CARRIE ANTLFINGER

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Wis. man gets 90 days in jail for $50 million fire

Two brothers convicted of firing a military flare that sparked a meatpacking plant fire the day after Independence Day in suburban Milwaukee will celebrate the next three Fourth of Julys in jail to remind them of their crimes.

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Milwaukee mayor Barrett back at work after beating

Milwaukee's mayor is back at work while continuing to recover from a beating after he confronted a metal-bar wielding man near the state fair.

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Guitarist Les Paul to be buried in Wis. hometown

Guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul will be buried Friday in his Wisconsin hometown — but not before the public gets to pay their respects in Milwaukee at a science and technology museum along the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Milwaukee DA drops charge in 1995 murder case

A homicide charge was dropped against a man who spent 13 years in prison in the killing of a teenage runaway whose death might be among several Milwaukee slayings linked by the same suspect's DNA, authorities said Friday.

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WA officials: 2nd person with swine flu dies

Health officials say a second person with a confirmed case of swine flu has died in Washington state.

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Gokey says he's willing to try 'Dancing'

Danny Gokey isn't going to let a few put-downs keep him from dancing.

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Danny Gokey has big plans for life after `Idol'

Danny Gokey (GO'-key) has big plans for his life after "American Idol."

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Danny Gokey, 'American Idol' crews visit Milwaukee

Danny Gokey was so shocked by his young wife's sudden death last summer that he couldn't cry during her funeral at Faith Builders International Ministries.

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'Public Enemies' author rushes to Dillinger's side

When federal agents gun down John Dillinger in front of a theater, the man who runs up to the body is a reporter, his figure barely visible from the helicopter carrying the crew filming "Public Enemies."

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Be on the lookout for new police tool, aka Twitter

When Milwaukee police wanted to get word of a murder out quickly, they did it in 113 characters on Twitter.

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Baby found dead in day care van; driver arrested

A 4-month-old boy was found dead in a day care center's van Thursday and its driver was arrested, police said.

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Art museums hope technology will sustain interest

Milwaukee Art Museum visitors can hear about American furniture from the 18th and 19th century, and music from those periods in the new iPod Touch tour.

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Teen accused of sex assaults in Facebook scam

An 18-year-old male student is accused of posing as a girl on Facebook, tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves and then blackmailing some for sex acts.

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Tony Shalhoub looks to life after 'Monk'

Actor Tony Shalhoub says as much as he loves Adrian Monk, eight years portraying the obsessive-compulsive private investigator is enough for him.

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Homicides are down in some large US cities

Killings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin's largest city among the nation's most successful in tackling its 2008 murder rate.

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Food banks forced to partner with farms, fishermen

Vermont's only food bank is buying a farm.

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Springsteen ends world tour at Harley celebration

Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up.

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Bronze Fonz now an 'Ayyyy'-list celeb in Milwaukee

His hair will always be in place, he doesn't mind if you touch the leather and he's far too heavy to jump the shark. Thought Arthur Fonzarelli couldn't get any cooler? Meet the bronze Fonz.

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Rare collection of Lennon art on display

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his admirers are so protective of his legacy they don't want any of his original drawings photographed in full.

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8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues

When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, 'That's exactly what I want to do.'"

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Few police agencies address suicides within ranks

Police Sgt. Chuck Cross pointed his department-issue .40-caliber handgun at his temple, finger on the trigger, as he sat drunk against his hallway wall.

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3 charged in fatal shooting barrage in Milwaukee

A 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with a July 4 shooting barrage that killed four people and injured two, and investigators are looking for two alleged accomplices, a police official said Monday.

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Alderman Fights for Seat From Prison

Alderman Michael McGee Jr.'s challenger in a runoff election next month has at least one big advantage over him: She's not in jail.

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Wis. Man Gets Life in Wife's Poisoning

A man who was convicted of poisoning and suffocating his wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole. Before she was killed, his wife had written a letter foreshadowing that her death might be suspicious.

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Jury: Man Poisoned Wife With Antifreeze

Before she was killed, Julie Jensen left a note with a neighbor suggesting that if she died, her husband would be to blame. Nearly a decade after she was poisoned and suffocated, a jury decided he was.

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