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- In Case You Missed It: Housing booms and muted protests June 19, 2013Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
- Little public opposition to Assembly's passage of budget, unlike two years ago June 19, 2013What a difference two years makes.
- Progressive Dane says Soglin's attempt to reveal political spending didn't go far enough June 19, 2013More disclosures would help ensure that the political process isn't being corrupted by entities with a financial stake in the outcome, said Matt Kozlowski, treasurer of the local progressive p…
- Controversial report says UW-Madison does not prepare teachers to teach June 19, 2013An advocacy group in Washington D.C. reviewed the syllabi and textbooks for UW education courses and determined aspiring teachers aren't learning enough.
- Bill Lueders: UW System blasted for its Internet service provider choice June 19, 2013Lawmakers and the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association are outraged that the UW System has picked WiscNet as its Internet provider.
- State Debate: Gun zealot assemblyman needs a civics lesson, notes his hometown paper June 19, 2013A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.
- Morning briefing: Soglin's plan rejected, UW education schools report, Catholic sex abuse crisis June 19, 2013Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.
- As construction booms in Madison, skilled workers are in short supply June 19, 2013The housing boom reflects a welcome reality after the long recession: There are nearly no vacant apartments in downtown Madison.
The Chicago Tribune
- Hawks Game Day: Lead 4-3 after wild second period June 20, 2013There were goals by Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane separated by about two minutes in the second period. Then a Bruins answer. Then a Marcus Kruger score, then another Bruins power play goal that cut the Hawks lead to 4-3 after two periods of Game 4.
- James Gandolfini dies at 51 June 20, 2013James Gandolfini, the actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series "The Sopranos," has died while vacationing in Rome, Italy, the network said on Wednesday.
- Family IDs body pulled from lake as missing student June 20, 2013A body pulled from Lake Michigan was identified by relatives as a University of Chicago student who had been missing since last week, officials said.
- 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dies at 51 June 19, 2013Variety is reporting that 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini has died. Representatives for HBO have confirmed that the actor has died in Italy at the age of 51.
- Lawmakers take steps to tackle pension reform June 19, 2013The General Assembly is in special session today to form a conference committee of lawmakers who will try to come up with a way to break a stalemate on government worker pension reform.
- Hawks' Hossa 'expected' to play June 19, 2013Though Marian Hossa missed the morning skate today, the explosive winger should return to the lineup at a critical point of the Stanley Cup Final tonight.
- OfficeMax seeks incentives to keep HQ in Illinois June 19, 2013OfficeMax executives are seeking economic incentives to maintain their Illinois corporate headquarters once the Naperville-based office supply retailer completes its merger with rival Office Depot.
- Lawmakers likely to punt on pension reform June 19, 2013Any compromise reached by panel of 10 legislators would still need approval from both chambersLawmakers return to the Capitol today to consider fixes for Illinois' pension system, but the likely outcome is a committee to seek a compromise.
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- Commotion Over the Sale of John Denver’s Sanctuary June 20, 2013Friends and fellow conservationists are worried about the future of the singer’s 957 acres in the Colorado mountains.
- Obama Readying Emissions Limits on Power Plants June 20, 2013The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one sure to provoke legal challenges from Republicans and some industries.
- HPV Vaccine Is Credited in Fall of Teenagers’ Infection Rate June 20, 2013The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus, a principal cause of cervical cancer, has dropped by half in the last decade, officials say.
- East Wing Journal: Michelle Obama Promotes Healthy Eating With a Grass-Roots Campaign June 20, 2013As part of the first lady’s agenda to improve children’s eating habits, a healthy recipe contest will culminate with the winning authors joining her for a “state dinner.”
- Obama Says Surveillance Helped in Case in Germany June 20, 2013Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to confirm the president’s comments on the controversy, which has followed him on his diplomatic trip abroad.
- Europe Fines Drug Companies for Delaying Generics June 20, 2013Antitrust regulators levied a total of $195.5 million in penalties for what they said were companies’ attempts to block a less expensive generic version of a popular antidepressant.
- Three Naval Academy Midshipmen Accused of Sexual Assault June 19, 2013The case stems from an off-campus party in 2012 that involved heavy drinking.
- F.B.I. Hunt for Hoffa’s Remains Ends June 19, 2013The excavation of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader James R. Hoffa, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery.
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- Google balloons to make Net truly globalGoogle balloons to make Net truly global Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:29 am, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Eighteen months in the works, the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households […]
- Nude acrobat pleads not guilty to batteryNude acrobat pleads not guilty to battery The naked acrobat filmed last month accosting passengers in a San Francisco BART station pleaded not guilty to charges of false imprisonment and battery Tuesday while his worried friends looked on and said he needed psychiatric attention. Yeiner Perez Garizabalo, 24, who goes by the shortened Yeiner Perez, barely spo […]
- Conservation group helps save Skunk TrainConservation group helps save Skunk Train The world-famous Skunk Train, stopped in its tracks earlier this year by a tunnel collapse, was given a new lease on life Tuesday after San Francisco's Save the Redwoods League stepped up with fix-it money. The nonprofit conservation group purchased a $300,000 option to establish an easement protecting redwoods […]
- San Jose sues MLB over A's blocked moveSan Jose sues MLB over A's blocked move The city of San Jose sued Major League Baseball on Tuesday in an effort to move the Oakland Athletics to the South Bay, a lawsuit that challenges the Giants' claim to the region and MLB's monopoly over the business of professional baseball. The lawsuit claims Major League Baseball and its commissioner, B […]
- Judith Salerno new Susan G. Komen CEOJudith Salerno new Susan G. Komen CEO Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:52 pm, Monday, June 17, 2013 Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast c […]
- High court rejects Arizona voting lawHigh court rejects Arizona voting law McClatchy News Copyright 2013 McClatchy News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:52 pm, Monday, June 17, 2013 The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal elections provide proof of U.S. […]
- Ex-contractor vows more surveillance leaksEx-contractor vows more surveillance leaks Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as "nakedly, aggressively criminal." Snowden unmasked himself on June 9 as the source for n […]
- Chinese dissident says NYU is evicting himChinese dissident says NYU is evicting him Los Angeles Times Copyright 2013 Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:53 pm, Monday, June 17, 2013 The relationship between New York University and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng - whose flight from his homeland last year ca […]
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- California lawmakers split over restoring Public Records Act June 20, 2013California's Public Records Act, revered by citizen activists and journalists as a fundamental right to open government, came under assault last week in a cost-cutting move as legislators approved a new state budget. But now, with Gov. Jerry Brown poised to sign the budget, lawmakers are split over a campaign to restore funding to save the transparency […]
- Golden State Warriors looking to acquire a draft pick June 20, 2013With the 2013 NBA draft a week away, Golden State sits on the outside looking in; But general manager Bob Myers suggests the Warriors may not stay bystanders.
- East Palo Alto man sentenced to six months in jail for Christmas Eve shooting June 20, 2013A 62-year-old man who shot a woman in the hand and then held her at gunpoint for two hours inside his East Palo Alto apartment on Dec. 24, 2011 was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail, which the judge said he can serve at home with electronic monitoring.
- Oakland A's clubhouse sewage flood source cleared June 20, 2013Officials blamed an :unidentifiable mass' for blocking sewer pipes under the Oakland A's clubhouse at O.co Coliseum. The flood of sewage affected showers and three locker rooms. The facilities are being cleaned and the carpets being replaced before the A's return Tuesday.
- Police: Fifth marijuana grow found in Tracy; three suspects remain at large June 20, 2013TRACY -- Investigators on Wednesday served a search warrant at a Tracy home, uncovering the fifth large-scale residential marijuana grow they've found in the last week, police said.
- Woman dumped in Pleasanton trash can was not killer's first victim, prosecutors say June 20, 2013A Stockton man convicted of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her in a Pleasanton trash can was described Wednesday by one prosecutors as 'the closest thing to a serial killer' he's seen in his career.
- John McAfee resurfaces in ranting video mocking McAfee software June 20, 2013Eccentric former software pioneer John McAfee is back in the spotlight - lashing out at the anti-virus software that bears his name in a profanity-laced video.
- San Jose baseball: Oakland Athletics' move now on court's timetable rather than MLB's June 20, 2013San Jose's bombshell antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball puts the timetable for a decision in the hands of the federal courts rather than the baseball commissioner's office, but a judicial decision may also take a while.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Telly Hankton's attorneys seek court order to get identity of some witnesses, FBI records June 20, 2013Attorneys for convicted murdered Telly Hankton are seeking a court order forcing federal prosecutors to reveal the identity of some witnesses and to turn over investigative records that led to federal charges against Hankton and some members of his family
- Contractor pleads guilty to bribing Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman for more than $1 million in work June 20, 2013Richard Molenaar III, a former maintenance and construction contractor who did work for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit bribery.Molenaar admitted in his plea that he bribed John Sens, the former director of purchasing for...
- BP, Coast Guard criticized for trying to downgrade oil spill clean-up efforts June 20, 2013The authority also criticized the Army Corps of Engineers for trying to turn over completed parts of the New Orleans area levee system to the state and local levee districts before all levee improvements are complete.
- Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51 June 20, 2013LOS ANGELES -- James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was...
- Sen. Landrieu upset immigration bill debate centers on contentious amendments June 20, 2013WASHINGTON -- Angry that most of the debate over the pending immigration bill has centered on contentious amendments, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Wednesday evening called on Senate leaders to bring up amendments that enjoy wide support. Like hers."When we get...
- NOPD officer acquitted of taking payoffs from tow company June 20, 2013John Ray, 62, is found not guilty of malfeasance in office
- Appeals court rejects LSU's challenge to value placed on demolished Claiborne Towers building June 19, 2013An appellate court has upheld an Orleans Parish jury's decision that the state must pay the owners of the former Claiborne Towers or Grand Palace Hotel building at 1732 Canal St., imploded last year with great fanfare, more than twice...
- Marrero runner who died during Huey P. Long Bridge run was husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather June 19, 2013In the hours before they buried Douglas Stinson Sr., his wife and daughter couldn't help smiling as they talked about his life, his love of laughter and his pervasive sense of humor. "He was always cracking jokes," said Wanda Stinson,...
The Guardian, UK
- US races to mollify Hamid Karzai over plans for peace talks with Taliban June 19, 2013Afghan president suspends long-term security talks with Americans amid anger over Taliban press conference in QatarThe US was scrambling to salvage a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban on Wednesday amid a diplomatic row between Washington and the Afghan president Hamid Karzai over how the process was announced.Repeated phone calls by John Kerry, the U […]
- Brazil protesters win U-turn on fare rises June 20, 2013Rio and São Paulo leaders back down on public transport fare increases in face of mass unrestAuthorities in Brazil's two biggest cities have made a U-turn on public transport fare increases in the face of mass protests that have overshadowed the country's build up to next year's World Cup.In advance of major demonstrations on Thursday, the lea […]
- Obama vows to cut nuclear arms June 19, 2013President sticks to big themes of freedom and openness but acknowledges concerns over threats to privacy and drone strikesBarack Obama called for a renaissance in the shared liberal values that underpin western nations on Wednesday as he announced plans to cut nuclear weapons in a much-anticipated speech in Berlin that also acknowledged unease over privacy a […]
- Sydney Opera House patronage renews strong Danish-Australian ties June 20, 2013Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will be patrons of iconic building's 40th anniversary celebrationsDenmark's Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian wife, Crown Princess Mary, are to be the patrons of the Sydney Opera House's 40th anniversary celebrations in October.The Opera House's chief executive, Louise Herro […]
- Gillard's trip to Indonesia and gay marriage - parliamentary video highlights June 20, 2013Labor's Craig Emerson, the Liberal Scott Morrison, Greens Christine Milne and Adam Band, Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce and Democratic Labor party man John Madigan discuss the prime minister's visit to Indonesia, asylum seeker policy and gay marriage legislation
- Religion and sexuality shouldn't compete against each other | Senthorun Raj June 20, 2013Senthorun Raj: Freedom of religion is a human right. But it cannot be used to shield Australian religious institutions from perpetrating discriminationSenthorun Raj
- James Gandolfini dies aged 51 June 20, 2013Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswoman• James Gandolfini's life and career – in picturesThe Emmy-award winning American actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing New Jersey mafia boss Tony Soprano on the hit television series The Sopranos, has died in Italy aged 51. […]
- Asylum, detention and Indonesia: politics live blog June 20, 2013Julia Gillard to go to Indonesia, a debate on asylum, and more Labor leadership rumbling - all the action from the day in parliamentKatharine Murphy
The BBC
- Violent protests mar Brazil match June 19, 2013Protesters clash with police in Brazil's city of Fortaleza ahead of a football match against Mexico, as public discontent over poor public services widens.
- UN condemns 'despicable' Somali raid June 20, 2013UN head Ban Ki-moon expresses outrage over a "despicable" attack by Islamists on a UN office in Somalia which killed at least 15 people.
- Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dies June 20, 2013James Gandolfini, the US actor best known for his role as a therapy-seeking mob boss in The Sopranos, dies at the age of 51.
- Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts June 19, 2013Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.
- Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension June 19, 2013The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
- Microsoft U-turn in Xbox games row June 19, 2013Microsoft backtracks on controversial plans to impose strict restrictions on the playing and trading of games on its upcoming Xbox One console.
- FBI uses surveillance drones in US June 19, 2013The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate.
- Mexico arrests top 10 US fugitive June 19, 2013A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico.
The Independent, UK
- FBI finds possible human remains at former home of late gangster James Burke - the man who inspired Goodfellas June 19, 2013FBI agents have begun a search of a New York City home that was once occupied by James Burke, the infamous mobster who inspired Robert De Niro’s character in the 1990 movie Goodfellas.
- US jobless to fall but Fed wary of putting brakes on stimulus June 19, 2013The US Federal Reserve's bond buying programme could begin to slow down this year and come to an end around the middle of next year, the country's top central banker, Ben Bernanke, said yesterday.
- 'Climate change is the threat of our time': President Obama pledges new arms pact with Russia and a greener world June 19, 2013In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate that instantly invited comparisons with visits to the same spot by some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama sought to make a historic imprint of his own, pledging to forge a new pact with Russia to further cut nuclear arsenals and to step up the fight against global warming.
- FBI digs for bodies at home of late gangster James Burke - the man who inspired Goodfellas June 19, 2013FBI agents have begun a search of a New York City home that was once occupied by James Burke, the infamous mobster who inspired Robert De Niro’s character in the 1990 movie Goodfellas.
- ‘The last couple of years have been a bit bumpy,’ admits Johnny Depp after break-up with partner Vanessa Paradis June 19, 2013Johnny Depp has spoken publicly for the first time about his break-up with partner, the French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis.
- Brazil World Cup protests: National security force deployed to ensure Confederations Cup is not disrupted June 19, 2013A national security force will be deployed to five of Brazil’s major cities to ensure the Confederations Cup football tournament is not disrupted by the widespread protests that have swept the country.
- Brazil deploys national security force to quell unrest and ensure Confederations Cup is not disrupted June 19, 2013A national security force will be deployed to five of Brazil’s major cities to ensure the Confederations Cup football tournament is not disrupted by the widespread protests that have swept the country.
- 'Climate change is the threat of our time': Obama renews calls to reduce US-Russia nuclear weapons and to confront global warming June 19, 2013In an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, president Barack Obama has renewed his call to reduce US and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called “the global threat of our time.”
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