News Archive for March 27, 2008
Brewers tie Cubs 10-10
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 27, 2008
MESA, ARIZ. -- The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up their Arizona spring schedules with a 10-10 tie in 10 innings on Thursday.
Let’s not forget Legislature’s success stories
By SEN. JUDY ROBSON - Thursday, March 27, 2008
It’s easy to focus on the legislation that did not make it through both houses of the state Legislature. The other side of the story is what lawmakers did accomplish—important legislation that passed a Legislature that is divided.
Brewers' Capuano to attempt rehab instead of elbow surgery
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 27, 2008
PHOENIX -- Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano has decided to try rehabilitation that would allow him to play this season.
Fielder’s intensity carries Brewers into ’08 season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 27, 2008
PHOENIX -- Prince Fielder's ebullience, drive and intensity carries – and sometimes scares – his teammates and manager.
Bush says Iraq needs security, not ‘hectoring’ from Congress
By BEN FELLER - Thursday, March 27, 2008
DAYTON, OHIO --
President Bush on Thursday defended the slow pace of progress in Iraq, asserting “it is not foot-dragging” as Iraqi politicians try to reach agreement on political, security and economic goals.
Whatever it takes: Hillary’s counting on it
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, March 27, 2008
We want it to keep the campaign going forever so we can be a part of it forever, and the best way we figured we could do both things—being part of it and helping it go on forever—was to come up with new ways Hillary could argue that she shouldn’t drop out, and that actually she’s the one who should get the nomination.
DNR: Cougar likely is wild
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, March 27, 2008
MILTON -- The cougar seen near Milton is likely “completely wild” and could have roamed here from South Dakota.
Death notices for March 27, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 27, 2008
Mercy expansion plans highlight trauma services
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Attendance was light Wednesday at a neighborhood meeting about a $10 million expansion on the Mercy Hospital campus.
Teens ticketed in gang incident
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Five teenage boys were ticketed after police responded to a disturbance Tuesday evening in Janesville.
Public record for March 27, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 27, 2008
New owners to open tanning salon
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE -- A Janesville tanning salon that closed earlier this month will open next week with new owners.
Lawyer decertified as public defender
By MIKE DUPRE' - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Janesville lawyer Stephen Carpenter is decertified from any further appointments to represent clients of the State Public Defender’s Office.
Jackson Elementary has a visitor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Janesville's Jackson Elementary School got a visitor Wednesday in the form of its namesake.
Committee eyes six alternatives for fairgrounds
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, March 27, 2008
JANESVILLE -- The Rock County Planning and Development Department presents six options for the location of a future fairgrounds and exposition center.
Chief urges caution on Delavan Lake after two fishermen fall through ice
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, March 27, 2008
DELAVAN TOWNSHIP -- A Walworth County police chief warns about thin ice after two fishermen fall through on Delavan Lake.
New home sales fall for fourth straight month; at 13-year low in February
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Thursday, March 27, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Sales of new homes fell in February for the fourth straight month, pushing activity down to a 13-year low. While the rate of decline has slowed, the worst slump in more than two decades has not run its course, analysts said.
Johnson scores 28 points, Bibby seems OK in Hawks’ win over Bucks
By GEORGE HENRY - Thursday, March 27, 2008
ATLANTA --
The Bucks, 6-29 on the road, never came within 10 points of the lead after Royal Ivey’s 19-footer made it 94-84 early in the fourth.
Two solutions for Democrats in Florida, Michigan
By DAVID BRODER - Thursday, March 27, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Two of the smartest political reporters of the past generation met in Clearwater, Fla., and applied themselves to solving the problem of the embattled Florida and Michigan delegations to the Democratic National Convention.
Gray area: When is someone too old to be president?
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Thursday, March 27, 2008
BOSTON --
We’ve been holding a heated conversation about race and gender all season. But age has been relegated to a late-night laugh line by the likes of David Letterman, 60, who described John McCain as “the kind of guy who picks up his TV remote when the phone rings.”
