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Spotty Midwestern snow a mixed bag for businesses
Just a week ago, things looked dire for Sarah and Tim Long, owners of Timbers Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow is their winter lifeblood, ...
Wis. sheriff urges residents to get gun training
A sheriff who released a radio ad urging Milwaukee-area residents to learn to handle firearms so they can defend themselves while waiting for police ...
Super Bowl or super brrr? Big game coming to NY
Amy Freeze can talk football and forecasts. So with the Super Bowl coming to New York next year, and with local temperatures stuck in the teens, the ...
Gilda's Club chapter in Wis. sticks with name
Stung by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to removing the name of original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner from a cancer support ...
Unions suffer sharp decline in membership
Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had ...
Midwest bundles up as bitter cold grips region
Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools closed down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the Upper Midwest endured a third ...
AP Exclusive: Sikh shooting victim slowly improves
Day after day, Raghuvinder and Jaspreet Singh hovered by their nearly comatose father and repeated a single word — a word their dad probably spoke ...
Big party for Democrats, quiet reflection for GOP
For many Republicans, this is a good weekend to get away from it all. With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to nation's capital for ...
Federal appeals court upholds Wis. union limits
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective ...
GOP eyes new election laws
After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to ...
Badgers hold off No. 2 Indiana for 64-59 upset
Wisconsin played Tuesday night like it always does — defended everything, made big shots and limited the turnovers. Indiana looked like anything but ...
Kobe, Dwight get 31 each in Lakers' win over Bucks
Kobe Bryant played relentless defense, spurring his fellow Los Angeles Lakers to do the same. Dwight Howard dominated the paint, scoring easy baskets ...
Kaepernick delivers, 49ers beat Packers 45-31
The unproven kid thoroughly beat the former Super Bowl champion and reigning MVP. With a strong arm that allowed him to pick the Packers apart from ...
A snapshot of influenza activity in all 50 states
Here is a snapshot of flu activity in all 50 states and the District of Columbia: Alabama: Like many states, Alabama is having an earlier and busier ...
Bucks beat Suns 108-99 in Boylan's first game
Brandon Jennings glanced over and expected to see coach Scott Skiles on the end of the Milwaukee Bucks' bench. Instead, he saw Jim Boylan sitting in ...
Bucks coach Scott Skiles out, Boylan to fill in
Once again, an NBA team has parted ways with head coach Scott Skiles. Once again, veteran assistant Jim Boylan is being asked to pick up the pieces.
Wisconsin Assembly's all-nighters targeted
To young people, pulling an all-nighter usually involves lots of caffeine and staying up to study. To the Wisconsin state Assembly, it's an ...
Records: Iowa murder suspect fantasized about rape
A 21-year-old Iowa man accused of killing his mother and abducting a woman after being released from prison last week underwent treatment as a ...
Jaguar cubs born at Milwaukee zoo bring new genes
Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee's zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered ...
Packers show off depth in 24-10 win over Vikes
Deep on offense and scary-good on defense, the Green Bay Packers were way too much for the Minnesota Vikings. Maybe everyone else in the NFC, too.
Ponder out, Webb in at QB for Vikings vs. Packers
Christian Ponder was out, and backup Joe Webb was in at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Ponder was inactive for Minnesota's wild-card playoff ...
Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
Several gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., have been canceled. A show in White Plains, N.Y. — brought back a few years ago ...
Texans beat Bengals, Packers rout Vikings
More rematches ahead. After Green Bay routed Minnesota 24-10 Saturday night, it set up a trip to San Francisco. The 49ers beat the Packers at Lambeau ...
Tiny Chevrolet Sonic helps Detroit shake off rust
When the word reached the Orion Assembly Plant, it spread along the serpentine assembly line like news of a death or natural disaster: General Motors, ...