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Monday, December 14

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Laptop City Hall: This week in the city
City government reporter Kristin Czubkowski highlights key city meetings for the week.
Kristin Czubkowski
Updated: 5:30 pm
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Senate health ‘deal’ is a gift to big insurers
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Senate health ‘deal’ is a gift to big insurers
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is pulling no punches in his criticism of the health care reform “deal”
Capital Times editorial
5:00 am
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opinion > column > dave zweifel
Plain Talk: Rosenthal, Obama must stand fast against Jewish right-wing
The latest to draw the wrath of Israeli “right-or-wrongers” is Madison’s own Hannah Rosenthal
Dave Zweifel | Capital Times editor emeritus
5:00 am
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opinion > column
Eric Hansen: Copenhagen, climate change and common sense conservation
Wisconsin has already shown how to do it.
Eric Hansen | Milwaukee writer
4:55 am
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opinion > column
Deb Price: A decade of wonderful progress for gay couples
What most surprises me about our new millennium’s kickoff decade is how much the gay rights movement’s gains have had to do with couples.
Deb Price | national columnist
4:50 am
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local > govt and politics
Washington Post: Senate passes spending bill
The $447B omnibus measure clears a package of six appropriations bills for Obama's signature.
Ben Pershing | Washington Post
4:45 am
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local > environment
Washington Post: U.S. unveils plan to rev up clean technology in poor nations
Energy Secretary Steven Chu will announce on Monday an international plan to deploy clean technology in developing countries, a $350 million, …
Juliet Eilperin| Washington Post
3:30 am
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opinion > column > ed garvey
17 million hungry kids call for Obama's attention
Since his inauguration, Obama has seldom broached the subject of childhood hunger. So far there are no new approaches from the administration …
ED GARVEY | comments@fightinngbob.com
2:30 am
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Sunday, December 13

Madison360: Obey out front versus Obama
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Madison360: Obey out front versus Obama
David Obey, who for 40 years has represented northwestern Wisconsin in Congress, appears to be the face of Democratic opposition to President …
Paul Fanlund | pfanlund@madison.com
9:35 am
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Cap Times history: Fighting the Klan, growing stronger
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Cap Times history: Fighting the Klan, growing stronger
The years before World War II saw the newspaper grow, both in terms of circulation and in its reputation as a champion of the less fortunate.
Mike Miller | The Capital Times
9:00 am
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Don’t sacrifice civic values for Edgewater deal
opinion > column > john nichols
Don’t sacrifice civic values for Edgewater deal
The City Council should refuse to be pressured into overriding a decision by the Landmarks Commission to reject plans for the Edgewater project
John Nichols | associate editor of The Capital Times
7:00 am
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opinion > column
Billy Feitlinger: Community Shares is philanthropy at its best
For decades Community Shares of Wisconsin has been on the cutting edge of long-term change in our community.
Billy Feitlinger / former member, Madison City Council
4:55 am
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opinion > column
Ezra Klein: Wages, health ‘benefits’ inextricably linked
For all the hype over health care reform, we have not done a very good job of talking about the health care system itself.
Ezra Klein | Washington Post writer
4:50 am
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opinion > column
Roland S. Martin: Tiger Woods always will be golf role model
Even though the number of his reputed mistresses may pass the number of golf majors he’s won, it’s laughable reading and listening to some…
Roland S. Martin | national columnist
4:45 am
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opinion > column
Tiseke Kasambala: Blood diamonds are no one’s best friend
As Americans flock to stores for holiday shopping, some plan to buy diamonds for loved ones. But that special gift could have a bloody past.
Tiseke Kasambala | Human Rights Watch researcher
4:45 am
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Saturday, December 12

Justice Roggensack mounts tortured defense of legalized bribery
opinion > editorial
Justice Roggensack mounts tortured defense of legalized bribery
Justice Patience Roggensack tried to portray an Oct. 28 action by the Wisconsin Supreme Court as an embrace of democracy
Capital Times editorial
5:00 am
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DNR poised to add 400 acres to Baraboo Hills rec area
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DNR poised to add 400 acres to Baraboo Hills rec area
The purchase will take the land off the tax rolls but the state will make payments in lieu of taxes to the local units of government.
MIKE IVEY | The Capital Times | mivey@madison.com
Updated: 5:43 pm
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Quick Question: What hassles did you encounter with the Dec. 9 snowstorm?
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Quick Question: What hassles did you encounter with the Dec. 9 snowstorm?
Here’s how six citizens answered this week’s question posed by Capital Times freelancer Kevin Murphy.
Compiled by Kevin Murphy
4:55 am
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opinion > column
Connie Schultz: Professor was more than her cause of death
Trudy Steuernagel was a mighty force in the lives of her students, including me.
Connie Schultz | national columnist
4:50 am
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Mike Tidwell: To really save the planet, stop going green
Amid the global warming talks in Copenhagen, there’s one simple step Americans can take to help out: Stop “going green.”
Mike Tidwell | executive director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
4:45 am
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Paul Gagliardi: Auto insurance reforms good for consumers
The automobile insurance reforms that passed the Legislature will provide greater protection for you and your family.
Paul Gagliardi | president, Wisconsin Association for Justice
4:40 am
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Friday, December 11

business > money manager
Confessions of a Money Manager: Stock market cool on alternative energy -- you shouldn’t be
A phalanx of environmentalists has gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, to deliberate on global warming and its potential impact on human civilization.
Ray Unger
4:05 pm
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Speed trap avoidance goes high tech -- and police don't mind
local > crime and courts
Speed trap avoidance goes high tech -- and police don't mind
With radar detectors obsolete, you might think police would hate a new wave of websites and services that track speed trap locations. You woul…
STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | selbow@madison.com
3:15 pm
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Reject taxation without representation for Milwaukee schools
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Reject taxation without representation for Milwaukee schools
Gov. Jim Doyle continues to promote his wrongheaded proposal to give the mayor of Milwaukee the power to appoint the Milwaukee Public Schools …
Capital Times editorial
5:00 am
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Plain Talk: Gay-marriage bashers should embrace ban on divorce
opinion > column > dave zweifel
Plain Talk: Gay-marriage bashers should embrace ban on divorce
California's John Marcotte is in the process of collecting 700,000 signatures to put a “ban divorce” initiative on the statewide ballot
Dave Zweifel | Capital Times editor emeritus
4:55 am
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Melanie G. Ramey: High court has another chance to get it right on recusal
It was painful on Oct. 28 to watch the Wisconsin Supreme Court reject the League of Women Voters’ proposal to require judges and justices to…
Melanie G. Ramey | League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund president
4:50 am
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Stanley Kutler: On financial oversight, we’re still waiting, Mr. President
Even if President Barack Obama doesn’t deliver the change he promised, at least he could restore basic oversight in key financial areas.
Stanley Kutler | author and UW emeritus professor
4:45 am
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E.J. Dionne Jr.: NRA members back reasonable gun controls
The National Rifle Association wields power that would make an Afghan warlord jealous
E.J. Dionne Jr. | national columnist
4:40 am
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Harold Meyerson: Stimulus spending less than advertised
For weeks, virtually every White House employee with the power of speech has made clear that the president doesn’t intend to increase the deficit
Harold Meyerson | editor, American Prospect
4:35 am
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business > technology > blog
Tech: AT&T U-verse now at 2 million customers
Company also launching faster Internet offering in limited markets to start.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
3:10 am
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business > technology > blog
Tech: Americans have ‘insatiable appetite' for video, Nielsen finds
Online video use up by more than one-third in past year.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
3:00 am
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Cross Country: Drinking raw milk common on farm in old days, but was it safe?
business > cross country
Cross Country: Drinking raw milk common on farm in old days, but was it safe?
My family drank raw, unpasteurized milk, but I don’t remember ever thinking about the quality of that milk.
By JOHN F. ONCKEN | Correspondent for The Capital Times
1:00 am
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Thursday, December 10

business > technology > blog
Tech: CEO says Woods scandal 'better than Michael Jackson dying' for helping Yahoo! make money
UW grad Carole Bartz says Internet firms benefiting from Woods-related spike in traffic.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times |jrichgels@madison.com
11:35 am
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business > technology > blog
Tech: AT&T tops in 3G wireless speeds, study finds
But study does not undermine Verizon's claims of AT&T's 3G coverage gaps.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
11:30 am
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opinion > column
Amy Goodman: Take me to your climate leader
Copenhagen has been transformed into a vibrant, global hub of climate-change activism, forums and protest planning.
Amy Goodman | national columnist
11:30 am
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business > technology > blog
Tech: Facebook changes give users more privacy controls
The new controls are designed to simplify the cumbersome privacy settings that have confounded many people -- which is one reason why only 15 …
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
10:40 am
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Washington Post: Amid war in Afghanistan, Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize
local > govt and politics
Washington Post: Amid war in Afghanistan, Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, nine days after announcing plans to deploy 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Af…
By MICHAEL A. FLETCHER | The Washington Post
10:05 am
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School lunch reform on Madison's menu
local > education > local schools
School lunch reform on Madison's menu
Consultant Beth Collins says she is eager to share ideas with a new group in Madison working to improve school meals.
By SUSAN TROLLER | The Capital Times | stroller@madison.com
9:45 am
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After storm, caution urged as bitter cold blows in
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After storm, caution urged as bitter cold blows in
Authorities were urging drivers to use caution because many stretches of road remained either snow- or ice-covered.
By BILL NOVAK | The Capital Times | bnovak@madison.com
7:15 am
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Feingold appropriately concerned by Dems' compromise
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Feingold appropriately concerned by Dems' compromise
Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold said he would not support “proposals that would replace the public option"
Capital Times editorial
5:00 am
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opinion > column > john nichols
Obama’s tepid response to jobs crisis is a start -- but just that
President Obama is starting to “get it,” as evidenced by a series of job creation proposals the White House released Tuesday
JOHN NICHOLS | associate editor, The Capital Times
4:55 am
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56 newspapers, 45 countries: Climate change is profound emergency
Unless we combine to take decisive action, climate change will ravage our planet, and with it our prosperity and security.
4:45 am
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Joseph A. Califano Jr.: Private conscience, public morality
The brouhaha over a Rhode Island bishop forbidding a member of Congress from taking Communion exposes the religious and political minefields f…
Joseph A. Califano Jr. | former secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
4:40 am
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opinion > column
Dana Milbank: Obama supporters get a dose of reality
Some parishioners in the Church of Obama discovered last week that their spiritual leader is a false prophet.
Dana Milbank
4:35 am
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Wednesday, December 09

business > technology > blog
Tech: Truth in broadband?
Of all the data being collected for a federal probe into truth-in-billing rules for communications services, one statistic stands out: Consume…
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
3:00 pm
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business > technology > blog
Tech: FCC reportedly examining Verizon's doubling of early termination fees
The company has until Dec. 17 to explain "the rationale" behind the higher fees, PC World reported.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
2:35 pm
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business > technology > blog
Tech: New iPhone app tells AT&T about reception problems
Yahoo! report says options include "dropped call," "failed call," "no coverage," "data failure," and "poor voice quality."
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
2:20 pm
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The Washington Post: Senate may drop public option
local > govt and politics
The Washington Post: Senate may drop public option
Senate negotiators struck a tentative agreement to drop the public option. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., quickly criticized the deal.
By SHAILAGH MURRAY and LORI MONTGOMERY | The Washington Post
12:50 pm
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Ready, set, fire! Pols take on NRA
local > govt and politics
Ready, set, fire! Pols take on NRA
Some brave Wisconsin lawmakers are taking up the banner of gun control, despite the lobbying might of the NRA.
By JESSICA VanEGEREN | The Capital Times | jvanegeren@madison.com
6:00 am
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Plain Talk: Take off the transportation blinders
opinion > column > dave zweifel
Plain Talk: Take off the transportation blinders
It’s a myth that the streets, highways and bridges that accommodate our love affair with the automobile are all paid for by highway taxes.
Dave Zweifel | Capital Times editor emeritus
5:00 am
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