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  1. Return of national guard unit will test veteran care efforts Return of national guard unit will test veteran care efforts
    By STEVEN VERBURG | sverburg@madison.com | 608-252-6118
    The military trained them for war. Now it's preparing them for peace.
    Updated: Nov 20, 2009 | 5:55 pm | Loading…
  2. Tavern League removes Nitty Gritty owner from ALRC Tavern League removes Nitty Gritty owner from ALRC
    By DEVIN ROSE | 608-252-6120 | drose@madison.com
    The owner of a popular campus-area bar was removed from a powerful city committee by the Madison-Dane County Tavern League for health reasons, its president said Thursday.
    Nov 19, 2009 | 10:55 pm | Loading…
  3. Elder abuse continues to climb in state, Dane County Elder abuse continues to climb in state, Dane County
    Dean Mosiman | 608-252-6141 | dmosiman@madison.com
    Once again, reports of elder abuse reached new highs in Dane County and the state, a state report says.
    Updated: Nov 20, 2009 | 1:26 pm | Loading…

Politics and Government

'It hits you: I've got a hole in my leg' -- Fort Hood shooting survivor says
'It hits you: I've got a hole in my leg' -- Fort Hood shooting survivor says
A brush with death has a way of coloring life. Spc. Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi, came home from Fort Hood, Texas, today, arriving at the Dane County Regional Airport with a bullet still lodged in his left thigh from the rampage Nov. 5. that killed 13 people, including two from Wisconsin. Moxon …
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Crime and courts

Doyle announces three finalists for judicial post; Blanchard not on the short list
A state lawmaker from northern Wisconsin, a state public defender and a state agency attorney are the three finalists for a judicial post on the state's 4th District Court of Appeals, Gov. Jim Doyle's office said Friday. But Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard is not on the short l…

Health and Medicine

DNR issues air quality watch in 59 counties for this weekend
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality watch in 59 counties for this weekend because of predicted increased levels of fine particles in the air. The particles primarily come from combustion sources such as power plants and factories, according to the advisory…

Science and Nature

‘Wolf or wolf hybrid’ captured on Madison's West Side
Animal control officers captured an animal that looked like a "wolf or wolf hybrid" on Madison's West Side this morning. "Did it look like a wolf or wolf mix? Yes," Patrick Comfert, lead animal control officer for the Madison Dane County Health Department, said of the animal picked up in the…

Around the region

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday. Scientists recently collected 32 DNA samples of Asian carp between the barrier and Lak…

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