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Wisconsin stories: 68 news summaries

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Soaked Midwest Braces
for More Rain, Snow

Missouri levee holds, but weather disrupts flights, Easter services

Mar 22, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Residents of the nation’s heartland are celebrating Easter weekend besieged by floods and snowstorms, which expected to keep hitting Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the AP reports. Forecasters predict up to 12 inches of snow for the Ohio Valley, while other areas remain soaked thanks to a foot of rain... More »

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Wisconsin • Arkansas • Michigan • flooding • Missouri • snowstorm • levees • Meramec River • Ohio Valley

States Weigh Lowering Drinking Age

Battlefield-bar disparity irks during wartime, argue supporters

Mar 21, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several states are considering lowering the drinking age, spurred in part by concerns that teenage service members can fight overseas but can’t drink at home, USA Today reports. Kentucky, Wisconsin, and South Carolina are weighing a military-only change to alcohol laws, while other states may lower the legal age... More »

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Wisconsin • alcohol • South Carolina • Kentucky • Vermont • beer • US troops • South Dakota • Minnesota • Missouri • state governments • teenager • drinking age

Pumas Prowl Midwest

Big cats migrate east in search of prey

Feb 22, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Pumas, normally prowlers of the Rocky Mountains, are slowly pushing east, ecologists say, which has led to a rash of sightings throughout the Midwest. Wisconsin just had its first confirmed puma sighting in over a century, and since 1990 the big cats have cropped up in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and... More »

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Iowa • Wisconsin • Great Plains • Midwest • wildlife • Minnesota • Illinois • Missouri • Big Cats • pumas

OPINION

Clinton Camp: How Low
Can She Go?

Some want victory
at all costs; others
look to legacy, 2012

Feb 20, 08 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - With Hillary Clinton’s campaign down to its last moves, her advisers are duking it out over how negative the candidate should go, MSNBC reports. Pollster Mark Penn wants to go ahead full throttle, while communications director Howard Wolfson and ad guru Mandy Grunwald are concerned that Hillary might damage... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • Democratic nomination • negative campaigning • Mark Penn • Howard Wolfson • Mandy Grunwald

Hillary Coalition Collapses as Barack Lures Working Class

He wins white men
3-2 in Wisconsin

Feb 20, 08 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's 17-point victory in Wisconsin contains a major warning for Hillary Clinton: not only did the Illinois senator win among his usual coalition of well-educated, young and black voters, but he also captured the vote of the working class, particularly men. The "durable coalition" that Clinton strategist Mark... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • demographics • Democratic presidential primaries • exit polls • Wisconsin primary • Election 2008

UPDATED

McCain Wins in Wisconsin, Washington State

He racks up two more victories, warns against 'empty call for change'

Feb 19, 08 10:40 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain racked up decisive wins over Mike Huckabee in Wisconsin and Washington state tonight, inching closer to a mathematical lock on the GOP nomination and making solid gains among conservatives. In Wisconsin, he had a lead of 55% to 37% with nearly all results in. McCain split the conservative... More »

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John McCain • Wisconsin • Mike Huckabee

UPDATED

Obama Takes 9th Straight

He defeats Clinton in Wisconsin to keep his momentum on pace

Feb 19, 08 8:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary tonight to continue his impressive streak over Hillary Clinton, NBC reports. Obama has now won nine consecutive political contests, and early results suggest he's going to win his native Hawaii too. In Wisconsin, he led 56% to 43% with nearly all results in, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Wisconsin • presidential primaries • Hawaii

Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc.

Primary shapes up as test of momentum

Feb 18, 08 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin won’t decide the Democratic nomination, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting tooth and nail anyway, Politico reports, airing their first negative ads of the campaign and taking shots at each other through aides. At stake is momentum: Obama doesn’t want to break... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • Ted Kennedy • Hawaii • health care reform • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • attack ad • Wisconsin primary • Election 2008

Can Huckabee Bowl Over Wisc.?

Candidate won't knuckle under, campaigns harder than McCain

Feb 18, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite a chorus of calls for him to give up his campaign, Mike Huckabee is hitting the trail even harder than John McCain in Wisconsin, where he faces an uphill battle, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. And although McCain leads in the delegate count, Huckabee is getting a warm welcome... More »

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John McCain • Wisconsin • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Cayman Islands • Republican nomination • campaign trail • delegate count

Twisters Tear Through South

Tornadoes wreck homes, topple poles
as Wis. snowstorm benches Dems

Feb 17, 08 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A barrage of tornadoes ripped through the South today as cold rain and snow blanketed parts of the Midwest, the AP reports. Twisters left toppled power lines, shattered windows, and wrecked homes in Alabama and Florida, causing injuries but no fatalities. “You see it on TV," said a... More »

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Florida • Wisconsin • tornado • Georgia • Alabama • snowstorm

Huckabee Backs Brokered Convention

Opponent refuses
to be part of
McCain 'coronation'

Feb 15, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee is unfazed by delegate math, empty pockets, and the sight of Mitt Romney endorsing John McCain. Rather than be “part of the coronation,” the ex-Arkansas governor is telling backers he plans to take the GOP fight to a brokered convention, Politico reports. Once there, all bets... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Texas • Wisconsin • Mike Huckabee

OPINION

The Playbook for a Comeback

Strategists outline how they'd take back momentum for Clinton's campaign

Feb 13, 08 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Can she get back on her feet before she’s counted out? The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza asked Democratic strategists how Hillary Clinton could regain momentum in her faltering campaign. The four-point play:
  • Follow Bill’s “It’s the economy, stupid” lead: Put out a "white
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • Bill Clinton • US economy • Democratic nomination • Obama-mentum • blue-collar vote

Aaaay! Milwaukee to Cast Fonz
in Bronze

Art gallery closes
in disgust

Jan 25, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Milwaukee’s about to get way cooler. Thanks to private donations and teenagers who bought “Bronze the Fonz” T-shirts, the tourist bureau has raised $85,000 to erect a permanent bronze tribute to Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, the leather-jacketed biker in the Milwaukee-set '70s hit sitcom “Happy Days.... More »

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television • Wisconsin • Milwaukee • art • sculpture • statue • public art

Elmer Fudd, Have You Tried the Raccoon?

Illinois foodies 'overcome inhibitions,' dine on masked critter

Jan 19, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Sweet raccoon meat is in vogue in the nation’s heartland, where the masked critters have been selling as fast as some hunters can snag them, the Chicago Tribune says. One Illinois dealer says he’s sold about 2,500 to more than 50 customers in the last 10... More »

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Wisconsin • Chicago • Missouri • hunting • Native Americans • barbecue • raccoons

Freak Twisters Ravage Midwest

Two killed in unseasonal storms

Jan 8, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of freak tornadoes touched down last night across the Midwest, killing two Missouri women and leaving a swath of destruction in their wake, CNN reports. Another person was killed when another twister hit Arkansas this morning. “I’ve never seen damage like this in the summertime,”... More »

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Wisconsin • tornado • Arkansas • storm • Illinois • Missouri • Oklahoma

UPDATED

Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

Snow and howling winds wreak havoc in nation's heartland

Dec 24, 07 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from a winter storm that pummeled the upper Midwest rose to 22 today, the AP reports. The worst of the storm is over for the region, but it left behind icy highways and downed power lines, especially in Wisconsin, Illinois, and upper Michigan. Remnants of the storm... More »

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Texas • Wisconsin • Kansas • Great Lakes • Minnesota • power outage • snowstorm • fatalities • wind • National Weather Service

New Stem Cells Cancer-Free

Kyoto scientists nix tumors in mice with new cell cocktail

Dec 1, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists who recently turned skin into embryonic stem cells are now tweaking the process to reduce cancer risk, Reuters reports. A team at Kyoto University grew live mice with a cell cocktail, but said the rodents grew tumors. So they nixed a gene called c-Myc1 and the next batch came... More »

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cancer • stem cell research • Wisconsin • stem cells • mice • Kyoto

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Water

Sunbelt lusts for Great Lakes' water,
but eight states vow to keep it

Oct 28, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - You'd think the warm weather and easy living would make the West and South leave Frostbelters alone. But no, they want what that frost is made from: water. As drought and development strain limited local water resources, the Sunbelt wants to tap some of the billions of gallons of Great... More »

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California • Texas • Wisconsin • Southeast • West • Midwest • Chicago • water • New York • New Mexico • Michigan • Lake Superior • Lake Ontario • Lake Erie • Lake Michigan • Illinois • natural resources • Lake Huron

Wisconsin Cop Kills 6
in Shooting Spree

Small community mourns young victims

Oct 8, 07 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 20-year-old off-duty sheriff's deputy and jilted lover opened fire on his former girlfriend and five of her friends early yesterday, leaving the six dead and wounding a seventh in Crandon, Wis. The victims were at the ex-girlfriend's house for a homecoming party, and were a close group of high... More »

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Wisconsin • shooting

How Lucky Can One Guy Be?

Third lottery win for
US congressman, also heir to Kleenex, Scott  fortune

Sep 8, 07 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Sensenbrenner has won $1,000 in the Wisconsin lottery, marking his third win in the last 10 years. The GOP congressman had already won a $250,000 jackpot in a 1997 D.C. lottery and $1,000 in Wisconsin last spring. In the somewhat larger lottery, Sensenbrenner is an... More »

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Wisconsin • House of Representatives • lottery • Jim Sensenbrenner • Kimberly Clark

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