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Newspapers RSS FeedsFinancial history changing course at lightning speed - David Krause normally teaches financial history. ...Feed Source: www.jsonline.com How the financial crisis affects you - Fear dissolved into panic on Wall Street last week, erasing years of gains in many 401(k) plans, college savings programs and other investments. As economic authorities work this weekend to restore order to the financial world, we look at some ... In the pulpit, economy inspires lessons - The Rev. Debra Trakel sees the fallout from the nation’s latest economic crisis in more than her retirement funds. ... Gift stirs concerns for FDA panel leader - A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be “perfectly safe” gave $5 million to the research center of Martin Philbert, chairman of the Food and Drug Association panel about to make a pivotal ruling on the chemical’s s ... Doyle, Barrett plan review of schools - Gov. Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plan to hire a consultant to analyze Milwaukee Public Schools’ finances and operations, and the study is to be finished in time for Doyle to make recommendations to the Legislature in January. ... Bear-shaped beehive sets driveway humming - Big Bend - It was the old man's head that got Andy Hemken to thinking. ... Young Dylan fan learns hard way about ticket sales - Megan Schultz, a 14-year-old fan of Bob Dylan, has learned a painful yet valuable lesson about the concert industry: When they say tickets go on sale at such-and-such date and time, don’t believe it. Megan, who lives in Cale ... Council helps troubled borrowers fix mortgage mess - Each waking day for nearly a year, Dorothy Mayes didn't know whether she would have a roof over her head. While grieving over the death of her husband, Arthur, Mayes watched her monthly mortgage payments steadily increase beyond her ... CYD appoints Robinson's son as new leader - Charles L. Walton has been appointed executive director and chief executive officer of Career Youth Development after the death last week of his mother, Jeannetta Robinson, who founded the Milwaukee social service agency in 1970. ... Gableman’s calls from DA office under investigation - Already facing possible discipline from a Judicial Commission complaint, state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman also is now under investigation by the Office of Lawyer Regulation for long-distance calls to campaign fund-raisers and donors ... Hucke takes on Vukmir for 2nd time in two years - Jobs, the economy and taxes dominate the debate in the 14th Assembly District, where, for the second time in two years, Democratic challenger and political newcomer Dave Hucke is looking to unseat Republican incumbent Leah Vukmir. ... Waukesha County works to keep seniors on their feet - Waukesha - With an aging population and more people remaining in their homes into the twilight years, those who care for seniors are bracing for the difficult task of trying to catch seniors before they fall. ... Ice Age Trail adds length - Town of West Bend - The public is invited Saturday to enjoy fall colors while hiking a new segment of the Ice Age Trail in Washington County. ... Regional News Briefs - Shooting victims went to closed hospitalTwo people shot on Milwaukee’s north side Saturday both ended up being taken to St. Michael Hospital — which has been closed for two years. ... Great pains: Packers know what it's like to play hurt - Green Bay - “I’d rather them say, ‘There he went,’ instead of, ‘There he lay.’ ” ... McGinn: Consistency marks scout troop - Seattle - Every now and then it's instructive to point out some of the structural components that should help prevent the Green Bay Packers from lapsing into a protracted cycle of losing. The death of Dave Hanner in September, preceded by the pass ... Smith: Duck calls bring them back - Horicon - Browning is so eager to hunt, he glows. The 6-year-old yellow Labrador retriever balances precariously over the front of the skiff, nose in the breeze and red-and-green bow lights illuminating his flank. ... ALCS: Red Sox take early lead - St. Petersburg, Fla. - Boston wasted no time neutralizing Tampa Bay's home-field advantage. ... NLCS: Myers swings hot bat again - Philadelphia - Brett Myers stood on first base, shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders. He couldn't explain his hitting success, and no one ever expected it. ... Prep football: Lions find way to top Panthers - Greendale - Every player on the New Berlin Eisenhower football team got to experience something new Friday night. ... Bucks now 0-3 in exhibition season - La Crosse - The question was direct and so was the response from Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles. ... UW hockey team drops opener - Boston - Freshman Cam Atkinson scored with 6:30 left in regulation to complete No. 1 Boston College's banner-raising night Friday with a 5-4 victory over No. 13 Wisconsin in the schools' season opener. ... U.S. rescue relies on other nations - As fear turned to panic on Wall Street, the federal government rushed out a string of programs to prop up the nation’s financial system — at an eye-popping combined cost of more than $1 trillion. ... Securing students’ college nest eggs - With a daughter in eighth grade, George Patterson is considering how he should react to the market plunges that have caused a 20% decline in his college savings account, which is invested largely in stocks. ... Home is where the hurt is - Susan Kerwin’s three-bedroom house in Jackson has been in move-in condition since she put it up for sale in May. ... Recent retirees changing it up - Carolyn Lawrence figures she lost so much from her retirement fund in recent weeks that she’ll need to work at least three years more just to cover the difference. ... Analysts say GM would need cash to acquire Chrysler - Carolyn Lawrence figures she lost so much from her retirement fund in recent weeks that she’ll need to work at least three years more just to cover the difference. ... Renaissance Theaterworks takes on 'The Persians' - Five women founded Renaissance Theaterworks with a mission in 1993. It was to be Milwaukee’s women’s stage company, and it has been that with exceptional results. ... Miller: 'Saints Row 2' tricked out with absurdity - When it comes to gangster games, “Grand Theft Auto” gets the controversial headlines and social outrage. But “Saints Row,” a very similar series, takes the successful formula of shooting, carjacking and crime-lording and adds enough e ... Milwaukee Choristers, Brazeal Dennard Chorale to perform together - The acme of the Milwaukee Choristers’ 75th anniversary season is coming Saturday. At that concert, the Choristers will premiere three pieces of music composed to celebrate the occasion. The Brazeal Dennard Chorale, a small, elite, African-Ameri ... Weintraub: Gervais takes a bite out of classic Hollywood glamour - His eyes are too small, his midsection is too soft and his abnormally long, pointy canines make him look like the world’s least dashing vampire. Yes, I think I’m falling in love with Ricky Gervais. He was hilariously horri ... Review: Musicians revealed Vivaldi’s subtleties brilliantly - Antonio Vivaldi’s music all sounds the same only if you’re not listening very carefully. ... Milwaukee Choral Artists set for new season - This season, the Milwaukee Choral Artists will sing as guest artists with Present Music, Milwaukee’s nationally known new-music group. The Choral Artists will also sing on the Early Music Now series, focused on music composed before 1800. Those ... Non-music CDs offer history’s ‘Greatest’ - Boxed sets of CDs are noted for their sprawling, inclusive reach, but there surely haven’t been many that connect Fidel Castro, Sid Vicious, Lou Gehrig, Sigmund Freud, O.J. Simpson and Tiger Woods. ... Pumpkin stencils: Carve out your position - Forget red states and blue states. When choosing a jack-o’-lantern design this Halloween, consider your candidate in orange. ... Married to the marsh - Warrens - When Jim Van Wychen proposed marriage to Nodji Olson 35 years ago, she said yes - but with one condition: ... Fall is the perfect time to start a compost pile - How can you compost? Let us count the ways. ... Couple aren’t shy about playing host - Steve Contney may be a scientist, but he doesn’t take a scientific approach to cooking. Rather than follow precise measurements, he adds and subtracts ingredients based on past experience and an intuitive sense of what foods taste great togethe ... Search for furniture and art is part of couple's fun - Port Washington - When you enter the European-inspired house of Earl and Karen Golden, you can't help but smile. Happiness lives here. You see it in the circular foyer where windows, dressed up in golden fabric, shimmer under domed cornices. You catch ... St. Croix treats tourists to Danish heritage - There’s an old saying that contends that maybe the world is round so you don’t know what lies ahead. ... Franklin has its vocal fans - Franklin - According to the list makers and the census takers, this city of just over 33,000 and 15 miles southwest of downtown Milwaukee has a lot going for it. ... Weekend Getaway: Hudson - The community of Hudson bills itself as the “Western Gateway to Wisconsin.” Wisconsinites, though — particularly anyone who travels the stretch on I-94 toward Minneapolis — probably know it better as the last goodbye before the Minnesota state ... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |