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  • Committee to decide sports authority funding tonight

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau city leaders will re-visit how to divide up this year’s share of room tax funding tonight. The City Council sent a spending plan back to the finance committee last month so the panel could decide whether to use some money ... More

  • City denies bus route for Rasmussen College

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Students at Rasmussen College will have to find their own way to class. Wausau’s transit commission voted last week against adding a route to the campus for budget and logistical reasons. “We don’t, in this current budget, have the wherewithal ... More

  • Minnesota college opens area campus April 5

    ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) – Another Minnesota-based university will open a campus in the Wausau area early next month. Globe University is moving into the old Gander Mountain building in Rothschild. The school predicts more than 200 students will be enrolled when classes begin April 5th. Students ... More

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  • Madison faring better in recession, says Brookings Institute

    MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - The Brookings Institute reports government and educational centers have weathered the economic storm better than other cities. The Madison metropolitan statistical area is included in the list of the 20 strongest economic metro areas in the country. The only other Midwestern cities ... More

  • Who's In Charge?

    Madison, Wi (WSAU) Both Governor Jim Doyle and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton are out of the state this weekend, leaving what seems like a vaccuum at the top of state government. Who's in charge? Doyle left for a 10-day trade mission to Italy and ... More

  • Kind expected to vote "yes" on healthcare bill

    UNDATED (WSAU) House Democrat Ron Kind is expected to get what he’s pushing for in the latest version of the health care reform bill that’s up for a House vote on Sunday. The La Crosse Democrat says the revised package will start taking ... More

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  • EBay, NRF to take on organized U.S. retail crime

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc and the National Retail Federation, the trade group for the retail industry, said on Monday they have teamed to combat organized retail crime. The partnership, which will receive support from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, aims to help law enforcement ... More

  • Immigration activists rally for change

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the U.S. capital on Sunday to demand immigration reform that defends the rights of foreign workers, but their voices may have been muted by Democrats' push for a historic vote on healthcare. Carrying signs that ... More

  • Jaded-looking Tiger Woods finally answers questions

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Looking jaded and despondent, Tiger Woods finally faced questions on Sunday about the sex scandal that turned him from the biggest brand in sport to the disgraced target of hundreds of jokes. "It was hurtful, but then again you know what, I did ... More

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  • Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out

    BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what? On Friday, the China Business News reported Google may make an ... More

  • Karzai holds peace talks with insurgent faction

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met a senior delegation for peace talks with one of the main insurgent groups fighting against his government and foreign troops, Karzai's spokesman said on Monday. Although the talks with delegates from the Hezb-i-Islami group appeared to ... More

  • House backs Obama's bid to revamp student loans

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Sunday approved President Barack Obama's bid to implement what would be the biggest overhaul in decades of the federal student loan program. Under the legislation, federal subsidies to private student loan lenders would stop and the ... More

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  • Obama hails healthcare vote as historic victory

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday hailed the House of Representatives vote for his sweeping healthcare plan as a victory for the American people that answered the call of history. "Today's vote answers the prayers of every American who has hoped deeply for ... More

  • Instant View: House gives final approval to health reform

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The House of Representatives gave final approval to healthcare reform on Sunday, extending insurance coverage to 32 million Americans. Here are a few responses to the vote: JEFFREY KANG, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, CIGNA Kang said the legislation only addresses part of the ... More

  • Instant View: House gives final approval to health reform

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The House of Representatives gave final approval to healthcare reform on Sunday, extending insurance coverage to 32 million Americans. Here are a few responses to the vote: JEFFREY KANG, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, CIGNA Kang said the legislation only addresses part of the ... More

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  • Russia firm "will not bid" on U.S. air tanker deal

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state-run United Aviation Corporation (UAC) does not plan to bid for a $50 billion contract to replace the U.S. Air Force fleet of air tankers, a company source told Reuters on Monday. John Kirkland, a Los Angeles-based attorney, had told ... More

  • BofA CEO Moynihan makes first trip to China: report

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> Chief Executive Brian Moynihan is making his first trip to China this week as the U.S. lender pushes to catch up with rivals in the world's fastest-growing economy, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people ... More

  • Arrow bows to $3.1 billion bid from Shell, Petrochina

    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Arrow Energy Ltd <AOE.AX> agreed to sell its Australian coal-seam gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and PetroChina <0857.HK> for a sweetened $3.1 billion, giving resource-hungry China its first bite of Australia's burgeoning coal-seam gas industry. The ... More

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  • Conan, Fox resume talks for late-night show

    By Nellie Andreeva & James Hibberd LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After a two-week stall, Fox and Conan O'Brien have resumed talks about a potential late-night talk show fronted by the former "Tonight Show" host. But a wrinkle in the courtship has emerged that involves the ... More

  • Hurt, Rossellini join "Late Bloomers"

    PARIS (Hollywood Reporter) - William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini will star in French director Julie Gavras' sexagenarian romantic comedy "Late Bloomers," Written by Gavras and Olivier Dazat, "Late Bloomers" concerns an aging couple who react to their senior status in different ways. The Gaumont film, which ... More

  • Teen sensation Bieber gears up for busy year

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - "He causes riots everywhere he goes, and my mom loves him almost as much as I do!" sputters a blond girl in a bubble-gum-pink sweater, flanked by two other breathless tweens. You'd have to be on a severe pop-culture fast not ... More

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  • U.S. employer healthcare costs up 7.3 percent in 2009

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Average healthcare costs for U.S. employers rose by 7.3 percent in 2009, surpassing inflation and the growth rate in overall healthcare spending, Thomson Reuters reported on Monday. Overall U.S. healthcare spending, including Medicare, Medicaid, and other payers, grew by 4 ... More

  • Pepsi to cut salt, sugar and saturated fats

    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc said on Sunday it would cut the levels of salt, sugar and saturated fats in its top-selling products. The company, which owns the Pepsi, Frito-Lay and Quaker brands, said it plans a reduction of 25 per cent the average sodium per ... More

  • Progress made on global tobacco smuggling pact

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiators have made significant progress on a global pact to halt smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products in a week of talks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. But they did not discuss a proposal to ban sales of duty-free cigarettes ... More

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  • Chileans' quake knowledge saved thousands of lives

    SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans' knowledge of earthquakes, combined with the abnormally long time it took for the February 27 quake to reach its crescendo, saved thousands of lives, a leading geophysicist said on Thursday. Experts have been investigating why Chile's 8.8-magnitude quake, the world ... More

  • Experts design elastic iron for surgeries, buildings

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have designed a super-elastic iron alloy which they hope can be used in sophisticated heart and brain surgeries and even buildings in earthquake zones. In a paper published on Friday in the journal Science, the researchers said the metal ... More

  • Science justifies California water limits

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a finding hailed by environmentalists in the state's epic water wars. But the National Academy ... More

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  • Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out

    BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what? On Friday, the China Business News reported Google may make an ... More

  • China state media accuses Google of political agenda

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by "groundlessly accusing the Chinese government" of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas. In a commentary signed by three Xinhua writers ... More

  • New York food trucks turn to Twitter

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether it's fomenting revolution or telling people what you had for breakfast microblogging service Twitter seems to have it all. Now, New York City's enterprising mobile food vendors are using the instant messaging website to help their hoards of hungry ... More

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  • Brewers Tie Sox, Face Roster Questions

    Phoenix, Ariz (WSAU) Ryan Braun hit his third homer of the spring and Randy Wolf recovered from a shaky start as the Brewers played the White Sox to a 4-4 tie at spring training on Sunday. Jim Edmonds had an rbi single and Rickie Weeks ... More

  • Bucks Win Again, Face Atlanta Tonight

    Denver, Col (WSAU) The Milwaukee Bucks are so hot now they can overcome a two-point, three rebound performance by center Andrew Bogut. With Bogutmissing alot of action in foul trouble, the Bucks still beat Denver on the road Saturday night 102-97. Carlos Delfino led the ... More

  • Badger Hockey Earns #1 Seed

    Madison, Wi (WSAU) The Wisconsin men's hockey team (25-10-4) earned the #1 seed in the NCAA Hockey Tournament which begins Friday. The Badgers will face Vermont at 8pm at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. The winner will play the winner of the ... More

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