News Archive for April 9, 2012
From rural Colombia, a wakeup call
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, April 9, 2012
CHICAGO --
A lesson from a 10-year-old Colombian mother about the power of an education.
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Burning questions about fire danger
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Monday, April 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
On Sunday, the National Weather Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued a "Red Flag Warning" for almost all of Wisconsin.
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Public record for April 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
Janesville man makes effort to buy American
By MARCIA NELESEN - Monday, April 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Bobby Wilson takes off his hat for the American flag, pays his taxes, lives the American work ethic and believes in taking care of the country's veterans.
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Goodell upholds penalties in Saints bounty case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
NEW YORK --
Sean Payton now knows for certain he won’t be coaching in 2012. And the New Orleans Saints must figure out whether Bill Parcells or someone else is best suited to take over a team seeking its fourth straight trip to the playoffs.
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Sweepers spiff up streets
By MARCIA NELESEN - Monday, April 9, 2012
Street-sweeping season got under way at the end of March, and Janesville residents will spot the little vehicles tidying up streets now through leaf collection this fall.
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Fur and Feather Swap at Walworth County Fairgrounds April 14
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
Polish chickens? Pygmy goats? Lionhead rabbits? Check out all the possibilities at the annual Fur and Feather Swap, held Sat., April 14, 7-10 a.m., at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11 East, Elkhorn.
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VetsRoll turns back the clock for Hangar Dance
By STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
Organizers of the VetsRoll trip to Washington D.C. are inviting its supporters to take a “Sentimental Journey” at the VetsRoll Hangar Dance April 14 at the Eclipse Center in Beloit.
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Whitewater business merger will form Engineered Plastics Co.
By STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
WHITEWATER --
MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions will merge its Polymer Technologies business in Whitewater with its newly acquired Menomonee Falls-based Engineered Plastics Corp., according to a business news release.
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Olympians stop in Burlington to give lessons
By STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
BURLINGTON --
Two Olympic athletes and two Olympic hopefuls took a break from their own training to help train others over the weekend in Burlington, according to a report by Fox6Now.com.
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Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records
By SETH BORENSTEIN - Monday, April 9, 2012
WASHINGTON --
It's been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records weren't just broken, they were deep-fried.
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Ex-Cub Ramirez to face old team
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Monday, April 9, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Aramis Ramirez, who played for the Chicago Cubs for eight-plus years before signing with the Milwaukee Brewers last winter, isn’t sure what reception he’ll get when the Brewers open a four-game series in Wrigley Field tonight.
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Watson hits miracle shot, wins Masters in playoff for first major title
By DOUG FERGUSON - Monday, April 9, 2012
AUGUSTA, GA. --
Bubba Watson ended another thrill-a-minute Sunday at Augusta National with a signature shot of his own to win the Masters.
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Runner-up Oosthuizen settles for albatross
By NANCY ARMOUR - Monday, April 9, 2012
AUGUSTA, GA. --
Instead of leaving with the green jacket, Louis Oosthuizen will have to settle for an albatross.
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Death notices for April 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 9, 2012
Democrats get month to stand and deliver
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, April 9, 2012
Both upcoming one-month campaigns—the run-up to the May 8 Democratic primary and then the June 5 recall election—may be the most compressed major election cycles in Wisconsin history.
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