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Dodge County Parents Accused Of Starving Daughter To Stand Trial

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:00:30 -0600

Kathryn and Kenneth Kreier are accused of locking the family's refrigerators, freezers,and cupboards to make sure the their daughter did not eat.

Suspicious Device Detonated In Pewaukee

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:04:15 -0600

A suspicious device is detonated in Pewaukee on Thursday afternoon.

Watch Suspicious Device Get Blown Up

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:55:52 -0600

The Milwaukee Police Department's hazardous device unit detonates a suspicious device in Pewaukee.

Weather Blog: Clouds, Fog, Showers Ahead

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:31 -0600

Slideshow: Marquette Spirit

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:17:26 -0600

As Marquette played Villanova in the Big East Conference, 12 News found signs of Marquette spirit.

Residents Evacuated In Apartment Building Fire

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:58:36 -0600

Brookfield Man Charged In Weekend Sex Assault Of 14-Year-Old

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:51 -0600

Waukesha Police Find Missing Man

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:39:56 -0600

Waukesha police find a 64-year-old man who had been missing since Monday afternoon.

Witnesses To UWM Protest Share Stories

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:36:21 -0600

Witnesses to last week's protest at UWM met Wednesday night to share their stories about what happened.

Riverwest Vandals Cause Costly Damages

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:27 -0600

Vandals shatter the efforts of a local builder working to add to Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood.

Graphics Company On Fire In Pewaukee

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:04:08 -0600

Several Waukesha County fire departments are at the scene of a fire at a graphics company in Pewaukee.

Milwaukee In Race For Faster Internet

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:13 -0600

Google is looking to test its new fiber-optic Internet network across the country.

Man Accused Of Breaking Into School Caught On Tape

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:31:30 -0600

A Milwaukee man is caught on tape using a car to break into a West Allis school.

ACLU sues over violence at private prison in Idaho

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:37:16 -0600

The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho Correctional Center that it's known as...

Reid's wife, daughter injured in accident

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:44 -0600

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a...

Obama lobbied on black unemployment, immigration

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:29:21 -0600

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push...

Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:17 -0600

The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him. People in the...

Zebra that sprinted through Atlanta euthanized

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:48 -0600

A 12-year-old circus zebra that caused a stir when he escaped and ran through downtown Atlanta last month has been euthanized. A statement posted on Ringling Bros. and Barnum and...

Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:24 -0600

He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of...

Dems look to health vote without abortion foes

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:41 -0600

House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's...

NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:09:03 -0600

Amid concerns over a conflict of interest and just two days after a poll showed the public opposed his investigation into two scandals involving Gov. David Paterson, Attorney General...

Lesbian teen sues Miss. school over prom flap

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:44 -0600

The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend and wear a...

Protests mar groundbreaking for NJ Nets' NYC arena

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:03:31 -0600

Officials broke ground Thursday on a much-delayed 22-acre development project that will bring the NBA's New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn. As protesters chanted and staged a mock funeral for...

Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:03:18 -0600

Labeled fierce for his relentless play as a Hall of Fame defensive lineman, Merlin Olsen was also gentle enough for a role on one of television's most wholesome shows and as a spokesman in...

LEAD: N.Y. stocks up slightly on economic hope+

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:02:11 -0600

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH END OF TRADING) New York stocks rose slightly Thursday on optimism over the U.S. economy. The 30-issue Dow Jones Industrial Average, which inched up...

Toyota discounts boost sales, U.S. mulls "black box"

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:35 -0600

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety...

Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:56:35 -0600

First results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed the prime minister and his secular rival locked in an extremely tight contest Thursday amid fraud allegations by rival parties and a...

Haiti: Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:55:48 -0600

Kidnappers have freed two Swiss women snatched off the streets of Haiti's capital and held for five days, officials said Thursday. It is the first reported kidnapping since Haiti...

Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:54:44 -0600

Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement...

APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:59 -0600

Records obtained by The Associated Press show a convicted sex offender charged with killing a 17-year-old San Diego County girl could have been sent back to prison in 2007 for violating...

Friend: US man held in Yemen is longtime radical

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:50 -0600

A former classmate of the U.S. man accused of belonging to al-Qaida and shooting up a Yemeni hospital tells The Associated Press he exhibited radical religious views in high school. ...

Court Confirms CCS Medical Plan of Reorganization

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:45:00 -0600

In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:43 -0600

Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay...