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  • Schmidt Found Guilty on Three Counts

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - 39-year-old Scott Schmidt has been convicted in the murder of his estranged wife, Kelly Wing Schmidt and injuring Barbara Wing. A jury finding the former Appleton firefighter guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, reckless endangerment and felony bail jumping. During closing arguments Wednesday ... More

  • Stolen Truck Involved In GB Crash

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man is arrested and another man is in the hospital following a 3-vehicle crash Wednesday night. It happened at the intersection of West Mason Street and Military Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Green Bay police say a pickup truck ... More

  • DNR Meets with Hunters on Deer Herd

    DENMARK, Wis. (WTAQ) - Hunters packed Denmark High School Wednesday to sound off on why they're seeing fewer deer in the woods. Many cited recent programs, such as Earn-a-Buck as a main cause for the decline. It's part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural ... More

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  • DNR Meets with Hunters on Deer Herd

    DENMARK, Wis. (WTAQ) - Hunters packed Denmark High School Wednesday to sound off on why they're seeing fewer deer in the woods. Many cited recent programs, such as Earn-a-Buck as a main cause for the decline. It's part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural ... More

  • Nearly 150K Retired Public Employees Get Core Payments Cut

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - About 150,000 of Wisconsin’s retired public employees will again have their monthly core payments cut. Last spring, those in the State Retirement System’s Core Fund had their payments cut for the first time ever, at just over 2 percent ... More

  • Man Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping Woman, Police Chase

    DANE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in McFarland, south of Madison, and drove her down a freeway in a high-speed police chase until he finally stopped near Beloit. Dane County sheriff’s deputies said the man ... More

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  • California revenue jumps, tax refunds should be paid on time

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Controller John Chiang said on Wednesday. There had been some ... More

  • NY lieutenant governor proposes deficit plan

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state may need a dose of the same medicine that saved New York City from a near bankruptcy in the 1970s as the state struggles with a five-year, $60 billion structural deficit, Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch said on Wednesday. Ravitch ... More

  • Walmart returns items to shelves after lost sales

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has put roughly 300 items back on its U.S. store shelves after the retailer said it "disappointed" customers by not stocking certain products. "We did discontinue some things that people didn't buy very often, but were aggravating ... More

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  • Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay

    TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington. Israel's announcement this week, during Biden's visit, of plans to build 1 ... More

  • We don't want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan are vying for influence in Afghanistan, complicating U ... More

  • Greek workers strike as anger at austerity grows

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek public and private sector workers went on strike on Thursday, grounding flights, shutting schools and halting public transport in the second nationwide walkout in a fortnight in protest against austerity plans. Under pressure from markets and European Union partners, the government unveiled ... More

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  • Obama taps Boeing, Xerox chiefs for Export Council

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, anxious to spur growth and tackle unemployment, will tap two top U.S. executives on Thursday to spearhead his drive to boost U.S. exports, the White House said. Obama, who pledged in his State of the Union address to ... More

  • U.S. will negotiate hard with Boeing: Gates

    (Reuters) - The United States will negotiate carefully with Boeing to build the next generation of tanker aircraft, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. Gates said a rival's withdrawal from the multibillion dollar competition should not create further delays. "We will certainly ... More

  • Toyota hands over 2006 dissident memo to U.S. panel

    By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor said on Thursday it has handed over to a U.S. congressional committee a letter sent to its management by a splinter union in 2006 seeking reforms to improve safety after a recall crisis at ... More

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  • Foreclosures drop for 2nd month in February: RealtyTrac

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for a second straight month in February, and notched the smallest annual increase in four years as housing-rescue efforts contained activity, a report released on Thursday showed. Foreclosures are by far one of the biggest threats ... More

  • Airlines recovering strongly, still in red: IATA

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Airlines are recovering strongly from the crisis, as passengers, freight and pricing power return, the airline industry association IATA said on Thursday, halving its forecast for a 2010 loss. With capacity for both passengers and cargo hitting record levels at the end of ... More

  • U.S. warns EU of rift over fund regulation: report

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has written to the European Commission warning that plans to regulate hedge funds and private equity firms could cause tensions with Washington, the Financial Times reported. Citing a letter but not quoting from it directly, the Financial ... More

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  • Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label

    LONDON (Reuters) - British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's concept albums. The outcome of the other element of the legal ... More

  • ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. The man behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has received a pilot order from ABC ... More

  • Steve Martin watching birds in "Big Year" comedy

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger. The recent Oscar co-host and Grammy winner is in negotiations to go bird-watching in "The Big Year" alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson. The Fox comedy, which starts filming in May in ... More

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  • FDA rules out bisphosphonate, thigh fracture link

    BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures. The Food and Drug Administration issued its statement following the publication of case reports of ... More

  • Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough

    LONDON (Reuters) - Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday. German researchers said that over 10 years ... More

  • U.S. says "drugged driving" growing threat

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday. The United States is ... More

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  • SpaceX aborts rocket engine test

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. The test was aborted two ... More

  • Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday. The Royal Society, an influential science academy whose ... More

  • Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday. Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some ... More

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  • Digital mirror: fashion brands convey glamour online

    By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) - With videos of catwalk shows, pictures of glamorous models and a catalog of chic products, luxury brands are creating "digital mirrors" online as they turn to the internet to tap into growing e-commerce demand. The traditional print advert in a ... More

  • Virgin Media to trial broadband over telegraph poles

    LONDON (Reuters) - British cable operator Virgin Media is testing a new technology to deliver ultrafast broadband over telegraph poles which could allow it to extend its reach to another 1 million homes. Virgin, which is looking to cement its advantage in delivering faster broadband over ... More

  • Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. Opera Mini is the world's most widely used browser on cellphones, ahead of Apple's iPhone browser, as Opera benefits ... More

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  • FIL makes donation to help rebuild dead luger's house

    BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Luge Federation (FIL) has donated 10,000 euros to the family of the Georgian luger who died at the Vancouver Olympics to help rebuild their house which was destroyed by fire. Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed on February 12. when he ... More

  • The name's Schumacher, Michael Schumacher

    MANAMA (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton may dream about being cast in the role of James Bond, but seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher said Thursday the role was already his. "I am probably James Bond because I did my seventh title in the 700th grand prix ... More

  • South Korean teenager Noh earns Open place

    KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - South Korean teen-ager Noh Seung-yul booked a place at his first major championship when he finished tied for second at the British Open international final qualifying (Asia) Thursday. The 18-year-old fired a four-under-par 68 to finish the 36-hole event on 10 under ... More

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