News Archive for July 6, 2012
Panel halves sidewalk list
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, July 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville's sidewalk committee will make a recommendation to the city council at Monday's meeting, but members at a hastily called meeting Thursday removed more than half the segments it had earlier agreed should get sidewalks.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of club owner
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, July 6, 2012
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a Hanover man who owns a Wisconsin Dells adult nightclub, affirming that municipalities must give due process when modifying liquor licenses.
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Workshop delves into basics of acoustics
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, July 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
You won't be qualified to mix the sound for a Metallica concert, but you should at least be able to produce sound for a local community theater group after attending "Introduction to Live Sound," a Janesville Performing Arts Center workshop.
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Janesville Legion returns with win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 6, 2012
BELOIT --
The Janesville American baseball team returned from a week off Thursday night to post a 5-2 victory over host Beloit.
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Delavan-Darien School Board considers associate principal post for teacher
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, July 6, 2012
The Delavan-Darien School Board is considering overlooking state licensing requirements to hire a teacher formerly employed by the district as an associate principal.
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Board of Regents honors UW-W employee
By STAN MILAM - Friday, July 6, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Denise Ehlen, the director of research and sponsored programs at UW-Whitewater, is a recipient of the 2012 Staff Award for Excellence.
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Hits don’t produce enough runs for Beloit Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 6, 2012
CLINTON, IOWA --
The Beloit Snappers out hit the host Clinton LumberKings, 13-7, but the LumberKings pocketed a 5-3 victory Thursday in Midwest League baseball.
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Coroner confirms heat-related death
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
An 83-year-old Rock County woman died Thursday of heat exposure after being in a residence with no air conditioning and temperatures inside above 90 degrees, the Rock County Coroner's Office reported.
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Murder suspect to be extradited
By STAN MILAM - Friday, July 6, 2012
ELKHORN --
Walworth County Judge John Race said Thursday he will sign an extradition order sending an Ohio man accused of murdering his mother back to Ohio.
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Records whither in hot weather
By GINA DUWE - Friday, July 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Meteorologists predict today will be the last of the record-breaking, dangerous temperatures. An excessive heat warning remains in effect until 10 p.m. today.
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Public record for July 6, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 6, 2012
For a third straight year, job market is slumping
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - Friday, July 6, 2012
WASHINGTON --
U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
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Armstrong still in Tour news
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 6, 2012
SAINT-QUENTIN, FRANCE --
The Tour de France is shadowed again by Lance Armstrong and doping.
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Serena powers into finals
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 6, 2012
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND --
Serena Williams wins with so much more than serving, of course.
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Sprint Cup debate centers on caution flags
By JENNA FRYER - Friday, July 6, 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. --
Bruton Smith has an idea how to create more excitement in NASCAR.
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Salas’ lessons came between tuneups
By MARK HERRMANN - Friday, July 6, 2012
KOHLER --
What kind of a U.S. Open would this be without an Only in America story? The honor on Thursday, in the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open, went to Lizette Salas, who was able to take up golf only because her father, a mechanic, offered to do odd jobs for the head pro in exchange for lessons.
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US trio share lead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 6, 2012
KOHLER --
Although plenty of athletes have used sports to lift themselves up from difficult backgrounds, Lizette Salas’ path to the pros isn’t the sort of story that’s often heard in golf.
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Death notices for July 6, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 6, 2012
Golfers, spectators feel the uncomfortable heat
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 6, 2012
KOHLER --
Forget about the best spots to watch golf. For fans at the first round of the U. S. Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run, the most prized places to sit or stand Thursday were under a bit of shade.
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Obama administration can’t distinguish policy from law
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, July 6, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The Supreme Court's Arizona immigration decision was far more significant than appreciated.
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The crime of circumcision
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, July 6, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Many Jews view compulsive, state-sponsored assimilation with suspicion, even if it is described as social liberation. Along with many other religious people, they regard children as members of a community that precedes individual decisions and outlasts them—a community created by a covenant, not a choice. Circumcision is the outward sign of this spiritual reality.
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