DINESH RAMDE

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Photos of dead aim to bring new life to cold cases

The corpses' faces are mostly bloated, their skin pale and discolored. One man's lips are stiffened into a grim frown and he stares with half-open eyes. Another man appears to be sleeping, his color natural enough that he almost looks alive.

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Ugly, gaudy Christmas sweaters all the rage

Oh, the sweater designs are frightful, but the parties are so delightful. So if you've got one to wear, let it show, let it show, let it show.

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More young people see opportunity in farming

A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get into cattle ranching in Texas.

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Wis. firm reverses 1-way flow of shoes from Asia

There's a good chance the shoes you're wearing right now were made in China. Now an American shoemaker wants to put the shoe on the other foot, by persuading the Chinese to wear shoes made in the USA.

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NFL's Packers offer stock, 1st time since '97

The Green Bay Packers have an MVP candidate in quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a Super Bowl championship won just 10 months ago and an undefeated team making a run toward another title for Titletown.

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Food pantry Christmas list includes rice, tuna

The season of giving has started, with schools, churches and businesses kicking off food drives that have become annual holiday traditions. But many food banks are asking donors to think twice before dropping ramen noodles and frosted cereals in donation barrels.

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Officials study effects of Lake Michigan ash spill

Decades-old coal ash hurled from the grounds of a Wisconsin power plant into Lake Michigan during a landslide this week probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, experts said Wednesday.

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Insanity plea possible in fetal-abduction case

A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting out her full-term fetus in the hopes of raising the child as her own might plead insanity, one of her lawyers said.

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Oshkosh Corp., labor union reach tentative deal

Military-vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp. and its union leaders reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, one that removes a provision about temporary workers that prompted union members to reject the previous two versions, a union leader said Friday.

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Want to be NFL owner? Packers near 5th stock sale

Cheeseheads around the world might soon have a chance to own a piece of the Super Bowl champs.

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US Presbyterian church ordains first gay minister

A Wisconsin man who left his Presbyterian ministry in California more than 20 years ago after telling his congregation that he is gay was welcomed back into the church leadership on Saturday as its first openly gay ordained minister.

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Wis. gov.'s top aide resigns, will advise campaign

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's chief of staff said Friday he would resign and return to his political consulting business as the administration he helped guide through this year's tumultuous wrangling over union rights prepares to fight expected efforts to recall the first-term governor.

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Nation's top-selling glass cleaner Windex turns 75

The nation's best-selling glass cleaner is turning 75.

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Homeowners say Wis. law favors big farms over them

John Adams can't see the nearly 3,000 cows on the dairy farm two miles from his Wisconsin home, but when the wind blows he can smell them.

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Wis. study finds big dairies produce cleaner milk

With buying from small, local, family-run farms becoming more popular, the results of a new study from Wisconsin could be surprising: It found that milk from big dairies is cleaner than that from small ones.

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Republican lawmakers mull Labor Day participation

As a Republican, state Sen. Pam Galloway knows she might be as unwelcome as rain at this weekend's Labor Day parade in Wisconsin. The threat of possible hecklers, though, won't keep her from the event.

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Sport associations applaud federal Internet ruling

High school athletic associations nationwide say a federal appeals court ruling upholding Wisconsin's right to sell exclusive rights to live-stream games online preserves a lucrative new revenue stream, while newspaper groups fear the ruling could lead to more restrictions on covering games that entire communities follow.

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List: Web older than incoming college freshmen

Mention Amazon to the incoming class of college freshmen and they are more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. PC doesn't stand for political correctness and breaking up is a lot easier thanks to Facebook and text messaging.

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List: Web older than incoming college freshmen

Mention Amazon to the incoming class of college freshmen and they are more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. PC doesn't stand for political correctness and breaking up on Facebook is more common than any more personal encounter.

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Some Methodist clergy defy gay marriage ban

A growing number of pastors in the United Methodist Church say they're no longer willing to obey a church rule that prohibits them from officiating at same-sex marriages, despite the potential threat of being disciplined or dismissed from the church.

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Break in Wis. cold case mixed blessing for mother

The giftwrapped calendars sat untouched in Mary Wegner's rural Wisconsin home for nearly 20 years. The Christmas labels are faded but the name is still clear — Laurie, her adult daughter who vanished in 1992.

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Workers demand better jobs, pay on May Day

Millions of demonstrators around the world marched for labor rights Sunday, including thousands in Wisconsin who continued their divisive battle over collective-bargaining rights that began in February and had prompted huge masses of protesters to pour into the Madison Capitol.

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Tax, spending divisions laid bare in public forums

Peter Cass could stand it no longer as he listened to the Republican congressman defend a plan to cut taxes and Medicare simultaneously.

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Wis. Rep.'s Medicare plan worries local voters

Brian Krutsch has been long one of many automatic votes here for Rep. Paul Ryan. The unemployed warehouse manager, along with a solid majority of other Janesville voters, has helped elect Ryan seven times and watched with pride as he became one of Congress' leading authorities on the federal budget. But this week, admiration has been tinged with apprehension as one of Ryan's signature ideas — ending Medicare's status as a full, guaranteed benefit for senior citizens — suddenly took a step toward reality.

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'Periodic Tales' a charming look at the elements

"Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, From Arsenic to Zinc" (Ecco), by Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Some people collect coins or baseball cards. Others collect stamps or Pez dispensers. Hugh Aldersey-Williams collects the building blocks of the universe.

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