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  • Tomahawk killer loses appeal to withdraw plea

    MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Lincoln County judge has denied a convicted Tomahawk killer’s request to withdraw his guilty plea and be resentenced. Judge Glenn Hartley rejected Derek Domke’s motion in a written decision filed Tuesday, according to online court records. Domke had argued ... More

  • Winning lotto ticket sold in Stevens Point

    STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Someone who bought a winning lottery ticket in Stevens Point is $10,000 richer. The state lottery said a lottery ticket that matched four winning numbers plus the Powerball was sold at Cooper’s 10-39 BP on Main Street in Stevens ... More

  • Stevens Point police seek tips in 20 unsolved fires

    STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Stevens Point police need your help finding an arsonist who has set 20 fires since May 2008. “We take this very seriously,” Chief Kevin Ruder said during a morning news conference. Police say the fires were set during the overnight hours ... More

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  • CO2 detectors required under new state law

    MADISON (WSAU) Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill yesterday that requires carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and-two family homes. They’re already mandated in larger housing units. The law takes effect next February, and it requires C-O detectors on all floors – including basements. More than ... More

  • Campaign ads hit airwaves

    UNDATED (WSAU) It’s about six months until the Republican primary for governor, and both major candidates are running T-V ads. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is airing his first statewide ad today. Former Congressman Mark Neumann of Nashotah has already run two ads, and ... More

  • Poor air quality lingers

    UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin is going through its longest stretch of soot pollution since February of 2005. That’s according to the D-N-R, which extended an air quality watch until 11 o’clock tonight for 54-of-the-72 counties. The only ones not covered are in the far ... More

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  • Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, and the parent company of the popular restaurant The Hump in ... More

  • Ex-policeman pleads guilty in Katrina killing case

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former New Orleans police detective who now works as a U.S. immigration agent has pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shooting deaths of two people by police days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Jeffrey Lehrmann, 38 ... More

  • More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll. The new doubts come as President Barack ... More

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  • Obama presses China on currency in trade speech

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years. "As I've said before, China moving to a more ... More

  • Big majority in U.S. wants Wall Street regulation

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of Americans wants Wall Street subjected to tougher regulation in the aftermath of the bank bailout and the bonus scandals that have rocked the U.S. financial sector, according to a Harris poll released on Thursday. The findings suggest that ... More

  • Ukraine's Yanukovich gets close ally as PM

    KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, declaring state coffers were empty, promised on Thursday to meet all obligations to the International Monetary Fund and push through a realistic 2010 budget. President Viktor Yanukovich has moved swiftly to consolidate power since his election ... More

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  • Reid says will use "reconciliation" on healthcare

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid formally notified Republicans on Thursday that he will attempt to pass the final changes to a healthcare overhaul through the budget process of reconciliation. The process, used in the past by Republicans, requires only a simple majority in ... More

  • Geithner will work with Dodd on financial reform

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday praised Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd for his work on financial reform and pledged to work with him on a bid to overhaul banking rules. Geithner issued a statement not long after Dodd confirmed that a ... More

  • Lockheed cost overruns to spark review: Pentagon

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 program, the Pentagon's biggest acquisition ever, is crashing through a cost-growth threshold that will spark a thorough review of the program, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer told Congress on Thursday. Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for ... More

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  • Citigroup sees return to sustained profitability

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc <C.N> Chief Executive Vikram Pandit told investors on Thursday that he views the troubled bank as "well positioned to return to sustained profitability." Pandit said months after the bank repaid bailout funds it had taken from the U.S ... More

  • How free markets sank the U.S. economy

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years ago, a poisonous brew of bad economics, lax regulation, and egregious behavior boiled over, scalding the financial system and pitching the United States into its steepest downturn since the Great Depression. The antidotes to the crisis, concocted by many of ... More

  • CFTC head scolds Wall Street for resisting reforms

    BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The head of the top U.S. futures regulator chided Wall Street on Thursday for resisting calls to make over-the-counter derivatives markets more transparent, arguing major reforms are required after the recent financial crisis. Laying out his case for more oversight ... More

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  • O'Brien shakes off "Tonight Show," hits the road

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month. The 30-city tour, titled "Legally Prohibited ... More

  • Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label

    By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. The outcome of a dispute over ... More

  • ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. The man behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has received a pilot order from ABC ... More

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  • Do needle-exchange programs really work?

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes ... More

  • Long-used, little-studied laxative safe, effective

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Until now, a scant number of top notch clinical trials have evaluated whether sodium picosulfate -- the active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter laxatives -- is safe and effective. Dr. Stefan Mueller-Lissner, at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, in Germany, and colleagues conducted such a trial and ... More

  • U.S., Canadian health officials OK Polish isotopes

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian health officials have approved the use of the medical isotopes created at a Polish nuclear reactor, a move that will help ease a shortage of the materials used in millions of diagnostic tests, health products provider Covidien said Thursday ... More

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  • Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and ... More

  • "Personal" study shows gene maps can spot disease

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. The studies, which would not have been possible a year or two ago, are the first ... More

  • SpaceX aborts rocket engine test

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. The test was aborted two ... More

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  • Digital mirror: fashion brands convey glamour online

    By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) - With videos of catwalk shows, pictures of glamorous models and a catalog of chic products, luxury brands are creating "digital mirrors" online as they turn to the internet to tap into growing e-commerce demand. The traditional print advert in a ... More

  • Virgin Media to trial broadband over telegraph poles

    LONDON (Reuters) - British cable operator Virgin Media is testing a new technology to deliver ultrafast broadband over telegraph poles which could allow it to extend its reach to another 1 million homes. Virgin, which is looking to cement its advantage in delivering faster broadband over ... More

  • Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. Opera Mini is the world's most widely used browser on cellphones, ahead of Apple's iPhone browser, as Opera benefits ... More

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  • Ex-Mets Lenny Dykstra wants bankruptcy case dismissed

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lenny Dykstra, the former star baseball center fielder, has asked a federal judge to dismiss his bankruptcy case. In a filing last week, the 47-year-old Dykstra said he would do a better job satisfying creditors' claims than the court-appointed trustee, whom he ... More

  • USF1 could face sanctions for absence

    MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body left the door open to sanctions against the USF1 team on Thursday for their non-participation in this year's championship. The North Carolina-based operation were due to enter as one of four all-new teams but admitted failure last ... More

  • Schumacher is the best, says Alonso

    MANAMA (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher was mobbed by the media and welcomed back by fellow champions on his return to the Formula One paddock on Thursday in search of an unprecedented eighth title. "If you see the world championships that Michael has, its something I think ... More

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