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  • Analysts: $3 Gas By Memorial Day

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Gas prices have gone up almost 20 cents a gallon in Wisconsin over the past month. And some analysts say we’ll be paying $3 by Memorial Day for unleaded regular. Brian Milne of the fuel industry news service Telvent DTN says ... More

  • Public Hearing Supports Fox Valley, 2 Other RTA's

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Local officials, environmentalists, and business and labor leaders urged state lawmakers Thursday to approve new money for mass transit. They testified at a public hearing on the proposed creations of regional transit authorities. They would let the Milwaukee, Fox Valley, and La ... More

  • Despite Jobs Added, WI's Jobless Rate Rises

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin added about 5,600 jobs in January, but the state’s unemployment rate for the month still went up. Workforce development officials said Thursday that the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate was 8.7 percent, up from 8.5 in December and 7 ... More

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  • Attorney: Client Should Get Probation To Finish College

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - An attorney for a western Wisconsin man says his client should get probation instead of prison, so he can finish a college degree program in bio-medical engineering. But St. Thomas University of St. Paul says there are 2 big problems with ... More

  • Public Hearing Set For Different Payday Loan Rules

    WEST ALLIS, Wis. (WTAQ) - A state Senate panel will hold a public hearing next Thursday in West Allis on payday loan regulations which are different than what the Assembly passed last month. Senate Democrat Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa is proposing a 33 percent annual interest ... More

  • Milwaukee Pair Pleads Not Guilty To Quadruple Homicide

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two Milwaukee men pleaded not guilty Friday to the slayings of 4 people two weeks ago. 23-year-old Anthony Barnes and 21-year-old Desmond Laster entered their pleas right after a judge ordered them to stand trial. Police said the 2 men and 19-year-old ... More

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  • U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals for affiliated television programing. The prohibition was poised to end in October 2007 unless the FCC acted, but the ... More

  • U.S. court rules again against vaccine-autism claims

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness. The special U.S. Court of ... More

  • Two main Galleon defendants seek separate trials

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant want separate trials on charges they were involved in what prosecutors describe as the biggest, hedge fund insider-trading case in the United States. Lawyers for Rajaratnam, 52, and former New Castle Funds ... More

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  • Pope backed sex abuse priest transfer when archbishop

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict was involved in a decision to move a priest suspected of child abuse to his diocese for therapy when he was an archbishop in 1980, his former diocese in southern Germany said on Friday. The priest was moved to the diocese ... More

  • Obama's proposed student loan overhaul gets boost

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday. Democratic congressional leaders agreed to fold Obama's student-loan proposal into a bill aimed ... More

  • U.S. court rules again against vaccine-autism claims

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness. The special U.S. Court of ... More

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  • 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

  • Att'y general failed to give legal briefs to Senate

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder failed to tell the Senate about seven legal briefs he signed when lawmakers considered his nomination to his current job, according to a letter released on Friday. Two of the briefs involved appeals to the Supreme Court for Jose ... More

  • U.S. has no plan to "Americanize" Somalia conflict

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to "Americanize" the conflict. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson described as inaccurate reports suggesting that U.S ... More

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  • Author Lewis equates Wall Street bonuses with "theft"

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Michael Lewis, known for exposing the culture of excess at Solomon Brothers with his book "Liar's Poker," says Wall Street bonuses at banks bailed out by Washington are "a very elegant form of theft." Lewis's latest book "The Big ... More

  • Slow financial regulatory reform irks industry

    BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The pace of financial regulatory reform remains slow even as the global economy struggles to recover from a crisis that many say was caused by inadequacies in the current system, attendees at an annual financial conference said this week. Now 18 ... More

  • WaMu deal resolves fallout from record bank failure

    WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc <WAMUQ.PK> said on Friday that it reached a deal that will bring it roughly $6 billion and help resolve its bankruptcy, but it could leave shareholders in the cold. The company, which is tied to the biggest bank ... More

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  • 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

  • Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial. The appeal, filed earlier this week in the Second Appellate Court in ... More

  • Lions Gate rejects Icahn offer to boost stake

    LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp rejected on Friday Carl Icahn's bid to increase his stake in the studio as too low, setting the stage for a battle with the billionaire investor. Analysts say Icahn wants to block the independent studio ... 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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  • Reported cyberfraud losses double in 2009: FBI

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI's name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday. The total dollar loss rose to $559.7 million last year from ... More

  • Nokia trims share of larger handset market

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj lowered it share of global handset sales after recalculating the size of the market and the scale of the growing "grey" sector in unlicensed and counterfeit phones. Nokia said on Friday the cellphone market totaled 1.26 billion phones last year ... More

  • Nokia, Apple seek patent trial in 2 years

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top phone makers Nokia and Apple will seek a U.S. court hearing in a key patent battle in mid-2012, a court filing showed, raising the specter of a prolonged legal struggle. Handset leader Nokia sued iPhone maker Apple last October, accusing the ... More

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  • Wozniacki battles past American King at Indian Wells

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to scrape past American Vania King 5-7 6-2 6-4 at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday. The 19-year-old Dane broke her unseeded ... More

  • Els takes control as Allenby records ace at rainy Doral

    MIAMI (Reuters) - South African Ernie Els held a one-stroke lead in the clubhouse at the WGC-CA Championship after a bogey-free, six-under 66 in Friday's rain-affected second round. Lightning meant play was suspended with 18 players still on the course although the early start left ... More

  • Playoff-hungry Browns sign Watson in bid to rebuild roster

    CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland Browns continued to rebuild their roster by signing free-agent tight end Ben Watson to a multi-year contract on Friday as the team looks to snap a seven-season playoff drought. Watson, 29, has spent his six-year National Football League career with the ... More

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