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BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a small camera for doctors to conduct a remote gynecological exam.

NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News has released video from stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982 that are part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Guests at SeaWorld's theme park in Orlando, Florida, will no longer be allowed to feed the dolphins.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Ian Snell scored 20 points, Nikola Mirotic had 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, and the surging Chicago Bulls pounded the Milwaukee Bucks on the boards on their way to an 87-71 victory on Monday night.Pau Gasol added 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Bulls enjoyed a whopping 62-41 advantage on the glass. Joakim Noah had eight points and 16 rebounds on his bobblehead night, and Jimmy Butler finished with 11 points and nine boards.Milwaukee shot 34 percent (30 for 89) fro...

Kentucky is the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the fourth straight week.The Wildcats (27-0) received all 65 first-place votes from a 65-member media panel Monday after routing Tennessee and Auburn last week.Virginia remained No. 2, followed by Gonzaga, Duke, Wisconsin, Villanova and Arizona. It's the first time the top seven have remained the same for six straight weeks since 1992-93.Northern Iowa moved into the top 10 for the first time in school history, sliding in behin...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker hinted at a possible run for president in 2016.

Shoppers at the Mall of America seem undeterred after hearing about a video purportedly made by al-Qaida-linked rebels that urges Muslims to attack shopping malls.

A labor expert says Wisconsin union leaders probably won't get much help from judges if they decide to challenge Republicans' new right-to-work provisions in court.

Right-to-work means workers have the choice of whether to join a union and could no longer be forced into it.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A Madison man accused in the heroin overdose death of a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree reckless homicide, according to online Portage County Court records.

Wisconsin home sales slipped in January but median prices continued to rise.

The right-to-work debate is heating up with lawmakers in central Wisconsin.  

University of Wisconsin students are warning Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan would lead to fee and tuition increases.

When no one showed up to her autistic son's birthday party, his mom posted an emotional message on her Facebook page.

Private and public-sector unions are joining together to stop a right-to-work bill that Republicans have put on a fast track to pass in the Wisconsin Legislature within days.

A taste of Central Wisconsin is on its way to other parts of the state. It's part of a huge expansion at Bull Falls Brewery in Wausau.

MERRILL (WAOW) – A weekend party at an ice shack on Lake Alexander featuring marijuana and alcohol led to arrests or underage drinking citations involving 10 teenagers, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said Monday.The incident began late Saturday night when a deputy checking ice shacks smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from one of them, the agency said in a report.Before he could investigate, a vehicle arrived at the shack, noticed the deputy's vehicle and fled, leading to the ...

Authorities say a tanker truck carrying nearly 9,000 gallons of fuel has caught fire on a major highway in southern New Jersey, spewing thick, black smoke into the sky.

GREENWOOD (WAOW) – A rural Greenwood man died when the snowmobile he was driving left a trail, went out of control and hit a tree, the Clark County Sheriff's Department said Monday.

The West Deptford Police Department in New Jersey gave a ceremonial hero's farewell to its retired K-9 dog Judge, who was put down down due to unbearable medical complications.