Farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country, according to a new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could... Full Story »
A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates. Full Story »
By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer When a film brashly asserts that it will change moviemaking forever, one feels the urge to either take its "king of the world" arrogance down a notch or hail it as the... Full Story »
A lab technician is missing from Yale University, where a graduate student was found slain about three months ago. Full Story »
Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than young Hispanic immigrants, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, an independent research group says. Full Story »
A crucial part of the nation's rapid-reponse plan - the ability to trace food through the supply chain during an illness outbreak or bioterrorism attack - is seriously flawed, an independent watchdog agency has found. Full Story »
A Rhode Island police officer was arrested Thursday, accused of brutally beating a teenage boy and then encouraging fellow officers to lie about it to the FBI. Full Story »
MADISON, Wisconsin (WXOW) - In terms of weather, it's been a roller coaster since September, and it's taking a toll on the corn crop across Wisconsin. Full Story »
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A military jet in Minnesota that blew a tire during takeoff and landing exercises has landed safely in Milwaukee. Capt. John Capra of the 128th Air Refueling Wing says the six crew members Full Story »
IOWA (WXOW) - When there's snow on the ground, most people grab a shovel or a snow blower, but what about a lawnmower? One Iowa man says it works just fine with his snow-mowing strategy. Roger Larose Full Story »
Teachers at Wisconsin schools will have to teach the history of organized labor under a bill signed by Governor Jim Doyle. Full Story »
Governor says stimulus dollars will make the state a leader in renewable energy Full Story »
SPRING GROVE, Minnesota (WXOW) -- A Houston County man suffered third degree burns while trying to put out an overnight fire in his rural Spring Grove home. Full Story »
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 9:05 PM ET WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A Waukesha has been found incompetent to stand trial in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Full Story »
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and the man accused of secretly making nude videos of her will come face-to-face next week in a Los Angeles courtroom when the Illinois insurance executive enters an expected guilty plea. Full Story »
A couple that crashed a White House party turned over a watch to pay a landscaping debt, but a jeweler is saying it's a fake luxury timepiece. Full Story »
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 8:45 PM ET BLACK EARTH, Wis. (AP) - Dane County sheriff's deputies had to shoot a runaway steer in the village of Black Earth on Thursday. Full Story »
By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)- The House has approved a compromise plan to give General Motors and Chrysler dealers an appeals process to keep their showrooms open. Full Story »
The FBI agents who arrived at Bernard Madoff's luxury penthouse apartment on the morning of Dec. 11, 2008, found a broken man in a bathrobe who knew his time was up. Full Story »
A Maryland judge is ruling in the dispute between Jon Gosselin and the TLC network that the father must stop making media appearances that are at odds with his contract. Full Story »
On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing droughts. Full Story »
Tomah, WI (WXOW)- The Monroe County Health Department is vaccinating students at 32 schools, both public and private. Full Story »
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW)- Our recent snow storm kept Tri-State ambulance busy. From noon on Tuesday till 8:00 p.m. yesterday, Tri-State received 66 requests for ambulance service. 14 of those calls Full Story »
A faulty wheel on the Mars rover Spirit is complicating efforts to free it from a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past eight months. Full Story »
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 5:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin schools will be required to teach the history of organized labor under a bill signed by Gov. Jim Doyle. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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