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Boys hockey highlights: Waunakee at Edgewood
It's a 13-goal free-for-all in the WIAA regional finals Thursday on the WisconsinPrepZone.com Game of the Week when Madison Edgewood and Wauna…
BadgerBeat: Previewing Michigan State
Wisconsin couldn't beat the buzzer against Michigan State at home earlier this season, but it gets another shot at the Spartans on Thursday. J…
Highlights: WIAA regional wrestling
Stoughton hosts the WIAA Division 1 wrestling regionals on Saturday on the WisconsinPrepZone.com Game of the Week, and the Vikings get the top honors.
Inside Terrace Town
Terrace Town gives Dane County elementary school children a chance to design and build their own small-scale cities and put them on display at…
Jimmy the Groundhog's big day
The area's most famous groundhog, Jimmy, faces the public on his big day in Sun Prairie's Cannery Square. Also see the raw video of Jimmy's pr…
RAW VIDEO: Jimmy the Groundhog's forecast
Sun Prairie Mayor John Murray gets the word from Jimmy the Groundhog Thursday morning, but handler Jerry Hahn seems dubious.

: Former Bucyrus CEO appointed to business development post; Gov. Scott Walker has appointed former Bucyrus International CEO Tim Sullivan to serve as a special consultant and head a business development effort within his administration.

: Fast break: Badgers 'overpowered' in first half by transition-happy Spartans; Senior forward Draymond Green and sophomore guard Keith Appling scored 20 points apiece for the Spartans (21-5, 10-3 Big Ten), who raced to a 12-point halftime lead and held off a late surge by UW to maintain control of their own fate in the league race.

: On the Aisle: Young critic finds CTM's 'Bunnicula' 'adorable'; High school student critic Fiorella Fernandez had a very positive response to Children's Theater of Madison's entertaining "Bunnicula."

: Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria; New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid had been shot in the West Bank in 2002 and kidnapped for six days in Libya last year, but it was an apparent asthma attack that killed the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in Syria while he was reporting on the uprising against its president. Shadid,…

: Property Trax: State bill to strengthen landlord rights held up in Senate committee after contentious public hearing; A measure that opponents say would strip renters of many rights under state law is on hold, but could be voted on next week.

: Plain Talk: Actually, Obama has made the economy better; How many times have you heard it? Barack Obama’s policies have made the nation’s economy worse. That’s been the standard pitch from the Republicans in Congress. But actually, he has made it better.

: Hands on Wisconsin: Obama's new jersey; I'm often asked where I get my ideas from and I rarely know. But I can explain how this cartoon came to be. I saw the image of Gov. Walker giving President Obama a Brewer's jersey on the tarmac, and thought the image would make for a good cartoon. So I sketched up the exchange, but I had no …

: Romney takes on world as he vies for presidency; The world according Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney: Europeans are socialists. The Chinese are currency manipulators. Russia can't be trusted to abide by nuclear agreements. The Palestinians are out to destroy Israel. And the U.S. is too generous with humanitarian aid. It of…