The poll found John McCain and Barack Obama effectively tied in Florida and Ohio while in North Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin—where both contenders are pouring resources—neither candidate has a clear advantage. Obama, meanwhile, has wiped out McCain's post-convention lead, according to a new Reuters poll.
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Privacy law violated in sexual assault case
Associated Press Sep 11, 08 9:13 PM CDT
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A Wisconsin court today threw out evidence against a man police videotaped having sex with his comatose wife in her nursing-home room, the AP reports, arguing that authorities violated his constitutional rights. The court ruled that David Johnson, 59, who’s been charged with felony sexual assault, had an expectation of privacy and that police violated his Fourth Amendment rights.
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Supporters received Red Cross donation requests from campaign
Associated Press Sep 1, 08 2:05 PM CDT
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Barack Obama curtailed his Labor Day speeches to unions in the Midwest today to keep the focus on the Gulf Coast, asking instead for silent prayer and donations to the Red Cross. Republicans, after scaling back the opening of this week's convention because of Hurricane Gustav, had criticized Obama for continuing to campaign, the AP reports.
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Wis. school offers freshmen free cycles
for no-car pledge
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug 28, 08 8:47 PM CDT
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Incoming freshmen are jumping on a Wisconsin college’s offer of a brand-new bike in return for leaving their cars at home, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ripon College aims to save parking spots, and perhaps the planet, with its Velorution Project. The initiative, one newly minted student cyclist says, shows that Ripon is “innovative and changing with the times.”
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Club gigs violate child labor laws, state officials say
Associated Press Aug 13, 08 1:13 PM CDT
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An 8-year-old guitar prodigy's nightclub gigs have put him on the wrong side of the law in Wisconsin. Officials were alerted to Tallan "T-Man" Latz's child-labor-law-breaking performances by an anonymous email—perhaps from a jealous older musician—and barred him from clubs, reports the AP. But Latz, who has played the blues with Les Paul and Jackson Brown, won't let the man get him down.
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38-year old Scott Johnson shot 3 teenagers to death
Associated Press Aug 7, 08 10:34 AM CDT
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A gunman in Wisconsin who killed three teenage swimmers last week plotted to commit a shooting for the past 4 or 5 years, the AP reports, and finally implemented his plan after fearing police would charge him in an unrelated sexual assault. Scott Johnson had hidden an assault rifle and ammo box in the woods near a bridge separating Wisconsin and Michigan at least a year before, according to the criminal complaint against him.
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'Retired' QB will report to Green Bay tomorrow
ESPN Aug 3, 08 2:32 PM CDT
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On-again-off-again NFL retiree Brett Favre will report to Packers camp tomorrow, when the team is expected to decide whether to welcome him back, trade him, or pay him to go away, ESPN reports. The NFL will reinstate the indecisive QB, who will go on Green Bay's active roster, but commissioner Roger Goodell has washed his hands of the situation: "I'm not interjecting myself into it," he said.
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Gunman emerged
from woods, shot
4 swimmers
Associated Press Aug 1, 08 10:15 AM CDT
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A man dressed in camouflage clothing walked out of the woods in northern Wisconsin woods yesterday and opened fire on four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them, the AP reports. Authorities made an arrest this morming, after a dragnet that included more than 100 law enforcement officers around the town of Niagara.
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'No twang' in singer's country tunes
Kenosha News Jul 21, 08 11:08 AM CDT
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Struggling pop star Jessica Simpson’s country crossover got off to a rocky start Saturday when her debut performance at Wisconsin’s Country Thunder Festival drew a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd, the Kenosha News reports. "I just don't hear the country in her; I don't hear the twang. She's not good enough to be here," said a country fan.
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Aging infrastructure is barely coping with severe weather
Chicago Tribune Jun 12, 08 8:45 AM CDT
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The worst flooding in 15 years has exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the Midwest's aging infrastructure, the Chicago Tribune reports. Levees, bridges, and dams, some a century old, are barely coping with severe storms—while some are collapsing completely. Dikes and levees broke in several states last week after torrential rains, destroying homes and flooding farmland.
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