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John Lackey pitches seven scoreless innings in St. Louis' 4-0 win.

The super PAC is called Unintimidated PAC, a reference to the book Walker wrote in 2013 called "Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge."

UW-Madison students produce mini-musicals; Atlas celebrates 11 years with free shows

Ten bucks for anyone with the resources to drop a couple hundred dollars on a bag of pot isn't much more than a modest user (so to speak) fee.

Le Petit Croissant has a small but worthy menu that includes soups, sandwiches, breakfast-all-day items and some excellent sandwiches.

The popular three-day Midwest Horse Fair begins Friday.  

Paul Robbins is director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, which teaches students "to create new kinds of knowledge about the environment."

Dear Dr. Hanson: These past few weeks my 4-year-old daughter has had a runny nose. She isn’t acting ill, so I’m not sure if she has a mild cold or if she may have allergies. Is there a way to …

As the campaign to succeed President Barack Obama shifts into high gear, Republican voters seem assured of a contested race for their party’s nomination that will feature generational, geograp…

BASEBALL

MILWAUKEE — At the time, it looked like the Milwaukee Bucks were kissing off the season.

ST. LOUIS — Lance Lynn extended his April success with five solid innings and Matt Holliday had a two-run single in the first inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Milw…

Serge Trezy came to the University of Wisconsin this spring having never played cornerback.

MILWAUKEE — In a meaningless regular-season finale pitting two playoff teams, the Boston Celtics did a little bit more than the Milwaukee Bucks.

Damage is estimated at $250,000.

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Khalil Iverson made it official Wednesday morning, signing a National Letter of Intent to join the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program starting next season.

As inspections for new outbreaks of a highly contagious avian influenza virus continues, an official says there hasn't been an increase of dead birds reported from any state facilities.

I don’t enjoy paying taxes any more than other people. But this is the first time I was nauseated by the thought of writing a check to Wisconsin, a state being systematically obliterated by th…

Out here in Washington state, we were amused to learn Wisconsin has banned talk of climate change at the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.