News Archive for October 8, 2012
Packers looking for answers after Colts loss
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers were looking for answers all over in the wake of a dispiriting 30-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
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'As Goes Janesville' debuts locally
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
When the going got tough, people did what they believed they had to do. That might be one message from "As Goes Janesville," the documentary film that made its Janesville premiere Sunday night at Parker High School.
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Janesville School District budget nearly done
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Tuesday night is the time set aside for the public to comment on the Janesville School District's 2012-13 budget. It could be a quiet hearing.
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Redevelopment of downtown Janesville building planned
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Travis O'Connell's college degree is in chemistry, but he's always had an affinity for buildings—particularly historic buildings.
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Cabinet secretary fires up local team during visit
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The event was billed as a Packers-watching party for Democratic Party activists. Even the featured guest, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, was scheduled to watch the game.
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Jets swept by Tomahawks
By GAZETTE STAF - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
It was a lost weekend for the Janesville Jets. Making their first trip out East this season, the Jets were swept by the Johnstown (Pa.) Tomahawks in an NAHL two-game series.
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Reroute of road can't get on track
By STAN MILAM - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
WALWORTH --
The village of Walworth and its school district can't agree how to reroute Highway 14 through downtown, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is in the middle.
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Public record for Oct. 8, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
Highway 26 construction is on schedule
By GINA DUWE - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Construction work on Highway 26 from Janesville to Milton should be completed by Nov. 15.
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Soft bigotry of low expectations
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
CHICAGO --
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being in a room of African-American undergraduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Nationals edge Cards
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
ST. LOUIS --
Rookies in the postseason, the Washington Nationals played like poised veterans.
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Advocates: Cities passing rules targeting homeless
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
COSTA MESA, CALIF. --
There’s been a sharp uptick in the past year in the number of cities passing ordinances against doing things on public property such as sitting, lying down, sleeping, standing in a public street, loitering, public urination, jaywalking and panhandling.
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Bears make NFL history, overwhelm Jaguars 41-3
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. --
Charles Tillman and Lance Briggs made NFL history Sunday by becoming the first teammates to return interceptions for touchdowns in consecutive weeks. Tillman’s score was pivotal in a 41-3 victory by the Chicago Bears at Jacksonville.
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Death notices for Oct. 8, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
Window narrows to vote by absentee in person
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
There’s a new two-week timetable for you to vote absentee in person. It runs from Monday, Oct. 22, until 5 p.m.—or when your local clerk’s office closes for the day—on Nov. 2, the Friday before the election. If you think that’s earlier than the 2008 presidential election, you’re right.
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Work remains to bring equality to those living with disabilities
By MARCIA JAGODZINSKE - Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
As a nation, we’ve come far in creating physically accessible space at work and in our communities. Many sidewalks have curb cuts, schools have elevators and some parks have accessible paths. People with disabilities now have opportunities to go places and do things that were unavailable to earlier generations. But as individuals and as a nation, we’ve not gone far enough.
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