News Archive for March 14, 2011
A little Brazil envy
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, March 14, 2011
CHICAGO --
With an economy that grew by 7.5 percent in 2010—the biggest in Latin America and now the seventh largest in the world—Brazil is a sight to behold.
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Union supporters hold rally at Rock County Courthouse
By TED SULLIVAN - Monday, March 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Dora McGill stood at the curb along Court Street with a sign stating, "Walker, you've silenced my voice, now read my recall."
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Walworth County TIF losses add to pain
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Monday, March 14, 2011
ELKHORN --
The value of 14 tax incremental financing districts in Walworth County dropped more than $59 million, or 7.6 percent, in 2010 because of a change in state policy, a slowdown in building and declining property values, county records show.
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Cutbacks will slow farmland preservation
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, March 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Rock County's new farmland preservation program would go on without financial support from the state but probably at a slower pace, a county official said.
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Plans are underway to pull Janesville's "Truck on Ice" from the water
By STAN STRICKER - Monday, March 14, 2011
A sure sign of spring
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Wisconsin unions rush to get deals in place
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
MADISON --
School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect that will remove their ability to collectively bargain over nearly all issues other than minimal salary increases.
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Public record for March 14, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, March 14, 2011
Welty Environmental Center volunteers share wonders of nature
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, March 14, 2011
BELOIT --
Two third-graders from Merrill Elementary School sat on a log while classmates practiced drilling holes into it by cranking a brace and bit.
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Japan's blasts cast doubt on nuclear renaissance
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
PARIS --
Switzerland freezes plans to build new nuclear plants, Germany raises questions about its nuclear future, and opposition to atomic reactor construction mounts from Turkey to South Africa.
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Stingy Celtics stifle Bucks in Boston
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
BOSTON --
Ray Allen and the Boston Celtics take a lot of pride in their defense, so this one was a gem. For Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles, it was embarrassing.
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Protesters gather at Rock County Courthouse
By STAN STRICKER - Monday, March 14, 2011
Crowd numbers around 250
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Buckeyes NCAA's top seed
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
LAS VEGAS --
Three more teams in this year's version of March Madness. Three more networks to cover it. And the Big East will have its hooks in practically every nook and cranny of that new-look NCAA bracket.
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Tide of 1,000 bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
TAKAJO, JAPAN --
A tide of bodies washed up along Japan’s coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of a mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami.
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Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, March 14, 2011
SOMA, JAPAN --
Water levels dropped precipitously Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor.
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