News Archive for September 12, 2012
Respect, not apples, for these teachers
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
CHICAGO --
Let’s be clear about why 26,000 educators and support staff took to the picket line in Chicago: it wasn’t simply because of pay and benefits, evaluation methods, or ballooning classroom size. It was about respect.
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Delavan City Council votes to revive downtown but does so carefully
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
DELAVAN --
With anxiety and reservation, the Delavan City Council on Tuesday created a new tax incremental financing district that will encompass all of the city's historic downtown.
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Residents still can pick trash carts
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Automated trash and recycling pickup for Janesville has been delayed until spring, giving residents more time to choose a cart size.
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City sidewalk committee can't reach consensus
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville's sidewalk committee did not reach a consensus Monday and decided instead to forward a set of options to the city council.
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Guard notified of potential deployment
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Troops of Wisconsin's Red Arrow Brigade have been notified they could be deployed overseas sometime next year, less than four years after the unit returned from Iraq.
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Lalor leads Craig boys cross country
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Evan Lalor won the 11th grade boys 5,000-meter race Tuesday to lead Janesville Craig's cross country team to a third-place finish at the Big Eight Grade Level Challenge at the Yahara Training course.
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Six area students named Merit Scholar semifinalists
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Six students from Rock and Walworth counties have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.
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Parker volleyball all even in conference; Craig shutout
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Parker High climbed back to .500 in Big Eight Conference volleyball Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over Beloit Memorial.
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Police: Woman didn't know accused shooter
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
ROCKFORD, ILL. --
Illinois police called off a search Tuesday evening after two hours of looking for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Janesville woman in an SUV on Interstate 90/39 early Sunday.
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Craig, Parker soccer suffer shutouts
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A lack of scoring continues to plague Janesville Craig's boys soccer team.
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Parker golfers come out flat in conference showdown
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
The Janesville Parker High girls golf team picked a poor spot to shoot its highest score of the year.
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Story of 9/11 lives on through monument in Janesville park
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Under a beautiful September sky similar to the one 11 years earlier, Janesville Fire Chief Jim Jensen noted Tuesday that there is now a generation of Americans who didn't live through the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Ryan: Attacks a reminder world needs US leadership
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
ASHWAUBENON, WIS. --
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama’s defense spending cuts “breed weakness” — a vulnerability the United States can’t afford following the killings of four Americans in Libya.
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Public record for Sept. 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Parker tennis collects 5-2 victory over Craig
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Singles play proved to be the difference Tuesday afternoon for the Janesville Parker girls tennis team.
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Ten Chimneys Foundation hires new president
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
The Ten Chimneys Foundation has a new president.
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'Ransomware' scam infecting personal computers
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
MADISON --
If your computer locks up and a screen appears telling you that you owe a fine for accessing illegal material on the Internet, you are the victim of Reveton "ransomware."
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Wait a minute: Coaches defend Big Ten’s honor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Big Ten coaches had just one request for the critics ripping the conference after a rough weekend. Wait.
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US ambassador killed in consulate attack in Libya
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
TRIPOLI, LIBYA --
The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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Estrada sharp into 7th, Brewers beat Braves 5-0
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Marco Estrada pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Rickie Weeks and Aramis Ramirez homered and the Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0 Tuesday night.
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Death notices for Sept. 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
BP tainted gas claims top $1.5 million
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
BP has paid more than $1.5 million in claims arising from a multistate recall of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some vehicles' mechanical components.
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Medal-winning Warhawks score in Paralympics
By UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Mareike Adermann, a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater junior, led her team to the top of the wheelchair basketball world in London on Friday. Adermann and her German teammates defeated Australia 58-44 in the women’s Paralympics gold medal game. She led all players in points (19) and rebounds (5).
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Darien carver's got a way with wood
By DENNIS HINES, STATELINE NEWS - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Cindy Austin enjoys using her creative ability to make things for other people.
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Romney must overcome Obama’s likability factor
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Americans dedicate an awful lot of time to measuring candidates' likability and forcing them to pretend to be someone that some political consultant thinks we'll admire.
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