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  • 100 Area WWII Vets Bound For Honor Flight

    APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Some area World War II veterans are getting a chance to see their sacrifice and hard work up close thanks to a local group. Old Glory Honor Flight is announcing their "Take Off 2010" flight will leave April 8th to Washington D ... More

  • Schneider National Hiring Drivers For Expansion

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Schneider National wants to grow their regional fleet and to do so, the Ashwaubenon-based company is hiring drivers. The company says 2,100 new drivers should be in place by December to work across the U.S. That includes 100 drivers ... More

  • Bomb Threat Forced Evacuation Of Oshkosh Schools

    OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Students at 2 Oshkosh schools had to be evacuated due to a bomb threat Monday. Police say the threat stated Merill middle and elementary schools would blow up at 1:00 p.m. After a student reported the threat at 12:30 ... More

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  • Number Of Jobs Created By High Speed Rail Lower Than First Reported

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State estimates of the number of jobs created by building a high speed rail are lower than those offered previously. The line would be built between Madison and Milwaukee. Originally, the governor's office said work on the project would mean 13 ... More

  • Tax Incentives For Hiring Sparks Debate

    DE PERE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Lawmakers are floating the idea of providing tax incentives for small businesses that expand their payrolls. Some Wisconsin business owners say it’s just one tool that could speed up job growth and jump-start sluggish sales. But others aren't so ... More

  • Farm Leaders Debate Benefits From Climate Change Bill

    MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Would Midwest farmers benefit from the federal climate change legislation that's pending in the U.S. Senate? National farm leaders are debating that topic at a forum in Madison Monday. Among the supporters of the climate change bill that's passed ... More

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  • U.S. Asian carp remedies unsatisfactory-governors

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration is proposing a partial closing of locks to the Great Lakes as part of a $78 million plan to keep invasive Asian carp from moving into the lakes from rivers and canals, but the region's governors on Monday said ... More

  • Toyota sued in California by U.S. shareholders

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with unintended acceleration in a wide range of models. Litigation mounted as the ... More

  • U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. The missionaries, most of whom ... More

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  • Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins

    MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Southeast Asian archipelago. Elections in the Philippines are always colorful and typically marked by fraud and violence, but ... More

  • U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. The missionaries, most of whom ... More

  • Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over. Obama ... More

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  • Cuba travel bill buried in political agenda

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan drive in Congress to end a Cold War-era travel ban on Cuba was buried during the healthcare reform debate but its supporters hope to dig it out this year. Sponsors of two bills allowing Americans to travel freely to Cuba, introduced ... More

  • U.S., Mexico closer to resolving trucking dispute

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Congress could be moving closer to allowing Mexican trucks to haul cargo through the United States, helping to end a trade dispute hurting some exporters, the U.S. Trade Representative said on Monday. In March 2009, U.S. lawmakers canceled funding for ... More

  • Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over. Obama ... More

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  • Nissan returns to Q3 profit, lifts forecast

    YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co <7201.T>, Japan's No.3 carmaker, said it returned to profit in the third quarter from a year earlier and lifted its outlook for the second time this financial year, buoyed by brisk sales globally. Nissan joins Toyota ... More

  • Swatch full-year profit beats poll, upbeat on 2010

    ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group <UHR.VX>, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, posted a forecast-beating full-year profit and confirmed its upbeat outlook for 2010, easing worries a flagging economic recovery may hit demand. Net profit fell 9 percent to 763 million Swiss francs ($710 ... More

  • UBS back to profit in Q4, outflows accelerate

    ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS <UBSN.VX><UBS.N> posted its first quarterly net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago but clients withdrew far more money than forecast, signaling he may need more time to steady the ship. UBS, left damaged ... More

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  • Record Super Bowl telecast tops "M*A*S*H" record

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings ... More

  • Sheen charged with assaulting wife; they hug in court

    ASPEN, Colo (Reuters) - Actor Charlie Sheen was charged on Monday with assaulting and threatening his wife Brooke Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument. But the couple left the court in the Colorado ski resort of Aspen hugging each other, hoping the charges will be ... More

  • Record 106.5 million Americans watch Super Bowl

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 106.5 million Americans watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game, setting a new high for any U.S. television broadcast, early ratings showed on Monday. The National Football League championship, broadcast ... More

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  • Drug shows promise against river blindness: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Transmitted by blackflies breeding along fast-flowing tropical waterways, river ... More

  • Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday. Women who took GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil while taking tamoxifen at the same time were more likely to die ... More

  • Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They found cancer-causing agents called tobacco-specific nitrosamines stick to a variety of surfaces, where they can get into dust ... More

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  • Study shows why it is so scary to lose money

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble. The study of two women with brain lesions that made them unafraid to lose on a gamble ... More

  • Scientists find gene variant link to ageing cells

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases. Dutch and British researchers analyzed more than 500,000 genetic variations from human gene ... More

  • Shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour bolted off its seaside launch pad in Florida on Monday, carrying six astronauts on a voyage to install the last two main pieces of the International Space Station. The 4:14 a.m. EST (0914 GMT) blastoff ... More

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  • Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. They say they don't know who sends them. Internet messages have been circulating about possible ... More

  • Internet prompts the publishing itch in over-60s

    LONDON (Reuters) - The Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens see the medium as a positive development, according to a survey. Some 31 percent of people over 60 are keen to go ... More

  • Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader to hit stores

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc said on Monday that its Nook electronic reader would be available in most of its physical stores as of Wednesday, ahead of Valentine's Day, ending weeks of delays. The Nook e-reader, which Barnes & Noble launched in October ... More

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  Top Stories in Sports

  • Lakers down Spurs for second win without Kobe

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers pulled together to win their second straight contest without Kobe Bryant with a 101-89 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. Pau Gasol had a versatile effort with 21 points, 19 boards, eight assists and five blocks ... More

  • Kaman gets All-Star call in place of injured Roy

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman has been named to the Western Conference All-Star team in place of injured Portland guard Brandon Roy, the Clippers said on their website on Monday. Roy was originally selected as a reserve but has been sidelined ... More

  • Sharks stamp on Leafs to extend road streak

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Ryane Clowe used a borrowed stick to score the late game-winner as the San Jose Sharks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday for a ninth straight road win on the road. The Western Conference-leading Sharks (39-11-9) moved within one road triumph ... More

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