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Milwaukee Pug Fest Attracts 1,700 Dogs
Milwaukee Pug Fest, billed by organizers as the largest such event in North America, had its best year yet.
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Milwaukee Backs Off Bra Ban for Historic Bar
A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.
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3 Commencements for UW-Madison Triplets
It will be one busy weekend for a northeastern Wisconsin family. Triplets Stephanie, Kyle and Ashley Verhasselt, of Freedom, will receive their undergraduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in three separate commencement ceremonies.
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WI Boy Writes 'Chocolate Bullet' Letter; Gets Handwritten Reply from Biden
It may not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpected response. The 7-year-old wrote a letter to Vice President Joe Biden and other officials a few months ago with a simple idea for making the world safer.
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Popping Balloons Bring Police Response to La Crosse Technical College Campus
A report of gunshots on the campus of a La Crosse technical college drew an immediate response from heavily-armed police officers who found the sound was nothing more than balloons popping during a class project.
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Durango, Colo., Area Couple Gives Up Catwalk Fight
A Durango area couple is giving up their fight to keep a 13-foot escape route for their cats outside their Colorado apartment.
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Scratch-and-Sniff Cards Prompt Natural Gas Scare
Those scratch-and-sniff cards the energy company sends to customers to teach them to recognize the artificial smell added to natural gas? Turns out they work pretty well.
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Wisconsin Woman Wins National Chip Contest
When given the choice of three new flavors of Lay's potato chips, America voted in favor of Cheesy Garlic Bread, the brainchild of Karen Weber-Mendham of Land O'Lakes, WI.
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2 Pounds of Loose Skin Removed from Fat Oregon Dog
Obie the formerly obese dachshund is recovering after surgery at an Oregon veterinary clinic that removed 2 1/2 pounds of loose skin.
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Pink Floyd Poser Arrested for Theft by Swindle
A man is accused of pretending to be a member of rock band Pink Floyd at a Minnesota hospital -- and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical bills.
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Hungry Bear Grabs a Donkey
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden Mike Young says he's never seen anything quite like it in his 20 years on the job.
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Cat Missing in Arizona Turns Up in Wisconsin
A tiny, grain-sized microchip has helped reunite a cat found on the doorsteps of a central Wisconsin animal shelter with his owner who lives nearly 1,800 miles away.
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NY College Crew Team Finds Giant Floating 'Head'
Anyone lose a giant head made of Styrofoam and fiberglass? That's what officials at an upstate New York college are asking after the men's crew team found the unusual object floating in the Hudson River.
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Charges: Teen Texted Chief Offering Drugs
This crime fell right into the laps of authorities in Shawano County.
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Ind. Man Calls 911, Reports He's Driving Drunk
A northern Indiana man who called 911 and told dispatchers he was driving drunk and needed to be taken off the road got his wish when a sheriff's deputy arrived.
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