News Archive for April 21, 2011
Janesville Parker sweeps in track and field
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 21, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Parker’s girls track and field team tuned up for tonight’s Parker Invitational by breezing past Madison West in a Big Eight Conference dual meet at Monterey Stadium on Wednesday.
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Janesville School Board moves to cut school
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, April 21, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board appears united in the belief that one of the city’s elementary schools should be closed, with the students and staff distributed among the remaining 11 schools.
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Janesville teachers pledge money in fundraiser to save staff, programs
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, April 21, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville teacher Stephanie Kortyna opened up her wallet Wednesday at Craig High School to save school programs and jobs threatened by deep cuts that the Janesville School District faces in coming months.
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Whitewater Warhawks roll past Edgewood
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 21, 2011
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater pounded out 25 hits Monday en route to a doubleheader sweep over visiting Edgewood College in nonconference college baseball.
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Albion shooting under investigation
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 21, 2011
TOWN OF ALBION --
Officials believe a bullet that hit a woman inside a residence in the town of Albion on Wednesday might have been fired from a vehicle, according to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office.
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Students wrap up Lenten activities during Holy Week
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Thursday, April 21, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Students on Wednesday were finishing up the liturgical season with one last exercise in charity: packaging meals for Kids Against Hunger.
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Public record for April 21, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 21, 2011
Lawmakers get earful at state budget hearing
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, April 21, 2011
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
Democratic legislators arranged the unofficial hearing, one of several around the state, because, they said, the official hearings were limited.
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Couple steps up to raise awareness, funds for Alzheimer’s
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Scharines will join four other couples competing in the fifth annual Dancing with the Stars fundraiser Saturday, April 30, at the Janesville Performing Arts Center, 408 S. Main St.
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Yes, Virginia, there is no free lunch
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, April 21, 2011
To Washington they streamed from every corner of the land—a trickle, then a torrent—to answer the call. To serve their nation in its hour of need.
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Percentage of black baseball players drops again
By RONALD BLUM - Thursday, April 21, 2011
NEW YORK --
The percentage of black players in the major leagues dropped again on opening day this year even as the sport again received a top overall grade for racial diversity.
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Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - Thursday, April 21, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, partly reversing a sharp jump in applications the previous week.
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Death notices for April 21, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thundering herd trample Nuggets
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, April 21, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY --
A game after scoring a combined 72 points, Oklahoma City’s All-Star duo got plenty of help from the rest of the Thunder to build a commanding first-half lead and beat the Denver Nuggets 106-89 in Game 2 on Wednesday night.
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Repo man: Baseball seizes Dodgers
By DAVID WHARTON AND BILL SHAIKIN - Thursday, April 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES --
Major League Baseball has moved to seize control of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a famed franchise that fans and much of the baseball world had come to see as crippled by an owner who does not appear to have enough money to operate the team.
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Bielema hopes scouts judge Clay on game film
By JEFF POTRYKUS - Thursday, April 21, 2011
MADISON --
Since playing his final football game at Wisconsin, tailback John Clay did what he could to ease the concerns of National Football League scouts.
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Obama to supporters: I understand your frustration
By JULIE PACE - Thursday, April 21, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
Easing into his 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is telling his supporters he understands their frustration over the compromises he's made with Republicans, while preparing them for more to come.
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Korver takes aim at Conseco
By TEDDY GREENSTEIN - Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Big Ten basketball tournament featured shooting that was as accurate as what you’d see in a paintball match, and some players attributed the misses to the Conseco Fieldhouse rims.
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Low marks on immigration
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, April 21, 2011
CHICAGO --
A think tank has a beef with the Department of Homeland Security, finding that it has fallen down on its mandate to institute better prioritization, transparency and coordination among its three arms—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.
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