News Archive for March 11, 2010
WIAA boys basketball
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday's scores, Friday's schedule
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March rains could increase Rock River water levels
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Water levels not unusual for early spring
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Kids Against Hunger campaign tops goal
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Hundreds of volunteers turned out over last two months
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Beloit Turner School District considers land purchase—again
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, March 11, 2010
BELOIT TOWNSHIP --
The Beloit Turner School District again has its eyes on a 40 acre parcel close to the middle and high schools.
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Driver’s ed ‘guru’ Gesteland dies at age 75
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Nobody knows how many accidents didn’t happen and how many lives were saved because Norman Gesteland took his job as seriously as life and death.
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UW-Whitewater to help businesses grow globally
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, March 11, 2010
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater will play a bigger role in helping Wisconsin businesses grow and thrive in the global marketplace.
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Former deputy pleads not guilty to sex charge
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The former Rock County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting a teen at a Halloween party pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony third-degree sexual assault.
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New alliance forms to snuff out tobacco use
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, March 11, 2010
BELOIT --
A new multi-jurisdictional coalition will focus on tobacco control efforts in Rock County and four other counties.
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Janesville man indicted in robbery at Juneau bank
By KEVIN MURPHY - Thursday, March 11, 2010
MADISON --
A Janesville man was indicted in federal court Wednesday for a 2008 Juneau County bank robbery in which $40,000 was taken at gunpoint.
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Rock County deputies help with kidnapping arrest
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Rock County sheriff’s deputies played a key role in the arrest of a man suspected of kidnapping a woman at knifepoint in McFarland and leading police on a chase down Interstate 90/39.
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Janesville woman charged with neglect
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville woman’s home was declared unfit for human habitation after she was arrested on a child neglect charge.
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Marquette hangs on to beat No. 10 Villanova
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 11, 2010
NEW YORK --
Marquette beat No. 10 Villanova, 80-76 on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.
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Butke leads Comets’ reversal of fortunes
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, March 11, 2010
DELAVAN --
You would be hard-pressed to find a basketball team with a more profound turnaround this season than the Delavan-Darien boys.
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Gaming convention planned to honor Gygax
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, March 11, 2010
LAKE GENEVA --
Gary Gygax, founder of Gen Con and co-creator of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons, died March 4, 2008, at age 69. He left behind family, friends and a legion of devoted fans.
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Dance contestants step up for fundraiser
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Coming into the competition, the slim and trim Bubrick and Severson admitted they don’t exercise regularly or have any formal dance training.
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Public record for March 11, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 11, 2010
They’re only trying to help
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, March 11, 2010
When important things are discussed, the sages tell us, strong feelings may arise, feelings that can turn even the sweetest of relationships sour. And it came to pass, one day in the early spring of a certain year, that these feelings rose up and threw a dark shadow across the Capitol Hill home of Harry and Nancy.
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Four burglary suspects arrested Tuesday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Four Janesville men were arrested Tuesday on charges of burglary and theft by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office and deputies from its special investigations unit.
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Beloit Deputy Police Chief named
By STEVE BENTON - Thursday, March 11, 2010
BELOIT --
A 22 year veteran of the Beloit Police Department is the new second in command
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Death notices for March 11, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Thursday, March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON --
U.S. officials and counterterrorism experts say the airline attack and last November's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, prove that simple, well-played smaller attacks against the United States can be just as devastating to the democratic giant as complex and riskier ones.
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What the Cubs want, they get—except titles
By MICHAEL HUNT - Thursday, March 11, 2010
MESA, ARIZ. --
Once again last season, the Cubs drew far more fans than any other Arizona-based team, accounting for 22 percent of the tickets sold in what is now a 15-team Cactus League. They brought in an estimated $130 million to a slumping local economy.
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Gallardo shrugs off HR
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 11, 2010
PEORIA, ARIZ. --
Brewer still terms start as ‘good’
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Hendry, Cubs refute Bradley’s claims
By PAUL SULLIVAN - Thursday, March 11, 2010
MESA, ARIZ. --
Another Milton Bradley moment has interrupted an otherwise sleepy spring training for the Cubs.
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Big Ten teams press for No. 1 seeds
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 11, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS --
Ohio State, Purdue most likely candidates
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Nail-biters supreme for Marquette
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 11, 2010
NEW YORK --
When Marquette plays another Big East team no one is allowed out of their seat in the final minutes.
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Real world vs. fantasyland
By DAVID BRODER - Thursday, March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON --
The record of the Washington politicians is summarized in the report that came out of the Congressional Budget Office last week. That nonpartisan scorekeeper announced that it projects the cumulative national debt to increase in the next decade by $9.8 trillion.
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