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Mismanaged countries are swinging away from leftist leaders who slowed economies slow to crawl

St. Louis Blues goaltender and former University of Wisconsin standout Brian Elliott will start Game 7 against the Dallas Stars in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight.

The victim in Tuesday evening's fatal shooting was a friend of Martez Moore, the man shot to death in April outside O'Grady's Pub on the Far West Side, according to police and family members.

The list of Wednesday's weather-related varsity prep sports event postponements, as gathered from official conference scheduling websites at 1 p.m.:

Jenkins is the third two-time honoree in UW's program history.

Card broke the Big Ten record in the shot put with a mark of 18.56 meters and set a facility record in the discus at 61.71 meters at the Wisconsin Twilight.

Some see tenure as guaranteeing a "job for life", but it's not as secure as being a legislator in a gerrymandered safe district.

A sixth area Domino's Pizza location is poised to open on the East Side where Harold's Chicken Shack had a run last year.

A UW-Madison professor of nursing and industrial engineering has been named the director of the world's largest biomedical library.

Salade nicoise was the first recipe I made when I lived in France, a country that later would become my second home as an adult.

At La Dulce in Royal Oak, Michigan, a Spanish tapas restaurant, this tortilla de patata is one of the house specialties. Tortilla de patata is a Spanish omelet made with potatoes.

Work on a Downtown hotel will force the closing of a one-block stretch of West Main Street on Thursday.

The DMV will issue receipts for those seeking a photo ID who can't produce documentation in time for an election.

It's sort of sad when the public has to be told that legitimate work being done by utility crews is not a scam, but that's how it is today in Madison.

The University of Wisconsin's Homecoming football game vs. Illinois on Nov. 12 will start at 2:30 p.m. CT, the Big Ten announced on Wednesday.

If weather allows, planes will take to the skies on Wednesday to spray selected sites in Southwestern Wisconsin to rid the areas of gypsy moths.

In certain parts of the country, a good three-bean salad is almost always the anchor to a potluck or picnic, the kinds of gatherings where sturdy, crowd-pleasing, portable — and frankly inexpensive — food is wanted.

Madison and most of southern Wisconsin started Wednesday in a fog, with the fog expected to clear by mid-morning only to be replaced with rain and storms later in the day, forecasters say.

After spending the past 51 years as an adult homeowner on Madison’s Northeast Side, one might assume that I’d know my way around the neighborhood. Apparently, though, I don’t.

Each week, we’re pulling a classic recipe out of the State Journal archives and sharing it here as it was originally printed years ago. Remember, ingredients and cooking techniques change over time so you may want to make some adjustments…