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			<title><![CDATA[Meriter, University of Wisconsin hospitals plan to open abortion clinic]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431180</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ University of&nbsp;Wisconsin Hospital, its doctor group and Meriter Hospital are proposing to open an abortion clinic at their jointly owned Madison Surgery Center near Meriter, which anti-abortion groups say could violate state laws.   The clinic, which could open next month, at 1 S. Park St., would primarily offer second-trimester abortions, said UW Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Brunette.  Madison&#39;s only existing abortion clinic, at a Planned Parenthood facility on the East Side, will ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By DAVID WAHLBERG 608-252-6125]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:33:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How does a Wisconsin resident measure up against the average non-Badger?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431166</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ How long does it take the average Wisconsin commuter to get to work?  How many of us are connected to the Internet?  How much money do we donate to charity?  How do we measure up against the average American non-Badger?  The answers can be found in the 2009 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau&#39;s Statistical Abstract of the United States. The compilation of statistics has been published annually since 1878. It quantifies human activity in areas from aquaculture to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[MATTHEW DeFOUR608-252-6144]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:23:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[American Players Theater meets fundraising goal]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431184</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ SPRING GREEN &#8212; In June, floodwaters grew so menacing that the outdoor American Players Theatre canceled a live performance for the first time several hours before showtime in nearly two decades. A couple of months later, an economic tsunami engulfed the nation, and ticket sales plunged.  &quot;It was like someone had unplugged the phones to the box office,&quot; says APT producing artistic director David Frank.  So last fall, Frank sent a plea out to donors to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GAYLE WORLAND 608-252-6188]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:13:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man sentenced for marijuana network; case tied to Fitchburg man missing for 4 years]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431194</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ For nearly the first half of this decade, former University&nbsp;of Wisconsin-Madison student Reed Rogala was raking in cash by bringing thousands of pounds of Canadian marijuana to Madison.  And when that business failed, he turned to making and selling glass bongs.  But on Tuesday, caught up in a drug case closely tied to the disappearance of a Fitchburg man four years ago, Rogala was sentenced to more than 12½ years in federal prison.  U.S. District Judge Barbara ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ED TRELEVEN 608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:57:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brooklyn woman sentenced to prison for embezzling]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431190</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The former accounting supervisor for a Madison title company was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in federal prison for embezzling almost $350,000 from the firm to support the drug habits of herself and her boyfriend.  Amanda Ferch, 37, of Brooklyn, who worked for Dane County Title Co., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb to two years and nine months in prison and was ordered to repay $347,190 that she took by writing ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boy who went missing is found]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431213</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A teenage boy with cognitive disabilities who was reported lost Tuesday evening was found later that night when he received help from someone with a phone, according to Madison police.Sheldon Tucker, 13, was reported missing when he failed to return home from school after getting on a Metro bus at Regent Street and North Mills Street at around 4 p.m. Authorities said he was later found at 9:17 p.m. near the Sheraton Hotel ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:48:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sun Prairie man sentenced for shooting suspected &#39;burglar&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431062</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A former Sun Prairie businessman was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for shooting a teen who he believed had broken into his business and stolen merchandise from him.  Anthony M. Clemons, 32, who owned Athletic Urban Wear, stooped to the level of a common street thug when he shot Antoine Williams, 18, four times on Dec. 4, 2007, in retaliation for an alleged burglary, Dane County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler said.  Court documents ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ED TRELEVEN608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mistele faces uphill run against Falk]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431199</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Dane County executive election features an entrenched incumbent with a 10-1 money advantage over a feisty challenger intent on making it a close race.  Kathleen Falk is running for a fourth term touting her record of keeping property taxes low, increasing public safety funding and maintaining the county&#39;s agrarian character.  &quot;In Dane County, we&#39;ve worked together to build a strong foundation,&quot; she said. &quot;Now, the terrible national economy has hit home. But the strong foundation ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By MATTHEW DeFOUR 608-252-6144]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:34:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man, woman charged in stabbing]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431188</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A homeless man and woman were charged Tuesday with armed robbery and first-degree reckless injury for allegedly stabbing and slashing a man who bought the woman drugs in exchange for a sex act.  The victim, Sebastian Taylor, told town of Madison police that he went to an apartment on Pheasant Ridge Trail with Crystal A. Mathis, 26, after giving her money for crack cocaine in exchange for sex, according to a criminal complaint. While the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:44:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Icy walks send 177 people to emergency rooms]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430927</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison building&nbsp;&nbsp;inspectors are dealing with treacherous, icy sidewalks that caused a &quot;stunning&quot; number of emergency room visits over the weekend.  The city&#39;s three hospitals reported at least 177 emergency room visits for head bumps, breaks, fractures and other injuries since rain froze and capped sidewalks and streets with ice starting Saturday night.  &quot;Most were treated and released,&quot; University of Wisconsin&nbsp;Hospital spokeswoman Toni Morrissey said Monday. &quot;But there are a lot of really banged up people.&quot;  Meanwhile, city crews ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEAN MOSIMAN608-252-6141]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:50:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison School Board president to be opposed in Feb. 17 primary]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431189</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A parent and business owner on Madison&#39;s West Side is running against Madison School Board President Arlene Silveira, while Vice President Lucy Mathiak is running unopposed.Donald Gors, owner of a window-cleaning business who also works as a home-based distributor of household air treatment products, submitted his candidacy papers just before the filing deadline Tuesday at the Madison city clerk&#39;s office. A father of three, including two in high school, he lives in the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ANDY HALL 608-252-6136]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:39:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amid nursing shortage, recruiters get creative]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430942</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MILWAUKEE &#8212; Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we&#39;ll give you a chance to win cash and prizes.   Sounds too good to be true, especially in an economy riddled with job cuts in nearly every industry. But applicants for nursing jobs in many cities are still so scarce that recruiters have been forced to get increasingly inventive.   One Michigan company literally rolled out a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By DINESH RAMDE  Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Female guard at Oakhill being investigated for alleged misconduct]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=431038</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ State Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko confirmed Tuesday that a female guard at Oakhill Correctional Institution is under internal investigation for alleged misconduct.  The guard was placed on paid leave Nov. 6, Dipko said. He would not reveal what she is accused of doing or how the situation came to light.  Fitchburg police Lt. Chad Brecklin said Tuesday his department is investigating a criminal complaint involving the guard at the prison.  The State Journal isn&#39;t naming ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Rivedal608-252-6106]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:34:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[589 Wisconsin traffic deaths in &#39;08, lowest number since 1944]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430938</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps because of high gas prices in the summer and bad weather in the winter, fewer people died on Wisconsin&#39;s highways last year than in any year since World War II.  But not content to rest on that success, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday it is launching a $300,000 campaign to bring down the number of deaths even further. The campaign is being funded entirely with federal money.  According to preliminary figures released by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ED TRELEVEN 608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:24:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Union will appeal 911 operator&#39;s suspension]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430897</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The union that represents the former Dane County 911 employee who answered the call from slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann&#39;s cell phone is challenging her three-day suspension.  Larry Rodenstein, a spokesman for AFSCME Local 720, which represents county 911 employees, said the union filed a grievance alleging the county did not have just cause to suspend Rita Gahagan, a 20-year veteran of the 911 center who violated center policy after not hearing a scream on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By MATTHEW DeFOUR 608-252-6144]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:41:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;Antiques Roadshow&#39; to return to Madison]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430931</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nine years after it visited Madison, &quot;Antiques Roadshow&quot; will return to the Alliant Energy Center&#39;s Exhibition Hall this summer and tape one of the PBS program&#39;s popular installments.  In 2000, &quot;Antiques Roadshow&quot; had its 7,000 free tickets snapped up in 35 minutes, a then-record time for the show. Now, those interested in having an antique evaluated may sign-up online (www.pbs.org/antiques) or call 888-762-3749 to acquire tickets through a random drawing.  &quot;Antiques Roadshow&quot; will come to Madison ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By TOM ALESIA 608-252-6122]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:27:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2 men charged in fatal Downtown beating waive hearing]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430944</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Two men charged with murder in the beating death of a race car mechanic Downtown last month waived their right Monday to a preliminary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court.  Roynell T. Fuller, 19, and Ross W. Spang, 22, both of Madison, are each charged with felony murder for the death of Eduardo Cademartori, 27, on Dec. 5. A criminal complaint alleges that Cademartori died after he was punched by Fuller about a block away ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:10:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Judge Shabaz sends resignation to Bush - again]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430914</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ U.S. District Judge John Shabaz has again tendered his resignation to President George W. Bush, this time without a promise to remain on the bench until his successor is chosen.  Shabaz, 77, who has been on the bench in the federal court&#39;s Madison-based Western District of Wisconsin for more than 27 years, had announced his retirement from the bench in October 2007, but in his retirement letter to Bush said he would continue to serve ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ED TRELEVEN 608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:39:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big winner, wins again at Ho-Chunk Casino]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430950</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Luck struck again for a local woman who took home $1.5 million, right in time for the start of the new year at Ho-Chunk Casino.  Janie Palmer, of North Freedom, struck it big on Friday, in addition to $1.2 million she previously won at the casino, according to family member Sydney Palmer.  Palmer could not be reached for comment on Sunday.  A news release states Palmer regularly goes to Ho-Chunk Casino and even takes a special route ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:43:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forbes.com rates Madison area No.1 for finding a job]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430909</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ If you&#39;re looking for a job, you&#39;re in the right city, according to an article on Forbes.com.  Madison offers the best prospects for job hunters in 2009 of any U.S. city, according to Ajilon Professional Staffing, which examined unemployment and job creation rates, and checked with local placement agencies.  The Madison metro area has &quot;an unusually healthy outlook for job growth and a strikingly low unemployment rate - 3.5% percent in October, when the national rate ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By JUDY NEWMAN Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:57:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jody Samson, legendary sword, knife maker dies in New Glarus]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430941</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A guy who described himself as &quot;a lizard in the snow&quot; of Wisconsin, Jody Samson would sit at Sportsman&#39;s Bar and Grill on First Street in New Glarus, order the daily special, and wash it down with a Fat Squirrel, the pride of the nearby New Glarus Brewery.  To most in New Glarus, Samson was that guy.  To the rest of the world, Samson, who was found dead of pneumonia in his workshop Dec. 27, was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GEORGE HESSELBERG 608-252-6140]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:56:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donated ledger provides glimpse of Fort Winnebago, early Portage]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430946</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A piece of Portage history dating back to 1831 has been returned to the state.  A quartermaster&#39;s ledger from Fort Winnebago, which later became Portage, was purchased by an individual from a rare books dealer on the East Coast this summer. The ledger was then donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society in early December. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the society he bought the book so he could donate it. He did ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By KEVIN KIRKPATRICK Portage Daily Register]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:21:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quadruplet dies in Dodge County crash]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430698</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ BEAVER DAM &#8212; Of the four spunky Salazar quadruplets, Jared was perhaps &quot;the most sensitive,&quot; a family friend remembers, the one &quot;who always loved sitting in your lap while you read him a story.&quot;  But when that same boy lost a front baby tooth, he couldn&#39;t have been more excited.  Born at Meriter Hospital on Dec. 8, 2001, Jared &#8212; and siblings Maria, Jesus and Axel &#8212; were thought to be the first quads delivered in Madison. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[GAYLE WORLAND608-252-6188]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:06:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison area food pantries change to better serve their customers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430519</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Vanessa Rosales comes to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Madison rather than others for one reason: She can choose what food she brings home, rather than being handed a bag filled with random groceries.  &quot;I&#39;ve been to pantries before where they give you things you don&#39;t need,&quot; said Rosales, who was recently laid off from her job as a preschool teacher. &quot;This way you can pick what you&#39;re going to use, rather than ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEE J. HALL608-252-6132]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:46:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1 arrested, 2 cited in attempted robbery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430949</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Four underage Madison males were foiled as they tried to steal several bottles of booze from a Far East Side liquor store New Year&#39;s Eve when the store owner put one of them in a headlock and held on until police arrived.  Madison police public information officer Joel DeSpain said the 32-year-old owner of Rocky&#39;s Liquor at 4429 Milwaukee St., stepped in front of the store&#39;s door at around 8:12 p.m. when he suspected the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother sees baby as a miracle]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430943</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Chalsie Lunsford was looking for a baby name when she opened the book to the Js.  It was on the second page that she found Joshlyn.  &quot;When I looked at the meaning &#8212; saved by God &#8212; I knew it was meant to be,&quot; Chalsie said.  Joshlyn Lenae Lunsford was born Dec. 29 in a crowded delivery room filled with her extended family at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center. Her paternal grandmother held a photograph of the newborn&#39;s ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By AUTUMN GROOMS La Crosse Tribune]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:39:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Family mourns crash death of 7 year old]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430920</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Beaver Dam family of Jared Salazar, 7, a quadruplet whose death in a car crash Saturday night has moved friends, family and strangers alike, was surrounded by help at home Monday.  &quot;They are very much grieving today, they have plenty of help, the house was full of people today,&quot; said Judy Johnsen, a spokeswoman for the family.  Jared Salazar&#39;s three siblings were with him in the family sports utility vehicle when it rolled and collided ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GEORGE HESSELBERG 608-252-6140]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crash on icy road kills 2 in Grant County]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430763</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A deadly glaze on highways in southern Wisconsin claimed at least two lives Sunday in Grant County.   Two people in a car southbound on icy Highway 80 Sunday afternoon died in a crash with a northbound semitrailer near Hazel Green, according to reports from the State Patrol.   The crash killed Albee J. Paulson, 62, of Monroe, and Sandra L. Paulson, 54, also of Monroe. Their car, driven by Albee Paulson, and a truck driven by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:46:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Evansville Spanish Club works for unity]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430739</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;EVANSVILLE &#8212; The Hispanic Community Project at Evansville High School is a Spanish Club with a twist.   The club adviser, Diego Ojeda, said it was important to add social consciousness to the club.   &#34;We want to focus on diversity and tolerance,&#34; said Ojeda, Spanish teacher at the school. &#34;When they (students) get out of Evansville, they are going to see a lot of diversity.&#34;   The school has no more than a dozen Hispanic students.   For ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By PAMELA COTANT For the State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:42:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roger Gray, long-time Evansville doctor, dies at 84]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430762</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Roger S. Gray, 84, a dependable, quiet man who just couldn&#39;t stand still and wouldn&#39;t say no, two essential qualities of a quintessential small-town doctor, died Thursday in an Eau Claire hospital.   Gray was known for making late night house calls, and weekend consultations at nursing homes.   &#34;Young Doc Gray&#34;&nbsp;was the man to see in Evansville, as his father, &#34;Old Doc Gray,&#34; was before him. And, friends said, he was just as likely to come ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GEORGE HESSELBERG Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:18:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monona plans low-power radio station]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430733</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;MONONA &#8212; Homegrown programming, featuring everything from city meetings to choir concerts, could be broadcast over this city&#39;s airwaves this year.   Plans for a low-power FM radio station that would reach most Monona listeners have been approved by the City Council, and organizers expect to submit the proposal to the Federal Communications Commission for final approval in the next few months.   If approved, WMWI &#8212; Wonderful Monona Wisconsin &#8212; could be on the air this ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GENA KITTNER 608-252-6139]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:13:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[School scrapbook]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430741</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;Challenge Grant: Horizon High School, Dane County&#39;s only recovery high school, has received a challenge grant of up to $30,000 from an anonymous donor through the Madison Community Foundation.   The school, at Neighborhood House, 29 S. Mills St., was founded in 2004 by parents, educators and a counselor who found that teens in therapy for drug and alcohol abuse tended to relapse if they returned to their prior schools.   Donations received by the organization by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:11:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nature makes a comeback in classes in Wisconsin schools]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430453</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Geeta Dawar takes her seventh grade science students outside their Madison school to examine cracks in the sidewalk.  David Spitzer gets his Madison elementary students to notice flocks of migrating geese overhead as the kids walk to school.  And David Ropa has his seventh graders, even on an arctic morning, use their bare hands to dip testing vials into Lake Mendota.  Nature is on the rise in many schools across Wisconsin, as educators strive to reverse a major ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ANDY HALL608-252-6136]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:11:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rankin&#39;s retirement ends tightrope walk between history, development]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430670</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ For three decades, Katherine Rankin&#39;s job has placed her amid the tension between Madison&#39;s impetus to build more new homes and businesses and its desire to preserve history.  Now, as Rankin, 59, retires as the city&#39;s preservation planner, she said the tensions are as strong as ever.  The potential redevelopment on part of the 10 block of North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, a coming proposal to remake the historic Edgewater Hotel and efforts to demolish houses ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEAN MOSIMAN608-252-6141]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:52:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State doesn&#39;t run criminal checks on professional licensees]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430682</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ From doctors and nurses to pharmacists and psychologists, Wisconsin doesn&#39;t routinely do criminal background checks when it licenses the professionals entrusted to care for your health.  In addition, a 2000 state privacy law prevents the Wisconsin State Journal from running checks on most of those licensees to see if any had been convicted of, or recently served time for, a felony.  The privacy law prohibits state officials from releasing to the public full lists with the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[JASON STEIN608-252-6129]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:47:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dodge County sees surge in suicides, suicide calls]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430655</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Suicide calls are soaring in Dodge County.  In the last five years, Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls said, the increase in calls for help for mental distress has been drastic: from 86 such calls in 2004 to more than 200 suicide calls in 2008.  And suicide deaths in Dodge County, a county of about 89,000 people northeast of Madison, have gone from nine in 2006 to 15 in 2007 and 18 in 2008, medical examiner P.J. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[PATRICIA SIMMS608-252-6492]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DeForest&#39;s superintendent is super, peers say]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430677</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DeFOREST &#8212; If there was any doubt that Jon Bales would be a good fit for the DeForest School District, it was quickly erased when he arrived here nearly a decade ago. The School Board had set up a program to solicit input from residents about the future direction of the district. Another superintendent might have been more eager to put his own stamp on the district. But Bales embraced the project, which led ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[GENA KITTNER608-252-6139]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:36:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doyle, four governors push economic stimulus package]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430562</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Doyle and four other Democratic governors on Friday asked Congress and President-elect Barack Obama to approve a $1 trillion economic stimulus package targeted at state spending, including $250 billion for education.  It&#39;s the first time governors have explicitly said they are looking for help in funding state education programs from pre-kindergarten through higher education in the face of crushing budget shortfalls, including $5.4 billion in Wisconsin, a Doyle spokesman said.  Doyle&#39;s office said it ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By MARK PITSCH 608-252-6145]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:27:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crash closes both lanes of Highway 26 outside Janesville]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430685</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Slick roads caused a multiple vehicle crash outside Janesville at about 8:30 p.m., causing police to shut down both lanes of traffic on Highway 26 near North Wright Road.  Rock County dispatchers reported there were injuries to some of those involved, but the full extent of the accident, between Janesville and Milton, was not yet clear. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:58:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Five Questions: Rep. Kim Hixson, Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430652</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The new head of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, state Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, is a professor on leave from UW-Whitewater who is expected to offer a sharp contrast in approach from the previous chair.  He replaces Rep. Steve Nass, a Republican assemblyman from the same area and an outspoken critic of the UW System&#39;s spending and priorities.  Q: How will your background as a communications professor affect your approach to leading this committee?  A: To me ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEBORAH ZIFF608-252-6234]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On Campus: No University of Wisconsin-Madison students in line of fire in Gaza]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430649</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ University officials say there are no UW-Madison students studying in Gaza as Israeli air strikes rain down on the area.  But Jennifer Loewenstein, associate director of UW-Madison&#39;s Middle East Studies Program, said she was supposed to be there. After living in Gaza for six months in 2002, Loewenstein said she has been back almost every year since.   She was planning to attend a conference there sponsored by the World Health Organization in October, she said, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEBORAH ZIFF 608-252-6234]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suspect sought in Far West Side gas station robbery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430648</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison police are searching for a short, heavy-set black man in connection with an armed robbery early Saturday at a Junction Court gas and convenience store on Madison&#39;s Far West Side.  A suspect, described as 5-foot-4 and 190 pounds and dressed in all black including a black ski mask, entered the Kelley Williamson Mobile Mart armed with a handgun and demanded cash from the two clerks. There were no injuries, and the suspect fled on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:03:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former Badger to undergo treatment; stalking trial delayed]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430418</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  A former University of Wisconsin football player who allegedly threatened the life of Athletic Director Barry Alvarez will be treated at a state hospital after a psychiatrist found he is not competent &#8212; for now &#8212; to face criminal proceedings against him.   Leonard Taylor, 32, of Indianapolis, who was a star defensive back for the Badgers from 1995 to 1998, will be treated with psychiatric medications until he is competent to stand trial on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Treleven608-257-2704]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:46:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Columbus considers hiring full-time fire chief]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430596</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;COLUMBUS &#8212; Columbus could be on the way to hiring its first full-time fire chief.   City Attorney Randy Lueders told the City Council this week that the move should be considered to attract a quality candidate for the position, which would include doing fire inspections, education and administration.   &#34;That&#39;s the only way you&#39;re going to get a decent person,&#34; Lueders said Tuesday.   The Columbus Fire Department has been without a permanent chief since October 2005, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By PAUL SCHARF  Beaver Dam Daily Citizen]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:02:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fitchburg man arrested, accused of sex assault]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430597</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Fitchburg man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman he was staying with in the town of Madison was arrested early Friday.  Town of Madison police were sent to the 300 block of Alhambra Place around 3:59 a.m. after the Dane County 911 center received a hang-up call from the woman and called her back.  According to police, she said Thomas F. White, 44, attacked her in the kitchen, and she attempted to fight him off ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:14:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Husband set rural Muscoda fire that killed him, his wife]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430599</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A rural Muscoda man who died Thursday intentionally set the fire that killed him and his wife, officials said.  Arthur R. Eggert, 71, of 1186 Highway 133, died five days after the fire that killed his wife, Sheron K. Eggert, also 71.   Grant County Sheriff Keith Govier said an investigation determined that Arthur Eggert set fire to the mobile home he shared with his wife.   &quot;He did give a statement to us indicating that he ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By DEE J. HALL Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:47:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Braille]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430490</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Two hundred years ago, Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France. A fateful accident and subsequent infection at age three robbed the boy of his sight. Although he attended one of the world&#39;s first schools for the blind, the reading system he used was a bulky arrangement of copper wire pressed into paper, making books impossibly heavy.  Borrowing a new army system of raised dots meant for secret communication, Braille &#8212; at age 15 &#8212; formed ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[MIKE JONESFor the State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:52:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plane crash kills Madison businessman and wife]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430423</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A Madison businessman and his longtime partner have died in a plane crash in Joliet, Ill. Stuart D. Seffern and his longtime partner Debbie Loiselle reportedly were the two people on board the Lancair 360 single-engine plane that crashed in flames about 8:40 p.m. Thursday night at the airport in this city southwest of Chicago. Seffern, vice-chairman of the South Madison Planning Council, owns Madison Area Carpet Cleaning and is president of a flying ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill NovakThe Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:23:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[As the economy goes down, traffic at the library goes up]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430367</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of being laid off from a Target warehouse, Jacob Bogie headed to the Sun Prairie Public Library to begin looking for a new job.  &quot;Anything,&quot; Bogie, 18, said Tuesday as he sat in the library&#39;s computer lab and scanned postings on the Internet. &quot;I&#39;m looking for something I can do.&quot;  The worse the economy gets, the busier libraries become in Wisconsin and across the nation.  Residents are turning to libraries for free job searches, Internet access, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ANDY HALL608-252-6136]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:07:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trumpeter swan and osprey numbers grow in Wisconsin]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430479</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ By the early 1970s in Wisconsin, the call of the trumpeter swan no longer echoed across the state&#39;s marshlands. And the heart-stopping drop of an osprey from the heavens toward a fish-filled river or lake was a rare sight.  Lost to hunting, toxins and the destruction of their wild homes, they were on the verge of joining the growing roster of species that live only in stories of what used to be &#8212; such as ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[RON SEELY608-252-6131]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report: State may lose 65,000 jobs in 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430458</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wisconsin will lose a stunning 65,000 jobs this year &#8212; four times as many as in 2008 &#8212; and state unemployment will reach 8 percent for the first time in 25 years amid a global recession, according to projections in a new state economic report.  Businesses involved in manufacturing, trade, transportation and utilities are expected to shed the most jobs in 2009, but nearly all sectors will be affected, said John Koskinen, chief economist for ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Pitsch608-252-6145]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Family gives father gift of life -- twice]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430368</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Paul Miller needed a new kidney in 1999 as the cysts that had plagued him for 20 years began to win the battle, his wife didn&#39;t hesitate to volunteer one of her own.  She looked at her husband, saw how weak he was becoming, and said to herself, &quot;Whatever it takes to make him better, that&#39;s what I (want) to do.&quot; She underwent tests, turned out to be a match and gave her husband one ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[NICK HEYNEN608-252-6126]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:55:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison School District seeks input on proposed math changes]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430373</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A series of potentially controversial proposals will be outlined next week as residents are invited to help shape how math is taught in the Madison School District.  Among the recommendations from a task force that recently completed a one-year study:  &#8226; Switch to full-time math teachers for all students in grades five through eight.  &#8226; Substantially boost the training of math teachers.  &#8226; Seriously consider selecting a single textbook for each grade level or course in the district, rather ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ANDY HALL608-252-6136]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:14:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison&#39;s first baby of 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430377</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The designation of Madison&#39;s first baby of 2009 almost went to a twin, who would have been a day younger than his brother.  Titus Micah Campbell was born at 11:42 p.m. Wednesday at Meriter Hospital, two hours after his twin brother, Cyrus Samuel Campbell, was delivered on New Year&#39;s Eve.  &quot;I didn&#39;t want them to have two different birthdays,&quot; their mother, Lena, said Thursday.  Instead Titus and Cyrus will get to share a birthday cake. The honor of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[GENA KITTNER608-252-6139]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:51:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dash entrants get a running start on 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430379</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MIDDLETON &#8212; More than 250 runners braved bone-chilling conditions Thursday to get a healthy start to the new year.  Although the fourth annual New Year&#39;s Day Dash, sponsored by Fleet Feet and Race Day Events, had some runners a little bleary-eyed after celebrating the night before.  Jake Hegge, a junior at Verona High School, said he went to bed at 4 a.m. and was up ready to run just three hours later.  &quot;It&#39;s a good way to start ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[GENA KITTNER608-252-6139]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:53:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Things Madison area residents can be hopeful for in 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430217</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ After the champagne bottles are empty, the toasts go silent and the ink dries on end-of-the-year lists, we enter the new year clinging to hopes 2009 will be bright.  And after 2008 &#8212; which brought an economic meltdown and epic weather events such as destructive flooding and record snowfall &#8212; that optimism may be particularly important. The problem is, forecasts for 2009 aren&#39;t particularly rosy. Economists predict we haven&#39;t hit the bottom of this ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[DEBORAH ZIFF608-252-6234]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Senate Majority leader opposes some drunken driving legislation under consideration]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430224</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker said he opposes key elements of legislation under development that would crack down on drunken driving across the state, although his chamber would give them consideration.  The Weston Democrat said in an interview Wednesday that making a third drunken driving offense a felony would be &quot;too severe,&quot; while allowing sobriety checkpoints is undemocratic.  &quot;I just don&#39;t think stopping somebody without just cause is the way for us to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[MARK PITSCH608-252-6145]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:38:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison man accused of attempted robbery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430327</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MADISON &#8212; A 24-year-old Madison man was arrested and tentatively charged with attempted armed robbery early Wednesday after he allegedly displayed a handgun and tried to rob a gas station on Verona Road.  Francis Cook was arrested at his residence following the attempted robbery, which happened about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Speedway station at 4902 Verona Road.  Madison police responding to the robbery realized the description of the suspect, a white male ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:32:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Up to 40 people may be charged in drug investigation]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430288</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The arrest total from a three-month drug investigation that wrapped up Wednesday may reach up to 40 people from six counties, according to authorities in Juneau County.  &#34;We&#39;ve got another possible 20 or more; we&#39;re still looking for people we couldn&#39;t arrest last night,&#34; said Sheriff Brent Oleson, after announcing the arrests of 18 people starting Tuesday evening, with arrest warrants pending on 22 more.  The investigation, led by Detective Randy Georgeson, also ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[GEORGE HESSELBERG608-252-6140]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:29:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison-area charity thrift stores offer mixed reviews on end of year]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430269</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Castoff goods from people seeking last-minute tax deductions will stock the shelves of Madison-area charity thrift stores for the coming months, but not all of the stores received as many goods this month as they hoped.  Donations to the local Salvation Army&#39;s Christmas kettles also were about $34,000 less than its goal, which means about 34,000 fewer meals that can be served at its shelters and meal sites, said Ruth Ann Schoer, the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ED TRELEVEN608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1.6 million numbers on Wisconsin no-call list]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430295</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Adding cell phone numbers to those eligible for the state&#39;s popular &quot;no-call&quot; list has pushed the registered number total for January to more than 1.6 million, consumer officials said Wednesday.  Three months ago, the number was 1.4 million, and a year ago, there were 1,098,055 numbers, but no cell phones, on the list. But a successful move to add cell phones to the law added more numbers to the total.  The no-call list, ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:37:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation suing to keep prayer out of presidential inauguration]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430266</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Madison group advocating separation of church and state is suing to keep prayer out of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.  The Freedom From Religion Foundation and several of its members are among the 29 plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C.  The lawsuit seeks to block the Presidential Inaugural Committee from including prayers in the official inauguration. It says clergy have not led prayers at inaugurations for most of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press, State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:22:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin's budget deficit grew to $2.5 billion]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430229</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wisconsin&rsquo;s budget deficit under standard accounting rules grew to $2.5 billion for the fiscal year ended in June, a taxpayers group reported. 
 The deficit rose about 2.5 percent over the $2.44 billion deficit the year before, according to the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. 
 The state&rsquo;s budget deficit in 2007 was the largest in the nation after accounting for the state&rsquo;s population, the group said. These standard accounting rules used to figure the budget deficit are about when liabilities ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Stein]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:51:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[10 homicides in &#39;08: No one can recall a deadlier year in Madison]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430130</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison&#39;s annual homicide count hit a high-water mark of 10 in 2008, two more than last year&#39;s tally and the most since at least the 1970s.   &quot;This clearly was an unusual year,&quot; said Madison Police Capt. Jay Lengfeld, whose West District handled four of the 10 cases.   Newspaper records dating back to 1970 show no year with as many killings in Madison.   Madison police this week also could not recall that many homicides in a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[KAREN RIVEDAL608-252-6106]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:35:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Restoration of trumpeter swan and osprey was cooperative effort]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430477</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Restoration of the trumpeter swan and the osprey in Wisconsin was a cooperative effort involving dozens of orgnizations and thousands of people, according to the DNR&#39;s Bureau of Endangered Resources.  Support for the trumpeter swan recovery came from: the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee County Zoo, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, General Electric Medical Systems, Windway Capital Corp., the Foundation of Faith, the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County, the Society for Tympanuchus Cupido ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trumpeter swan facts]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430478</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Trumpeter swan facts:  &#8226;North America&#39;s&nbsp; largest waterfowl at 21 to 30 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan.&#8226;Named for its call, a deep and resonant trumpet-like sound.&#8226;Trumpeters mate for life and live 20 to 30 years.&#8226;At settlement trumpeters were present throughout most of the U.S. and Canada.&#8226;By the mid-1930s, only 69 trumpeter swans were known to remain in the continental U.S.&#8226;Population declines were due to market hunting for skins, down, quills, meat and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Osprey facts]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430480</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Osprey facts &#8226;The only bird of prey that plunges into water to capture fish. &#8226;Large birds with wingspans of 5 feet. &#8226;Black-brown on top and white feathers below. Often confused with bald eagles though an osprey&#39;s white head has a broad, black cheek patch and its tail is barred with brown. A mature eagle&#39;s head and tail are entirely white. &#8226;Feed primarily on fresh panfish. The birds search for fish while flying 30 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Court upholds conviction for videotaping nude girlfriend]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430117</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a decision that will have an impact on a similar Dane County case, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday that it was illegal for a former Waunakee High School teacher to secretly videotape his then-girlfriend in the nude, even though she was willingly nude in front of him.  The 4th District Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, said Mark T. Jahnke&#39;s girlfriend had a reasonable expectation of privacy not to be videotaped by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ED TRELEVEN 608-252-6134]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:19:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chaseburg&#39;s Tippy Toe rescues meals for elderly]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430123</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Linda DeGarmo knows there is more to food than what meets the mouth. Word was out last week that the Tippy Toe Inn in Chaseburg, population 300 and shrinking, would no longer serve subsidized meals to the elderly.   The budget for the Unit on Aging was pinched, and the six to 25 or so people in Chaseburg who regularly received meals at the Tippy Toe would have to find a ride to nearby Stoddard or ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By GEORGE HESSELBERG 608-252-6140]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kapanke will decline state pay raise]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=429956</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A fourth state lawmaker says he won&#39;t keep a pay raise scheduled for legislators next year.  Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, will decline the $2,530 pay increase, which would increase lawmakers&#39; salaries to $49,943.  &quot; Now is not the time to accept a raise knowing that we have a slumping economy and good, hard-working men and women are losing their jobs and struggling to make ends meet,&quot; Kapanke said in a statement today. &quot;As we head ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:09:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City will start collecting Christmas trees]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430151</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ One-stop chopping comes to Madison streets Monday with the beginning of the Christmas tree collection season.   &#8226; Remove all tree stands, wood, metal and plastic. &#8226; Remove all light strings, ornaments and other metal objects.   &#8226; Remove any tree bags.   &#8226; Put the trees at the edge of the street, not in the street, butt end toward the curb or stuck straight up in the snow.   &#8226; If it has snowed and covered the tree, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:43:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Officials say arson caused Merrimac lodge fire]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430152</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;Authorities say arson was the cause of a fire which destroyed a Merrimac rental lodge in late July.   Detective Sgt. Jay Yerges of the Columbia County Sheriff&#39;s Office said additional forensic evidence is still coming in, but a federal prosecutor has been assigned to the developing arson case.   The 18-bedroom Glen Valley Lodge, just north of Highway 78 off Durward&#39;s Glen Road, was owned by Jim and Cindi Davis and valued at roughly $700,000. It ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baraboo News Republic]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:27:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dog bites woman in Verona]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430153</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;A husky-like dog bit a woman Sunday at about 4 p.m. on Highway M in Verona in front of the high school, and authorities are looking for the dog.   It is white, medium size, with some black markings. It has one blue eye and one brown eye, and it was with another husky, walked by a couple.   The woman did not realize the bite had broken her skin until after dogs were gone.   Any information ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:18:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[December is snowiest Madison month]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430150</link>
			<description><![CDATA[December&#39;s snowfall in Madison has broken the record for snowiest month, the National Weather Service reported, even without including Tuesday night&#39;s snowfall.The previous record for snowfall in a month, set in February 1994, was 37 inches. As of Monday, Madison snowfall count was 38.6 inches according to the weather service. As of 8 p.m., weather service meteorologist Penny Zabel said 1.1 inches had fallen at the Dane County Regional Airport on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:21:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More drunken driving on New Year&#39;s]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430322</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Wisconsin Department of Transportation confirms what many residents suspected: The number of alcohol-related crashes spikes on New Year&#39;s Eve and New Year&#39;s Day.  The DOT says in the last five years, there were an average of 91 alcohol-related crashes on those two days. The crashes resulted in an average of 2.6 fatalities and 60 injuries.  Those numbers are higher than for other weekends in December and January. Compared with those two months, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:39:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gang leader Sisk gets 58 years for homicide, child abuse]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430052</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ PORTAGE &#8212; A drifter convicted of helping his gang of scam artists kill a woman and torture her young son was sentenced to 58 years in prison Tuesday.  Michael Sisk, 27, of Portage, faced more than 136 years in prison on 10 charges, including second-degree reckless homicide, child abuse, false imprisonment and aggravated battery.  Sisk was convicted in August of helping his gang kill 36-year-old Tammie Garlin and torture her 11-year-old son. Police found the boy ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By ROBERT IMRIEAssociated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:52:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police Taser West Side man]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430149</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;Madison police used a Taser to subdue a reportedly violent and intoxicated man in his West Side apartment Thursday after he allegedly appeared before them wielding a 7-inch knife.  Police were initially called to the 6769 Schroeder Road apartment of David Gilmore, 53, at 1:46 p.m. to check on a domestic disturbance, according to Officer Howard Payne of the Madison Police Department. There, a 27-year-old female resident of the apartment showed the officers holes in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man robbed at knifepoint in bedroom]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430125</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A 21-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint early Tuesday morning in his bedroom in Downtown Madison, police said.  The robbery happened about 1:40 a.m. at an apartment in the 400 block of West Doty Street.  Madison police said the victim was sleeping in his bedroom when he was awakened by a man standing near his bed. The man had a knife and demanded money, which the victim gave to him along with some personal items.  Police said ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:59:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town of Beloit woman accused in neck stabbing]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430124</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ TOWN OF BELOIT &#8212; A 29-year-old man was listed in critical condition at UW Hospital on Tuesday night, after his girlfriend allegedly stabbed him in the neck with a kitchen knife at her home.  Police and emergency crews from the town of Beloit arrived at 1938 Harrison Ave. at about 3 a.m. after receiving a 911 call saying that a man had a self-inflicted neck wound, according to Officer David Burkee of the town of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:19:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What are people hoping for in 2009?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430215</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ We asked people on State Street what they hope for in 2009.  Francis Santora, 22, Madison&#34;Hopefully things will get better economically, a lifting of the worry that seems to be weighing on everybody.&#34;  Jenny Mummert, 61, Columbia, Mo.&#34;I want to end the war in Iraq. My son served for a year. . .I was one of the fortunate parents who welcomed my son home. My hope is have less conflict in the world.&#34;  Sarah Yang, 24, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:21:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE YEAR IN MURDERS]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/local//index.php?ntid=430148</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Jan. 28   Joel Anthony Marino, 31   Cause of death: Stabbed.   Location: 714 West Shore Drive.   Status: Adam Peterson, 20, confessed to killing Marino during a robbery and pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide. He was sentenced to a mandatory life prison term.   March 8   Tyree Jacobs, 31   Cause of death: Blunt-force trauma &#8212; punched twice in the face. Jacobs was assaulted March 8 and died March 11.   Location: 4600 block of Atticus Way.   Status: James ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:49:00 CST</pubDate>
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