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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former CIA official who oversaw the agency's interrogation program says the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on coercive tactics betrays intelligence officials and will erode their trust in future presidential administrations.

LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say dozens of people were sickened by a carbon monoxide leak at a Wisconsin hockey rink.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- No public memorial events are planned in Newtown as the community marks the second anniversary of the shooting rampage that left 20 children and six educators dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York police say two officers were assaulted by protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge when they tried to arrest a man who was attempting to toss a garbage can onto police officers below.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A number of Wisconsin state parks and forests will offer guided New Year's Day hikes.America's State Parks and American Hiking Society are teaming up with state parks around the country to promote so-called First Day Hikes as a healthy way to start 2015.

Highlights from Wausau West winning the Marathon Cup for the 8th straight season, and the Central Wisconsin Storm edging out St. Croix Valley.

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota has come away with the Heisman Trophy as college football's top player, beating out Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Alabama receiver Amari Cooper.

Sam Dekker scored 17 points to and No. 5 Wisconsin dispatched Nicholls State on Saturday 86-43.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $1.1 trillion spending bill has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate and is headed toward passage.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Marcus Mariota has won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Oregon player to earn college football's top individual honor.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -- Hundreds of UW-Stevens Point students walked across the stage Saturday to rreceivea diploma.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The lawyers who successfully fought to undo Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage are seeking to recoup $1.2 million in legal costs from the case.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington, D.C. police chief says today's protest march from the White House to the Capitol was peaceful and well-organized.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has sent President Barack Obama a short-term spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through Wednesday and avert a government shutdown.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Department of Justice is recommending police don't submit evidence from some sexual assault exams to the state crime lab without the victim's consent.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Fewer Wisconsinites are being hurt or killed in drunken-driving accidents.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says 185 people died in alcohol-related crashes last year -- down 47 percent since 2003.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of protesters are marching in Washington to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's rank-and-file police union is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their funerals.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police in Portland say they have arrested a suspect in the shooting outside an alternative high school.

CAIRO (AP) -- Airport officials say Egypt has denied entry to a prominent American scholar arriving at Cairo's international airport, the latest incident in the country's sweeping crackdown on dissent.requently...