Wisconsin State Journal

New library is dead; city, Fiore Cos. agree to drop plans
DEAN MOSIMAN | dmosiman@madison.com | 608-252-6141

After a nearly two-hour private meeting Thursday afternoon, the city and the Fiore Cos. agreed to drop plans for the new $37 million library at the corner of Henry Street and West Washington Avenue.

Mar 18, 2010 | 6:50 pm | Loading…
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E-mails: Firing of Wis. vets secretary was planned
By MARY SPICUZZA | mspicuzza@madison.com | 608-252-6122

Members of the WiscoAt least a week before Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos was fired, the department's board members had secretly come up with a strategy to dismiss and replace him, complete with a "PR plan" and "talking points" about the decision, e-mails show.nsin Veterans Affairs B…

Mar 18, 2010 | 4:30 pm | Loading…
Teen girl sentenced for supplying drugs that killed 13-year-old boy
By PATRICIA SIMMS | psimms@madison.com | 608-252-6429

The 14-year-old Edgerton girl accused of supplying the prescription painkiller that led to the death of a 13-year-old town of Milton boy tearfully admitted her actions in Rock County's juvenile court Thursday afternoon.

Mar 18, 2010 | 4:09 pm
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: World's best cheese crowned in Madison; The NCAA Tournament may have tipped off Thursday but about an hour after the first basket was made, a gruyere cheese from Switzerland was named the top cheese at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace.

: Medicare tax a bad prescription; America can't afford to discourage investment in this weak economy.Yet that's how the president wants to help pay for his $940 billion health care reform bill.President Barack Obama wants to impose a new 2.9 percent Medicare tax on investment returns - interest, dividends, royalties and rent…

: Food experts: TV, travel have made cheese trendy; The growing popularity of an international cheese contest in Wisconsin underscores how trendy cheeses are becoming in the U.S. The 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest attracted 2,300 entries from 20 countries. A Swiss Gruyere (groo-YAHR') took top honors. One judge was former cheesemaker …

: WIAA boys basketball: Day 1 highlights around the Kohl Center; A look at the storylines, sights and sounds from the first day of competition at the state boys basketball tournament.

: From short films to documentaries, the Wisconsin Film Festival announces its lineup; The festival will run for five days, from April 14 to 18, and feature a range of movies on an array of topics from around the world.

Doug Moe

Doug Moe: Golden Dragon's Bot Mo truly was honorable mother

Suey Yee Wong ran the Golden Dragon restaurant off the Capitol Square, and everyone knew her as Bot Mo -- Honorable Mother.

Mar 18, 2010 | 4:00 pm

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Doug Moe: A Madison connection to Willie Nelson, and to the game of golf
This story has everything — music, celebrity, surprise, mistaken identity and, most important this time of year, golf. Everyone lives happily ever after in the end, especially Willie Nelson, the legendary singer-songwriter who played a sold-out show in Overture Hall Tuesday night. Willie g…

Mar 17, 2010 | 5:18 pm
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Doug Moe: 'Vampire cabbie' toasts Michael Moore's new film
Fred Schepartz, the vampire cabbie, had a party the other night to watch the movie he isn’t in.

Mar 16, 2010 | 4:52 pm
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Doug Moe: Filmmaker from Madison still drawing praise, controversy
What’s the link between a film festival in Germany and an American general and secretary of state? That would be filmmaker Cyrus Nowrasteh, who grew up in Madison and a decade ago made a controversial film about Alexander Haig.

Mar 15, 2010 | 3:45 pm
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Scott Milfred

Scott Milfred: Her job, not gender, sunk Lawton's bid for governor

She filled a post with little power or profile for seven years.She never won a general election at any level on her own.And her signature issue became tax breaks for the movie business -- something her own governor vetoed to shreds.So it's not surprising that Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton's campai…

Feb 06, 2010 | 3:10 pm

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Scott Milfred: Ryan smart to put fiscal focus first
He's pro-choice.He defends gay marriage.And he just won the endorsement of conservative U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis."He" is U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., a leading GOP challenger for President Barack Obama's old Illinois U.S. Senate seat.Ryan is pro-life and opposes gay marriage. He disagrees …

Jan 16, 2010 | 5:20 pm
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Scott Milfred: Cable critics ignore bundle of evidence
A new state audit suggesting cable television prices are soaring deserves a collective yawn across Wisconsin. The audit studied prices most people don't pay for services most companies don't aggressively compete over. In reality, most consumers are saving money by bundling video, telephone a…

Dec 13, 2009 | 10:40 am
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Scott Milfred: Override guv's veto? Yeah, right
The wimpy Wisconsin Legislature is flexing its noodle arm again. Gov. Jim Doyle must be oh, so scared. Lawmakers are threatening to override the governor's latest veto of a bill affecting the state Department of Natural Resources. But I doubt the Legislature could even lift the governor's ve…

Nov 22, 2009 | 9:50 am
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