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'Beast' shies away from horror genre

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 7:00am
When Todd Michael Cox first began writing his latest novel, “Beast,” he made a list of all of the elements the average werewolf story usually contains. And then, “I deliberately avoided all of them.”

Health Sense: Achievements and pitfalls of Obamacare

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 6:00am
More than 16 million Americans have gained health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act, federal officials say.

'This is your brain on March Madness' -- Darryl McCants wins this week's You Toon caption contest again

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 6:00am
Darryl McCants of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner — and a repeat winner to boot. He also won our last caption contest two weeks ago.

Lawmakers eye end to state's prevailing wage laws

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:45am
The changes could lead to lower costs for public construction projects — and lower wages for the people who work on them.

Doug Moe: Dave Iverson's graceful Madison return

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:30am
The former Wisconsin Public Television journalist is bringing a new documentary to the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Chris Rickert: UW's Ray Cross a scapegoat for faculty's refusal to face reality

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:30am
Just call him Ray caught-in-the-Cross-fire.

On View | Wisconsin Watercolor Society Spring Exhibition

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:15am
The Wisconsin Watercolor Society was founded in 1952 by a group of artists led by Marion Bode. Bode’s legacy lives on with the spring exhibition of the group, on view at the Fanny Garver Gallery.

Len Harris: Fine time to be back on streams

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:15am
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN -- Two knee surgeries and one back fusion later, I am out on the streams again.

Travel: Calendar

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Seeds with a Wisconsin story

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
Two seed varieties created at UW-Madison decades ago — the Wisconsin 55 tomato and Wisconsin Lakes pepper — are still popular among home gardeners. Several other heirloom offerings have a conn…

UW-Madison professor gets corny with new seed variety called "Who Gets Kissed?"

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
Back in colonial times, before the advent of hybrid seeds that ensured every ear of corn in a given variety looked exactly alike and could be harvested and husked by machine, people gathered t…

Atlantic Ocean becoming a mere creek -- State Journal editorial from 1940

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
This State Journal editorial ran on March 27, 1940:

Chris Borland's retirement shows football is doomed -- John Kass

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
Years ago Rush Limbaugh called me a liberal sportswriter, suggesting I was the harbinger of death to football in America.

Steve Chapman: Liberal policies vs. affordable housing

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
Julian Castro is a smiling bundle of energy whose past includes being mayor of San Antonio and whose future may include a spot on a national Democratic ticket — say, as a nicely balanced runni…

Kathleen Parker: A leap of faith -- into thin air

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON — The apparently intentional downing of a Germanwings airliner by the co-pilot has us riveted, as commercial plane crashes usually do.

Jane Burns: For the record, this stuff was great

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
From a dusty box in a cluttered room in the corner of a well-worn second-hand shop, a nun sang to me. So did Andy Williams. And Julie Andrews with Dick Van Dyke. With some background music fro…

Mitch Henck: Throwback Wisconsin Badgers team delivers magical ride

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:00am
How sweet it is. Our beloved Wisconsin Badgers are headed back to the Final Four in Indianapolis, the place where the movie “Hoosiers” was filmed.

Tom Oates: This time, Frank Kaminsky gets some help as UW teams up for Elite Eight win over Arizona

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 4:45am
With Sam Dekker producing his own hello-world moment on the same stage Kaminsky once did, the duo was the driving force behind the Badgers’ tension-filled, 85-78 victory over the Wildcats at S…

'Reunion' author reads

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 12:00am
Judith Claire Mitchell’s novel about a trio of suicidal sisters, “A Reunion of Ghosts,” is the latest selection of the State Journal Book Club.

A child's love for LEGOs sparks the start of a toy-tech company

Sun, 03/29/2015 - 12:00am
Meeper Technology says it makes Legos "come to life.'

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