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FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) -- About 100 soldiers deployed to West Africa to help build treatment facilities to house Ebola patients and caretakers are back in the United States.

BOSTON (AP) -- People who lost loved ones or were injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings are clamoring for justice as jury selection gets underway in the suspect's trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama this week will test whether he still has the sway to keep Washington focused on his own priorities, even as a new Republican-run Congress descends on the Capitol eager to take him on.

GERMANTOWN, Wis. (AP) -- Germantown police have a mystery on their hands after finding a diamond ring on a branch of the police department's Christmas tree.

It is official. The Green Bay Packers will host the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional round of the playoffs at Lambeau Field next Sunday. 

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker scored 16 points apiece, leading No. 4 Wisconsin to an 81-58 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night. 

PITTSVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin fire chief is continuing to push for state restrictions on novelty lighters.Six years ago, a group of second-graders asked Pittsville Fire Chief Jerry Minor to help get the law passed.In 2009, Londa Kuehn's class at Pittsville Elementary School read a story about novelty lighters. Daily Tribune Media reports the lighters are in shapes that would appeal to children, and many don't have child security devices to stop them from being accidentally lit.Minor ha...

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Car and home appliance troubles are never a good thing, but problems can seem even worse when they happen in the winter.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- This cold weather can be very dangerous, according to officials at Wausau Fire Department.Firefighters say it's important to check on the elderly and people with disabilities during this cold spell. They recommend checking to make sure the heat is working and all windows are closed."This cold weather can intensify injuries and intensify conditions that certain people might have," explained Lieutenant Jared Thompson of the Wausau Fire Department.Officials say the best way to k...

These cold temperatures in central Wisconsin are changing some people's plans to enjoy the outdoors, but not everyone is letting the weather get in the way.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of uniformed police officers from around the country have lined the streets in New York City to pay last respects to slain NYPD officer Wenjian Liu.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a 72-year-old bow hunter was hurt in Fond du Lac County where he was attacked by the deer he had wounded with an arrow.

An American health care worker who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone is being transported to a Nebraska hospital for observation.

A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia's U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl is pushing officials in her posh Detroit suburb to allow residents to keep chickens in their yards.Caroline Baxter has appeared before the Bloomfield Hills City Commission to promote the idea, and her plan is to come up for discussion again at its next meeting Jan. 13.Caroline is an animal lover with quite a collection already.The fifth-grader tells WDIV-TV that she already has "five gerbils, a guinea pig, two dogs, four fish" and "a bunch of...

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- Stuart Scott, the longtime "SportsCenter" anchor and ESPN personality known for his known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, has died at age 49.The network says Scott died Sunday and had fought cancer since a diagnosis in late 2007, remaining dedicated to his craft even as he underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.ESPN president John Skipper says Scott was "a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure" and that his "energetic and unwavering devotion to his fam...

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

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -- A quirky cafe in Stevens Point celebrated Saturday night 70's style.Every Saturday evening Rock N Roll Cafe invites a local artist to switch up the aatmosphereby picking a theme and performing music .The most recent artist performed several Beatles songs as well as many other 70's hits."This place needed some music and the community needed entertainment," explained Armando Perez, the owner of Rock N Roll Cafe.Perez said pop artists, an electric violinist and an Elvis i...

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Many people in central Wisconsin said the warm temperatures made Saturday the perfect day to get outside and have some winter fun."A day like this, you can't beat it," said Doug Riste of Weston who was out ice fishing. "It's an enjoyable day to be on the ice."Lake Wausau was packed with fishermen looking to snag a meal.Roger Kohn of Wausau was out fishing. He said the fishing was "a little slow," but that didn't matter because the weather was nice.Trails were filled with ccro...

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- One of the first so-called revenge porn cases in Wisconsin is heading to trial.Keslin Jean Jacques, a Milwaukee man who posted nude and seminude photos of his ex-girlfriend on the Internet after a bad breakup, is scheduled to start his trial Wednesday.