http://news.yahoo.com/local/Milwaukee/3334 Yahoo! Local News - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel en-us The only way President Barack Obama could have been any more indirect about his message on Wednesday in a speech at a middle school in Madison was by giving it in another state. He never mentioned Milwaukee, he barely mentioned Wisconsin. It might seem hard to be boring when you're talking about giving away billions of dollars to places that shake up their education systems, but Obama succeeded ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123pcpqs0/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69486737.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69486737.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:56:30 +0000 Recent headlines suggest the hype over President Barack Obama's $787 billion plan to stimulate a slumping economy may have been overblown. That's not surprising to me. Isn't hype always overblown? In local news, a Journal Sentinel review found a government stimulus job report that claimed more than 10,000 jobs were saved or created in Wisconsin was filled with errors that included double ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123gj22rt/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69425527.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69425527.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:41:41 +0000 Life without soccer for Sergio Villagran would be miserable. Luckily for Sergio, he gets an equal dose of writing and soccer through a national program that made its way to Milwaukee five years ago and has expanded since. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1235llj6a/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69485317.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69485317.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:41:31 +0000 It's the stories that draw U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Chad Ullenberg, the stories told by veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. "I love these guys. They went through so much," Ullenberg said Saturday as he prepared to hop into a Humvee to drive a pair of Korean War vets in the 46th annual Milwaukee Veterans Day Parade. Hundreds of veterans from across the region gathered in ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1234g2qps/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69474192.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69474192.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:11:30 +0000 Milwaukee aldermen Friday scaled back some of the cuts that Mayor Tom Barrett sought in police and firefighter staffing, but a veto override battle could still lie ahead on the issue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1234por92/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69441617.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69441617.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:11:39 +0000 Privatizing the Milwaukee Water Works could cost water customers at least $17 million more each year than the city would bring in from a long-term lease, says a study by privatization opponents. But that study assumes that the state would approve a rate increase of more than 50% above today's prices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123e36cds/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69441017.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69441017.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:41:50 +0000 At least six soldiers from Wisconsin were among the 43 people killed or injured by an Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood, and an Army major said Friday night that the shooter was scheduled to deploy with a Madison-based unit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123dvtqb7/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69420037.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69420037.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:41:30 +0000 In a highly unusual scene, state Sen. Lena Taylor testified Friday in a secret John Doe proceeding at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, after she was promised that what she said under oath would not be used against her in the ongoing criminal investigation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1238kclbp/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69407277.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69407277.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:41 +0000 Summer may be over, but not all farmers markets disappear when the mercury dives and the snow flies. A new Saturday morning winter farmers market debuts this weekend at State Fair Park. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1232v6ual/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69405587.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69405587.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:41:30 +0000 Russell Seager of Mount Pleasant was described as a "quiet helper" who joined the military about four years ago at the age of 47. Seager was one of two soldiers from Wisconsin killed at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123ldton8/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69389737.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69389737.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:56:39 +0000 The 46th annual Milwaukee Veterans Day Parade will kick off Saturday about 11 a.m. downtown. The parade will include veterans groups, active military units, marching bands, floats honoring all five branches of military service, and new and antique military equipment. This year's special guests of honor are the U.S. Marine Corps. The parade will last for a little more than an hour. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123b968pb/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69385502.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69385502.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:50 +0000 Wisconsin Army Reserve Spc. Grant Moxon of Lodi was looking right into the eyes of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan when Hasan raised a gun and started shooting at fellow soldiers, his father said Friday. "When the guy started shooting, he could not believe he didn't get shot in the head," Dave Moxon said of his son. The father said his son pretended to be dead when he was hit in the leg and got out of ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123el1i2l/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69385357.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69385357.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:39 +0000 Former Milwaukee Ald. Mary Anne McNulty, a tireless advocate for the poor during a life in politics and community organizing, died this morning at Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee. McNulty was 61. She was recently hospitalized following a cancer diagnosis, according to Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Tom Donegan, a close friend. McNulty, a Chicago native, represented the near south side on ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123p31nfh/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69385247.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69385247.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:30 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123nca5bn/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69373017.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69373017.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:30 +0000 A soldier from Random Lake put a tourniquet on a soldier and carried him away from the scene of the Fort Hood shooting before realizing she was shot, according to the commanding officer of the base. In an interview Friday on NBC's "Today," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone relayed a story that Amber Bahr told Cone when he spoke with her Thursday night. Bahr's family said she was shot in the back and is ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=12354h823/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69365927.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69365927.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:20 +0000 You can't see her without buying an advance ticket ($30), but Sarah Palin is in town tonight to speak at a Wisconsin Right to Life event. Speaking of pols, Gov. Jim Doyle will be in Fond du Lac to thank Mercury Marine, its employees and others for not letting the company bail for Oklahoma. A guy who might want to be guv, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, is aiming to raise city property taxes by 4.4 ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1234qejhv/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69362617.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69362617.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:10 +0000 A Milwaukee Fire Department dispatcher accused of calling in sick before a shift but instead going to a bar has been fired, according to city documents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123tlp877/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69343832.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69343832.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:00 +0000 A Franklin man who runs an alcohol and drug abuse counseling center in Greenfield was charged Thursday with 18 felonies, most of them alleging that he defrauded a government program by falsifying treatment forms. Dennis K. Shirk, 63, also is accused of trying to obtain prescription painkillers from a patient who owed him money, according to a criminal complaint. A preliminary hearing, to ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123vsi9b9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69321392.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69321392.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:40 +0000 A 33-year-old man who police say went on a robbing spree of businesses throughout the northern metropolitan area is facing up to 204 years in prison if convicted of all charges filed against him Thursday. Calvin L. Brown, who already has spent more than seven years in prison for a robbery, use of force, conviction, was charged in the Oct. 8 robbery of a CVS pharmacy in the 1600 Block of N ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=1234u2sas/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69319247.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69319247.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:30 +0000 A former Whitnall High School student accused of coercing teen girls into sending him sexually explicit photos of themselves has been charged with 10 felonies. The charges are filed in Children's Court. But based on their severity, the 14-year-old boy could be prosecuted as an adult, Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said Thursday. The boy, who is in custody, is ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Milwaukee/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel/SIG=123f5oq0u/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Fmilwaukee%2F69316557.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69316557.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:20 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:56:30 +0000