Prince Andrew becomes first UK royal on Twitter
Mon Jul 08 09:19:00 PDT 2013 LONDON (AP) Twitter is now a bit more royal. Britain's Prince Andrew has joined the micro-blogging service as @TheDukeOfYork. By Mike Fischer, Special to the Journal...
View ArticleSettlement could cost funeral homes up to $15 million
Mon Jul 08 09:06:11 PDT 2013 Madison — Wisconsin funeral homes will likely eat $12 million to $15 million in costs of prepaid funerals under a settlement approved in Dane County court Monday. The...
View ArticleGorzelanny starts against the Mets
| With Wily Peralta bumped back a couple of days to allow a hamstring strain to recover, reliever Tom Gorzelanny makes a fill-in start Sunday for the Brewers against the Mets at Miller Park. Here is...
View ArticleBuddy Guy; K'NAAN; Craig Morgan; Drake White; Bonzie; Terrance Simien & the...
Sat Jul 06 21:56:00 PDT 2013 Buddy Guy If you had to pick one man as the template for modern rock, you could hardly do better than Buddy Guy. Back in the '60s Guy designed the house that Hendrix,...
View ArticleBox office: 'Despicable Me 2' routs 'Ranger'
Sun Jul 07 09:30:15 PDT 2013 NEW YORK (AP) The minions of "Despicable Me 2" ran away with the July 4th box office, leaving the Johnny Depp Western "The Lone Ranger" in the dust. According to studio...
View ArticleSaatchi says he is divorcing Nigella Lawson
Sun Jul 07 05:42:45 PDT 2013 LONDON (AP) Prominent art collector Charles Saatchi said Sunday he is divorcing his celebrity chef wife Nigella Lawson because she did not publicly defend his reputation...
View ArticleFormer Kenosha Sheriff Larry Zarletti has died
| , who served as Kenosha County sheriff from 1996 to 2002, has died, the Kenosha News reports. Zarletti, 60, sufferened an apparent heart attack this morning. Comments (0) | Write a reply... 0...
View ArticleKaty Perry attended John Mayer's Summerfest show, says Big Gig boss
Sat Jul 06 22:03:00 PDT 2013 Summerfest CEO Don Smiley said a special guest caught 's "Born & Raised" tour kick-off at the Marcus Amphitheater Saturday night. Pop star , Mayer's on-again/off-again...
View ArticleNew Pynchon, Donna Tartt, Flannery O'Connor books coming later this year,...
| New novels from Thomas Pynchon and Donna Tartt and the late Flannery O'Connor's prayer journal are among the promising books due out later in 2013, according to The Millions' . The online magazine...
View ArticleCountry singer Randy Travis hospitalized in Texas
Mon Jul 08 14:18:00 PDT 2013 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Country music star Randy Travis has been hospitalized in Texas with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was...
View ArticleMake other plans: closed restaurants
| For the record, restaurant closings to note: Coa: Marc and Marta Bianchini’s Mexican restaurant in Glendale’s Bayshore Town Center closed after service June 27. The space will be filled in fall by a...
View ArticleTim Lawhern, DNR enforcement and science leader, to retire
| Tim Lawhern, administrator of the Department of Natural Resources' , has announced his plan to retire. Lawhern, 58, has worked 24 years at the agency. From 1994 to January 2011, he served as the...
View ArticleAvalon renovation to get under way
Sat Jul 06 17:17:00 PDT 2013 More than eight years after buying Bay View's Avalon Theater, Lee Barczak is set to begin a $2.5 million conversion of the long-closed building into a two-screen cinema...
View ArticleTwinkies to last longer than many may remember
Mon Jul 08 10:03:12 PDT 2013 NEW YORK (AP) Twinkies don't last forever, but they'll have more staying power than most people remember when they return to shelves next week. Hostess Brands LLC says the...
View ArticleLauryn Hill starts prison sentence for taxes
Mon Jul 08 10:43:42 PDT 2013 DANBURY, Conn. (AP) Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut on Monday for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes...
View ArticleAramis Ramirez sits out again
| Third baseman Aramis Ramirez is out of the lineup again Monday as the Brewers try to give his ailing left knee a rest, which means Juan Francisco is back at third for the game against the Reds at...
View ArticleOverkill: Police SWAT teams sent to fight poker games, liquor violations
| Salon has to break up poker games and carry out raids in search of underage drinking and other crimes. The door-busting, guns-drawn tactics can have deadly consequences as reporter details. In a...
View ArticleDane Cook, Umphrey's McGee, Rhett Miller among new concert announcements
Mon Jul 08 10:00:00 PDT 2013 Having Summerfest withdrawal already? Not to worry - several concerts have been announced Monday morning that will be taking place throughout the rest of the year at the...
View ArticleKanye West drops video for New Slaves
| I've been awaiting a video off of Kanye's Yeezus album. I expected a creepy, overly-artsy and nonsensical visual treatment for anything off of the album. That's exactly what he delivered with "Black...
View ArticleBader Foundation promotes Lopez Vento
| Maria Lopez Vento has been named vice president for programs and partnerships by the In her new post, she will oversee the foundation's efforts to address social needs in Milwaukee, in Wisconsin,...
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