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  • Pulaski Stab Victim Faces 4 Charges

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Pulaski man is formally charged for his role in a domestic violence incident last weekend. 35-year-old Kenneth Forquer appeared in Brown County court Thursday and was charged with false imprisonment, child abuse, battery and intimidating a victim. Authorities say Forquer ... More

  • Flat Tire Scam Suspect Arrested

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The suspect in a series of flat tire scams to steal from their vehicles has been arrested. Police in Green Bay and Ashwaubenon arrested 50-year-old John E. Johnson Thursday in the parking lot of Sears at Military Avenue and Mason Street ... More

  • U.S. DOJ Sues Sheriff Joe

    WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - The Department of Justice has sued Arizona's controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Arpaio is well known for his no nonsense approach to enforcing immigration law. The Justice Department suit accuses Arpaio of refusing to give his full cooperation to ... More

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  • Report: 1/4 of Law Enforcement Using Justice Gateway System

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Only a quarter of Wisconsin’s police and sheriff’s departments are using a statewide data-sharing system. The Justice Gateway system went online in 2007, with the help of almost $6.5 million in federal funding. The Legislative Audit Bureau said today ... More

  • New Foreclosures Up Nearly 14% in August

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The number of new foreclosure cases in Wisconsin rose in August for the first time in three months. ForeclosureAlarm.Com of Madison said there were just over 2,500 new court cases last month that accused homeowners of getting too far behind ... More

  • Hvizdak Charged in Bar Shooting, $750K Bail Set

    SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Sheboygan County man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide after a fatal shooting at a bar Tuesday night. 63-year-old Frank Hvizdak of Glenbeulah appeared in court Thursday. Prosecutors say Hvizdak shot and killed 31-year-old Jason TenPas at Racer's Hall ... More

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  • Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday. The trial centered on a 2001 accident involving Brian Cole, who ... More

  • S.Korea Kia recalls some Soul, Sorento vehicles

    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors said on Friday that it had started a recall of some Soul and Sorento vehicles sold worldwide because of a fire hazard. The recall, which began on September 1, would affect a combined 35,000 ... More

  • Police reopen New York's Park Avenue

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police reopened Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after investigating a suspicious vehicle and declaring it safe. The bomb squad had been called to investigate a black Mercedes Benz and 10 blocks of Park Avenue were briefly closed ... More

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  • Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release. Soldiers were sent to the location after an airborne patrol sighted armed men outside a building ... More

  • EPA to issue more rules in climate fight

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said. The agency "has a huge ... More

  • Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency. Harvard students enrolled in Warren's contracts class were ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • 28% of Voters Likely to Cast Ballot in Primary

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Almost three of every 10 Wisconsin voters are expected to cast ballots in the fall primaries in 12 days – and that would be a record turnout for September. The Government Accountability Board said today that 28 percent of eligible voters are likely ... More

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  • GM's new boss woos autoworkers in first staff memo

    DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors' <GM.UL> new boss Dan Akerson sent his first letter to staff on Thursday, saying he valued the role of organized labor in the company's success as GM heads into negotiations with its union-represented U.S. workers next year. Akerson ... More

  • Lehman preps bank units for sale or shutdown

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc <LEHMQ.PK>, the bankrupt U.S. investment bank, needs at least $550 million to keep its two bank units going as it prepares to sell them or shut them down in 18 months, court documents show. Lehman asked ... More

  • Burkle to appeal Barnes & Noble poison pill ruling

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Ron Burkle plans to appeal a Delaware court ruling that upheld an anti-takeover "poison pill" put in place by bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N>. Burkle, whose Yucaipa Companies firm owns 18.8 percent of Barnes & Noble's shares and ... More

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  • Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite." A day earlier ... More

  • Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday. T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., 29, was arrested with his wife on Sunset Boulevard Wednesday night after police ... More

  • Film brings lives of Palestinian women to Venice

    VENICE (Reuters) - The lives of four Arab-Israeli women spanning three generations against the backdrop of conflict are at the center of "Miral," a film by Julian Schnabel based on his Palestinian partner's biographical book. From the 1948 creation of the Jewish state to the ... More

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  Top Stories in Health

  • MN Has 2 Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Neighboring Minnesota has two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus. And Wisconsin had not recorded any cases this year as of August 11th. Minnesota health officials said a person in the St. Paul area and a man in Yellow Medicine ... More

  • Over 50 Companies Getting Fed Money to Keep Retirees Insured

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over 50 Wisconsin companies will get money from the national health reform law, so they can keep giving insurance to their retired employees. Governor Jim Doyle says the law firm of Foley and Lardner, Appleton papers, and Racine County are among those ... More

  • Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market. Final data from the so-called SCOUT study, published on Wednesday ... More

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  Top Stories in Science

  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  Top Stories in Technology

  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  Top Stories in Sports

  • America's latest sweetheart gunning for Sharapova

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight. Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin ... More

  • Sharapova joins charge of easy centre court winners

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova joined a stampede of easy center court winners at the U.S. Open on Thursday when the former champion trampled Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round. The 2006 Open winner did not face ... More

  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London Olympics

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

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