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  • One Man Seriously Hurt In Appleton Crash

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities say one man is in the hospital with serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash. It happened in the 1800 block of Newberry Street around 5 a.m. Saturday. Police indicate the driver was the only one inside the vehicle. A power ... More

  • Appleton Teen Victim of Armed Robbery

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Appleton are looking for a suspect after they say a teen was mugged on the street. It happened in the 300 block of East Pacific Street around 9:30 p.m. Friday. The victim, who's 16, says he was ... More

  • Garage Fire Injures Vandenbroek Man

    VANDENBROEK, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man was injured last night when a detached garage caught fire at his Vandenbroek home. Outagamie County Sheriffs say a wood buner was the cause of the blaze on North Lawe Street. The fire also destroyed two cars. More

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  • Walker Outlines His Plan for MPS

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker says small is better when it comes to schools. Walker is running for Wisconsin governor as a Republican. He says the state's biggest school district should be broken down into 10 or more autonomous districts, saying ... More

  • Alleged Police Attacker in Waukesha Co. Pleads 'Not Guilty'

    WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - The trial for Waukesha County jail inmate Steven Lettenberger starts next July. He's charged with assault, accused of attacking a sheriff's deputy while he was being treated in a hospital last November. Lettenberger pleaded not guilty yesterday. Authorities say his ... More

  • Poll: Thompson Leads Feingold for US Senate

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - He's not officially running, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson leads at least one poll in the race for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Thompson hasn't declared yet. Polling by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute shows Thompson ... More

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  • Second U.S. woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the Journal's online report, a 31-year-old ... More

  • NY water plan could cost power generators billions

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of the state's ... More

  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

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  • Afghanistan eases ban on news coverage of raids

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of "disturbing" images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations. The new rules for media were agreed over the past week after an outcry over restrictions imposed on March ... More

  • Sweden, Turkey jointly denounce "genocide" vote

    SAARISELKA, Finland (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who is holding informal talks with foreign ministers ... More

  • Irish police release three over cartoonist plot

    DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog. The police said a man and two ... More

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  • Obama, Medvedev happy on arms pact: report

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama are satisfied with the "high level of consensus" on a new pact to cut nuclear arms and it is now possible to talk of a firm date for signing a treaty, Russian news agencies reported ... More

  • Walker Outlines His Plan for MPS

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker says small is better when it comes to schools. Walker is running for Wisconsin governor as a Republican. He says the state's biggest school district should be broken down into 10 or more autonomous districts, saying ... More

  • Poll: Thompson Leads Feingold for US Senate

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - He's not officially running, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson leads at least one poll in the race for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Thompson hasn't declared yet. Polling by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute shows Thompson ... More

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  • Greeks back austerity measures, oppose unrest: poll

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor unions should not oppose them too aggressively, a poll showed. Some 50.1 percent of 1,008 people surveyed by polling ... More

  • Swisscom CEO says Fastweb victim of fraud: report

    ZURICH (Reuters) - The chief executive of Swisscom AG <SCMN.VX> said Fastweb <FWB.MI> was a victim of fraud, a Swiss paper reported on Saturday, the second time the CEO has come out in defense of his company's subsidiary. Fastweb and its CEO Stefano ... More

  • Euro finance ministers to agree on Greek aid: source

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree on Monday on a mechanism for aiding Greece financially, if it is required, but will leave out any sums until Athens asks for them, an EU source said on Saturday. Policymakers have been debating possible ... More

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  • Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - At the end of "Pirate Radio" -- the 2009 feature film about a '60s illegal rock 'n' roll radio station in Europe's North Sea -- an array of albums is displayed: iconic symbols of musical independence that bucked the status quo. Among the ... More

  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

  • Ex-Gov. Blagojevich fights back on new "Apprentice"

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich has already lost one job. Now the disgraced former governor of Illinois is hoping to avoid the words "You're fired!" as he fights for his favorite charity, and his reputation, on the TV show "Celebrity Apprentice". Blagojevich, who was ... More

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  • Rates of food sensitivity vary by country: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in Portland are more likely than those in Iceland to be sensitive to certain foods, but reactions to fish, eggs and cow's milk appear rare in both places, new research suggests. The study, of more than 4,500 adults ... More

  • Kids outgrow growing pains: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most youngsters grow out of having otherwise unexplained bone and muscle aches known as growing pains, researchers from Israel report. Of 35 children who originally had growing pains, Dr. Yosef Uziel, at Meir Medical Center in Kfar-Saba, and co-investigators found that ... More

  • Plavix gets new FDA warning

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, U.S. regulators said on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said it was adding ... More

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  • Glenn Close has genes mapped

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science. Close, who stars in the FX television series ... More

  • Calcium may help you live longer: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their ... More

  • Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and ... More

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  • Iran arrests 30 over U.S.-linked cyber ring: report

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a U.S.-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training, a news agency reported on Saturday. It said the group sought to recruit people through the ... More

  • Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. It said in a report on its ... More

  • Apple COO gets $22 million reward as Jobs stand-in

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has awarded its chief operating officer a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company while Chief Executive Steve Jobs was on 6-months' medical leave last year. The cash-and-stock award came at Jobs' recommendation, and was made in recognition ... More

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  • Chambers, Ennis enjoy golden day for Britain

    DOHA (Reuters) - Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title and Jessica Ennis posted the fourth-best pentathlon score of all-time on a golden day for Britain at the world indoor championships on Saturday. Chambers, banned for doping for two years in 2003, won the 60 ... More

  • Riesch wins women's slalom World Cup

    GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch added another title to her growing collection when she won the slalom World Cup in her home town on Saturday. A third-place finish in the final race of the season was enough for the 25-year-old German ... More

  • Agassi and Navratilova in comic mode at Haiti fund raiser

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Former tennis greats Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova stole the limelight with their wit while playing in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Navratilova and Justine Henin beat Steffi Graf and ... More

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