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DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- A gunman has shot seven people, killing five of them, in a subdivision west of Atlanta.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Detectives say they found a fantasy world of provocatively posed dolls and displays of children's underwear when they raided a Green Bay home in search of child pornography.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Detectives say they found a fantasy word of provocatively posed dolls and displays of children's underwear when they raided a Green Bay home in search of child pornography.

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the cause of a large fire at the city landfill in Superior.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's tax-collecting agency says it's on high alert for any fraudulent filings of income tax returns via TurboTax software.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- A former employee convicted of planting a bomb at a Home Depot store to try to extort $2 million from the company has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in New York.Daniel Sheehan said before his sentencing Friday that no one was hurt. The 52-year-old said that he'd abandoned the plot before his 2012 arrest on Long Island.Federal prosecutors said Sheehan set a bomb in a Home Depot in Huntington, then warned anonymously that devices would be detonated in three oth...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Members of Pope Francis' sex abuse commission have sharply criticized his remarks that it is OK for parents to spank their children, saying there is no place for physical discipline and that the commission would be making recommendations to him about protecting kids from corporal punishment.The commission met with its full 17 members for the first time this week and announced progress Saturday on drafting policies for holding bishops accountable when they cover up for ped...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- George Krog just wants to shoot a deer. Powerful Minnesota lawmakers are trying to help him.Krog, who is 84, says the hills are too steep and the wind is too strong for him to stay out hunting long now. And he never sees bucks. He wrote a letter in December asking Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk for help.Bakk responded with a bill that would allow Minnesotans 84 and older to take a doe without a permit.Rep. David Dill is also backing the change, which could impact as m...

Human trafficking is a growing problem in Wisconsin.

James Harden scored 33 and the Houston Rockets hit 15 3-pointers to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 117-111 on Friday night. Trevor Ariza added 24 for the Rockets.

Scores, results and highlights from Friday's local sports action.

Dozens of people strapped on their snowshoes for a hike under the moonlight Friday.

Dozens of people hit the slopes during Friday's weather.

The 39th annual Wausau Area Builders Association Home Show kicked off in Rothschild Friday afternoon.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- The Powerball jackpot is up to $360 million after there was no winner Wednesday.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW)-- It's a sign of the times.This week Wisconsin Rapids started using an app as a way for the community to report problems they see while they are out and about.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Teachers at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau say they're preparing their students for the workforce.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)-- One man in Wisconsin is finding the fun in winter.

Thousands of hockey players are hitting the ice in the USA Pond Hockey Championships in Eagle River.

The no. 15 UW-Stevens Point mens basketball team has won 10 of its last 11 games, and is just one game back in the WIAC conference standings. However, they're battling the injury bug once again. Senior forward Jordan Lutz hyperextended his knee in Wednesday's win over UW-River Falls, and the team has told Newsline 9 he is "day-to-day."