News Archive for November 21, 2009
Kafka leads Northwestern over Wisconsin 33-31
By RICK GANO - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
EVANSTON, ILL. --
Mike Kafka hit Andrew Brewer with two first-half touchdown passes and Brian Peters and Jordan Mabin made key defensive plays late as Northwestern beat No. 17 Wisconsin 33-31 on Saturday.
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Local troops manage supply convoys in Iraq
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
CAMP BUCCA, IRAQ --
National Guard troops based in Janesville and Elkhorn are getting an international education as they oversee supply convoys in southern Iraq.
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Second man charged in Linn Township theft
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
LINN TOWNSHIP --
A second Illinois man has been charged in connection with the theft of $100,000 from a Linn Township home.
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Charges against Brodhead man dismissed
By BRIAN GRAY/THE MONROE TIMES - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
MONROE --
Charges of abuse against a Brodhead man convicted in January of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his 2-month-old son were dismissed Wednesday.
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Charges against Brodhead man dismissed
By BRIAN GRAY/THE MONROE TIMES - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
MONROE --
Charges of abuse against a Brodhead man convicted in January of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his 2-month-old son were dismissed Wednesday.
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Drug sales bring prison—again
By KEVIN MURPHY/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
MADISON --
A Janesville man sentenced to life in prison 10 years ago for dealing crack cocaine was sentenced Friday in federal court to 24 years and four months in prison after he had re-entered the drug trade.
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Software scheme prompts lawsuit
By TED SULLIVAN - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School District has filed a lawsuit against its former information technology manager, accusing him of racketeering and fraud in a scheme to profit from the district.
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Williams Bay store offers organic, specialty foods
By KAYLA BUNGE - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
WILLIAMS BAY --
A new boutique grocery store offers Walworth County residents and visitors a variety of locally grown, organic and specialty foods.
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Man wins appeal in gun case
By KEVIN MURPHY/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
MADISON --
Since 1996, the federal government has been prosecuting individuals for possessing a firearm if they previously were convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses, but a Janesville man’s case has changed that.
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Food drive comes to end
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The UAW/GM Employee Assistance Program holiday food drive—a local tradition that for 25 years gave holiday groceries to hundreds of needy families—won't happen this year.
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New PiYo community class strengthens body and mind
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
PiYo is a new fitness class that started earlier this month at the Janesville Senior Center.
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Public record for Nov. 21, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
WASHINGTON --
The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
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Jennings does it again with 29, Bucks top Bobcats
By COLIN FLY - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
Bucks coach Scott Skiles rarely gives glowing compliments. Even he's having a tough time containing his excitement for rookie Brandon Jennings.
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Con: Obama dug a deep hole in Honduras by trying to save a Chavez wannabe
By RAY WALSER - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
WASHINGTON --
The U.S. State Department has been busily digging a diplomatic crater since June 28. That’s when the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court ousted then-President Manuel Zelaya from office due to his unconstitutional bid to eliminate term limits. Rather than side with the democratic institutions of the land, our State Department surprisingly backed Zelaya’s demand for a return to power.
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Pro: U.S. should reject tainted coming election in Honduras
By MARK WEISBROT - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
WASHINGTON --
Human Rights Watch, the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and human rights groups worldwide have also condemned the violence and repression perpetrated by the Honduran dictatorship. Why is it that Latin American governments can recognize this threat to democracy but Washington cannot?
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Why gay-marriage friends, foes need one another
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
Two church-state encounters this month, in two very different parts of the country, are instructive reminders that in a deeply divided society winners are very unlikely to take all.
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