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- Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans lock horns before Assembly right-to-work vote March 5, 2015Just before entering an executive session to discuss Wisconsin's fast-tracked right-to-work bill, party leaders locked horns over Democrats' proposed amendments.
- In Case You Missed It: Scott Walker puts the 'I' in 'right-to-work' March 4, 2015Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
- Carrie Scherpelz: Little tax cut doesn't compensate for reduced wages March 4, 2015Dear Editor: I heard that Rep. Steve Nass called a UW professor's report "partisan, garbage research." I beg to differ. Professor Steven Deller studied the effect of right-to-work legislation …
- Bruce Blakeslee: Right to work could, and should, mean many more calls to OSHA March 4, 2015Does Scott Walker really wants to unleash tens of thousands of workers to go straight to OSHA, instead of going through the buffer of a union?
- Scott Walker plans to sign right-to-work bill Monday March 4, 2015After months of declaring right-to-work legislation "a distraction" and not a priority, Gov. Scott Walker's tone shifted in a speech to business leaders on Wednesday.
- Young, Gifted and Black activist tangles with cops at state budget hearing March 4, 2015Outburst turned ugly as legislators continued discussion.
- Paul Busch: Union work sites much safer than nonunion March 4, 2015Dear Editor: Just as both men said in Will Kramer's column "Right to work will kill workers," I was in dangerous work conditions when I was nonunion. I joined the union for many reasons! Safet…
- Wisconsin Film Festival exclusive preview: 'Dog Days' March 4, 2015Every week, the Cap Times will have an exclusive premiere of one of the titles coming to the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival, which takes place April 9 to 16 in Madison.
The Chicago Tribune
- U.S. ambassador slashed with knife in attack in South Korea March 5, 2015U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a knife with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday.
- Wisconsin woman accused of Facebook chatting before crash that killed 3 children March 5, 2015A western Wisconsin woman is accused of chatting on Facebook before a crash that killed three children, including her daughter and two nieces, in December 2013.
- Federal jury sides with police officers in fatal shooting, awards no damages March 5, 2015A federal jury Wednesday sided with two Chicago police officers in the 2011 fatal shooting of a motorist in spite of a dispatch recording that suddenly surfaced in the middle of the trial that appeared to cast doubt on the officers' version of events.
- Blackhawks say this team as tight-knit as ever March 5, 2015Brent Seabrook had just finished answering an innocuous question about learning the tendencies of newly acquired teammates when reporters began drifting away.
- Ferguson employee fired, 2 others on leave over racist emails March 5, 2015Ferguson Mayor James Knowles says one police department employee was fired and two others are on administrative leave over racist emails uncovered in a Justice Department investigation into the city's law enforcement practices.
- Woman rescued from Chicago River March 5, 2015Chicago Fire Department divers rescued a woman who jumped into the Chicago River from the middle of the Wabash Avenue bridge downtown Wednesday night.
- Boston Marathon bombing suspect's lawyer: 'It was him' March 5, 2015The question, for all practical purposes, is no longer whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took part in the Boston Marathon bombing. It's whether he deserves to die for it.
- Two babies' bodies found stashed in Gary funeral home ceiling March 5, 2015The bodies of two babies, one stillborn and the other newborn, were removed Wednesday from Smith, Bizzell and Warner & Son Funeral Home after being stashed in the ceiling for years, police said.
The New York Times
- U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Hospitalized After Attack March 5, 2015The ambassador, Mark W. Lippert, was in stable condition after a South Korean assailant protesting joint American-South Korean military exercises attacked him with a knife.
- Andrew Lack Leaves Broadcasting Board of Governors After 6 Weeks March 5, 2015The hiring of Mr. Lack to the board, which oversees government-backed media like Voice of America, was viewed as a coup. But he is said to be in talks to return to NBCUniversal.
- Justice Department Calls On Ferguson to Overhaul Its Criminal Justice System March 5, 2015A report compiled in response to the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer said that the city had engaged in so many constitutional violations that they could be corrected only by its abandoning its entire approach to policing,
- Alabama Halts Gay Marriages After Ruling March 5, 2015After the State Supreme Court essentially contradicted a lower federal court’s ruling, all 48 county probate offices that had been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples stopped doing so.
- A Lawyer Taking Aim at the Health Care Act Gets a Supreme Court Rematch March 5, 2015Michael A. Carvin lost the first fight three years ago, when the justices ruled in favor of the Obama administration, but now he is taking another shot.
- Well: Children’s Lung Health Improves as Air Pollution Is Reduced, Study Says March 4, 2015The new study, conducted in Southern California, provides evidence that better air quality improved health among children, experts said.
- Iraqi Campaign to Drive ISIS From Tikrit Reveals Tensions With U.S. March 4, 2015Iraqi officials said that they would fight the Islamic State on their own timetable with or without American help, and U.S. warplanes sat out the biggest Iraqi counteroffensive yet.
- Motherlode Blog: Shelf, iPad, Bed Table: Reading, February 2015 March 4, 2015What I bought, what I read, what I thought I’d read and what I put down and never picked back up this February.
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- South Korea: American ambassador attacked, injured March 5, 2015U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked by a man wielding a razor and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police and media said Thursday. TV images showed Lippert bleeding from his head and wrist, but his injuries weren't immediately clear. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
- Ferguson report: Justice Department criticizes police, won't prosecute former cop March 4, 2015The Justice Department won't prosecute former a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.
- Contra Costa supervisors OK 7 percent raise, create salary committee March 4, 2015After a referendum led to them ditch their controversial 33 percent raises, Contra Costa County supervisors on Tuesday voted to give themselves 7 percent raises and created a committee to determine how such salary increases should be made in the future.
- John Boehner's job is safe despite Homeland Security vote -- but for how long? March 4, 2015WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner's job is safe despite passing yet another big bill that most of his Republican colleagues oppose, as he did Tuesday to avert defunding the Department of Homeland Security.
- Microsoft co-founder: I found massive sunken battleship Musashi March 4, 2015TOKYO (AP) -- Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago, he said Wednesday.
- Paralympic hopeful has prosthetic leg taken in San Francisco March 4, 2015A United States Paralympic hopeful is asking for the public for help in finding his prosthetic leg he says was stolen from his car.
- Hillary Clinton's unusual use of private email account raises questions March 4, 2015WASHINGTON (AP) -- The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails -- on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state -- traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in Chappaqua, New York,
- Obamacare before Supreme Court: Skeptical questions from justices during oral arguments March 4, 2015WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court justices peppered opponents of President Barack Obama's health care law with skeptical questions during oral arguments Wednesday on the latest challenge to the sweeping legislation.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Reactions to Netanyahu speech differ: David Vitter calls it 'Churchill-like,' while Nancy Pelosi labels it insulting March 4, 2015WASHINGTON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his speech to Congress Tuesday was not intended to be political. But reaction to the address, in which the Israeli leader warned an agreement the Obama administration and U.S. allies are trying...
- Bats are back at Banneker Elementary, and KIPP Believe students must bail March 5, 2015Students are attending class elsewhere for about two weeks -- right in the lead-up to state testing.
- Ohio teacher jailed for 90 days for showing 'ABCs of Death' to students March 5, 2015Sheila Kearns, 58, was convicted of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
- Bobby Jindal declares state of emergency ahead of Thursday's severe winter weather March 5, 2015Severe winter weather forecast to move through northern parts of Louisiana prompted Gov. Bobby Jindal Wednesday (March 4) night to declare a state of emergency. A declaration of emergency allows state agencies, like the Department of Transportation and Development, to respond to requests for...
- Coast Guards member accused of sexual misconduct will face court-martial in New Orleans March 5, 2015A U.S. Coast Guard member accused of sexual misconduct will face a court-martial Thursday (March 5) in federal court in New Orleans. Petty Officer 2nd Class Leonel Hinojosa is accused of abusive sexual contact, assault consummated by a battery, other sexual...
- 'Significantly' colder temperatures expected Thursday: Weather Service March 5, 2015Temperatures Thursday (March 5) could be as much as 40 degrees colder than the previous day as a strong arctic cold front is expected to move through the area late Wednesday and into Thursday morning, according to National Weather Service...
- Robbers steal $4.8M in gold from truck after guard gets carsick March 5, 2015WILSON, N.C. -- The crew of a truck carrying a load of gold bars had just pulled off the interstate in North Carolina when, the two men told police, a seemingly ordinary episode of carsickness turned into a multimillion-dollar heist....
- Ohio couple arrested after 2 adopted girls crash van escaping from alleged beatings, sex abuse March 5, 2015The adopted father and his 64-year-old wife are both charged with kidnapping, felonious assault and endangering children in Ashtabula County, east of Cleveland.
The Guardian, UK
- Discrimination in Ferguson: full extent of police bias laid bare in damning report March 5, 2015Police department and court system ‘reflect and exacerbate existing racial bias’Investigators outline 26 recommendations to reform Ferguson’s policingThe full extent of the racial persecution of black residents in Ferguson, Missouri, by the city’s overwhelmingly white law enforcement authorities was disclosed on Wednesday in a damning report by the US Depart […]
- Delhi rape documentary-maker appeals to Narendra Modi over broadcast ban March 4, 2015India’s Daughter director Leslee Udwin appeals to Indian PM to deal with ‘unceremonious silencing of the film’The British director of a hard-hitting documentary about the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi has appealed to the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to intervene after authorities banned the domestic broadcast of the film and said they were als […]
- New Zealand spying on Pacific allies for 'Five Eyes' and NSA, Snowden files show March 4, 2015Secret papers show NZ spy agency GCSB is collecting calls and internet traffic in bulk and sending it to the US National Security AgencyNew Zealand is spying indiscriminately on its allies in the Pacific region and sharing the information with the US and the other “Five Eyes” alliance states, according to documents from the whistleblower Edward Snowden. The […]
- US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert attacked with razor March 5, 2015Man carrying blade and wearing traditional clothing lunged at envoy while shouting slogans about Korean reunification and joint military drillsThe US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, has been slashed by a political extremist armed with a razor at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture.Lippert, who became Washington’s envoy in the South Ko […]
- Abbott seeks contact with Indonesian president in bid to save Bali Nine pair March 4, 2015Tony Abbott asks to speak to Joko Widodo as Australian foreign minister also offers prisoner swap to spare Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew ChanTony Abbott has sought a last-ditch phone call with Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, as the Australian government tries every available avenue to spare the lives of drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan on […]
- Dozens feared dead after Donetsk mine explosion March 4, 2015About 50 workers believed to be trapped underground at Zasyadko mine as relatives clamour for news about survivorsDozens of miners are trapped underground and feared dead after a blast at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, with rescuers saying the chance of finding many survivors was slim.Mine officials said the explosion on We […]
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev defence admits 'It was him' as Boston bombing trial begins March 4, 2015Defence in Boston Marathon bombing case claims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev followed lead of brother Tamerlan in carrying out attackThe trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – the surviving brother of the two accused perpetrators of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people – began on Wednesdaywith the defence making it clear it would not be disputing the fundamen […]
- Vladimir Putin condemns Boris Nemtsov murder March 4, 2015Russian president calls death a political killing, seemingly contradicting theories the former deputy prime minister was shot over a domestic or business rowThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has condemned the killing of the opposition leader Boris Nemtsov as a “disgrace” and called on law enforcement to finally rid Russia of political murders.Nemtsov, a […]
The BBC
- Boston bombing lawyer: 'It was him' March 4, 2015Defence lawyers in the trial of one of the men accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013 admit he carried out the attack but say he was coerced.
- US envoy to South Korea attacked March 5, 2015US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is injured when a man slashes him with a razor in the capital, Seoul.
- Bishop offers Bali Nine prisoner swap March 4, 2015Foreign Minister Julie Bishop offers prisoner swap in last-ditch attempt to save two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia.
- Leader of Mexico's Zetas cartel held March 5, 2015Omar Trevino Morales, the leader of Mexico's Zetas drugs cartel and one of the country's most wanted men, has been captured, security officials say.
- 'Wholesale change' urged in Ferguson March 5, 2015US Attorney General Eric Holder calls on police and courts in Ferguson, Missouri, to take immediate action after finding widespread racial bias.
- Dozens feared dead in Ukraine mine March 4, 2015At least 30 miners are feared dead in a suspected methane gas blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of eastern Ukraine.
- Clinton email subpoenaed by Congress March 5, 2015The Congressional committee investigating the 2012 US Benghazi embassy attack subpoenas former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's emails.
- UK bomb plot suspect found guilty March 4, 2015A Pakistani man extradited from the UK to the US has been found guilty of plotting bomb attacks in several countries.
The Independent, UK
- Isis: Virginia teen arrested for allegedly helping man join militant group March 4, 2015The FBI has arrested a 17-year-old Virginia teenager for his alleged role in helping a man get to Syria to join Isis, according to a report from the Washington Post.
- Boston Marathon bombing trial: Court shown distressing video footage of the immediate aftermath of the blasts March 4, 2015A Boston courtroom saw graphic and frequently distressing video footage of the immediate carnage caused by one of the devices detonated at the finish line of the city’s marathon nearly two years ago as prosecutors opened their case against the single surviving defendant, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
- NFL concussions: Two more NFL champions pledge their brains to science March 4, 2015Two NFL champions have joined the list of current and former players that have pledged to donate their brains to scientific research when they die.
- Abid Naseer terror trial: Pakistani found guilty of al-Qaeda plot to blow up New York subway March 4, 2015A Pakistani man has been found guilty of being part of a failed al-Qaeda plot to blow up the New York subway and a Manchester shopping city.
- George Clooney and Amal fail to get special treatment at New York restaurant March 4, 2015It’s one thing that a restaurant is so good that it the likes of Amal Clooney and her husband George want to eat there.
- Marijuana could be to blame for rise in New York City murders, says NYPD commissioner March 4, 2015Murders are up by 20 per cent in New York City in the first two months of the year, compared to last year, and New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the spike in murders could be due to marijuana.
- Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson won’t face federal charges in shooting death of Michael Brown March 4, 2015Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has not been charged with civil rights violations by the US Justice Department in the shooting death of unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown, according to a report released by the department on Wednesday.
- Buddy Holly: Investigators may reopen investigation into plane crash that killed Rock and Roll pioneer March 4, 2015The day the music died may be revisited.
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