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Balancing Act: Arianna Huffington wants you to go to bed

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 7:15am
Arianna Huffington thinks you need more sleep, and she’s probably right.

20-year Yahara pact is state's biggest push to keep farm pollution out of lakes

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 6:00am
An agreement signed by more than 60 local governments will pool more than $2 million annually for 20 years starting Jan. 1.

Jerry Davis: It's exciting to peek into a big bird’s nest

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 5:45am
There is something special about seeing the real thing in real time without the aid of much technology. Finding the nest adds to the excitement, too.

Chris Rickert: Looking forward to the day when all black lives matter in Madison

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 5:30am
Perhaps "all black lives matter" is the best slogan.

Eric G. Postel: Foreign aid reaps benefits back home

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 5:11am
After 22 years in Madison, I moved to Washington five years ago to work for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As I clip my ID badge on every day — always to a UW, Packers or Brewers…

Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Looking beyond appearances

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 5:00am
How often do we judge people on the way they look? I think it’s human nature to make assumptions about the people we meet.

Garden calendar | For the week of May 15

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 5:00am
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Auto racing: A quick read on tracks around the area

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 3:30am
MADISON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Auto racing: Teenager McKayla Adams knows her way around a track

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 3:00am
SUN PRAIRIE — McKayla Adams has logged laps at five short tracks during her budding race career.

Video: Former Badgers quarterback Russell Wilson gives commencement speech at Wisconsin's graduation

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 1:30am
Wilson played one season with the Badgers, leading UW to the Big Ten title and a berth in the 2012 Rose Bowl.

Prep scoreboard: Area results from Saturday, May 14

Sun, 05/15/2016 - 1:00am
Baseball

Brewers: Ryan Braun, Chris Carter sit in Game 2 vs. Padres

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 11:45pm
MILWAUKEE — Left fielder Ryan Braun was a late scratch from Saturday’s lineup with a sore right wrist, leaving the Milwaukee Brewers without their top two run producers at the start of Game 2 of a weekend series against the…

Prep roundup: Dietrich Schwoerer's sprinting helps McFarland boys win Rock Valley Conference track title

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 11:00pm
A pair of sprinting victories from senior Dietrich Schwoerer helped the McFarland boys track and field team bring home the team championship in Saturday’s Rock Valley Conference meet at Edgerton.

Prep baseball: Madison Edgewood rallies twice to beat DeForest for Badger Challenge title

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 10:30pm
"We could have folded up the tent," Edgewood coach Rich Newton said. "(The players) found a way."

Police responding to report of shooting victim on Turbot Drive

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 9:37pm
The shooting was reported at 9:11 p.m. Saturday in the 2900 block of Turbot Drive.

Badgers track and field: Kelsey Card, Zach Ziemek claim titles at Big Ten championships

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 8:15pm
The UW seniors grab conference golds in the women' shot put and men's pole vault.

Badgers women's rowing: Wind delays Big Ten championships until Sunday

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 8:00pm
Preliminary races in Indianapolis are canceled.

Tom Oates: 3-point shot No. 1 weapon in NBA

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 8:00pm
The NBA adopted the 3-point shot for the 1979-80 season, but for many years it was little more than a gimmick.

NFL: Ex-UW linebacker Chris Borland continues to spread the word about brain damage

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 7:30pm
MIDDLETON — Chris Borland never intended to be a spokesman for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he retired from the NFL after one successful season with the San Francisco 49ers.

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