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Jim Stingl
Forgotten cash becomes thrift shop booty
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Rise in child abuse deaths raises alarm
Young children in Milwaukee this year are dying from abuse and neglect at alarming rates not seen in a decade, police say.
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Falling gas prices puts extra cash in consumer pockets
Parin Babul pulled up to a gas pump at Currie Park Auto Repair in Wauwatosa and began filling the tank of her sedan, something she does about once a week. The fill-up is about $20 less than last summer.
- Interactive map: Milwaukee-area gas prices
Schools set aside meeting time for teachers to collaborate
To most of the working world, the business meeting is a usual - if not exactly appreciated - part of professional life.
Students are game for controlling State St.
Games thrust players into many roles: soldier, sorcerer, singer, sports star... And recently, a computer game designed by UW-Madison researchers challenged some Riverside University High School students to reshape State St. in Madison by taking on the role of an urban planner.
Daniel Bice
Clarke sets election rules for department
Say you're a Milwaukee County deputy or a supervisor thinking about challenging Sheriff David Clarke Jr. in two years.
Bullish on camels
It's another sign of recessionary times: Camels are being booted for donkeys and sheep in the Nativity-animals-for-hire business.
Up to a foot of snow could fall Tuesday
While we've had a snowy start to December, we're still behind the start to last year's historically snowy winter. That could change Tuesday.
Social Development Commission defends expense of speakers
Milwaukee's Social Development Commission is spending more than $11,000, plus expenses, for two dinner speakers at an anti-poverty symposium on Tuesday.
Jim Stingl
Forgotten cash becomes thrift shop booty
There's a lesson here to anyone who hides money around the house - stuffed in a pair of boots, for instance.
Holiday lights going green
Communities seeking to conserve energy are increasingly switchingtheir high-voltage holiday displays to more efficient LED lighting systems.
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- Sheriff's dispatcher accuses Clarke of retaliation
- Smoke closes Kohl's at Southridge for 90 minutes
- 4 killed in dozens of crashes on snowy, windy roads
- Faces of Hope: Structured discussions improve English skill
- Snow shoveler shot while trying to stop robbery
- Coast restaurant to be private venue
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Firstwatch: What's ahead in the news today
3-7 inches for Milwaukee, worse outstate
As expected, UW to face Florida State in Champs Sports Bowl
Up to a foot of snow could fall Tuesday
Two killed in weekend accidents identified
Pearl Harbor remembered at veterans home
Loud boom, house fire in Wind Lake
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