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  • Wausau School Board hires new superintendent

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau School Board has hired their new choice for superintendent.  Kathleen Williams met with the school board over the phone in a closed session meeting this afternoon. School Board president Michelle Schaefer says Williams will be paid $156,250 dollars per ... More

  • Wood charged with new OWI case, loses attorney

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The attorney representing Representative Jeff Wood has taken herself off the case, and Wood has been charged with a new count of OWI. Tracy Wood was released from the case by Judge Jill Falstad in a hearing this afternoon. Jeff Wood had ... More

  • Fines for driving on Park Road to Rib Mountain State Park

    RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis (WSAU) Some people have been trying to drive up to the top of Rib Mountain even though the road is closed. The park manager tells W-S-A-W NewsChannel 7 that tickets will be given out to people who don't live on Park ... More

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  • Appeals court reinstates gasoline minimum mark-up law

    MADISON (WSAU) A federal appeals court has reinstated Wisconsin’s minimum mark-up rule for gasoline. The law had required that gasoline be priced above cost. It’s designed to prevent larger gas station chains from under-pricing gas to force smaller mom-and-pop competitors out of business ... More

  • Cracks in new state road project

    MILWAUKEE (WSAU) The largest road-building project in Wisconsin history is only two years old – and already, there are cracks in it. An on-ramp at Milwaukee’s Marquette freeway interchange was shut down last night, after cracks were found in a vertical support column. State Transportation ... More

  • Wisconsin sees big increase in federal aid

    UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin had a 50-percent increase in federal funds last year, because of the stimulus program. And the Census Bureau said the Wisconsin increase was much higher than the national spending hike of 16-percent. The Badger State received the 21st-highest amount of federal funds ... More

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  • Judge denies bail for former Enron CEO Skilling: court document

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge on Friday denied bail for former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, according to a court document. Skilling led Enron's transformation from a sleepy natural gas pipeline company into a global energy trading powerhouse, which disintegrated in ... More

  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Miami police sue city over emergency pay cuts

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Miami police union sued the city this week for abandoning their collective bargaining agreement and pushing through emergency pay and pension plan cuts. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami Dade County, the Fraternal Order of Police said the ... More

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  • Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings. The world No. 1 search engine company said the probe is the first by a ... More

  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Four Mexican politicians die in plane crash

    OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress and two local politicians were killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said. Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta, both members of President Felipe Calderon's National Action ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly. Obama made his remarks after August ... More

  • Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday. The Institute for Supply Management said ... More

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  • Rosanne Cash certain she'll write second memoir

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rosanne Cash has worn many hats through the years -- country music star, acclaimed singer-songwriter, mother of five and firstborn child of the legendary Johnny Cash. Now, with her long-awaited memoir "Composed," Cash is a best-selling author as well. For the week ended ... More

  • Man pleads not guilty to Paris Hilton home burglary

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of breaking into the home of celebrity socialite Paris Hilton armed with knives pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of attempted burglary, officials said. Nathan Lee Parada, 31, of Redlands, California, could face up to six years ... More

  • Chris Klein pleads no contest to drunken driving

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chris Klein, who starred in the "American Pie" movies, pleaded no contest to drunken driving and will serve four years probation stemming from his arrest in June, court officials said on Friday. Klein, 31, also was sentenced to the four days ... More

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  • CORRECTION: Timer may help kids' bladder control problems

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. For children with urinary incontinence, the first approach to treatment is usually behavior modification - sometimes called bladder training or "urotherapy." Tactics like changing drinking ... More

  • FDA staff: Biotech salmon safe for eating

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates. The AquAdvantage salmon, developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, are ... More

  • Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Week 2 High School Football

    Friday scores:     Stratford 52 - Pittsville 0D.C. Everest 31 - Superior 12Menomonee 27 - Wausau-West 21Wausau-East 41 - Sparta 6 More

  • Williams puts on stylish show as Serena looks on

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stylish Venus Williams gave a commanding performance with little sister Serena looking on as she trounced qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday. Third-seeded Williams needed two service games to find ... More

  • Murray breezes on and Hurricane Earl a no-show

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray need not have worried. The forecasters got it wrong on both fronts at the U.S. Open on Friday. While the wind picked up and there were a few fleeting drops of rain that caused a stoppage in play, Hurricane ... More

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