News Archive for November 29, 2012
Rock County unemployment rate drops
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Rock County's official unemployment rate reached a four-year low in October, but whether that's cause for celebration remains to be seen.
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Ethanol spill isn't dangerous, officials say
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
It could be a few days before police learn what caused an ethanol tanker truck to overturn and spill ethanol at one of the Highway 59 roundabouts Tuesday, but authorities say the spill poses no lingering hazards.
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UW-Rock, other schools to offer 'flexible' degree
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
JANESVILLE --
UW-Rock County is among state university system two-year campuses to offer a so-called flexible degree, in which students will be able to earn college credit for knowledge already gained through work or life experience.
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Don't delay mailing cards, packages
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
JANESVILLE --
To make sure Christmas cards and letters arrive at their U.S. destinations on time, Janesville Postmaster Jon Buchholz says they should be mailed by Dec. 20.
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Janesville native heads Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
BELOIT --
The person who directed Paul Ryan's first campaign for Congress 14 years ago has a new campaign challenge, retaining professional minor league baseball (MiLB) in Beloit.
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Developer hopes to add second set of apartments in Edgerton
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
EDGERTON --
Edgerton could see a second set of renovated tobacco warehouse apartments sometime next year if developer Dan Rinehart can land a blend of city and state funding to help push the project forward.
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UW-Rock women win in overtime at Marinette
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
The UW-Rock County women's basketball team worked overtime for a victory Wednesday night.
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Gavilon fire could have been worse
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
AVALON --
A large natural gas pipeline, a railcar full of anhydrous ammonia and hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn could have added up to a serious fire.
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Lines stretch out the door at Generac event in Whitewater
By STAN MILAM - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Job seekers waited in lines out the door at Generac's Whitewater plant Wednesday hoping to land 100 full-time jobs being offered by the portable and home generator manufacturer.
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Public record for Nov. 29, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Con: Like FDR before him, Obama has saved capitalism by harnessing its excesses
By WAYNE MADSEN - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
WASHINGTON --
It’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama may be on the verge of forging a new can-do coalition of Democrats and moderately conservative Republicans that would jump-start economic growth by restoring Clinton-era tax rates while saving the vital health and social services programs popular with most Americans.
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Pro: Obama could spur recovery by relaxing government’s grip on business
By PETER RUSH - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
WASHINGTON --
From a businessperson’s perspective, people who run Washington simply don’t understand the basic economics that every person who has ever run a company, large or small, must live by—revenue must exceed expense or you are out of business.
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In Christmas wars, it’s all or nothing
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Atheists are employing a new strategy to challenge the presence of religion in the public square: Wherever religious messages are allowed in public parks or government buildings, atheist groups increasingly demand equal time and space.
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Anthony scores 29, Knicks win in Milwaukee
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 102-88 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
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Long putters on endangered list
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. --
Brace yourself—just not your putter. In a proposal that would affect major champions as well as amateurs at their local clubs, the guardians of the 600-year-old sport want to write a new rule that would outlaw a putting stroke they fear is taking too much skill out of the game.
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2 tickets strike gold in record Powerball jackpot
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
KANSAS CITY, MO. --
Powerball officials said early Thursday morning that two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record $587.5 million jackpot.
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Harris leads Virginia to 60-54 win over Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Visiting teams aren’t supposed to come into the Kohl Center and take the Badgers out of their game. Then again, Virginia’s Tony Bennett is no ordinary visiting coach.
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10 Things to Know for Today
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Death notices for Nov. 29, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
On teen sex, a step too far?
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
CHICAGO --
What we’re really witnessing in the debate over teen pregnancies is the medical establishment’s acknowledgement that too many parents refuse to admit that in our highly sexualized society, they still need to provide their children with reliable information about safe sex.
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Dress code would clearly communicate expectations
By KAREN SCHULTE - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
We are no different than other leading school districts across the country that are raising standards of professionalism.
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Letting voters register at polls makes sense
By PAUL MALISCHKE - Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Because of same-day registration, Wisconsin is exempt from the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, often called “motor voter.”
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