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Republican Jeb Bush's political fundraising machine is quietly rolling out an ambitious plan to generate campaign cash in the days after he steps into the 2016 presidential contest.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says his family is now on board if he decides to run for president in 2016.

A Georgia prosecutor says he has dismissed murder charges against a 23-year-old woman accused of inducing an abortion by taking pills.

 In the eight weeks since announcing her plans to run for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton has deployed an army of roughly 100 campaign organizers nationwide and opened 15 offices in early-voting states.

Strong opinions were expressed at a public hearing over the Milwaukee County executive's plan to sell 10 acres adjacent to a proposed new Bucks' arena to the team's majority owners for $1.

 The Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says President Barack Obama's health care law is broken and must be replaced.

A man accused of selling heroin to a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student who died of an overdose has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

 Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says the U.S. and NATO should consider putting thousands more troops to Poland's and the Baltic nations' border with Russia to deter President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.

A man accused of running over another person with his car and dumping his body in a Marinette County stream has been convicted after reaching a plea deal.

Two buses collided in the Lincoln Tunnel leaving at least 18 people injured.

A golden retriever service dog named Figo saved a life when he leaped in front of a small school bus in an effort to protect his blind owner.

A Vermont man has escaped jury duty -- by getting dismissed for wearing a prisoner costume.

There's a new coffee shop open in Wausau.

One of the defendants in the Slender Man stabbing case has a hearing on a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday.

It is one of the most common breakfast items on the market and a staple in the diet of many Americans, but the U.S. could be on the verge of a major egg shortage.

Court records show the man who abducted a former co-worker outside a Walmart in Mukwonago (muk-WAH'-nah-goh) before she escaped told her she had broken his heart and that the kidnapping was the only way they could be...

Strong opinions were expressed at a public hearing over the Milwaukee County executive's plan to sell 10 acres adjacent to a proposed new Bucks' arena to the team's majority owners for $1.

Even opponents of abortion say it may be hard for Georgia authorities to follow through with prosecuting a woman for murder because she took a pill to terminate her pregnancy. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin state Senate has advanced a fast-tracked bill that would ban non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. 

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Authorities say they have arrested 13 men and seized an undisclosed amount of drugs in Milwaukee as part of a crackdown on two gangs.