News Archive for December 1, 2011
Heroin keeps a grip on city
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Heroin addicts aren't an easy group to survey. Even anecdotally, it's hard to get an estimate of how many people in Janesville are using white powder heroin, the addictive narcotic that gained local popularity in early 2008.
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Tubbs takes over Janesville Parker wrestling
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Parker High wrestling program is now in the hands of Andy Tubbs.
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Janesville Craig girls basketball leans on six seniors
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Six seniors will be asked to provide not only the bulk of the scoring, but leadership, as well.
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Donations program continues to fill needs locally
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Rummage sale season is over, holiday cleaning has started, and Laurie Valley wants people to consider donating items before sending them to the landfill.
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Janesville Parker girls basketball off to fast start
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Vikings already have big victory
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Putting workers to a cruel choice: your God or your job
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
Under the news-media radar, workers of many faiths battle daily to practice their faiths without losing their jobs.
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Haakenson announces he's a candidate for judge
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Outside of his actual home, Mike Haakenson said, he feels most at home in a courtroom. He wants to spend more time there as a Rock County judge.
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UW-Whitewater basketball remains undefeated
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater kept a pesky Illinois Wesleyan at arm’s length Wednesday for a 65-53 victory in nonconference college men’s basketball.
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Suspect ordered to stand trial for felony forgery charge
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
ELKHORN --
Gerald Nickels was ordered Wednesday to stand trial after Walworth County Judge John Race ruled Nickels probably committed a felony.
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UW-Rock County Rattlers split games
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The women posted a 79-36 victory, but the men lost, 64-55.
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Delavan to dedicate new fire station
By TODD MISHLER - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
DELAVAN --
Nobody should wonder why Fire Chief Neill Flood and the other 35 paid-on-call firefighters who make up the Delavan Fire Department are smiling so much these days.
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Janesville kindergarten enrollment scheduled
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Kindergarten enrollment for children entering the Janesville School District in fall 2012 is set for Dec. 5-16.
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Janesville Craig has 50 wrestlers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig High’s wrestling room is filled with potential.
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Public record for Dec. 1, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
Line-item veto idea comes from Janesville, again
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
The Janesville line-item veto is back. Readers might recall that two Janesville natives—Rep. Paul Ryan, R-1st District, and former Democratic Senator Russ Feingold—introduced a bill in 2009. It went nowhere.
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Chest pains? Don't drive. Call 911
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Wednesday was the first time Janesville resident Eugene Martin had a heart attack while TV cameras were rolling. But it wasn't his first heart attack.
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You can take these promises to the campaign bank
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
A president of the United States should never say we’ve done something wrong—that’s what separates America from other countries.
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Death notices for Dec. 1, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
After tent cities fade, Occupy turns to specifics
By AMY WESTFELDT - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
NEW YORK --
As Occupy Wall Street tent cities fade away, a growing number of protesters are pushing to put a clear message ahead of the movement.
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With lockout nearing end, basketball back in focus
By BRIAN MAHONEY - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
NEW YORK --
These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for.
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Suitors lining up for Prince Fielder
By MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
One by one, reports are surfacing that teams expected to show interest in Milwaukee Brewers free agent Prince Fielder are doing exactly that, one week before the winter meetings convene in Dallas.
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UW women down Boston College
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
MADISON --
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team defeated Boston College, 58-50, Wednesday night at the Kohl Center in the 2011 Big Ten/ACC Challenge game.
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Many seats available for Saturday’s Big Ten title game
By DON WALKER, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Earlier this week, sales for the game were soft, ticket brokers and online brokers reported. That prompted online rumors that the Big Ten, anxious to avoid a marketing embarrassment, were looking for fans to fill in empty seats.
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Barnes leads second-half N.C. charge
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --
For the Badgers, almost everything went to plan except for the outcome.
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Big Ten can use an uplifting finish
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS --
For a conference that managed to stay out of the latest round of conference realignment, the Big Ten has still been front and center—mostly for the wrong reasons.
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Line-item veto would help slash wasteful spending
By REP. PAUL RYAN - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
The Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011 is a simple, effective way to eliminate unnecessary spending items. This legislation gives the president a precise tool to go after wasteful spending, while also protecting Congress’ constitutional authority to make spending decisions. It would allow the president to identify specific spending items in a bill that he believes should be cut and require Congress to take an up-or-down vote on them.
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Gingrich’s tightrope walk
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
CHICAGO --
Unlike other Republicans who combine their desire for small government and low taxes with a head-on-fire dislike of illegal immigrants, Newt Gingrich has gone in the opposite direction and built some platforms on which to gamely court Latinos.
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