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  • Fines for driving on Park Road to Rib Mountain State Park

    RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis (WSAU) Some people have been trying to drive up to the top of Rib Mountain even though the road is closed. The park manager tells W-S-A-W NewsChannel 7 that tickets will be given out to people who don't live on Park ... More

  • Lincoln County Clerk dies

    UNDATED (WSAU) Lincoln County clerk Bob Kunkel has died. He was recovering from heart surgery when he passed away Wednesday. He underwent double-bypass surgery on August 13. He was planning to return to work later this month, and had been keeping in touch with his ... More

  • Ice rink repairs nearly complete at Marathon Park

    WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Work to repair the damaged ice rink at Marathon Park is about three-quarters finished. Assistant parks director Peter Knotek says Arena Systems of Minneapolis has been working for a few weeks to repair a broken coolant system that hadn't been operating ... More

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  • More will travel Labor Day weekend

    UNDATED (WRN) It’s likely going to be a busy weekend on Wisconsin roads. The number of people expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the Labor Day weekend is expected to be up about 10-percent this year, according to Beth Mosher ... More

  • West Nile Virus returns

    UNDATED (WSAU) West Nile Virus is making a comeback in Wisconsin. State officials say the first mosquitoes have tested positive. State officials are sounding the warning because many people will be outside during the Labor Day weekend, and the state's mosquito population is bigger ... More

  • Feingold dodges Obama during Milwaukee Labor Day events

    MILWAUKEE (WSAU) - When President Obama comes to Milwaukee on Labor Day, one of the state’s most prominent Democrats will not be with him. The Journal Sentinel says U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will attend a pre-parade event on Monday morning at Milwaukee’s Laborfest ... More

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  • Bumpy economy cited as helping improve U.S. roads

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One upside of the worst U.S. economic slump since the Great Depression is that with fewer motorists on the road, the nation's highways are less congested and in better shape, a study said on Thursday. The condition of urban interstate ... More

  • Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday. The trial centered on a 2001 accident involving Brian Cole, who ... More

  • S.Korea Kia recalls some Soul, Sorento vehicles

    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors said on Friday that it had started a recall of some Soul and Sorento vehicles sold worldwide because of a fire hazard. The recall, which began on September 1, would affect a combined 35,000 ... More

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  • Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads

    SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together. In February 2009, a popular New York blogger attended a brunch with fellow "frazzled moms." They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues ... More

  • Iran says to strike Israel nuclear site if attacked

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would retaliate by striking Israel's nuclear facility if Israel attacked its nuclear activities, armed forces chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi said on Friday. "Our developed weapons can hit any part of the Zionist regime (Israel) ... We hope not to be forced ... More

  • Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan

    KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between NATO-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Devastating floods over the past month have ... More

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  Top Stories in Politics

  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  Top Stories in Business

  • Campbell Soup profit beats Street but sales light

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co <CPB.N> posted lower-than-expected quarterly sales and forecast sales growth for the new fiscal year would be below its long-term target as the world's largest soup company grapples with a weak economy. Campbell reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday ... More

  • Brazil oil firm Petrobras plans $65 billion stock sale

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil exploration investment plan. The company will offer 1.59 ... More

  • Service sector spotlight shines on Germany, China

    LONDON (Reuters) - Global service sector surveys highlighted a growing divergence in economic recovery on Friday with a pick up in growth in China and Germany but slowdowns in Britain and Spain and an expected deceleration in the United States. The data follows sister surveys which ... More

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  Top Stories in Entertainment

  • I Spy a New Spy

    When it comes to recurring on-screen protagonists, I don't think there's any archetype more enviable than the globe-trotting superspy. They engage in all of the larger-than-life, world-saving heroics that superheroes and cops do, but aren't emasculated by colorful spandex or hampered by ... More

  • Gabor released from hospital

    The 93 year old was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, found her ""unresponsive"" at home. She was stabilised in the facility and a family spokeswoman revealed Gabor was ""not in a life-threatening situation"". The ... More

  • Harvey Keitel to Be Next Head of Dunder Mifflin?

    Harvey Keitel to Dunder Mifflin? The Office executive producer Paul Lieberstein has told E! that he thinks the Oscar winner is ""Probably the only guy who can do it, and he's doing TV now."" No talks have commenced but he is seriously being considered ... More

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  Top Stories in Health

  • Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market. Final data from the so-called SCOUT study, published on Wednesday ... More

  • Too little sleep bad for teenagers' diets: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said getting too little sleep can result ... More

  • Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia progression

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday. The findings ... More

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  Top Stories in Science

  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  Top Stories in Technology

  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  Top Stories in Sports

  • Thursday High School Scoreboard & Friday Schedule

    Wauisau, Wi (WSAU) Boys Soccer Stevens Point  5  Merrill  0 Wisconsin Rapids  6  Wausau East  0 DC Everest  2  Marshfield  1 Mosinee  3  Northland Pines  2   Football Almond/Bancroft  38  Menominee Indian  8   Volleyball Wausau East  3  Wisconsin Rapids  0 Wausau West 3  Stevens Point ... More

  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

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