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An octopus is not a mammal. An octopus is an invertebrate animal, which means it has no spine.

Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.

From 1971 to 2015, the average number of days at or above 90 in Madison was 10.96.

The chive blossoms hit their peak last week and remain a lovely purple, although they’ve shaded to the pale side after three days of rain. Today, however, the sun is out and the bees are at the buds, even the…

Led by Sidney Crosby's dominant play on both ends of the ice, speed that opponents struggled to match and a rookie goaltender who showed an uncanny ability to bounce back from rare shaky performances, the Penguins won their second title…

Berger won his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 3-under 67 to hold off Stricker, Mickelson and Brooks Koepka by three strokes.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Average salaries for prison staff in Wisconsin have dropped almost 13 percent when adjusted for inflation since 2009.

This is a column about the value of six.

Scholarships: The Thomas B. Jones and Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation awarded $74,700 in scholarships to several students in southwestern Wisconsin. Recipients from Lafayette include: Maria Balbach, Gratiot; Emma Eastlick, Belmont; Tatum Evenstad, Molly McDaniel, Dakota Morrone, Shauna Volkening, Shannon…

Dan Dean went 3-for-4 and recorded the save as visiting Fort Atkinson scored four runs in the first inning and held on for a 4-3 win over Albion in a Home Talent League Southeast Section baseball game Sunday afternoon.

When Janesville Craig takes the field Tuesday morning for its WIAA Division 1 state baseball quarterfinal against Burlington, sophomore second baseman Noah Berghammer will trot to his position and do a backflip onto the outfield grass.

Justin Watts allows just two hits over the first six innings to earn the victory.

Logano, 26, was followed by Chase Elliott, 20, and Kyle Larson, 23, in Michigan.

This type of violence is what happens in a country where the National Rifle Association "lies and deceives" the American people, Mayor Soglin said.

In light of the beating that Madison Police Chief Mike Koval took at a recent City Council meeting, we should keep in mind several things.

I applaud the recent letter to the editor about the cruelty of pig wrestling.

Last week, the Verona Area School District held a meeting to inform members of our district about school policies concerning transgender students in our schools -- policies about privacy issues, participation in sports, dress codes, school records, potential conflicts of…

Regardless of your position on the funding of $400,000 for the review of the Madison Police Department, any reasonable person has to agree that Ald. Samba Baldeh's comment that he did not feel safe with Chief Mike Koval sitting behind…

Thank you for your continued coverage of alcohol issues. Alcohol misuse and abuse is an enormous revenue drain on our community, according to "The Burden of Excessive Alcohol Use in Wisconsin" report.