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  • Schmidt Takes Stand In Homicide Trial

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The defense in the trial of a former Appleton firefighter accused of murdering his estranged wife throws a curveball Tuesday. Scott Schmidt, charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Kelly Wing-Schmidt, took the stand. The first question from his attorney ... More

  • GB Man Gets Life Prison Term For Killing Son

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Jeremiah Felton has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his 4-month-old son. The 21-year-old Green Bay man slammed Jeremiah Felton Jr.'s head into a bathroom door in June 2008. He'll be eligible for parole in 30 years. More

  • FDL Bowling Alley Owner Charged With Arson

    FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - The 46-year-old Fond du Lac man suspected of setting fire to Last Stop Bar and Lanes last Wednesday morning has been charged with 2 counts of arson to a building. One of the charges against Lyle Huss is for conspiracy ... More

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  • Ex-La Crosse Investment Manager Pleads Guilty To Theft

    LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former investment manager in La Crosse pleaded guilty Monday to running off with $850,000 in his clients’ retirement funds. 67-year-old Donald Johnson was convicted on a felony theft charge. He vanished in 1995, after stealing the retirement accounts of ... More

  • Court Intervention Leads To People Avoiding Home Foreclosures

    ROCK COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Many financially-troubled Wisconsinites are getting a chance to ward off home foreclosures, thanks to court intervention in several counties. In Rock County, homeowners are told about their right to mediation when a landlord files a foreclosure request. If the homeowners agree ... More

  • Judge: Retired WI Official Victim Of Discrimination

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A retired state official who helped victims of job discrimination turned out to be a victim himself. Federal Judge Lynn Adelman has ruled that Johnny Kimble – who used to head the Milwaukee office of the state Equal Rights Division – was denied years ... More

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  • BofA ending overdraft fees on debit cards

    NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America said on Tuesday it will no longer charge overdraft fees on debit card purchases as of this summer, a move that may cost millions in fee income. The change will eliminate one of the most common ... More

  • NY state debt in red zone, should cut $20 billion: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $120 billion that New York state owes in debt, health and pension benefits for public workers puts it in the danger zone, and getting down to the safety zone requires a $20 billion cut, a study said Tuesday. By this measure ... More

  • Missing energy exec found dead in New Orleans

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A senior executive with an Atlanta-based energy services company was found dead on Tuesday after going missing during a business trip to New Orleans, city police said. Searchers pulled the body of Douglas Schantz, the president of AGL Resources' wholesale energy-trading unit Sequent ... More

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  • Woods practice reports set tour tongues wagging

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one. The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was ... More

  • Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer ... More

  • 9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say

    GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair. The White House is reviewing options to bring the 9 ... More

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  • NY gov says may seek extra power to cut spending

    ALBANY (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday said the multi-year deficit-closing plan his lieutenant governor is devising might seek to give governors "extra authority" to cut over-spending. New York's financial situation will worsen over the next five years because spending is expected ... More

  • Biden raises concern about Iranian "dictatorship"

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is concerned that Iran is becoming more of a military dictatorship and insisted that Tehran will not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon. Biden also said he was unsure how much power ... More

  • Jobless aid, tax breaks clear Senate hurdle

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic efforts to spur job creation advanced in Congress on Tuesday as a $149 billion package of tax breaks and unemployment aid cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. The 66 to 34 vote allows the Senate to move toward a final vote ... More

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  • BofA ending overdraft fees on debit cards

    NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America said on Tuesday it will no longer charge overdraft fees on debit card purchases as of this summer, a move that may cost millions in fee income. The change will eliminate one of the most common ... More

  • Senators to seek wider "Volcker rule"

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Senate Democrats said they will propose on Wednesday placing new limits on proprietary trading by banks and nonbank financial firms, widening the 'Volcker rule' backed by the White House. Senators Jeff Merkley and Carl Levin said in a statement they will hold ... More

  • Bailed-out U.S. financial stocks surge

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The shares of companies bailed out by the U.S. government during the financial crisis surged on Tuesday, fueled by speculation about money-making asset sales, cheap valuations and a recovery. Citigroup Inc <C.N> stock rose as much as 8.4 percent ... More

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  • De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN. The cable TV ... More

  • Rapper DMX arrested for violating probation

    PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troubled rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities said. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, told a probation officer that he used cocaine and was ... More

  • Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time. Studies show that the number of jobs for women ... More

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  • FDA approves Botox to treat wrist, finger spasms

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the use of Allergan Inc's wrinkle smoother Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug to treat spasticity in the ... More

  • Live kidney donors do not die sooner: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The conclusion was drawn from the 80,347 ... More

  • U.S. says "drugged driving" growing threat

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday. The United States is ... More

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  • SpaceX aborts rocket engine test

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. The test was aborted two ... More

  • Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday. The Royal Society, an influential science academy whose ... More

  • Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday. Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some ... More

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  • MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. Mike Jones, who took over as co-president last month with Jason Hirschhorn, said that even within MySpace some employees have ... More

  • LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

    SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups. LG, which is fighting an uphill battle ... More

  • U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. "We ... More

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  • Woods practice reports set tour tongues wagging

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one. The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was ... More

  • Clippers fire general manager Dunleavy

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Clippers fired general manager Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday, a month after he relinquished his head coaching role. "The organization has determined that the goal of building a winning team is best served by making this decision at this time ... More

  • De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN. The cable TV ... More

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