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Some teenagers got their fantasy fix Tuesday at the Marathon County Library.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Wisconsin health leaders say the number of flu cases across the state is growing. 

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh can play in Detroit's playoff game after his one-game NFL suspension was reduced to a $70,000 fine.

HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) -- Authorities in northern Idaho say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a woman after he reached into her purse at a Wal-Mart store and her concealed gun fired.

Authorities in Chicago say a wall at a salt storage facility has collapsed, burying several cars at a dealership in salt.

Clark County Humane Society leaders say 15 of the 28 dogs rescued from a puppy mill have been adopted.

The earth is constantly radiating heat in the form of infrared light. During the day, sunlight generally warms the earth faster than the earth looses heat. At night, temperatures drop as heat radiates away with nothing warming the earth up. Clouds can act like a blanket by reflecting some of that heat back to the surface. This keeps the temperatures from getting quite as cold. On clear nights, the earth still radiates heat as infrared light. However, with no clouds to reflect it back the he...

A new report finds that the number of law-enforcement officers killed by firearms jumped by 56 percent in 2014.

A small plane crashed just feet away from a home south of Denver, killing the pilot.

Milwaukee County officials have released more than 227,000 pages of emails and other documents related to a probe of Gov. Scott Walker's aides and associates when he was county executive.

Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Houston hospital after a stay of about a week for treatment of shortness of breath.

The Idaho Court of Appeals has thrown out a black man's sex crime convictions, saying the prosecutor interjected race in closing arguments by quoting lyrics from the Confederate anthem "Dixie."

It's official: Jim Harbaugh is the new coach at Michigan.

A structure fire on Wisconsin 22 in Shawano has all lanes blocked, according to an alert from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Thirty-four percent of U.S. parents say they trick their young children with an early new year countdown.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter in Pangkalan Bun say they spotted several bodies floating in waters near where the missing AirAsia flight was last seen.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman says several pieces of debris have been spotted floating in the sea off Borneo island, possibly linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner.

Boys basketball highlights from the Marathon Holiday Classic, plus other hoops and hockey scores.

It was an explosion of fun at the Marathon County Public Library in Rothschild Monday.

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Gas prices continue to plunge at the pump.The average price in Wisconsin Monday was $2.25.