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  • Charges Dismissed Against Skenandore

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Felony charges against an Appleton man have been dismissed after a judge ruled he's not competent to stand trial. 28-year-old Joseph Skenandore faces 3 felony charges after allegedly kidnapping a 3-year-old boy and sexually assaulting him at a park in July ... More

  • Packer deliberations begin

    Sitting a dozen players out because of injury and fear of injury, the Packers slogged their way through the final 60 minutes of the pre-season last night in Kansas City, falling to the Chiefs 17-13.   Green Bay finished 2-2 in the exhibition season but head ... More

  • House Fire, Owner Missing in Marinette County

    MARINETTE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A fire destroys a home in Marinette County as authorities search for the owner of the home. Crews say it broke out around 11:30 p.m. Thursday on Miles Road in the Town of Porterfield. A passer-by called the fire ... More

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  • Jefferson Co. Jury to Hear Possible 30-Year-Old Murder

    COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A jury from Jefferson County would hear the possible trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in Columbus 30 years ago. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin November 8th in Columbia County for 52-year-old Curtis Forbes. He ... More

  • Corrections Dept. Settles Suits Filed by Waupun Inmates

    WAUPUN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Prison life will soon get easier for some of Wisconsin’s most dangerous criminals. The state Corrections Department has agreed to settle a pair of lawsuits filed by two inmates at Waupun. New windows will be installed in the prison’s segregation ... More

  • Two Killed in Crash Near Lake Delton ID'ed

    LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities have identified two people killed in a fiery crash near Lake Delton last weekend. Sauk County sheriff’s deputies said 19-year-old Jordan Hilling of Wisconsin Dells was driving at a high rate of speed when his vehicle slammed into a ... More

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  • Ex-Republican official guilty of embezzlement

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former treasurer of a top Republican campaign committee pleaded guilty to embezzling $845,000 over 6-1/2 years and likely will face three years in prison, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday. Christopher Ward, 41, admitted to issuing unauthorized checks and wire ... More

  • U.S. government probing Mariner platform fire

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday launched an investigation into Mariner Energy Inc's Gulf of Mexico platform fire as the Coast Guard said there were no signs of crude oil leaking from the offshore facility. "We will use all available resources to ... More

  • US Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling

    CHATHAM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday ... More

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  • Dutch cabinet talks collapse 3 months after vote

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Talks to form a right-leaning minority Dutch government collapsed Friday when a populist anti-Islam party pulled out of talks, dashing attempts to form an administration seven months after the last one collapsed. The talks folded when Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders, whose party ... More

  • Quake of 7.4 hits New Zealand near Christchurch

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Christchurch early Saturday morning, causing no casualties but widespread reports of damage, authorities said. The quake, which had a depth of 33 kms (20.5 miles), was ... More

  • Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks in U.S., Europe

    DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" and dismissed a move by Washington to add the group to its terrorism blacklist. The United States on Wednesday said it had added ... More

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  • Report: Senate Candidate Johnson Has Half As Much Money As Feingold

    OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has about half as much campaign money on hand as incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Newly-released campaign reports show that Johnson had $1.6 million in the bank as of August 25th, to $3.1 million ... More

  • DNC Chair Opens Campaign Office in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of the Democratic National Committee says attacks on Social Security will help Russ Feingold and other Democrats win this fall. Tim Kaine was in Milwaukee this week to open a new campaign office and meet with candidates. He said Republican ... More

  • Scott Walker Has Plans To Improve State's Deer Herd

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker says he would hire an independent auditor to keep tabs on Wisconsin’s deer herd. After buying a hunting license in Milwaukee Thursday, Walker said many hunters have lost faith in the DNR’s deer management practices ... More

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  • Obama says to address new economic ideas next week

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly. Obama, speaking to reporters in the White House ... More

  • Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday. The Institute for Supply Management said ... More

  • Owners of a third of 3PAR back HP bid

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Data storage provider 3PAR Inc <PAR.N> said on Friday that shareholders owning about a third of its shares have agreed to accept Hewlett-Packard Co's<HPQ.N> proposal to buy the company for $2.4 billion. HP won a bidding war ... More

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  • Top directors headlining Telluride film fest

    By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Directors Peter Weir, Danny Boyle, Mark Romanek and Errol Morris will headline the Telluride Film Festival, the annual Labor Day holiday weekend event that kicks off Friday in the Colorado mountain resort. Romanek's "Never Let Me ... More

  • Venice festival honors Chinese director John Woo

    By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice film festival on Friday honored Hong Kong director John Woo, one of the few Asian filmmakers to enjoy box office success in Hollywood as well as at home. The 64-year-old was awarded a lifetime achievement Golden Lion at ... More

  • Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social media" is among today's most popular catch phrases thanks to the success of, among other things, networking website Facebook -- the favored way for today's youth to communicate on a global level. Now Facebook is the subject of what's ... More

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  • Mosquito Pools in Milwaukee Test Positive for West Nile

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin health officials are urging folks to protect themselves against mosquito bites, so they don’t come down with the West Nile Virus. There have been no human cases reported this summer – but officials said Thursday that 3 mosquito pools in Milwaukee ... More

  • MN Has 2 Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Neighboring Minnesota has two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus. And Wisconsin had not recorded any cases this year as of August 11th. Minnesota health officials said a person in the St. Paul area and a man in Yellow Medicine ... More

  • Over 50 Companies Getting Fed Money to Keep Retirees Insured

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over 50 Wisconsin companies will get money from the national health reform law, so they can keep giving insurance to their retired employees. Governor Jim Doyle says the law firm of Foley and Lardner, Appleton papers, and Racine County are among those ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Packer deliberations begin

    Sitting a dozen players out because of injury and fear of injury, the Packers slogged their way through the final 60 minutes of the pre-season last night in Kansas City, falling to the Chiefs 17-13.   Green Bay finished 2-2 in the exhibition season but head ... More

  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

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