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Tuesday's letter "We should be able to stop scam artists" made some very good points. However, I’ve made a disturbing discovery that would severely complicate matters even if we could get our “do nothing” Congress to address the problem.

Gregory Street, running parallel to Monroe Street, on the Near West Side, is the worst street in Madison for curbs and roads. Repairs to the road, curbs and gutters would be a major construction effort. I bet the curbs --…

The Badgers clear the bench in the final game of their own invitational at the Field House.

A 35-year-old man died in a Sun Prairie residence after suffering "a laceration to his arm" during a domestic incident Friday.

The monthly pun competition at the High Noon Saloon is part word play, part stand-up comedy, where groans are as frequent as laughter.

No multitasking and politicking allowed

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Edgerton police lieutenant who punched a hole in a wall during a family disagreement and was arrested for domestic battery lost five days' pay but wasn't prosecuted and was reinstated instead.

Republicans enter the fall campaign in moods ranging from grim foreboding to howling despair. They fear Donald Trump will lose so big he will take hordes of other candidates down with him, costing the GOP control of the U.S. Senate…

For those who can't make it to a polling place the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November -- which is Nov. 8 this year -- an absentee ballot allows them to vote early.

BIG SPRING - Leona Ginther, age 95, of Big Spring, Wis. passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo, Wis.

Take a good look when someone says “unions aren’t needed anymore.” Is that person a representative of a think tank financed by Big Business? Some corporate executive whose place in the 1 percent is secure?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — To step inside IBM Research-Almaden is to get a peek into how the latest advances in technology are being applied to a crazy quilt of important issues from food safety and cancer to recycling.

It’s not unusual for children to worry or be nervous at the beginning of the school year. But some students, especially girls, have sustained anxiety that can develop into a disorder, doctors say.

I’m delighted to meet readers of this column at my organizing presentations. Readers regularly share that they clip and save these columns. If you do this, I’ve got a few tips that’ll help you keep your newspaper and magazine articles…

The Monroe Arts Center is now home to a $3.1 million addition that expands upon the center's programming and opportunities for art classes.

Wednesday’s front-page article “Shelter, at a cost,” reported on Madison’s shelter system. While the facilities leave much to be desired, the State Journal article leaves the impression that the providers willingly operate an “inhumane” system.

PORTLAND, Ore. — When the bill comes after a meal, there’s no crunching numbers for the tip — just pay and go.

William Kent Krueger continues his Cork O’Connor saga with “Manitou Canyon,” in which his protagonist is embroiled yet again at the heart of a mystery in the North Woods of Minnesota. But this time, Cork himself goes missing.

Maybe he doesn’t hit you ...

The criminal investigation is ongoing.