-
Category List
-
Recent Comments
-
-
Featured Stories
Peace Sculpture is unveiled in Wausau
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - An 11 month effort towards peace was completed today in Wausau. The Peace Monument was unveiled at a ceremony attended by ... More
-
Latest Stories
-
-
-
Top Stories in Local
-
Peace Sculpture is unveiled in Wausau
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - An 11 month effort towards peace was completed today in Wausau.
The Peace Monument was unveiled at a ceremony attended by both the State Department and the ... More
-
Ruling on alternate defense in trucker's slaying due today
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Portage County judge will announce today whether he will let the Plover man charged in a trucker’s slaying use a third party defense at ... More
-
Non-union employees agree to pay freeze
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau’s non-union employees have agreed to freeze their wages for one year as the city struggles to overcome a nearly half-million dollar budget deficit.
City officials ... More
- More Stories in Local »
-
-
Top Stories in State
-
WI Has 2nd Biggest Jump In Construction Jobs Last Month
MADISON (WRN) - Not all the employment news in Wisconsin is bad. The building industry said Friday that Wisconsin had the nation’s 2nd largest percentage increase in construction jobs in ... More
-
Gov't Getting 3% Fewer Taxes Compared To 2008
MADISON (WRN) - The state government is getting about 3 percent less in tax revenues compared to a year ago.
But the head of the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says it’s ... More
-
Harley-Davidson May Not Move York Plant To Kentucky
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - It seems to be getting more likely that Harley-Davidson will not move its York Pennsylvania motorcycle plant to Kentucky.
Under a tentative contract agreement, the Milwaukee firm promises ... More
- More Stories in State »
-
-
Top Stories in National
-
Highway travel rises as economy recovers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove more miles for the fourth month in a row, which could indicate that both the economy and demand for gasoline are starting to recover ... More -
Lesbian U.S. deserter to get new Canada hearing
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court ordered a new refugee hearing on Friday for a U.S. Army deserter who claimed she would face persecution because of her homosexuality if returned ... More -
"Yard sale" brings U.S. empire to bargain-bin ending
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three years after a billionaire divorce gone terribly wrong, this is what is left: unfinished plans for America's largest home, several bankruptcies and an auction featuring a ... More - More Stories in National »
-
-
Top Stories in World
-
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over ... More
-
No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said ... More
-
Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside
GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday ... More
- More Stories in World »
-
-
Top Stories in Politics
-
Ethics panel admonishes Obama Senate replacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment to the Senate seat previously held ... More -
Senate leader at risk in healthcare battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Other than President Barack Obama, perhaps no one's political future is riding more on the Senate battle to revamp the healthcare system than the chamber's Democratic ... More
-
Senate announces Bernanke confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term as chief of the U.S. central ... More
- More Stories in Politics »
-
-
Top Stories in Business
-
Hershey weighs $17 billion Cadbury bid: source
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co <HSY.N> is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc <CBRY.L> in an effort ... More -
Paulson's golden investors have to commit $10 million
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors tempted to put money into star hedge fund manager John Paulson's new gold portfolio will have to commit at least $10 million and ... More -
Black Friday deals may not signal retail comeback
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened but even more bargain hungry ... More - More Stories in Business »
-
-
Top Stories in Entertainment
-
Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.
The 19-year-old pop/country singer-songwriter ... More
-
Driver dies in Miley Cyrus tour bus crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The driver of a tour bus for Miley Cyrus died on Friday when the vehicle crashed in Virginia, but the teen singer was not on-board, police said ... More
-
Actress Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe up for auction
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Audrey Hepburn once declared her look was "attainable" and an upcoming auction of some of the fashionable film star's wardrobe will make that possible.
Some ... More
- More Stories in Entertainment »
-
-
Top Stories in Health
-
Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday. They found deaths from one particular kind of leukemia, myeloid leukemia ... More -
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over ... More
-
Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny ... More - More Stories in Health »
-
-
Top Stories in Science
-
Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science ... More
-
CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet
GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.
After a year's ... More
-
Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science ... More
- More Stories in Science »
-
-
Top Stories in Technology
-
Barnes & Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments ... More
-
Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans
BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.
Android ... More
-
Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year. Sony plans to launch a ... More - More Stories in Technology »
-
-
Top Stories in Sports
-
Stars forward Neal suspended for two games
TORONTO (Reuters) - Dallas Stars forward James Neal has been suspended for two games for a dangerous hit against Derek Dorsett of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the NHL said Friday.
Neal ... More
-
France rule out replay of controversial World Cup playoff
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Football Federation (FFF) has ruled out a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff against Ireland, saying on Friday world governing body FIFA's decision that ... More
-
Asian champions Iraq suspended by FIFA
BERNE (Reuters) - Asian champions Iraq have been suspended from international soccer because of political interference in the country's Football Association, world governing body FIFA said on Friday. It is ... More - More Stories in Sports »
-
-