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Governors Back House on Stimulus
Governors
Back House
on Stimulus
Feb 11, 2009 8:02 AM CST

Governors Back House on Stimulus

Senate version provides for half as much direct state aid

(Newser) - With the House and Senate reconciling their competing stimulus bills, governors are pushing for the House version to prevail, the Washington Post reports. States would receive billions in aid if that version goes through—or next to nothing if the Senate's legislation passes. "If the Senate version holds, there...

Obama Pushes 'Shovel Ready' Projects for Stimulus

$150 billion in plans ready to go across US

(Newser) - The US has 19,000 public projects ready to go, with the potential to infuse $150 billion into the economy and put thousands of people to work, NPR reports. President Obama is pushing for immediate approval of the $700 billion economic stimulus bill to start paying for the work, but...

Teen Bullied Peers for Sex via Facebook: Cops

Wis. native posed as girl, then blackmailed male students

(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook to sexually blackmail male students at his former high school. Anthony Stancl, 18, solicited naked photos of at least 31 boys by pretending to be female. He then forced at least seven, all underage, to perform sexual favors to keep...

Man Nabbed in Mississippi for Obama Threats

Wisc. native faces 5 years in prison for online posts

(Newser) - A Wisconsin man was arrested in Mississippi yesterday after posting online threats to kill Barack Obama, the Daily Leader reports. Steven Joseph Christopher, 43, had written “ok we have 9 days until my Presidential Assasination” in an expletive-filled, anti-Semitic posting on the website alien-earth.org. He referred to Obama...

Court: Naked Have Right Not to Be Taped

Man argued that nude lover had no right to privacy from hidden camera

(Newser) - Shucking off your clothes in front of somebody doesn't strip you of your privacy rights, a Wisconsin court ruled yesterday. The court ruled against a man who claimed that because his then-girlfriend was often nude in front of him, it was legal for him to secretly videotape her with a...

John McCain, Here's How You Can Still Win This Election

Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says

(Newser) - John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick...

Drunk Driver Opts for 'I'm Stupid' Sign

Man chooses to wear the sign, not do the time

(Newser) - A Wisconsin drunk driver who crashed into a water treatment plant has chosen humiliation over jail time, WEAU reports. Instead of serving a sentence for property damage, Shane McQuillan, 22, who admitted he was “just being stupid,” was sentenced to wear a sign reading “I was stupid....

McCain Losing Ground in Pro-Bush Strongholds

Poll: Obama holds slim lead in Ohio; dead heat in NC; Mac's edge slim in Ind.

(Newser) - John McCain finds himself fighting to hold some states that went red in 2000 and ‘04—a bad sign for the Republican, Time reports. Polls show Barack Obama in real contention in once-solid GOP states like Indiana and North Carolina, and inching ahead in crucial Ohio. Obama has also...

Poll: Obama, McCain Tied in 5 Key States

Barack gains, Mac seen as 'typical Repub' as economy worries hit

(Newser) - The race for the White House is in a dead heat in some vital swing states, according to a new CNN poll. The poll found John McCain and Barack Obama effectively tied in Florida and Ohio while in North Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin—where both contenders are pouring resources—neither...

Court: Cops Wrong to Tape Man's Sex With Comatose Wife

Privacy law violated in sexual assault case

(Newser) - A Wisconsin court today threw out evidence against a man police videotaped having sex with his comatose wife in her nursing-home room, the AP reports, arguing that authorities violated his constitutional rights. The court ruled that David Johnson, 59, who’s been charged with felony sexual assault, had an expectation...

Obama Dials Back Campaigning to Watch Gustav

Supporters received Red Cross donation requests from campaign

(Newser) - Barack Obama curtailed his Labor Day speeches to unions in the Midwest today to keep the focus on the Gulf Coast, asking instead for silent prayer and donations to the Red Cross. Republicans, after scaling back the opening of this week's convention because of Hurricane Gustav, had criticized Obama for...

College Peddles Bike Program to Go Green

Wis. school offers freshmen free cycles for no-car pledge

(Newser) - Incoming freshmen are jumping on a Wisconsin college’s offer of a brand-new bike in return for leaving their cars at home, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ripon College aims to save parking spots, and perhaps the planet, with its Velorution Project. The initiative, one newly minted student cyclist says,...

Guitar Whiz Has Underage Blues
 Guitar Whiz Has Underage Blues
Aug 13, 2008 1:13 PM CDT

Guitar Whiz Has Underage Blues

Club gigs violate child labor laws, state officials say

(Newser) - An 8-year-old guitar prodigy's nightclub gigs have put him on the wrong side of the law in Wisconsin. Officials were alerted to Tallan "T-Man" Latz's child-labor-law-breaking performances by an anonymous email—perhaps from a jealous older musician—and barred him from clubs, reports the AP. But Latz, who has...

Mich. Gunman Plotted Killings for Years

38-year old Scott Johnson shot 3 teenagers to death

(Newser) - A gunman in Wisconsin who killed three teenage swimmers last week plotted to commit a shooting for the past 4 or 5 years, the AP reports, and finally implemented his plan after fearing police would charge him in an unrelated sexual assault. Scott Johnson had hidden an assault rifle and...

Green Bay, Uncertain Future Await Reinstated Favre

'Retired' QB will report to Green Bay tomorrow

(Newser) - On-again-off-again NFL retiree Brett Favre will report to Packers camp tomorrow, when the team is expected to decide whether to welcome him back, trade him, or pay him to go away, ESPN reports. The NFL will reinstate the indecisive QB, who will go on Green Bay's active roster, but commissioner...

Killer of 3 Captured After Wisc. Manhunt

Gunman emerged from woods, shot 4 swimmers

(Newser) - A man dressed in camouflage clothing walked out of the woods in northern Wisconsin woods yesterday and opened fire on four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them, the AP reports. Authorities made an arrest this morming, after a dragnet that included...

Country Fans to Crossover Simpson: Cross Back

'No twang' in singer's country tunes

(Newser) - Struggling pop star Jessica Simpson’s country crossover got off to a rocky start Saturday when her debut performance at Wisconsin’s Country Thunder Festival drew a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd, the Kenosha News reports. "I just don't hear the country in her; I don't hear the...

Levees Crumbling, Midwest Struggles to Stem Tide

Aging infrastructure is barely coping with severe weather

(Newser) - The worst flooding in 15 years has exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the Midwest's aging infrastructure, the Chicago Tribune reports. Levees, bridges, and dams, some a century old, are barely coping with severe storms—while some are collapsing completely. Dikes and levees broke in several states last week after torrential...

Midwest Storms Threaten Worst Flooding in 15 Years

Communities work to repair damage from weekend waters

(Newser) - As climbing rivers knocked out an Iowa bridge and flooded Illinois farms, communities along the Mississippi River are bracing for what could be its biggest overflow in 15 years, the AP reports. The National Weather Service warned of crests of 10 feet above flood stage and higher over the next...

Teen Busted for Posting Ex's Nude Pix on MySpace

Revenge backfires for Wisconsin 17-year-old

(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen didn't take it too well when his relationship turned sour, so he posted graphic nude photographs of his 16-year-old ex on his MySpace page with equally graphic captions, reports the Smoking Gun. The cops got a foul-mouthed refusal when they asked him to remove the photos. That's...

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