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Mary Busey, 81, hands pumpkins to U.S. Postal Service worker Kathy Edwards this month in Anderson, S.C.

9:11 p.m. | For 41 years now, Mary Busey has kept up an unusual Halloween tradition. She mails pumpkins to her kids. »Read Full Article(1)

Federal judge rules Milwaukee County could shift some health costs to retirees

6:16 p.m. | Milwaukee County's move to charge its retirees for some health care costs - a change made in 2012 that shifted millions of dollars in costs from taxpayers to retirees as well as active employees - was upheld in federal court Tuesday.(32)

Cab drivers protest city's cap on permits

8:56 p.m. | Cab drivers circled City Hall on Tuesday to protest Milwaukee's 1992 limit on cab permits, a policy under fire in a lawsuit filed by three cab drivers.(2)

Pediatrician in Boy Scouts case surrenders medical license

2:36 p.m. | Greendale pediatrician Thomas Kowalski, 75, on Tuesday surrendered his medical license after professional regulators began an investigation into his admitted 1987 molestation of two Boy Scouts.

Milwaukee County urged to expand mental health programs

Milwaukee County should take steps to expand community mental health programs, advocates said.(6)

Evacuation urged near shore in Kenosha County

Superstorm Sandy is so fierce that its power already was felt Monday night more than 800 miles to the west on the shores of Lake Michigan.(110)

Report cards give schools look at student growth

The new calculations for growth in reading and math are not a perfect science, but they are a welcomed point of data for many urban schools serving large populations of low-income and/or minority students who walk in the door behind-grade level.(1)

Election 2012

Author of voter fraud billboards steps forth

Stephen Einhorn - a Wisconsin venture capital fund manager and major GOP donor - disclosed Monday that he and his wife, Nancy, paid for dozens of anonymous billboards in and around Milwaukee warning of the penalties for committing voter fraud.(77)

Milwaukee police panel to consider expanding use-of-force policies

Milwaukee police officers would be required to intervene if they see one of their colleagues using excessive force, according to a new policy expected to be approved by the city's Fire and Police Commission this week.(48)

Richard Paull

UWM geology professor inspired students with love of nature

The immersive, seven-week summer field camps in the Rocky Mountains that Richard Paull created and led his students on every summer for 31 years fostered enduring friendships and memories. He was 82 when he died Oct. 13 in Littleton, Colo.

Oak Creek police officers remember Sikh temple shooting

Months after the tragic rampage at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, the Oak Creek officer who was shot - and the lieutenant who brought the gunman down - speak in detail about the day's events.

Froedtert surgery team worked smoothly to save officer shot at Sikh temple

What lodged in trauma surgeon Travis Webb's memory was that the wounded man was utterly calm. He was awake, alert, not thrashing around. Just calm.

Kodak's dominant role disappears in a flash

When Kodak filed for bankruptcy this year, it seemed unbelievable that a venerable company could fall so far, a victim of rapidly evolving technology. The irony lay in that Kodak pioneered digital photography.(6)

Most flights from Mitchell to east coast are canceled

Most flights from Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee to New York, Boston, Newark, N.J., Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., already had been canceled Sunday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast.(1)

Public Investigator

Lost in mail, bank debit card creates Catch-22

If Anthony Ealy's experience with a Milwaukee PNC Bank branch is any indication, it's easier to open a new bank account than to take your money out and close the account.(74)

Video

Coming Monday: Officer's account of Sikh Temple shooting

Shot 12 times, Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy talks about being the first to respond to the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin that left six people dead and four wounded.

Watchdog Update

Williams' death in Milwaukee police custody repeats history

Circumstances in the death of Ernest Lacy 30 years ago apply to the July 2011 death of Derek Williams while in police custody.(61)

Local centers offer help for domestic abuse victims

Calls to Sojourner, the Milwaukee Women's Center and other programs for abuse victims spiked following the fatal Brookfield spa shooting last Sunday by an abusive husband.

Jim Stingl

Milwaukee firehouse has staffers believing in ghosts

Milwaukee's Engine House 35 is built where once stood the Fairview Mausoleum, a spooky looking granite fortress that housed the remains of 999 people, a number you don't want to turn upside down.(8)

Officials push for deal between art museum, war center

Milwaukee County officials are dangling a $10 million carrot - and perhaps a bit more - as incentive for the War Memorial Center and Milwaukee Art Museum boards to soon reach agreement on a new lease deal.(1)