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Wisconsin stories: 68 news summaries

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Drunk Driver Opts for
'I'm Stupid' Sign

Man chooses to wear the sign, not do the time

Oct 10, 08 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Wisconsin • crime • courts • drunk driving • judge • sentence

McCain Losing Ground in Pro-Bush Strongholds

Poll: Obama holds slim lead in Ohio; dead heat in NC; Mac's edge slim in Ind.

Oct 7, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Wisconsin • New Hampshire • Ohio • North Carolina • Indiana • Election 2008 • swing states

 Poll: Obama, McCain Tied
 in 5 Key States

Barack gains, Mac seen as 'typical Repub' as economy worries hit

Sep 18, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Wisconsin • Ohio • North Carolina • Indiana • poll • swing states • battleground states

Court: Cops Wrong to Tape Man's Sex With Comatose Wife

Privacy law violated in sexual assault case

Sep 11, 08 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Wisconsin • privacy • nursing homes • Fourth Amendment • sexual assault

 Obama Dials Back
 Campaigning to
 Watch Gustav 

Supporters received Red Cross donation requests from campaign

Sep 1, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • Wisconsin • Michigan • American Red Cross • Labor Day • labor unions • Hurricane Gustav

College Peddles Bike Program
to Go Green

Wis. school offers freshmen free cycles
for no-car pledge

Aug 28, 08 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Wisconsin • college • bikes • campus • cars • Ripon College

 Guitar Whiz Has Underage Blues

Club gigs violate child labor laws, state officials say

Aug 13, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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music • Wisconsin • guitar • child prodigies • blues • Tallan "T-Man" Latz

 Mich. Gunman Plotted
 Killings for Years

38-year old Scott Johnson shot 3 teenagers to death

Aug 7, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Wisconsin • murder • Michigan • shooting • teenager • Scott Johnson • Menominee River

Green Bay, Uncertain Future Await Reinstated Favre

'Retired' QB will report to Green Bay tomorrow

Aug 3, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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NFL • Wisconsin • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • NFL Hall of Fame

Killer of 3 Captured After Wisc. Manhunt

Gunman emerged
from woods, shot
4 swimmers

Aug 1, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(AP) - 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 »

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Wisconsin • murder • mass shootings • manhunt

 Country Fans to
 Crossover
 Simpson:
 Cross Back 

'No twang' in singer's country tunes

Jul 21, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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music industry • Wisconsin • celebrity • country music • Tony Romo • Jessica Simpson • music review

 Levees Crumbling,
 Midwest Struggles
 to Stem Tide 

Aging infrastructure is barely coping with severe weather

Jun 12, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Midwest • severe weather • Indiana • flood • flooding • Illinois • bridge • infrastructure • levees

Midwest Storms Threaten Worst Flooding in 15 Years

Communities work to repair damage from weekend waters

Jun 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As climbing rivers knocked out an Iowa bridge and flooded Illinois farms, communities along the Mississippi River are bracing for what could be its biggest overflow in 15 years, the AP reports. The National Weather Service warned of crests of 10 feet above flood stage and higher over the next... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Midwest • severe weather • Michigan • Indiana • flooding • Illinois • Missouri • Mississippi River

Teen Busted
for Posting
Ex's Nude Pix
on MySpace

Revenge backfires for Wisconsin 17-year-old

May 22, 08 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen didn't take it too well when his relationship turned sour, so he posted graphic nude photographs of his 16-year-old ex on his MySpace page with equally graphic captions, reports the Smoking Gun. The cops got a foul-mouthed refusal when they asked him to remove the photos. That's... More »

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MySpace • Wisconsin • nude photo • child pornography • teenager • sexting

Mom, Kids Lived With Corpse
of Woman, 90

'Bishop' of tiny sect
told her to pray to bring dead back to life

May 10, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A  woman and her self-proclaimed "bishop" have been arrested after cops found the decomposing corpse of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in the house she shared with her two kids, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. The woman said the bishop of her tiny religious group told her her... More »

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Wisconsin • corpse • child abuse • cult

Cougar's Long Trek to Chicago May Tell Tale

Cat likely from SD may yield clues about human overpopulation

May 1, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cougar shot April 14 in Chicago was spotted earlier in Wisconsin, DNA tests show, suggesting an epic trek. Now, scientists are eager to study the animal, hoping to learn more about how and why it migrated; they aim to pin down its ancestry in an effort to better understand... More »

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Wisconsin • Chicago • science • migration • South Dakota • biology • overpopulation • human population • cougar

Al Franken to Cough Up $70K  in Back Taxes

Tax issue
rattles comedian's
Senate campaign

Apr 30, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Funnyman-turned-Democratic candidate Al Franken has announced he'll pay up $70,000 in back taxes to 17 states, AP reports. Franken blamed the backlog on bad advice from his accountant. Most of the income at issue was from speeches and other appearances dating back to 2003. The tax issue has sidetracked... More »

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Wisconsin • income tax • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • Senate race

 1 in 6 Drink and
 Drive: Survey 

Government study shows numbers over 25% in some states

Apr 23, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 15% of Americans drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year, and another 4.7% drove while on drugs, according to a new government survey. Wisconsinites were particularly hammered, with 26.4% driving drunk, followed closely by North Dakota (24.9%) and Minnesota (23.4%). Utah had... More »

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Wisconsin • alcohol • drunk driving • Utah • driving

 House Could Be Dead Giveaway 

69-year-old seller will make home's buyer beneficiary of $500K insurance policy

Apr 6, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Bob Fanning dies in the next decade, the buyer of his Wisconsin home—listed at $498,900—will get a half-million dollar payday. That’s because the 69-year-old plans to make the new owner the beneficiary of a 10-year life-insurance policy, a carrot he hopes will sweeten the deal... More »

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Wisconsin • homeownership • real estate values • housing crisis • subprime crisis • life insurance

 Coed Killer Loose 
 on Midwest Campus 

Police boost campus area patrols

Apr 4, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police have stepped up campus patrols after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found apparently stabbed to death in her apartment Wednesday. The 21-year-old pre-med junior is the first Madison student murdered since 1996, reports ABC News. But police are investigating possible links to an unsolved murder in the city... More »

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Wisconsin • murder • University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison

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