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  • Babysitter gets jail time in neglect case

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A town of Maine babysitter who violated the trust of parents when she left children home alone twice last spring will spend 7 months in jail. “Anybody serving in the child care business needs to know that there is zero tolerance for ... More

  • Locals to help find next UW Extension/Colleges chancellor

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Six people from central Wisconsin will help find the next chancellor for the UW Extension and Colleges. UW System President Kevin Reilly appointed the 23-member search committee today. The panel includes UW-Marathon County biology professor Lou Pech and academic advisor Libby Heidmann ... More

  • Appeals pending in deer "thrill kill" case

    WUAPACA, Wis (WSAU) We could find out in June whether animal mistreatment charges will be re-instated against three Waupaca County men accused of killing deer with their snowmobiles. Rory-and-Robby Kuenzi and Nicholas Hermes were charged with both criminal mistreatment and hunting violations. But two circuit ... More

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  • Madison holds public hearing on high-speed internet project

    MADISON (WSAU) How would you use Google's new super-high-speed Internet service? Folks in Madison explored that question at a public hearing. Google will choose an undetermined number of U-S cities to test a new fiber optic network that could speed up the Internet 100 ... More

  • No sign of Asian Carp

    UNDATED (WSAU) A month-long netting operation has turned up no Asian carp on Chicago’s main shipping canal near Lake Michigan. The search is part of the federal government’s 78-and-a-half million-dollar plan to stop the invasive fish with the huge appetite from taking over ... More

  • Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease

    CUDAHY, Wis (WSAU) There's been an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in southeast Wisconsin, and it's been tied to a hospital in Cudahy. Eight people have become ill. What do they have in common? They've all been patients at Aurora - St Luke's ... More

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  • NYC partners with Citi to modernize public housing

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will renovate 21 public housing projects, home to thousands of people, through two deals that allow it to for the first time tap federal funds for them, the city and state said on Monday. Many of the projects have ... More

  • IRS: new UBS-style foreign bank prosecution "shortly"

    HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. tax authorities are expected to "very shortly" launch another prosecution against a foreign bank similar to the tax evasion case they pressed against Switzerland's UBS AG, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent said on Monday. Linda J. Osuna, IRS ... More

  • People leave unique trail of germs

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They were able to map a unique bacterial genetic signature left by nine different ... More

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  • Euro ministers say have Greek aid plan if needed

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilize financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work. After talks in Brussels, the ministers published a statement saying ... More

  • $17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of several Democratic job-creation efforts cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday and appeared to be headed toward final congressional approval. The 61-30 vote allows the Senate to hold a final vote on the $17.5 billion package of ... More

  • Eurogroup agrees rescue mechanism for Greece

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Monday on a mechanism that would allow them to help Greece financially if needed, but revealed no details except that it would be without loan guarantees. The mechanism would be activated if Greece were unable to finance ... More

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  • $17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of several Democratic job-creation efforts cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday and appeared to be headed toward final congressional approval. The 61-30 vote allows the Senate to hold a final vote on the $17.5 billion package of ... More

  • U.S. climate bill to set utility cap-trade: Senator

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Compromise climate control legislation being developed in the U.S. Senate will use a cap-and-trade approach to reduce carbon emissions from utilities such as power plants, a key senator said on Monday. The senator, who asked not to be identified, added, "That's ... More

  • U.S. says North Korea allows visit to detained citizen

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has allowed Swedish diplomats to visit a U.S. citizen detained nearly two months ago after allegedly entering the country from China, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. "We can confirm that on March 14 the DPRK (Democratic Peoples ... More

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  • Wachovia in talks to settle probe: report

    (Reuters) - The Wachovia Bank unit of Wells Fargo & Co <WFC.N> is in talks with the U.S. Justice Department to settle complaints relating to the alleged failure in bank controls that enabled Mexican exchange houses to launder drug money, the Wall Street Journal said ... More

  • Euro ministers say have Greek aid plan if needed

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilize financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work. After talks in Brussels, the ministers published a statement saying ... More

  • Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones. Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did ... More

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  • Kings of Leon begin North America tour in June

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Kings of Leon will begin a North American amphitheater tour in Atlantic City on June 5, the rock band said Monday. The trek includes a previously announced headlining stint at the Bonnaroo festival in the band's home state of Tennessee the ... More

  • Hollywood braces for talks on DVD releases

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top Hollywood executives and theater owners will seek this week to resolve a brewing dispute over DVD release schedules, a contentious question as the industry grapples with shifting viewer patterns and the advent of high-tech home entertainment. At the annual ShoWest convention ... More

  • Studio chief hankers for healthy movie food

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popcorn and soda has filled the stomachs of generations of moviegoers, but with childhood obesity on the rise one studio head has a hankering to see yogurt and veggies at the concession stand, too. The message came on Monday from Sony Pictures ... More

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  • Studio chief hankers for healthy movie food

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popcorn and soda has filled the stomachs of generations of moviegoers, but with childhood obesity on the rise one studio head has a hankering to see yogurt and veggies at the concession stand, too. The message came on Monday from Sony Pictures ... More

  • Antiseptic baths help fight 'superbug' infections

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bathing severely injured intensive-care patients with antiseptic-soaked washcloths can cut their risk of developing certain types of infections, and also seems to help keep drug-resistant bacteria at bay, new research shows. Trauma patients are particularly vulnerable to hospital-acquired infections, Dr. Heather ... More

  • FDA seeks more data on MannKind's inhaled insulin

    BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have requested more information on an inhaled insulin device being developed by MannKind Corp, sending the company's shares down 24.7 percent. MannKind said on Monday that it had received a so-called complete response letter from the Food and ... More

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  • People leave unique trail of germs

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They were able to map a unique bacterial genetic signature left by nine different ... More

  • U.S. stem cell expert is "hottest" researcher

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researcher, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. The annual hot list from Thomson Reuters' Science Watch also ... More

  • Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and destructive pests. A team led by Cyril Zipfel at Britain's Sainsbury Laboratory found that transferring a single gene ... More

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  • Yahoo loses revenue chief to Web content start-up

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's head of North American revenue and market development is leaving the company to join private online content start-up Demand Media, becoming the latest executive to depart the Web giant's ranks. Demand Media said Joanne Bradford will join the ... More

  • Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones. Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did ... More

  • Militant and hate group Internet use grows: report

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday. The study, using research by the ... More

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  • Erin Andrews peephole stalker lands in jail

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet. Michael Barrett, 48, had pleaded guilty to stalking Andrews over ... More

  • Ovechkin suspended for two games for "reckless hit"

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's leading scorer, has been suspended for two games for a "reckless hit" on Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell, the league said on Monday. Ovechkin was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game ... More

  • Djokovic squeaks through, Nadal coasts home

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Second seed Novak Djokovic saved three match points before scraping past Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 2-6 7-6 in the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Monday. Trailing 4-5 and 0-40, Djokovic took advantage of ... More

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