News Archive for December 27, 2009
Packers beat Seahawks 48-10, clinch playoffs
By CHRIS JENKINS - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
GREEN BAY --
For Green Bay (10-5), Sunday's 48-10 victory completed an impressive rebound from last year's 6-10 finish and a disappointing 4-4 start to this season.
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Mercy Health System promotes new safety mascot
By STAN STRICKER - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
"Street Smart" is a new kind of super hero
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Local committee looks to rev up census efforts
By STACY VOGEL - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
It’s time once again for the decennial U.S. census and the feds ask local governments and organizations to help promote the census in their communities.
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Is now the time to pay the school district debt to the retirement system?
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School District has made the minimum payment on its “accrued liability” to the Wisconsin Retirement System for about two decades. The result? The district will owe more next year than it does this year. The $16.92 million liability this year could grow to nearly $22 million by 2026.
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Public record for Dec. 27, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
Clerks seeing few candidates thus far
By STACY VOGEL - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
Nomination papers for April elections are due Jan. 5, but candidates have had weeks to take out papers and gather signatures. Several municipalities report that few people other than incumbents have taken out nomination papers so far.
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Stretch of County G to honor Martin Luther King
By ANN MARIE AMES - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
Next month, just in time for Martin Luther King Day, Rock County will unveil a memorial to the civil rights activist.
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Airline passengers see tighter security
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to ignite some kind of explosive on a flight into Detroit.
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Duncan scores 26 points in Spurs' win over Bucks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
Tim Duncan scored 26 points and San Antonio's bench scored 51 points in a 112-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
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Obama should heed warning
By DAVID BRODER - Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
WASHINGTON --
An op-ed article in The Washington Post by William Daley, President Obama's fellow Chicagoan and one of the canniest Democrats I know, warns Obama that he is on the verge of losing his grip on the vital center of politics.
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