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WASHINGTON — Don’t jump to conclusions: The sweeping Republican victory on Election Day does not mean the voters have embraced the Republican Party’s ideas, let alone the tea party agenda.

In every Super Bowl but one in the past decade, at least one of the participants has ranked in the top four in regular-season home scoring. 

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Great War was over. But the “War to End All Wars” famously didn’t live up to its billing.

Children’s book lovers went head to head in a trivia bowl on Nov. 7, to support the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, with acclaimed Madison author Kevin Henkes as the emcee.

“I believe you have multiple sclerosis,” the neurologist announced that day in August 1979. After the appointment, I drove straight to my husband Dave’s office. Barely making eye contact with …

For 25 years, artists have been showing their pieces at the Winter Art Fair Off the Square, which runs Sunday, Nov. 16, at Monona Terrace.

CHICAGO — And now for another episode of “As the Feminism Turns” — you know, the overwrought soap opera about who is and isn’t a feminist, what it means today and whether it has relevance to w…

MILWAUKEE — Top-seeded Milwaukee Marquette was on the ropes Saturday evening.

Dakota Whyte is not afraid to dream big. And she’s determined to develop a game as big as her dreams.

The fourth-seeded University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team wasn’t fazed by a matchup with Big East Conference regular-season and tournament champion DePaul — one of only two unbeaten teams …

Nelson, a junior, sets an age-group national record in the 100 butterfly, breaks her own state marks in the 100 fly and 100 backstroke, and swims on the record-breaking 200 medley relay.

With its undefeated season on the line Saturday afternoon, the UW-Whitewater football team worked a little bit of last-minute magic.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin volleyball team overcame a sluggish start to roll to its 15th consecutive victory, sweeping Iowa 25-21, 25-13, 25-18 on Saturday night.

One of the strengths of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team last season was its ability to win in a variety of ways.

The Vikings intercept three second-half passes to knock out the Beavers, 42-21, in a Division 3 semifinal

Just as those fluttering white towels celebrated a historic performance by Ron Dayne and the University of Wisconsin football team back in the day, the snowflakes that fell Saturday seemed tai…

JIM POLZIN

University of Wisconsin junior tailback Melvin Gordon did more than set a fabled NCAA standard Saturday.

The senior recorded a sack, an interception and a fumble recovery in helping UW hold the Cornhuskers to 180 yards of total offense.