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WAUWATOSA - A train struck and killed a pedestrian in Wauwatosa Wednesday afternoon.

The explosion of the unmanned Antares rocket headed for the International Space Station yesterday is having consequences beyond just a delay of supplies to the station. The rocket was bringing a variety of flight equipment, food, and computer resources for the crew, but also several experiments, many of them from schools. The loss of the rocket isn't just a complication for the scientific community; Brian Ewenson, the public education director at Spaceport Sheboygan, said it's a heartbreaking loss for his wife, who teaches in Texas. "Her students actually were in a competition where they designed and developed experiments that would fly to the International Space Station," he said. Students at one of the schools Ewenson's wife teaches at designed a protein crystal growth experiment that was on board the unmanned rocket. "They were live at the school in San Antonio, Texas, to watch the launch," he said. Ewenson said his wife called after the explosion, and both she and her students were heartbroken. "Obviously, the students and my wife, being the first time they've ever sent something into space, very, very devastated, with almost a year's long amount of work to get the experiment to Virginia for the launch," he said. He said while they were devastated, his wife and the class were thankful that no one died or was injured because of the explosion. Ewenson worked with NASA for 20 years, and he said he understands her students' pain. "I actually had an experiment on-board the space shuttle of Columbia during the accident," he said. He said he had the opportunity to re-fly the experiment five years later, and the students may get a similar chance to send their experiments into space - but it could take at least a year, or maybe longer. "The one thing I told the students and my wife is you got to be resilient," Ewenson said. "Spaceflight is a tough business."

MILWAUKEE -- A rundown home on Milwaukee's south side is about to get a new look.

An organization called Safe and Sound handed out a leadership award to Flynn for his work at MPD Wednesday. The award comes a day before Flynn's own officers will hold a no-confidence vote on his leadership.

The final Marquette Law School Poll results before the election were released today. Among registered voters, Gov. Scott Walker has 50%, with Democratic challenger Mary Burke bringing in 43%, with a +/- 3.0% margin of error.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Cody Cousins -- the man sentenced to 65 years in prison for killing Purdue University student and West Bend native Andrew Boldt in January -- has been found dead in prison of an apparent suicide.

Wisconsin ranks in the top 10 states when it comes to raw spending on the Novemeber election. Ben Wieder, reporter for the Center for Public Intergrity, has been crunching the numbers. "There's been more than $575 million spent across the country," Wieder said. "And in Wisconsin, there's been around $17 million spent so far." When you break it down per voter, it works out to about $4 per person. The governor's race represents $3.60 of that total. Wieder said he thinks that number will grow before election day.

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Public Museum is flipping the proverbial switch on its new, six story tall solar panel wall on Wednesday. "This is the largest building-mounted solar array in the Midwest," explained Dennis Kois, the museum's President and CEO. "It takes solar energy and converts it into electricity that the museum can use to power its lights and exhibits." The solar panels are expected to produce a significant amount of energy. "It generates the equivalent of keeping several hundred 60-watt bulbs lit every day, all day, for the course of a year." The solar panels cover the entire facade of the museum. The idea came up after the old white marble facade deteriorated. "The museum thought it was really important that we demonstrate some leadership on the sustainability issue," said Kois. It's all part of the museum's larger effort to be greener. "The museum already has a green roof, which not a lot of people know about. And we're working on converting all of our gallery lighting, which is tens of thousands of lights, over to LED lights." A brief dedication ceremony gets underway at the Museum at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, who donated a personal gift for the project, will be on hand, along with museum officials and other donors.

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MILWAUKEE -- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on Milwaukee's north side Wednesday morning.

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MILWAUKEE -- There is a new plan to cut the teenage birth rate in Milwaukee by 50 percent.

MILWAUKEE -- Today we will get a final look at the race for governor before Election Day. Marquette University's law school is set to release their 9th and final poll of the campaign season.

About 100 people gathered at a Hartford high school Tuesday night to hear from Buck Blodgett, the father of a Hartford teen lost to the hands of a killer.

A clean-up is finally underway at a Slinger condo that sickened neighbors.

One week away from Election Day, the candidates for governor are campaigning non-stop, trying to secure every last vote.