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  • Dog Saved in the City of Plymouth

    Plymouth, Wis (WHBL)  Firefighters in the city of Plymouth pulled a dog from the mill pond off of north Street this morning.  Deputy Police Chief Chris Ringle said a passerby apparently spotted the Black Lab which had broken through the ice in the mill pond ... More

  • Two Semis and a Jeep Crash near Plymouth

    Plymouth, Wis (WHBL)  Two people were hospitalized as a result of a three-vehicle chain reaction collision involving two semis just south of the city of Plymouth this morning.  Sgt. Blaine Spicer of the Sheriff’s Department said it happened about 8 o’clock as the ... More

  • Stoned Woman Arrested

    Sheboygan, Wis (WHBL) A Sheboygan woman who attempted to jump into a city police squad car because she was stoned on cocaine and freaking out is now facing a drug charge as a repeater.  45 year old Cynthia Canon was arrested last Thursday as police ... More

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  • GB Joins Federal Program To Fight Milwaukee Drug Trafficking

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Beloit, Janesville, and Green Bay will join a federal program that fights drug trafficking in Metro Milwaukee. The National Drug Control Policy Office has added Rock and Brown counties to the Milwaukee High Intensity Drug Trafficking area. It allows authorities in ... More

  • Niagara Tire Recycler Pays $35K Settlement

    NIAGARA, Wis. (WTAQ) - A tire recycling company in northeast Wisconsin has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle claims that it took too many tires and ran an unlicensed facility. The DNR said American Tire and Recycling accepted more than the 33,000-plus tires for ... More

  • Lawmakers Intro Bill To Protect State's Groundwater Supply

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - After studying the problem for months, 2 Madison Democrats have introduced a major bill to protect Wisconsin’s groundwater supplies. It would create new protection zones beside the current Waukesha and Brown counties, where water conservation must be considered before major wells ... More

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  • U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. Black women had the highest rate of infection at ... More

  • Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A TV producer accused of a $2 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny on Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence. Robert Joel Halderman, a producer for the CBS news program ... More

  • Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius

    LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp dispatched investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said two investigators from ... More

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  • Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A TV producer accused of a $2 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny on Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence. Robert Joel Halderman, a producer for the CBS news program ... More

  • 9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say

    GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair. The White House is reviewing options to bring the 9 ... More

  • U.S. and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty

    GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian arms control officials began on Tuesday what both sides hope will be a final push to clinch a treaty cutting their strategic nuclear arsenals, officials said. Dozens of negotiators from each country were taking part in the START talks ... More

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  • Deal in WTO Doha round doubtful this year: Kirk

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. trade official expressed doubt on Tuesday that negotiators could reach a deal this year in long-running world trade talks despite a goal set by President Barack Obama and other leaders. But in remarks at the National Press Club, U ... More

  • Groups press Obama on Mexico, Brazil sanctions

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business groups on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's administration for its continued failure to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute that prompted Mexico to slap duties on about $2.4 billion worth of U.S. exports nearly a year ago. John ... More

  • Obama to push climate change in White House meeting

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will corral on Tuesday key Republican and Democratic senators whose support is critical for passing a climate change law, seeking to jump-start stalled efforts to overhaul energy policy. Obama called the White House meeting with top lawmakers and members of ... More

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  • Barclays looking for U.S. retail bank to buy: report

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - British bank Barclays Plc <BARC.L> is looking to buy a retail bank in the United States to extend its presence after buying Lehman Brothers North American operations in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people close to the ... More

  • Report: Job Market This Spring Will Be Hot In Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The job market in Metro Milwaukee may finally begin to recover this spring. Manpower Incorporated says 21 percent of employers plan to add workers in April, May, and June – and only 5 percent expect more layoffs. It’s the 13th best job ... More

  • Pentagon may speed up air tanker award

    By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it might award a multibillion-dollar aerial tanker contract sooner than planned after Northrop Grumman Corp <NOC.N> and Europe's EADS <EAD.PA> pulled out of the competition, leaving Boeing Co <BA.N> as the ... More

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  • Lindsay Lohan sues over "milkaholic" E*Trade ad

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her. Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also ... More

  • Cliff Richard turns to jazz to mark 70th birthday

    LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday. The evergreen performer, a chart topper before the Beatles arrived who has sold an estimated 250 million records ... More

  • Pink Floyd battles EMI in online royalties case

    LONDON (Reuters) - Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age. The group, which signed with EMI over 40 years ago and whose back catalog has ... More

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  • Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests. A number of studies in ... More

  • Experiment seeks blood test for breast cancer

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental approach that looks for the DNA leaking out from dead and dying cells may provide a route to a blood test for breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. An initial study showed the test detected 70 percent of breast ... More

  • Home abortion drug use effective, safe for most

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows. Studies to date have only looked at home use of the procedure up to 49 days after conception, Dr. Helena Kopp ... More

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  • Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday. The Royal Society, an influential science academy whose ... More

  • Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday. Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some ... More

  • Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White House said on Sunday. Obama has had to defend his commitment to the space agency ... More

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  • NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million. "We are looking forward to working with Verizon Wireless to deliver our fans ... More

  • Cisco says new router 12 times faster than rivals

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a router that it says can handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, the first upgrade in several years of its product line that directs data traffic over the Internet. The world's top network equipment ... More

  • U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who ... More

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  • Alpine skier Miller to miss end of World Cup season

    GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Olympic champion Bode Miller will miss this week's season-ending World Cup finals to get treatment on a troublesome ankle injury, the U.S. team said on Tuesday. The American, who won the gold medal in the super combined as well as ... More

  • NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million. "We are looking forward to working with Verizon Wireless to deliver our fans ... More

  • Bonnet avoids crash to win Paris-Nice sprint

    By Gilles Le Roch' LIMOGES, France (Reuters) - France's William Bonnet avoided a pile-up in the finale of the 201-km second stage of the Paris-Nice race to snatch his most prestigious victory to date Tuesday. The 27-year-old Frenchman surged in the final stretch to win ... More

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