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  • Baumann found not indigent in burglary case

    MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Merrill man accused of breaking into the Pine River fire station and stealing property will not get an attorney from the state. A judge ruled that Michael Baumann did not meet the conditions and requirements for indigence. That means he won ... More

  • Wausau school board to finalize contract with new superintendent

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau school board has scheduled a meeting to finalize a contract with their new choice for superintendent. The school board picked their final nominee for the position last month in Kathleen Williams, a former superintendent of a suburban Chicago School district ... More

  • Deputy faces charges in OWI motorcycle crash

    TOWN OF ROME, Wis (WSAU) An off-duty Wood County sheriffs deputy is being cited for O-W-I after a motorcycle crash on August 23rd in the Town of Rome. Deputy John Anderson was found lying in the ditch on Highway O around 6-30. The officer who ... More

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  • Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday. The trial centered on a 2001 accident involving Brian Cole, who ... More

  • S.Korea Kia recalls some Soul, Sorento vehicles

    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors said on Friday that it had started a recall of some Soul and Sorento vehicles sold worldwide because of a fire hazard. The recall, which began on September 1, would affect a combined 35,000 ... More

  • Police reopen New York's Park Avenue

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police reopened Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after investigating a suspicious vehicle and declaring it safe. The bomb squad had been called to investigate a black Mercedes Benz and 10 blocks of Park Avenue were briefly closed ... More

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  • Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release. Soldiers were sent to the location after an airborne patrol sighted armed men outside a building ... More

  • EPA to issue more rules in climate fight

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said. The agency "has a huge ... More

  • Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency. Harvard students enrolled in Warren's contracts class were ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • GM's new boss woos autoworkers in first staff memo

    DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors' <GM.UL> new boss Dan Akerson sent his first letter to staff on Thursday, saying he valued the role of organized labor in the company's success as GM heads into negotiations with its union-represented U.S. workers next year. Akerson ... More

  • Lehman preps bank units for sale or shutdown

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc <LEHMQ.PK>, the bankrupt U.S. investment bank, needs at least $550 million to keep its two bank units going as it prepares to sell them or shut them down in 18 months, court documents show. Lehman asked ... More

  • Burkle to appeal Barnes & Noble poison pill ruling

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Ron Burkle plans to appeal a Delaware court ruling that upheld an anti-takeover "poison pill" put in place by bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N>. Burkle, whose Yucaipa Companies firm owns 18.8 percent of Barnes & Noble's shares and ... More

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  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

  • Next time it's for real... Chiefs beat Packers in pre-season finale

    KANSAS CITY (TSN-WSAU) Brodie Croyle completed 11-of-16 throws for 119 yards and Jackie Battle carried 10 times for 67 yards and a touchdown to lead Kansas City to a 17-13 win over Green Bay to conclude the preseason for both teams. Chiefs starting quarterback Matt ... More

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  • Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market. Final data from the so-called SCOUT study, published on Wednesday ... More

  • Too little sleep bad for teenagers' diets: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said getting too little sleep can result ... More

  • Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia progression

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday. The findings ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite." A day earlier ... More

  • Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday. T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., 29, was arrested with his wife on Sunset Boulevard Wednesday night after police ... More

  • Film brings lives of Palestinian women to Venice

    VENICE (Reuters) - The lives of four Arab-Israeli women spanning three generations against the backdrop of conflict are at the center of "Miral," a film by Julian Schnabel based on his Palestinian partner's biographical book. From the 1948 creation of the Jewish state to the ... More

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