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  • Maass, School Board Make Push for Referendum

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Community members go to school to learn about the upcoming $16.7 million Green Bay school referendum. "We're trying to be straightforward, consise and brief and make it understandable so people see there's value here," Superintendent Greg Maass said ... More

  • MN Man Fighting Extradition To Wisconsin

    SHAKOPEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Jamie Sames, the suspect in the assault at the Fox River Mall, appeared in a Minnesota court Thursday morning. During the hearing Sames did not waive extradition to Wisconsin, so he stays in Minnesota. He's being held without bail. Sames faces ... More

  • Oshkosh Gets $11.9M UAE Order

    OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Oshkosh Defense lands a $11.9 million contract to supply military vehicles to the United Arab Emirates. Oshkosh says Congress approved the order for 40 heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks. It's part of the UAE's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile systems ... More

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  • Maass, School Board Make Push for Referendum

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Community members go to school to learn about the upcoming $16.7 million Green Bay school referendum. "We're trying to be straightforward, consise and brief and make it understandable so people see there's value here," Superintendent Greg Maass said ... More

  • Bill Would Answer Question, Can You Park On Capitol Square?

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Can you park on the Capitol Square – or not? Wisconsin lawmakers consider a bill which would clear the confusion over whether the public can park there. State Senator Glenn Grothman said legislators, who have reserved spots on Capitol Square streets, know the ... More

  • Report: New Car, Truck Sales Down 11% This Year

    WATERLOO, Wis. (WTAQ) - Cash for Clunkers had dealerships busy for a time. Now, things are pretty quiet in Wisconsin. New car and truck sales have dropped 11 percent during the first 2 months of this year. Scott Quimby runs RegTrak, a Waterloo-based company that tracks ... More

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  • India wants to question U.S. man on Mumbai attack

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is seeking access to interrogate a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks in a U.S. court this week, the home minister said on Friday. David Headley, 49, admitted involvement in preparations for the ... More

  • FAA faulted on Southwest Airlines

    (Reuters) - A government watchdog faulted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allowing Southwest Airlines Co to fly jets that had not undergone mandatory maintenance work, violating stipulated safety rules, the Wall Street Journal said. The Office of Special Counsel said on Thursday that the company ... More

  • Cable networks eye Sarah Palin reality show

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is closer to landing a deal for a reality show. Sources say A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin's project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska -- visiting fishing ... More

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  • Russia says Iran letting chances for dialogue slip

    BARVIKHA, Russia (Reuters) - Russia on Friday said that Iran was letting the opportunity for dialogue with the international community slip away and warned that the Islamic Republic could face new sanctions. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's remarks, after a meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and ... More

  • Militants declare campaign vs Iraqi political parties

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for recent bombings in Baghdad has declared a new military campaign against Iraqi political parties, according to a group that monitors insurgents' communications. The threat from Islamic State of Iraq was contained in a speech ... More

  • Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV

    KABUL (Reuters) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV. In a country that remains deeply conservative ... More

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  • FDIC chief sees "backdoor bailouts" in Senate bill

    ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair said she has "serious concerns" that the Senate's regulatory reform bill allows for backdoor bailouts of the largest financial firms. Bair, speaking to a community bankers conference on Friday, said the draft bill seems to ... More

  • U.S., Russia on brink of arms reduction treaty: Clinton

    BARVIKHA, Russia (Reuters) - The United States and Russia have resolved all major issues in talks on a new arms control pact and are on the brink of an agreement, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. "Our negotiating teams have reported that ... More

  • Quartet hopes package will unlock Middle East talks

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two members of the international quartet of Middle East mediators suggested on Friday that stalled indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may be unblocked in coming days. Speaking after a meeting in Moscow of the group -- comprising the United States, European ... More

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  • Lloyds says to return to profit this year

    LONDON (Reuters) - Bailed out British lender Lloyds Banking Group <LLOY.L> said on Friday it would return to profit this year thanks to a bigger than expected drop in bad debts, wrong-footing forecasts for another loss and sending its shares sharply higher. Lloyds, which sank ... More

  • Arrow shares halted; Shell/PetroChina to sweeten bid?

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd <AOE.AX> asked for trading in its shares to be suspended on Friday, stoking speculation that Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and PetroChina <0857.HK> would sweeten their joint $3 billion offer for the coal-seam gas producer. Arrow ... More

  • China banks profit growth to speed up on stimulus exit

    BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's leading banks will likely affirm their lending will remain brisk and be more profitable this year, their immediate capital needs have been met and that souring loans are at manageable levels. Profits at the 14 listed banks, some of ... More

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  • Behind "Runaways" film, legal battle simmers

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - At the Los Angeles premiere of "The Runaways" last week, screams reminiscent of a rock concert greeted real-life band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett as they were introduced with stars Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. Not enjoying a Hollywood moment ... More

  • Cable networks eye Sarah Palin reality show

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is closer to landing a deal for a reality show. Sources say A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin's project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska -- visiting fishing ... More

  • Jennifer Lopez goes "Overboard"

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard." The 1987 movie, which starred Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and was directed by Garry Marshall, centered on a snooty, spoiled woman who falls off her ... More

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  • Many Avandia defenders have drug co. ties: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Virtually all of the experts who wrote favorably about GlaxoSmithKline Plc's troubled diabetes drug Avandia had financial ties to drug makers, a finding that shows the need for reform of such relationships, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. A team at the ... More

  • Study finds H1N1 flu in pregnancy is critical risk

    LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand who had pandemic H1N1 flu were 13 times more likely to become critically ill and be admitted to hospital, researchers said on Friday. The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), analyzed data from the ... More

  • Acupuncture can spread serious diseases: experts

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and possibly even HIV are being transmitted via acupuncture through the use of contaminated needles, cotton swabs and hot packs, experts warned on Friday. In an editorial published in the British Medical Journal, microbiologists at the ... More

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  • F-35 fighter makes first vertical landing

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter aircraft landed vertically for the first time on Thursday, a bright spot in the Pentagon's priciest arms purchase program, troubled by cost increases and delays. Test pilot Graham Tomlinson, in a radar-evading F-35B, hovered for a ... More

  • Scientists hide gold with 3D "invisibility cloak"

    LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves. The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, could in the future make it possible to make large objects invisible, but for now the researchers said ... More

  • U.S.-Russian duo returns to Earth from space station

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The capsule -- ferrying Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev -- landed in the vast steppe ... More

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  • India's Bharti says to sell Apple's iPhone 3GS

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel on Friday said it had agreed with Apple Inc to sell its iPhone 3GS in India in the coming months. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan) More

  • Samsung, LG see growth, but know rivals are catching

    By Miyoung Kim and Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters) - Technology powerhouses Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics reinforced market optimism that strong demand recovery is in place, while cautioning that competition from global rivals is heating up. The comments from Samsung, the world's top maker of ... More

  • China quality watchdog says some HP laptops faulty

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement on its website (www.aqsiq ... More

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  • Armstrong pulls out of Milan-San Remo race

    PARIS (Reuters) - Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has pulled out of Saturday's Milan-San Remo classic race because of acute gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said on Friday. "It would have been good to have Lance line up for the start but we prefer ... More

  • Champ Klitschko wary of "Fast Eddie"

    BERLIN (Reuters) - No trash-talking, no tempers boiling over at the weigh-in. The build-up to Saturday's Vladimir Klitschko-Eddie Chambers world heavyweight fight in Duesseldorf has so far been all about boxing. Champion Klitschko takes on American contender Chambers with the WBO, IBF, IBO belts on ... More

  • Anthony ignites Nuggets to win over Hornets

    DENVER (Reuters) - Carmelo Anthony recorded 26 points and a career-high 18 rebounds to propel the Denver Nuggets past the New Orleans Hornets 93-80 on Thursday for their eighth win in nine games. The Nuggets (47-22) established a 25-point lead at halftime and were never seriously ... More

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