News Archive for October 18, 2012
What is the truth about American Muslims?
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
It’s time for voices of reason to counter dangerous and often vicious propaganda with balanced and accurate information about American Muslims.
Read more,
view comments (11) »
Liberalism’s shrinking agenda
By MICHAEL GERSON - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
WASHINGTON --
It is extraordinary how shrunken liberalism has become. During his much-praised town hall debate appearance, President Obama set out a second-term agenda of stunning humility.
Read more,
view comments (5) »
Pro: Fact-checkers bode well for emerging ‘new journalism’
By HANS PETER IBOLD - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, IND. --
Curiously, what everyone is calling “fact-checking” isn’t new. Fact-checking has always been fundamental to professional news work. Ask any veteran newsroom copy editor.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Con: Few voters pay attention to new breed of fact-checkers
By KARLYN BOWMAN - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The media’s job used to be to report the news—who, what, when and where. Their new role as adjudicators extends their warrant at a time that skepticism of the media is already sky high.
Read more,
add a comment »
Janesville City Council to consider cuts
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council is considering adding about $568,000 to a 2013 city budget that had only about $10,000 of room below state levy limits.
Read more,
view comments (5) »
No appeal for man shot after ceiling collapse
By STAN MILAM - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
A Janesville man shot by a homeowner Halloween night 2005 after crashing through a ceiling during a burglary was denied Tuesday an opportunity to appeal his 2008 conviction to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Read more »
Court won't hear drunken driving case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a Midlothian, Ill., man's appeal of his drunken driving conviction.
Read more »
A big deal: Dixon, Hehr send Chiefs soaring
By TIM WESTER - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
WALWORTH --
The famous Mason-Dixon Line is figuratively known as the dividing line between the Northern and Southern states. Walworth Big Foot High School, however, has its own Mason Dixon line.
Read more,
add a comment »
Public record for Oct. 18, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
Historic former middle school gets second chance
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
BRODHEAD --
It looked Tuesday like a tornado had blown through the old middle school in Brodhead. It has been empty since 1996 and gutted of anything of value, but a team of Madison developers hopes to restore the historic building.
Read more,
view comments (8) »
Conference for caregivers offers insight, hope, humor
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Michelle Leverence has been a caregiver most of her life. Her paternal grandmother lived with her family when she was a child.
Read more,
add a comment »
Packers have yet to win back-to-back games
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Stringing wins together was something the Green Bay Packers did with ease last season. This year, not so much.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Ryan says Obama lacked new solutions during debate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
President Barack Obama failed to bring any new ideas that could revive the economy during the second presidential debate, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Wednesday.
Read more,
view comments (54) »
For Romney and Obama, one-liners are on the menu
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The presidential campaign, heavy on finger-pointing and recrimination, is taking a brief but abrupt detour so President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can play politics for laughs.
Read more,
view comments (7) »
Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
MOUNT VERNON, IOWA --
One day after their contentious, finger-pointing debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women voters Wednesday.
Read more,
view comments (120) »
Beltran sub boosts Cardinals in Game 3
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
ST. LOUIS --
Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer after subbing for Carlos Beltran and the Cardinals took a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night for a 2-1 series lead.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
