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Brandon Knight scored 18 points, including a layup to force overtime, and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away to beat the Charlotte Hornets 104-94 on Monday.

Securing the NFC North title and first-round bye earned the Green Bay Packers a few days off from coach Mike McCarthy. They're on their own to celebrate the new year before returning to practice Friday.

No. 19 Auburn's leading receiver, D'haquille Williams, is suspended for the Outback Bowl.Tigers coach Gus Malzahn said Monday that Williams will be held out of Thursday's game against No. 17 Wisconsin "for breaking team rules." 

When Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers went down with a calf injury in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Lions, fans held their collective breath.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers helped lead the charge to the team's divisional championship.

Tens of thousands of officers from across the country honored a New York police officer who was killed while on duty. Two of them were from the Adams County Sheriff's Office. 

Detroit defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been suspended for this Sunday's wild-card playoff game against Dallas for a violation of safety-related playing rules against Green Bay in the season finale.

A couple getting married near President Barack Obama's vacation spot in Hawaii learned the hard way that the big day rarely goes exactly as planned.

NEILLSVILLE (WAOW) - The second of two Clark County women accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill the fathers of two children pleaded not guilty to two felonies Tuesday.

The Chicago Bears have fired general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman after missing the playoffs for the seventh time in the past eight years.

A Massachusetts woman found living with the skeletal remains of three babies in a squalid home has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.

Walgreen shareholders have voted in favor of the nation's largest drugstore chain spending nearly $16 billion to complete the final step in its purchase of European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots.

The New York Jets have fired coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik after one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history.

Dustin Diamond, the actor who played Screech in the 1990s television show "Saved by the Bell," is expected to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Ships and planes have resumed searching for a passenger jet that went missing more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore.

Limping Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes to Randall Cobb, Eddie Lacy gashed Detroit's defense for 100 yards and the Green Bay Packers claimed a fourth straight NFC North title with 30-20 victory Sunday.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Officials say ships and planes are resuming their search for AirAsia Flight 8501 which went missing on a flight from Indonesia's second-largest city to Singapore.

Fans packed Titletown to see the Packers beat the Lions. 

HONOLULU (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Highways in central Wisconsin are busy with people traveling for the holidays.Some people are returning from Christmas celebrations and others are traveling away for New Years.Several people spent hours on the road this holiday season."We thought, we're going to come up and enjoy the snow because we don't have any in Cedar Rapids," said Sara Kintzle from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Although the drive has been long, Kintzle says it has been good."The roads have been great. We haven't h...