Story by patspen/photos by mikasi “War is an ugly thing,” said Mike Miles of Luck, Wisconsin, “and many people get displaced as a result. We've displaced ourselves to be part of this effort.” Miles, a...
Should anyone ask me why I want to move back to Wisconsin I now have a newsclip that captures it all... " MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in reinstating charges against three men accused of digging up a...
[note: The word "fired" in this article is used very informally in service to the employment analogy later in the piece. It refers to the fact that the Marines chose to rescind Zoriah's access and unembed him due to a blog entry and some photographs he posted. Please...
There are certain stories that lift the human spirit, that enoble us as a species. This is not one of them."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 300 people have been arrested for involvement in child prostitution rings and 21 children rescued in a nationwide sweep, the FBI said...
Unlike many of you here, I am not a reader. Simply put, unless it's a news story on the web or in the occasional magazine, it doesn't appeal to me. I'm much too manic-y to sit still for much more. But this Time Magazine interview with Gore Vidal [by Deborah Solomon] may...
"We are on a mission in Sadr City to inspect some of the checkpoints along the newly completed wall. The first part of the mission brings us to the infamous Jamilla Market, an outdoor stretch of shops and home to...
This took place in the city just south of the one I live in. I'm not sure how exactly to comment on it. "Steve Kreuscher is no more. A Lake County judge granted permission to the Zion man Friday to officially change his name to "In God We Trust." That's "In God" as a...
One of the side detriments to this sad case is that this idiot becomes a poster boy for the "build a fence between us and them" argument. "The 29-year-old Kenosha man charged in the West Allis crash that killed a 6-year-old girl Monday could face federal charges for...
Anyone surprised by story has likely been asleep since Mao died."In a press conference held on June 11, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf has made public that his office computers were hacked in August 2006 and that the FBI and...
OK, so they aren't really Pokemon, but damned if they don't look like them. "HONG KONG: Superstitious bloggers have linked China's earthquake disaster and other recent misfortunes to the five Olympic mascots, a...
"In a case of neglect that resulted in the death of Tiffany Hirst, 3, a court was told yesterday how passers-by used to see the gaunt face of the toddler staring through the window of her mother’s squalid flat." ...
Can't speak for you, but I live to run into these stories. Finding them gives me a warm, squishy feeling - but not the type of warm squishy feeling likely portrayed in the judge's video."LOSANGELES - The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals posted sexually...
Janesville got the news a week or two back - General Motors isleaving town. GM is a major employer out that way, giving jobs to 4.3percent of Rock County's work force. and many of these are more thanjust "living wage" jobs. They're the types of jobs than anyAmerican community...
This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right...
"Goobergunchand other readers sent in word that Sprint, Time Warner, and Verizonhave agreed to block websites and newsgroups containing childpornography. The deal, brokered by New York Attorney General AndrewCuomo, occurred after Cuomo's office threatened the ISPs with...