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Images: Milwaukee Police Recover 1,200 Pieces of Stolen Gold

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 3:48 p.m.

Officers in Milwaukee's District 2 served search warrants at several stores located on the city's south side. Police recovered 1,200 pieces jewelry ...

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UW-Whitewater hires new provost

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 3:43 p.m.

An Iowa university official will be the next provost at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, school officials announced.Beverly Kopper, the associate provost for academic affairs at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, will assume the post at UW-Whitewater in April."She has great enthusiasm for and commitment to higher education," UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer said. She has a record of focusing on student success. I believe she will serve the faculty, staff and

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MIAD chooses General Capital for housing project

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Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 2:56 p.m.

A Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design official said Thursday that the school has hired General Capital Management Group to develop a new residence hall across the street from the school’s main classroom and office building on East Erie Street ...

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14 charged in heroin death of man in Oak Creek

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.

An investigation into the death of a 23-year-old man whose body was found last year at an Oak Creek service station has resulted in federal drug charges against 14 people living throughout the Milwaukee area.According to a 48-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, the body of Nicholas Dybul was found July 26, 2008, in a car parked at a gas station in the 9500 block of S. 27th St.An autopsy determined he had died of an overdose of heroin ...

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Blue Angels Fly Over Bradford Beach

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 1:13 p.m.

The Blue Angels flew over Bradford Beach in Milwaukee on Thursday morning ...

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Video: Surfers Hit Bradford Beach In December

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Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 1:07 p.m.

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Weakland shredded copies of sex abuse reports, group says

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Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 12:23 p.m.

Former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland routinely shredded copies of weekly reports about sexual abuse by priests, according to formerly sealed testimony released Thursday by an advocacy group for victims of abuse.In depositions taken during the 1990s, Weakland admitted destroying copies of the reports in his office, according to the documents released by Survivors Network of those Abuse by Priests, or SNAP.SNAP has asked Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm to review the newly

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Poll: Doyle dips, Obama holds in view of Wisconsinites

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 12:21 p.m.

A majority of Wisconsin residents responding to a recent poll say they disapprove of the job being done by Gov. Jim Doyle.That is the first time in Doyle's seven years in office that a majority of those participating in the University of Wisconsin Survey Center's Badger Poll had that negative of a reaction to Doyle.The poll released on Thursday shows that 50% disapprove of his job and among likely voters disapproval rises to 58%.A year ago only 37% disapproved of Doyle's job performance ...

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