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  • Packer deliberations begin

    Sitting a dozen players out because of injury and fear of injury, the Packers slogged their way through the final 60 minutes of the pre-season last night in Kansas City, falling to the Chiefs 17-13.   Green Bay finished 2-2 in the exhibition season but head ... More

  • House Fire, Owner Missing in Marinette County

    MARINETTE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A fire destroys a home in Marinette County as authorities search for the owner of the home. Crews say it broke out around 11:30 p.m. Thursday on Miles Road in the Town of Porterfield. A passer-by called the fire ... More

  • Green Bay Packers Fall to Kansas City 17-13

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Packers dropped their pre-season finale to the Kansas City Chiefs 17-13 at Arrowhead Stadium. Most starters did not play in the 4th pre-season game. Quarterback Matt Flynn finished 23 of 37 for 304 yards, no touchdowns or interceptions ... More

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  • Superior May Outlaw "K-2"

    SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Superior might become the second Wisconsin city to ban synthetic marijuana. The City Council will consider the ban on Tuesday night. The product is known as “K-2,” and it’s a mix of herbs and a formulated compound. A chemist from Clemson ... More

  • State Officials: No Mechanical Problems With Terminal Velocity

    WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials said they found no mechanical problems on a Wisconsin Dells amusement park ride where a 12-year-old girl was seriously injured. A report released Thursday by the state Commerce Department said the operator of the Terminal Velocity ride did not ... More

  • Ex-UW Madison Foundation Member Accused of Selling Fake Pills

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A pharmacist who used to be on the UW-Madison Foundation is one of two people accused of importing and selling millions of counterfeit pills. 55-year-old Marla Ahlgrimm of Madison and 63-year-old Balbir Bhogal of Middleton are both due in federal court Friday ... More

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  • U.S. scientist questioned in Miami airport bomb scare

    MIAMI (Reuters) - A 70-year-old U.S. scientist was detained for questioning at Miami's international airport after a suspicious metal canister in his luggage triggered a bomb scare that shut down airport operations overnight, authorities said on Friday. Police said the airport had reopened and ... More

  • Unemployment Rate Grows to 9.6%

    WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - There has been a slight increase in the national unemployment rate.  The Labor Department says the jobless rate in August was 9.6 percent, up just a tenth of a point from July. Federal government employment fell in August, as 114 ... More

  • U.S. reiterates commitment to 2020 climate goal

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States reiterated on Friday that it was committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even though the Senate has failed to pass legislation. "I am in no sense writing off legislation over time. And I'm quite sure the president ... More

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  • Report: Senate Candidate Johnson Has Half As Much Money As Feingold

    OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has about half as much campaign money on hand as incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Newly-released campaign reports show that Johnson had $1.6 million in the bank as of August 25th, to $3.1 million ... More

  • DNC Chair Opens Campaign Office in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of the Democratic National Committee says attacks on Social Security will help Russ Feingold and other Democrats win this fall. Tim Kaine was in Milwaukee this week to open a new campaign office and meet with candidates. He said Republican ... More

  • Scott Walker Has Plans To Improve State's Deer Herd

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker says he would hire an independent auditor to keep tabs on Wisconsin’s deer herd. After buying a hunting license in Milwaukee Thursday, Walker said many hunters have lost faith in the DNR’s deer management practices ... More

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  • Obama says to address new economic ideas next week

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly. Obama, speaking to reporters in the White House ... More

  • Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday. The Institute for Supply Management said ... More

  • Owners of a third of 3PAR back HP bid

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Data storage provider 3PAR Inc <PAR.N> said on Friday that shareholders owning about a third of its shares have agreed to accept Hewlett-Packard Co's<HPQ.N> proposal to buy the company for $2.4 billion. HP won a bidding war ... More

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  • Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social media" is among today's most popular catch phrases thanks to the success of, among other things, networking website Facebook -- the favored way for today's youth to communicate on a global level. Now Facebook is the subject of what's ... More

  • Sofia Coppola takes insider's look at Hollywood A-lister

    By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Sofia Coppola's latest movie is a Hollywood insider's look at the life of an A-list actor -- five star hotels and Ferraris, adoration and sexual advances, but also loneliness, tiresome media attention and boredom. "Somewhere" is part comedy and ... More

  • I Spy a New Spy

    When it comes to recurring on-screen protagonists, I don't think there's any archetype more enviable than the globe-trotting superspy. They engage in all of the larger-than-life, world-saving heroics that superheroes and cops do, but aren't emasculated by colorful spandex or hampered by ... More

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  • Mosquito Pools in Milwaukee Test Positive for West Nile

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin health officials are urging folks to protect themselves against mosquito bites, so they don’t come down with the West Nile Virus. There have been no human cases reported this summer – but officials said Thursday that 3 mosquito pools in Milwaukee ... More

  • 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

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  • 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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  • 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

  • Apple and TV networks clash over 99 cent rentals

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs. The new $99 Apple TV will ... More

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  Top Stories in Sports

  • Packer deliberations begin

    Sitting a dozen players out because of injury and fear of injury, the Packers slogged their way through the final 60 minutes of the pre-season last night in Kansas City, falling to the Chiefs 17-13.   Green Bay finished 2-2 in the exhibition season but head ... More

  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    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

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

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