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SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean’s most recognized predators: a great white shark.

The incident remains under investigation by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office and the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department.

All are within 100 miles of Madison.

A shooter opened fire on Catholic school children praying at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, earlier this week. The shooter killed two children and injured 18 other people.

Tips for your flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that sets out to challenge the Supreme Court decision that flag burning is a form of free speech.

The Badgers likely are turning to Danny O'Neil at quarterback while Billy Edwards Jr. recovers from injury. O'Neil had some good moments in Week 1, but has room to improve.

Milwaukee had a key player return from injury, and he didn't waste much time getting back into the swing of things.

A letter from a reader prompts this discussion.

Bill Barth's Aug. 24 column, "Yelling at Steil isn’t democracy," argues that it is detrimental to democracy for angry crowds to yell at elected officials. He is wrong. He has mistaken a superficial similarity as proof that two very different…

Thank you for publishing Tuesday's article "Process draws criticism," about the Madison School District's decision to not weight grades based on course difficulty in the future. This story helps answer the question, "Why is Madison seeing decreased enrollment in schools?"

The Aug. 17 letter to the editor "Madison can't afford overbuilt bike lanes" was about new bike paths on Segoe Road. It complained about seeing no cyclists on this road. I recently returned from biking to Hilldale, and no cars…

As a 40-year resident of Dane County, I have appreciated many of the good things about living here. As the highest-taxed county in the state, does it really make sense to live here in retirement? County and local taxes make…

So Madison School Board members want to boost their annual pay by 87%, a year after boosting the pay of district teachers and staff by 4%. The national average for white-collar jobs was around a 4% increase.

I did a double-take when I saw the front-page story in Wednesday's Wisconsin State Journal "Dems warn against troops."

The Aug. 22 article "Under Taliban rule" was an eye-opener. It was about the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan.

BASKETBALL Giannis rests as Greece beats Cyprus

Milwaukee had a key player return from injury, and he didn't waste much time getting back into the swing of things.

BOSTON — Oneil Cruz homered, Bryan Reynolds drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 on Saturday.