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It never made sense for the Pentagon to offer surplus materiel such as grenade launchers and mine-resistant armored personnel carriers to local law enforcement agencies.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget-writing committee have killed Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate a small state agency that approves and regulates for-profit colleges.

The 2016 presidential election is attracting an unusually large number of hopefuls. The Republicans will probably field more than a dozen candidates and the Democrats, as many as five.

A week ago Friday, the Pentagon assured us the terrorists of ISIS were on the run. Not to worry.

The Cambridge native turned in a dominating lap of 194.252 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the third round of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying format.

Wisconsin's new 70 mph speed limit will help Gov. Scott Walker get to Iowa faster, as he prepares to run for president. 

Opponents of the measure pointed out that the board takes no state money and even returns 10 percent of revenue it collects from the colleges back to state coffers.

Film writer and "Dirty Dancing" creator Eleanor Bergstein talks about a stage show meant to be "somewhere between a rock concert and a story.”

You’d think Wisconsin’s polar-opposite U.S. senators would be looking for opportunities to show they can work together.

Lodi's Jim Campbell helped turn a book he wrote about his cousin who lived in remote Alaska into a television series.

Fitchburg Mayor Steve Arnold said he plans to budget more than $100,000 this fall for additional Metro Transit routes.

Dear Dr. Hanson: Last summer my 8-year-old daughter had such large reactions to mosquito bites. They were very itchy and she scratched at them a lot. I’m not looking forward to this happening …

With a few holdouts, the shows of the 2014-15 television season have signed off. Some we’ll see again come fall; some — “Revenge,” “Stalker,” “Forever,” “Weird Loners” and several others — wil…

Memorial Day weekend in Madison wouldn’t be the same without the World’s Largest Brat Fest, back for its 33rd year. From a simple picnic in the parking lot at Tom Metcalfe’s Hilldale grocery s…

Veterans for Peace sponsors a Memorial Day display along Atwood Avenue (east of Olbrich Botanical Gardens), with more than 6,600 simulated markers to recognize deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq an…

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Former NFL star Darren Sharper, who already has pleaded guilty or no-contest to sexual assault charges in three states, is set to enter a new plea in a federal case next week in New Orleans.

"Oh, The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss tops this week's fiction list.

An RBI groundout by Jack Blomgren in the top of the 12th inning Thursday helped the Janesville Craig baseball team defeat host Madison Memorial 2-1 to clinch the Big Eight Conference championship.

The resolution creates community work groups to explore solutions to racial disparities and mental health challenges.