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			<title><![CDATA[UW Health forced to nix Web site in Med Flight memorial mix-up]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286372</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Confusion over memorial funds for the three victims in Saturday night&#39;s Med Flight helicopter crash has forced UW Health to take down a Web site initially set up for donations.  UW Health said would-be contributors were upset that money could be going to the UW Foundation and not according to the wishes of the victims&#39; families.  &quot;We&#39;ve pulled the information that could in any way be misunderstood,&quot; said UW Health spokesperson Lisa Brunette. &quot;It was never our ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baldwin calls for family/medical leave for part-time workers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286364</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Family and medical leave would be extended to part-time workers employed at least 12 months by their employer, under legislation introduced by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)  &quot;The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides a good and necessary benefit to some of our working families,&quot; Baldwin said in statement. &quot;It&#39;s imperative we make those benefits available to all our working families.&quot;  The original act, in place since 1993, provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bus rider followed home, robbed]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286370</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A robber claiming to have a gun followed a Metro bus passenger to her home Tuesday night, and when she told him her money was inside the home, followed her into the residence.  Madison police reported the incident took place Tuesday about 10:46 p.m. in the 400 block of North Segoe Road.  The 24-year-old victim left a Metro bus and started to walk home, while the suspect who was on the same bus followed her.  &quot;The perpetrator first ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama snags another Wisconsin superdelegate -- a UW senior]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286358</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama may have lost West Virginia&#39;s primary on Tuesday, but he won an online &quot;contest&quot; that has yielded him a pair of additional delegates to this summer&#39;s Democratic National Convention.  And that&#39;s got the senator from Illinois personally welcoming a University of Wisconsin student as his latest delegate catch.  Two weeks ago, the president and vice president of College Democrats of America -- both convention superdelegates -- posted a YouTube video that asked young people to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Nichols]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interstate delays likely due to Rock County road work]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286363</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Motorists on Interstate 39/90 in Rock County should expect delays Wednesday because of highway maintenance.  The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said work is being done in the westbound (northbound) lanes at the bridge over County M, about midway between Janesville and Newville near Lake Koshkonong.  One lane will be closed at a time, so traffic will be able to get through the construction area.  The work should be completed Wednesday and traffic back to normal Thursday.  ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cop &#39;feels great&#39; about her lifesaving role at frat]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286292</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison Police Officer Angie Dyhr realizes that had she happened upon the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity fire even five minutes later, the result could have been devastating.  Dyhr, 33, a mother of three, was patrolling Langdon Street in her squad car when she noticed what appeared to be a campfire or a grill fire in the back of 237 Langdon St.   So she pulled in the driveway and notified dispatch right away.   Two weeks earlier she ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More weather radios will be for sale]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286340</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A second batch of weather hazard radios is now available through municipalities across Dane County, but won&#39;t be available at Madison Fire Department stations until June because the department-run sale needs to be approved by the Madison City Council.  Dane County Emergency Management bought 4,500 radios this time around, after the initial batch of 6,800 radios sold out.  The fire department&#39;s initial order of 1,500 radios was sold within 15 minutes at the city&#39;s 11 fire stations ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Many bus detours coming]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286317</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Road work and a bike race will force several Metro bus routes to take detours beginning Sunday.  The Willy Street Bike Race on Sunday will push buses off Williamson Street from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Routes 4 and 7 will detour via Baldwin Street, East Washington Avenue and First Street in both directions, but because of a tight turning condition at Winnebago and First, the southbound Route 4 and westbound Route 7 buses will detour ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gorham Street work set to start]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286295</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Reconstruction of East Gorham Street will disrupt commuter traffic beginning Monday, May 19, through Labor Day in September.  Gorham Street is a one-way westbound street into downtown from the eastern isthmus, so motorists will be detoured onto East Washington Avenue for the duration of the project.  Roadwork is scheduled on Gorham Street between North Baldwin Street and North Ingersoll Street May 19 to May 26, and between North Baldwin Street and North Livingston Street May 27 to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Farm report: Spring planting far behind schedule]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286294</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Minimal rainfall last week allowed Wisconsin farmers to get into their fields, but spring planting is still well below normal.  The Wisconsin Crop Progress Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said corn planting is now 29 percent complete, up 25 percentage points from a week earlier but still well below 65 percent complete at this time a year ago.  The rate of completed corn planting is at the lowest level at this time of the spring ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Regular unleaded gas price soars to $3.81 average]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286293</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The relentless surge in gasoline prices continued Wednesday as records continue to be set day after day.  The AAA Wisconsin daily fuel gauge report said the two grades used as benchmarks, regular unleaded and diesel, reached new heights, with the average statewide price for regular unleaded at $3.817 a gallon, up 1.4 cents from Tuesday, and diesel averaging $4.41 a gallon, up 1.2 cents.  Mid-range gasoline and premium gasoline also went up, with mid-range now at an ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro-Life Wisconsin joins national protest to end legal access to birth control]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286148</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In recent years, some anti-abortion advocates have turned their attention to birth control -- not as a means to reduce unplanned pregnancies, but as another target of protest.  One of the most fervent anti-contraception crusaders is Pro-Life Wisconsin, which believes virtually all forms of birth control can cause a &quot;chemical abortion&quot; by preventing an already fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall.  The Brookfield-based group, along with the American Life League and Pharmacists for Life International ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judith Davidoff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Teen arrested in West Wash shooting]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286291</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A 17-year-old Madison youth has been arrested and tentatively charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting of a 19-year-old man last month.  Michael &quot;Mikey&quot; T. Thomas was arrested Monday and is being held in the Dane County Jail.  The shooting took place April 30 outside the Mental Health Center of Dane County facility, 625 W. Washington Ave., shortly before 6 p.m.  The victim had been at the center and was waiting for a ride outside when ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anyone there? Disconnected call to 911 wasn&#39;t returned]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286171</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Joe Norwick prefers talking about how, since becoming Dane County&#39;s 911 Center director in July, he&#39;s slashed overtime by 50 percent, added 10 new staff members and moved ahead with more than $30 million in upgrades to a highly complex computer, radio and telephone emergency network serving more than 400,000 county residents.  What Norwick doesn&#39;t like talking about is how often his dispatchers skirt a county policy requiring them to verify -- with a follow-up call ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan J. CompCorrespondent for The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeless advocate for themselves, but does it work?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286125</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A dozen of them sit huddled together against the chill on a recent Friday in the Brittingham Park shelter -- schooled in bracing against the wind by stints of living on the street -- to hear about the neighborhood&#39;s reaction to their presence.  People -- mothers -- say they&#39;re scared, reports Aaron Crandall, a founder of the newly formed Monona Bay Neighborhood Association.   &quot;You don&#39;t have any idea about our lifestyle,&quot; Robert McGee tells Crandall. &quot;Come ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phil Woodman accused of trying to bust grocery workers union]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286149</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A move is under way to get rid of the long-established unions at area Woodman&#39;s grocery stores and union leaders are pointing the finger at owner Phil Woodman.  &quot;The question everyone is asking is why is Phil Woodman taking such an aggressive stance against his hard-working employees,&#39;&#39; said John Eiden, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473, which represents Woodman&#39;s grocery workers and meat cutters.  A spokesman for Woodman says it&#39;s the workers themselves who ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Lundey]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Who calls the shots, UW or UW athletics?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285898</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s no secret that some on the UW-Madison campus believe the athletic department operates more like an autonomous empire than a subset of the university.  That friction got a public airing May 5 when Walter Dickey, associate dean of the UW Law School and chairman of the Athletic Board, which is charged with oversight of the athletic department, was challenged on the maverick ways of the athletic department while delivering his annual report to the Faculty ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Criminal minds? Some say justice system fails inmates with fetal alcohol disorders]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285900</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tyler Mills lost nearly 25 pounds over the course of three weeks, but his jailers didn&#39;t see anything alarming about that. It was his choice to stop eating, his choice to stop drinking, his choice to swallow the toothbrush that was lodged in his stomach.  Sauk County Jail officials deemed it a behavior issue, not a medical one. It could be handled with discipline -- solitary confinement, suspension of privileges, physical restraints.  On June 8, 2006, jail ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Elbow]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nice weather rest of week]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286289</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nice weather is expected in south central Wisconsin the next seven days, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday and Saturday.  Madison will start out cloudy Wednesday but the clouds will clear later, making for a sunny afternoon with a high in the low-60s.  For the rest of the week, temperatures will be close to seasonal normals, with highs in the mid- to upper-60s and lows in the mid- to upper-40s.  Tuesday&#39;s high in Madison was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW-Madison chancellor search: Martin offers &#39;fresh pair of eyes&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286231</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Carolyn Martin knows UW-Madison.  She was a lecturer at the university in the early 1980s and earned her doctorate from UW-Madison in 1985 in German Literature.  Yet Martin, who has spent more than 20 years at Cornell University, an Ivy League school in Ithaca, N.Y., also brings an outsider&#39;s perspective in her quest to become UW-Madison&#39;s next chancellor.  &quot;It&#39;s always an advantage to know a place and to love a place, and then also to have had experiences ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dead bats tested here for mysterious syndrome]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286175</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ About 100 bats that died of a mysterious syndrome in the northeastern United States are being analyzed at the U.S. Geological Survey&#39;s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison.  The illness, which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats found since March at more than 25 caves and mines, is referred to as &quot;white-nose syndrome&quot; because of a white substance on the muzzles and wings of dead and hibernating bats.  The condition was first observed in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Weier]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiscal bureau: State budget deal just delays problems]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286235</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The budget-balancing plan the Senate passed Tuesday would still leave the state nearly $1.7 billion short three years from now.  The nonpartisan legislative Fiscal Bureau delivered that news to Republican state lawmakers in two separate briefings just before the Democratic-controlled Senate voted 17-16 along largely partisan lines to pass it. Only Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, broke party ranks to vote no.  The Republican-controlled Assembly planned to take up the bill to fix the current $527 million shortfall ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Historic Utica Store set to close]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286192</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ After 136 years of serving southeastern Dane County, the Utica Store is closing its doors on June 1.  Maybe.  Barney Lambert and Jackie Sperle, who have operated this friendly store selling the essentials of life, are closing a 30-year chapter of their lives as owners, operators, counselors, advisers, sympathizers and providers to a unique community of farmers and rural residents.  The little store at the corner of County W and County B, about halfway between Stoughton and Cambridge, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Oncken]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin: An affordable place to vacation]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286228</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wisconsin usually seems to rank at the top of lists we don&#39;t like to be on, such as those tax comparisons, but the AAA is out with a new list in which the Badger State can be proud to rank in the lower half of the states.   The average daily costs for food and lodging for a family of four in Wisconsin is $206, which ranks 32nd in the nation in the AAA calculations, making ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home sales, prices continue to fall]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286182</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Even though the weather is warming, the tepid local housing market is showing little sign of heating up. But prices have fallen, giving hope that more buyers will be coming out of the woodwork this spring.  Sales in Dane County during the first three months of 2008 were down 27 percent from the same period a year ago, with the median sales price falling three percent as well.  The Wisconsin Realtors Association on Tuesday reported 906 sales ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Ivey]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison man faces peeping Tom charges]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286227</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Madison man who was ordered to stay out of the west side Wal-Mart after being caught there taking a picture of a 12-year-old girl as she was using the toilet, has now been banned from all shopping malls after having been seen peeking over a bathroom stall at a woman at the Westgate Mall.   Byron M. Mitchell, 19, was charged with attempting to make a nude picture and disorderly conduct in the Wal-Mart incident ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Update: Frat fire cause unknown; damage estimated at $750,000]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286082</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Instead of cramming for finals, 25 members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity sat on a Metro Transit bus early this morning at the corner of Langdon and Frances streets keeping warm as dozens of Madison firefighters battled a massive fire that enveloped their fraternity house.   The fire department got the first call at 11:41 p.m. Monday after a city of Madison police officer noticed a glow that she thought was a grill at the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Protest planned at Alliant meeting]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286162</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Coal powered power plant protesters plan to picket the Alliant Energy shareholders meeting Thursday, citing the proposed plant in Cassville as a bad investment in Wisconsin&#39;s environment and economy.  The shareholders meeting is Thursday afternoon at the Alliant Energy Center.  &quot;Protesters are coming from all over Wisconsin and from Iowa as well,&quot; said Jennifer Feyerherm of the Sierra Club.  The Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin are organizing the protest, which will include a two-story inflatable coal plant and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Memorial service set for two of Med Flight victims]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286166</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A public memorial service for two of the victims of the UW Med Flight crash will be held on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Monona Terrace.  The service was organized by the families of Dr. Darren Bean and pilot Steven Lipperer. Also killed in the crash was flight nurse Mark Coyne, whose family has not yet announced plans for a service.  A memorial fund will be established in Bean&#39;s name, and Lipperer&#39;s obituary suggested that memorials be ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inmate saved from suicide]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286164</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Dane County sheriff&#39;s deputy stopped a jail inmate from committing suicide Monday night after finding the inmate with a sheet tied around his neck.  According to the sheriff&#39;s office, the incident happened about 11 p.m. Monday.  &quot;The deputy found the inmate attempting to strangle himself,&quot; said sheriff&#39;s office spokeswoman Elise Schaffer. &quot;He was able to untie the sheet from around the man&#39;s neck, enabling the inmate to get oxygen.&quot;  The inmate was conscious but turning blue and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cop hailed for getting everyone out of frat]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286134</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The 25 students evacuated from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity are being assisted Tuesday in finding temporary living quarters, and the police officer who pounded on the door of the house to awaken and then evacuate all inside is being nominated for a Madison Police Department life-saving award.  The fire destroyed the fraternity at 237 Langdon St., displacing the 25 students living there during finals week.  UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam said all of the young ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man who killed sister to be released from Mendota]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286133</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A murderer who killed his sister 23 years ago has been cleared to be released from Mendota Mental Health Institute to a group home on Madison&#39;s east side.  Mark Staskal, 44, was granted his conditional release Tuesday by Rock County Circuit Judge Michael Byron to the Madison group home, about six months after he upheld Staskal&#39;s conditional release to an Eau Claire group home.  That move was opposed by area residents in Eau Claire as well as ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[County: &#39;We are making progress&#39; on 911 center]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286132</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of the Brittany Zimmermann phone call to the Dane County 911 center, staffing of the center has improved, and more equipment is coming, according to the chair of the committee overseeing the center.  &quot;The good news is we are making progress in the strategic plan for the 911 center,&quot; said County Board Supervisor Brett Hulsey. &quot;But questions remain on how we deal with hang-ups and how to educate people to take 911 off ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Memorial service set for 2 crash victims]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286122</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A public memorial service for two of the victims of the UW Med Flight crash will be held on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Monona Terrace.  The service will honor Dr. Darren Bean and pilot Steven Lipperer. Also killed in the crash was flight nurse Mark Coyne.  A memorial fund will be established in Bean&#39;s name, and Lipperer&#39;s obituary suggested that memorials be made to the Dane County Humane Society.  ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[School budget quietly OK&#39;d]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286119</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Madison Metropolitan School District budget for the 2008-09 school year was approved with little fanfare Monday at the School Board meeting at the Doyle Administration Building.  Despite the relatively simple approval, board members expect discussion of a referendum when Dan Nerad takes over for Art Rainwater as the new superintendent July 1, as the district faces a $9.2 million gap for the 2009-10 school year.  For the first time in 14 years, the projection for the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamira Madsen]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Squad car hit; alleged drunk driver arrested]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286109</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ An alleged drunken driver rammed a Fitchburg police squad car at about midnight Monday, with the suspect being arrested a short time later but not before hitting another car.  According to Fitchburg police reports, Andrejs Jakovlevs, 29, was arrested outside his house in the 1000 block of Hackberry Lane and tentatively charged with operating while intoxicated, fleeing an officer and two counts of hit and run.  Police said a Fitchburg officer observed Jakovlevs driving northbound in the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another record for gas prices]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286101</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gas prices keep rising, and the records keep falling.  AAA Wisconsin reported the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline reached $3.80 Tuesday, up two cents from the old record of $3.78 a gallon set Monday.  Diesel fuel also hit a new high Tuesday, averaging $4.38 a gallon in Wisconsin, up three cents from the record of $4.35 a gallon Monday.  Prices in all five metropolitan areas of Wisconsin broke records Tuesday.  The highest price for regular ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New county initiative seeks jobs for teens, ex-offenders]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286089</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Jobs for young people and former offenders are the goals of two new initiatives from Dane County.  County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Monday the youth employment initiative will help middle and high school students 14 to 18 years old learn job skills and assist with job placement and mentoring services.  The initiative was recommended in 2007 by the Joint Gang Task Force.  &quot;This new effort will help keep young people who face so many challenges and outside influences ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tuesday night forecast: stormy weather]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286086</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A nice but breezy Tuesday will end with showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon into Tuesday night, but the storms aren&#39;t expected to be severe.  Rainfall amounts could total up to a half-inch, according to the National Weather Service.  Rain will clear after midnight, paving the way for partly sunny but cool weather Wednesday through Friday.  The forecast for the weekend calls for mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers Saturday.  Monday&#39;s high in Madison was 61 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fire in Middleton park]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286083</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Middleton firefighters are battling a blaze in a shelter in Lakeview Park, 6300 Mendota Ave.  A Middleton police officer said the fire is in the shelter near the baseball diamond.  Lakeview Park has an east and west shelter in the complex, one with a large meeting room and adjoining kitchen.  No occupants were inside the lodge, according to the officer.  ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW-Madison chancellor search: Sandefur stresses relationships]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286028</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ If Gary Sandefur earns the nod as the next chancellor of UW-Madison, the soft-spoken dean of the UW&#39;s College of Letters and Sciences hopes to build a better university one relationship at a time.  &quot;I think building relationships is something that is very important for the next chancellor, no matter who that person is,&quot; Sandefur said during a news conference Monday at the Memorial Union. &quot;I would want to try and build relationships not only with ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Group calls for condemnation of hate messages]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286021</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hate crimes must not be met with silence, members of Communities United said Monday in issuing a call for the community to join them in proclaiming &quot;not in our town.&quot;  A statement recounting the historical silence of others as Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and set up death factories that murdered millions of Jews in mid-20th century Europe asserts that &quot;Communities United will not stand silent today.&quot; The group invites people of varied backgrounds ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bean was pioneer in resuscitation efforts]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Although the loss of Dr. Darren Bean will be felt deeply at the Madison Fire Department, his commitment to cutting edge, life-saving programs will live on, vows Jim Keiken, assistant chief of planning and training for the department.  &quot;We&#39;re going to continue to strive to make his vision a reality,&quot; Keiken said Monday. &quot;And make it a vision for other people on how a regional cooperative EMS system could work.&quot;  Bean, who has served as the Madison ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Lundey]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Med Flight helicopter didn&#39;t have recommended safety gear]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286015</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UW Med Flight helicopter that crashed near La Crosse did not have two pieces of safety technology recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration, but an official of the company that owned the craft said Monday it was installing them as quickly as it could on its 330-craft fleet.  Mike Allen, senior vice president at Denver-based Air Methods, said the helicopter was not equipped with a computerized voice system to warn ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Again seeking manager, water utility names two finalists]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=286001</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Two people have been named finalists in the second search to find a manager for the Madison Water Utility, after a previous attempt failed to find satisfactory candidates.  Just 15 applied, after a nationwide search, for the position that pays $89,103 to $120,287 annually. Last time, three finalists emerged from 14 applicants, but the city did not hire anyone.  The position is a vital one because city officials are struggling to restore trust in the utility after ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Weier]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Children&#39;s museum details plans for new location]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285999</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Madison Children&#39;s Museum unveiled plans for its new home Monday to a crowd of local civic leaders who museum officials hope will help send its capital fund drive to the $10 million goal.  The popular downtown museum, now located at the top of State Street, will move to its new location at another corner of the Square as soon as J.H. Findorff &amp; Son remodels the 79-year-old, 41,570-square-foot building that was a gift from W. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bodacious Boutique to close]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285970</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Monroe Street will lose a women&#39;s clothes shop this month when Bodacious Boutique closes its doors.  Store owner Sheryl Batten said her lease is up at 1719 Monroe St. and she has decided to retire.  &quot;I had a great run,&quot; Batten said of her newest venture. &quot;I had great fun and Monroe Street is an absolutely great place to be. But it&#39;s just that my lease is up and I&#39;ve made the decision that I&#39;m going to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Welch]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin lawmakers reach deal on $527M budget shortfall]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285941</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MADISON, Wis.&nbsp;-- Wisconsin lawmakers say they have reached a deal to solve the state&#39;s $527 million budget shortfall.  Democratic Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker&#39;s office says a deal has been reached and details will be announced at a late Monday morning news conference in the Capitol  Republican Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch and Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Jim Kreuser of Kenosha are expected at the news conference.  Gov. Jim Doyle&#39;s spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.  Doyle ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another day, another gas price record]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285954</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gasoline prices continue to creep upward across Wisconsin, setting records today for the highest recorded average prices for a gallon of regular unleaded gas and a gallon of diesel fuel.  AAA Wisconsin&#39;s daily fuel gauge report shows the current average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $3.78, up two cents from a day earlier. A gallon of mid-range gas is at $3.93 and premium unleaded is at $4.11 a gallon.  Diesel went up the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW chancellor search heats up]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285840</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly last week announced the four finalists being considered for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison.  But the preliminaries are over.  Now is when the process to name John Wiley&#39;s successor truly begins to heat up.  Starting Monday and running through Thursday, each of the finalists to become the next leader of Wisconsin&#39;s flagship university -- with 40,000 students, 16,000 employees and an annual operating budget of $2.2 billion -- will interact ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;It&#39;s just terrible. It&#39;s such a loss.&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285807</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Thoughts and prayers are pouring in for the UW Hospital Med Flight crew of three killed Saturday night when the helicopter crashed on a bluff near La Crosse.   UW Health set up a tribute web site for Dr. Darren Bean, nurse Mark Coyne and pilot Steve Lipperer and as of 8 a.m. Monday, three dozen messages had been posted, many from colleagues at UW Hospital, as well as from hospitals around the state.   The ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamira Madsen, Steve Elbow and Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Gary Sandefur]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285850</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bio: Sandefur was named dean of the College of Letters and Science at UW-Madison in August of 2004. Prior to that, he served as professor of sociology, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, and director of the American Indian Studies Program, all at UW-Madison. He has been on the faculty since 1984 and currently leads a college that has 39 departments and five professional schools. More than ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Rebecca Blank]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285851</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bio: The highly regarded economist was dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan from 1999 to 2007. She remains a professor of public policy and of economics and is co-director of Michigan&#39;s National Poverty Center. Blank is currently on leave and is a visiting senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington. Before coming to Michigan, she was a faculty member at Northwestern University and served as ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Carolyn Martin]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285852</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bio: Martin, who received her doctorate in German literature at UW-Madison, has been on the faculty at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., since 1985. She became Cornell&#39;s provost, the university&#39;s chief academic and chief operating officer, in July 2000. Prior to that, she spent four years as senior associate dean in Cornell&#39;s College of Arts and Sciences. A professor of German studies and women&#39;s studies, she served as the chair of the Department of German ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Tim Mulcahy]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285857</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bio: Since February 2005, Mulcahy has served as vice president for research at the University of Minnesota, where he is responsible for oversight and administration of an externally funded research program of more than $600 million on the university system&#39;s five campuses. Prior to leaving for Minnesota, Mulcahy was associate vice chancellor for research policy at UW-Madison for three years. From 1996 to 2002, he served as associate dean for the biological sciences at UW-Madison. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Studies show hike in EMS aircraft crashes]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285826</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-three years of accident-free medical rescues by UW Med Flight ended in tragedy Saturday, with the fatal nighttime crash of an American Eurocopter EC 135 helicopter on a wooded bluff five miles outside downtown La Crosse on a return trip to Madison after ferrying a patient to a La Crosse hospital.  The craft lost contact with the airport shortly after take-off at 10:48 p.m. Killed in the crash were Dr. Darren Bean, nurse Mark Coyne and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nurse, EMS instructor Coyne &#39;really affected a lot of people&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285825</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Coyne loved sailing, flying and Jimmy Buffett. But most of all, he loved teaching emergency medical services.  &quot;Just a couple weeks ago, we were both talking shop about EMS,&quot; said his friend, Todd Cole. &quot;He said, &#39;You know, I really make a difference with what I do. Teaching really means something. I&#39;ve really affected a lot of people.&#39;  &quot;I said, &#39;You absolutely have, Mark.&#39; It was one of those comments that was so true.&quot;  Coyne, 54, was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Burns]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheriff to swear in new deputies]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285823</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney will swear in 11 new deputies during a ceremony Monday.  The ceremony will take place at about 8:30 a.m. in the Public Safety Building, 115 W. Doty St.  The new deputies are: Donald Dudley, 21, DeForest; Dwight Schuster, 41, Sun Prairie; Tennita Funmaker, 24, Milwaukee; Kathryn Gove, 25, McFarland; Haley Collins, 21, Lansing, Mich.; Joshua LaFevre, 23, Alger, Mich.; Adam Mattson, 27, Sun Prairie; Corey Passer, 22, Milton; Jason Rudolph, 38, Madison; ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lipperer was Med Flight pilot for 8 years]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285822</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Steve Lipperer, the pilot of the Med Flight helicopter that crashed Saturday night near La Crosse, was recently married to Dr. Desiree La Charite, a Med Flight physician since 2001. The couple lives in the town of Westport.   Lipperer had been with Med Flight for eight years and had been a pilot for more than 20 years, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.  The plane crashed Saturday night about four miles from La Crosse. The two-man crew ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doctor taught mayor, city officials on resuscitation technique]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285820</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Darren Bean spent time teaching cardiocerebral resuscitation to Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and members of the Madison City Council and Madison Rotary Club over the past six weeks.  Bean, along with nurse Mark Coyne and pilot Steve Lipperer, died in a Med Flight helicopter crash near La Crosse Saturday night, and Cieslewicz said he became acquainted with Bean and his work over the past year.  &quot;All three of the men dying is, of course, a terrible ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamira Madsen]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Street to be closed]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285819</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ North Street on the city&#39;s east side will be closed at 6 a.m. Monday as construction continues on the East Washington Avenue project. The closure will be between East Washington Avenue and East Johnson Street.   North Street will reopen later Monday, with off-peak lane closures to continue over the next couple of weeks.   Bus routes 5, 9, 56 and 57 will detour via East Washington Avenue and East Johnson Street during the closure. Passengers boarding ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Bean was always busy, &#39;got so much done&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285817</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ To say Dr. Darren Bean was a high achiever would be an understatement.  Besides his role as a Med Flight physician for six years and the Madison Fire Department&#39;s medical director for the past 16 months, he was the director of ultrasound for the UW Hospital emergency department, according to UW Hospital&#39;s Web site. He was a member of the hospital&#39;s mulidisciplinary trauma committee and the Regional Trauma Advisory Committee.  An assistant professor with the UW School ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Elbow]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home damaged in Dunkirk blaze]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285806</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Residents were evacuated Saturday night when a fire broke out at a home in the Town of Dunkirk near Stoughton.  Firefighters from the Stoughton Fire Department arrived at the home at 852 Collins Road at 9:45 p.m. and rescued the occupants. None were uninjured.  No cause for the fire has been determined, although damage to the house was significant.  The blaze is under investigation, but Dane County Sheriff officials said in a release that the fire does not ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fire rips through southwest side home]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285801</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ No one was home early Sunday morning when a fire broke out at a residence on Madison&#39;s southwest side.  Just before 1:30 a.m. firefighters from the Madison Fire Department arrived at a home at 6521 Appleglen Lane and got the blaze under control at about 2 a.m.  Damage was estimated at $175,000.  The fire was discovered by an Alliant Energy employee who was sent to check on a power outage in the neighborhood. The worker saw the fire ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gloomy skies give way to sun]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285800</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ After a gloomy Mother&#39;s Day, this week will begin on a much brighter note.   Monday and Tuesday will be the two nicest days of the week with Monday being mostly sunny with the high temperature topping out at 65 degrees.   Thunderstorms are likely late Tuesday night, with showers sticking around early Wednesday.   Weather Central meteorologist Mike Stiller said wet weather will return later in the week. But he doesn&#39;t anticipate severe storms and says there ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two killed in Dodge County crash]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285749</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ BEAVER DAM&nbsp;-- A 41-year-old man and his 19-year-old son&nbsp;were killed and two women injured Friday afternoon when a car ran a red light at an intersection and struck another vehicle on County B, according to the Dodge County Sheriff&#39;s Department.  The car with two female passengers exited off ramp U.S. 151 and was traveling west toward County B in the town of Beaver Dam, when it failed to stop at a traffic light about 2 p.m. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State sends 1,000 letters to smokers, warns about Internet cigarette purchases]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285776</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The state&#39;s Revenue Department has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online telling them to stop buying cigarettes that way or to pay the $1.77-per-pack state tax that&#39;s now in effect.  The letters could mean the smokers could be billed if their names show up as repeat buyers later.  The state said it got the names from Internet cigarette vendors after notifying 75 of them that a federal law makes ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW team soars to grand prize in NASA contest]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285773</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison earned grand prize honors in the 2008 NASA Means Business competition in Houston, Texas.  The annual competition, sponsored by NASA and the Coalition for Space Exploration, enlists college students to help NASA with promotional ideas. This year, participating teams were challenged to develop a program to help NASA share the innovation and technologies it creates to spur developments in research and commerce. The goal was to increase awareness that ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[April traffic deaths in state 2nd fewest since WWII]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285770</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The 37 traffic fatalities in the state last month were the second fewest in April since World War II, say preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.  The safest month of April occurred in 1998 with 34 traffic fatalities, and the deadliest month of April was in 1973 with 113 fatalities.   This year&#39;s April statistics were down from last year, when 63 died in 54 crashes. This year&#39;s deaths were also 22 below the five-year ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[No surprises in school budget, but referendum looms]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285755</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Facing a possible referendum and $9.2 million hole for the 2009-10 school year, no major alterations are anticipated to the school 2008-09 budget that will be finalized Monday by Madison School Board members.  When new superintendent Dan Nerad starts in July, referendum discussion will come to the forefront for the Madison Metropolitan School District. If Board members decide to propose a referendum, which could occur as early as November, they will request taxpayers consider overriding state-imposed ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamira Madsen]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Governor mum on budget repair]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285759</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Doyle refused to discuss the state&#39;s budget Friday as lawmakers appeared to be closing in on a deal to solve a $527 million shortfall.  Leaders of both the Senate and Assembly notified lawmakers to keep their schedules clear to be in session Tuesday through Thursday of next week. No details were released by anyone involved in the negotiations about whether there actually was a deal yet.  Democratic Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker&#39;s spokeswoman Carrie Lynch ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCOTT BAUER
ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Child welfare worker accused in toddler son&#39;s death]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285758</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ APPLETON -- An official says a Neenah woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son has been a part-time worker with Winnebago County&#39;s Child Welfare Division.  Police say the 27-year-old woman suffocated the child and told investigators she had heard voices telling her to kill the boy.  The Post-Crescent of Appleton filed an open records request for details on her employment, and County Executive Mark Harris released her job description Friday. It shows she worked part-time as a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Decaying corpse of woman, 90, found in inhabited home]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285757</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ NECEDAH -- A sheriff&#39;s deputy discovered the remains of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in a house she shared with a woman and two children, authorities said Friday.  Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth charged 35-year-old Tammy Lewis and 57-year-old Alan Bushey (pronounced &quot;boo-SHAY&quot;) with two felony counts of being a party to causing mental harm to a child. Lewis was also charged with obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor.  &quot;I believe that we&#39;re looking at a ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boy dies in Janesville fire]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285756</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ JANESVILLE -- A 7-year-old boy died when a fire hit a home on Janesville&#39;s west side.  Firefighters said the victim&#39;s 2-year-old brother was hospitalized after the blaze was reported Saturday about 8 a.m.  Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jensen said the boys&#39; father, another brother described as a toddler, the boys&#39; grandmother and another person escaped.  The cause of the fire was not immediately determined. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother&#39;s Day forecast: rain]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285739</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Taking your mother to brunch or planning an indoor celebration probably will be the best choice Sunday, as it appears Mother&#39;s Day will be wet and cool.   Rain began Saturday night, which also had a predicted low of 43 degrees.   Weather Center meteorologist Tom Carlson said temperatures Sunday will be chilly and top off at 54 degrees, 13 degrees below the normal of 67. It will also be breezy with a north wind between 15 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamira Madsen]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Armed man robs east-side gas station]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285744</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A man with a handgun held up an east-side gas station Friday afternoon, then made his getaway on foot.  Police responded Friday afternoon just after 1 p.m. to the Mobil station located at 3505 E. Washington Ave.  The robber is described as black, with a heavy build, 5-foot-5 and about 25 years old. He was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.  ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Radiothon raises over $600,000 for kids]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285743</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A&nbsp;grand total of $631,356 was raised over a three-day period in the &quot;Connie and Fish Champions for Kids Radiothon,&quot; a charitable benefit for American Family Children&#39;s Hospital, a Madison-area facility.  Hosts Connie and Fish from Z-104 FM announced the total Friday night at the conclusion of the event. A UW Health press release stated that $2.2 million has been raised since the annual broadcast event began four years ago.  According to the release, most listeners who made ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police honor fallen officers (with photo gallery)]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285656</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ More than 300 law enforcement officers from throughout Wisconsin assembled on the Capitol Square Friday, with squad cars and horses, as they honored three fallen comrades in the annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony.  Those honored this year included Officer Jackie Ryden of the Prescott Police Department, Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr. of the Kenosha County Sheriff&#39;s office and Deputy Jason S. Zunker of the Chippewa County Sheriff&#39;s Office, all of whom died in the line of duty. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama&#39;s bracelet a constant reminder of Wisconsin mother, soldier]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285632</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama still has Wisconsin on his mind.   In the victory speech he gave after winning the North Carolina primary and almost winning the Indiana primary Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate celebrated his best night since he swept the Feb. 19 voting in the Badger state.   And he did so by recalling an incident on the campaign trail in Wisconsin and suggesting that he is strengthened in his resolve to win the nomination and the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Nichols]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheriff defends actions on immigrants]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285671</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dane County will not become a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants, Sheriff Dave Mahoney said Friday.  &quot;It&#39;s not going to happen,&quot; Mahoney said in an interview recapping his meeting last week with a leader in the Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes (Immigrant Workers Union or UTI) after a rally on the steps of the City-County Building.  Several hundred protesters -- some waving a cartoon of Mahoney&#39;s face followed by &quot;=ICE&quot; -- marched from Brittingham Park to the City-County Building ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW student advances on &#39;Jeopardy!&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285613</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ UW-Madison senior Suchita Shah didn&#39;t win her first-round game on &quot;Jeopardy!&quot; but she survived to play into the show&#39;s second week.  Shah, a senior from Holmen, Wis., will appear on Wednesday&#39;s program after making enough money in her first-round game to earn one of the wild-card spots.   Shah led throughout much of her game that aired on Thursday, losing the lead when a contestant from the University of Michigan scored big on the Daily Double on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Burns]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heroin dealer flies into rage after sentencing]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285596</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Adrian Starks flew into a rage Friday as Dane County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler sentenced him to 24 years in prison for causing two deaths by heroin dealing in Madison in 2005, screamed &quot;F--- you!&quot;&nbsp;to the judge and tipped over a large water cooler as he stormed from the courtroom as bailiffs struggled to get him under control.   Earlier in the hearing, Starks maintained he was innocent of the two counts of homicide by heroin ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[911 director apologizes to Zimmermann family, public, media]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285490</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Embattled 911 Center Director Joe Norwick made an about-face Thursday evening, offering a public apology seven days after telling reporters &quot;there&#39;s nothing to apologize for&quot; regarding how his department handled a 911 call made from Brittany Zimmermann&#39;s cell phone around the time she was murdered.  Zimmermann, 21, was found murdered in her downtown apartment on April 2. Sources tell The Capital Times that she was stabbed. Last week it was revealed that a 911 dispatcher, after ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan J. Comp]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New UW-Whitewater chancellor endorsed]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285577</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The interim chancellor at UW-Whitewater has been recommended to become the new chancellor of the university.  Richard Telfer, interim chancellor since June 2007, was selected by the UW Board of Regents search committee and UW System President Kevin Reilly, according to a news release Friday.  Telfer served as provost and vice chancellor at UW-Whitewater for five years and was associate vice chancellor at the university from 1997 to 2002. He served as a professor and department chair ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lake Wingra spring cleaning set]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285566</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ You can spring into spring by helping clean Lake Wingra&#39;s springs Saturday at Edgewood College.  The Friends of Lake Wingra group is looking for volunteers to help clean the area around rediscovered groundwater springs -- the group&#39;s Windows on Wingra spring event for 2008.  The event begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Mazzuchelli Center on the west shore of Lake Wingra behind Edgewood College, with talks about the history and current state of Wingra&#39;s springs, efforts to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another GOP pol calls it quits]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285546</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Another Republican legislator has decided to quit.  Rep. Sheryl Albers of Reedsburg says she&#39;s having problems with her left leg, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and plans to have surgery at the end of May. She says she won&#39;t be able to campaign for this fall&#39;s elections.  Four other Assembly Republicans have announced they won&#39;t run again this fall. Three Assembly Democrats also have declared they won&#39;t run again. A fourth Assembly Democrat, Sheldon Wasserman of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Area students take History Day honors]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285536</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Several area students did well in the Wisconsin Historical Society&#39;s annual History Day competition held recently at the Wisconsin Union Theater.  The History Day event is part of a national contest that will culminate June 15-19 at the University of Maryland. Students make presentations about papers, exhibits, documentaries or&nbsp;other categories in which they explore a facet of state or local, state or national history.  Several Eagle School students from Madison were named national finalists at the state ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arc-Dane County honors volunteers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285533</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Arc-Dane County, an advocacy organization with the mission of ensuring the rights of all children and adults with developmental disabilities in Dane County, honored its volunteers at the recent 58th Annual Awards Banquet at the Madison Concourse Hotel.   This year&#39;s self-advocate award went to Peggy Fleming. Special recognition awards cited Lasisi Ibrahim and Ron Braem. The community support honor went to Jenessa Wareham, while Advertisers Press Inc. was cited for its corporate support of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Premium gas hits $4 a gallon in Wisconsin]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285531</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It was inevitable, but it&#39;s still hard to take.   For the first time ever, gas hit the $4 mark in Wisconsin -- for premium unleaded.   &quot;It&#39;s a sad day,&quot; said AAA Wisconsin public affairs director Pam Moen. &quot;This is the first time the daily fuel gauge report in Wisconsin has the first digit as a &#39;4.&#39; &quot;   The $4.03 per gallon average price in Wisconsin is for premium unleaded gasoline. Regular unleaded gasoline in Wisconsin ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stimulus checks are in the mail -- for some]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285529</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Economic stimulus checks from the Internal Revenue Service are beginning to be mailed Friday, but it will take until mid-July for millions of paper checks to be sent to taxpayers. Mass production of the paper checks started Thursday.  The IRS plans to send out close to 130 million economic stimulus payments, either by direct deposit or paper check.  According to the IRS, paper checks will be sent in numerical order based on the last two digits of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother&#39;s Day weekend a cool one]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285526</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Cooler temperatures and rain every other day will be the dominant weather pattern in southern Wisconsin Friday through Wednesday.  Friday&#39;s high should be in the upper 50s with a chance of showers under cloudy skies, but a clear, cold and calm Friday night could produce patchy frost in southern Wisconsin, with temperatures dropping to the mid 30s.  Saturday will start out with sun, according to Weather Central meteorologist Brian Olson, with clouds coming in later in the ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pilot honored 50 years after death in Lake Monona]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285481</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Dane County Board Thursday night honored Gerald Stull, an Air Force flyer who crashed his jet into Lake Monona 50 years ago this week, thus preventing the disabled plane from hitting homes in neighborhoods near the lake and undoubtedly saving lives while he sacrificed his own.   Stull, 26, and a new father, was on a routine training flight from Truax Field and was returning to the base when his $2 million F-102A jet fighter ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paintings stolen &#39;right off the wall&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285431</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In what may be a first in Madison, two paintings were stolen &quot;right off the wall&quot; at a Monroe Street gallery last Friday evening.  The search continues for the thief, who onlookers say left Ma Cha Teahouse and Gallery with the artwork around 8:30 p.m.  Artist Nina Bednarski had been enjoying a mellow but crowded opening reception for her show &quot;Endangered Beauty&quot; when she noticed that two small paintings were missing and called the police. As the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa CisarSpecial to The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Driver charged after nearly hitting romantic rival, 3 kids]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285454</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Madison woman who drove her car near her romantic rival, almost hitting the woman and her three children, has been charged with disorderly conduct and bail jumping.   Davina Johnson, 37, was already out on a signature bond on a charge of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property in a case from earlier this year when she allegedly drove her car at Rachel Weihert and Weihert&#39;s children, ages 2 1/2 to 6.  According to the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Well 12 shut down after chlorine, fluoride problems]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285445</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Madison Water Utility -- which has had problems in recent years with its water system -- dealt relatively quickly Thursday with worrisome chlorine and fluoride levels at Well 12 on the west side Thursday.  &quot;When the well booster pump was turned on this morning at 6:15 a.m., the chlorine level was lower than we would like,&quot; said Water Quality Manager Joe Grande.  But the chlorine level was too low by 7 a.m., so the pump was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Weier]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WARF licenses flu vaccine technology to local company]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285425</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and FluGen, a Madison company that develops influenza vaccines and treatments, have signed license agreements for a technology that could improve the way flu vaccines are manufactured.  &quot;Even in these tough times, I think this is a great example of how the biotech and high-tech and health care industries are always going to be needed and important,&quot; said Paul Radspinner, president and CEO of FluGen.   FluGen is built on technology created ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home of slain principal&#39;s widow is makeover finalist]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285411</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The home of Sue Klang, the widow of the Weston High School principal who was shot while disarming a student in 2006, has a good chance of receiving a makeover courtesy of the popular &quot;Extreme Makeover: Home Edition&quot; television show.  Julie Lewis, a teacher in the district, made the nomination.  &quot;I have been asked by &#39;Extreme Home Makeover&#39; not to make any comments to the newspapers. They asked that we do not speak, and we do not ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Weier]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dogs are a stressed-out student&#39;s best friend (with photos)]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285333</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dogs do ease tensions, University of Wisconsin students who walked around the Library Mall on campus Wednesday afternoon agreed.   Some 10 pooches were with their owners on the mall for the annual Pet Therapy event. The idea is that passing students can spend a few minutes with an animal to relieve their end of the semester stress, and maybe even talk with the dog owners, all of whom are members of the UW Health Services ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gov picks 2 for Accountability Board]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285409</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Doyle announced Thursday the appointments of two judges to serve on the Government Accountability Board.  If confirmed by the state Senate, Victor Manian, a Milwaukee County reserve judge, and Gordon Myse, a reserve judge in Outagamie County, will replace former Accountability Board Chair David Deininger and member James Mohr, who both resigned after Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ruled last month that their service on the board violated the state Constitution.  The Constitution states that ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Elbow]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crash at West High? No, just a warning for prom-goers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285408</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Motorists driving on Regent Street and Highland Avenue Thursday afternoon might be doing double-takes, watching firefighters extricating high school students involved in a two-car crash in an athletic field next to Madison West High School.  The crash is a scenario designed to warn young people about the dangers of drinking or marijuana use coupled with driving on prom night.  The scenario was set for 3 p.m., with firefighters, police and MedFlight all taking part. Juniors and seniors ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rep. Jeskewitz won&#39;t run; Assembly retirements now up to 7]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285407</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ State Rep. Sue Jeskewitz has joined the list of legislators who aren&#39;t seeking re-election this fall.  Jeskewitz of Menomonee Falls was first elected in 1996 and easily won re-election in 2006. She is the seventh Assembly member and the fourth Republican this year to announce retirement plans.  &quot;While I am still healthy and energetic, I need to turn the page to the next chapter of my life,&quot; she said in announcing her decision not to seek a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Possible child enticement reported]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285406</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison police are investigating a possible child enticement that happened Wednesday afternoon in the Ruskin Street/Aberg Avenue area, with the teen female victim telling police the suspect was the same person who approached her April 2.  The 14-year-old female told police the suspect was driving a newer model blue Ford and followed her in his car, suggesting she get into the car. She tried to walk away but the suspect maneuvered his car in an attempt ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Badger Poll: Things are pretty good in state, not so nationally]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285405</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wisconsinites are dissatisfied with the way things are going on the national scene but are pretty satisfied with state conditions, according to the latest Badger Poll.  The poll was conducted April 15-24 by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center, getting opinions from 521 people across the state.  The &quot;satisfaction&quot; rating for the way things are going in the United States was only 23 percent, compared to 54 percent for the way things are going in Wisconsin and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New online map tracks wildlife disease outbreaks]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285404</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It is now possible to track wildlife disease outbreaks around the world with a new online map, thanks to a collaborative effort by the UW-Madison and the U.S. Geological Survey.  The Global Wildlife Disease News Map -- which also explains possible effects on domestic animals and human beings -- can be accessed at http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov. It is updated daily.  The site contains information about diseases such as chronic wasting disease, West Nile virus, avian influenza and monkeypox.  Users ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cops see link in 3 bank robberies]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285403</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MIDDLETON -- Police are continuing their investigation into a bank robbery at the State Bank of Cross Plains, 6300 University Ave., Wednesday afternoon, a holdup that could have been committed by the same suspect in two other bank robberies.  The robbery was recorded on security cameras at the State Bank of Cross Plains, with the suspect looking similar to the robbery suspect in the March 19 robbery of Amcore Bank on Odana Road in Madison.  The suspect ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rally supports Woodman&#39;s grocery workers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285396</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of labor supporters are expected at a rally in Janesville Thursday afternoon to show support for grocery workers at Woodman&#39;s Food Market, embroiled in a decertification fight while trying to maintain recognition and bargain for a new contract.  The rally, sponsored by Citizen Action of Wisconsin, is set for 4:30 p.m. in Palmer Park in Janesville.  Robert Kraig, director of programs for Citizen Action of Wisconsin, told The Capital Times the community and the unions in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drug clean sweep programs get fund boost]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285378</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Prescription drug clean sweep programs are getting a shot in the arm from the state.  More than $95,000 in grants are being awarded to counties and municipal governments to hold collection events beginning after July 1, including a $13,931 grant to Madison and Dane County.  Gov. Jim Doyle announced the grants Wednesday.  &quot;Congratulations to the grant recipients for their work to keep potentially dangerous drugs from entering our water and the environment, protect our children from accidental poisoning ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New coalition tackles poverty, homelessness]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285373</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new coalition of Madison organizations is mounting a renewed battle against poverty and homelessness and wants people in the community to join in.  The Dane County Coalition to Fight Homelessness and End Poverty committed Wednesday to &quot;speak out and take action against the dehumanizing effects of poverty.&quot;  As its first action, the coalition will hold an educational summit for the public from 5 to 8 p.m. June 5 at First United Methodist, 203 Wisconsin Ave. The ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shots fired in Madison neighborhood]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285364</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ For the second time this week, numerous gunshots were reported being fired in a Madison neighborhood, but everyone involved apparently fled the scene before police arrived.  The latest incident of gunfire was reported to Madison police about 9:37 p.m. Wednesday in the Bram Street/Baird Street area on Madison&#39;s south side.  Officers found shell casings in the street, but there was no indication anyone was injured or any buildings or cars being hit by bullets.  Gunfire was also reported ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man with shotgun arrested]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285355</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Cottage Grove man was arrested Wednesday night after he was seen standing outside his vehicle with a loaded shotgun in Madison&#39;s Allied Drive neighborhood.  Kyle Daggett, 18, was arrested and tentatively charged with disorderly conduct while armed, carrying a concealed weapon, reckless driving and underage drinking following the incident at Crescent Road and Allied Drive at about 11 p.m. Wednesday.  A passenger in Daggett&#39;s vehicle, Tyler Bronkhorst, 17, Cottage Grove, was arrested and tentatively charged with ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Woman escapes robbery attempt by kicking man]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285352</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A 24-year-old Madison woman kicked a would-be robber armed with a knife early Thursday morning, with the suspect going away empty-handed.  According to Madison police, the incident happened at 2 a.m. in the 1900 block of Atwood Avenue on the city&#39;s east side.  The victim was walking home when she was approached by a man riding a blue metallic bicycle. He first asked her for money, then pulled a knife and demanded her purse.  She kicked the victim ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quinton&#39;s Bar liquor license in jeopardy]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285351</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison&#39;s Alcohol License Review Committee is deliberating over the fate of Quinton&#39;s Bar &amp; Deli after a 3 1/2-hour hearing Wednesday in which Assistant City Attorney Stephen Brist alleged that the bar and restaurant violated the conditions of its liquor license by not meeting the definition of the restaurant.  According to an audit completed in January, Quinton&#39;s, 319 W. Gorham St., which was licensed in 2005, sold more alcohol than food, in effect acting as a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fire damages apartment]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285344</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A small kitchen fire in a second-floor apartment of a 24-unit apartment building on Madison&#39;s north side caused $25,000 in damage Wednesday afternoon.  The fire, at 58 Northridge Terrace, was confined to the kitchen of the apartment but nearby apartments had some smoke and water damage.  The three occupants of the apartment and others living in the building got out safely, and no injuries were reported.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Madison Fire ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dog bites child in park]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285343</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Public health officials are asking for help in locating a dog that bit a child in Brittingham Park Tuesday afternoon.  The incident happened about 4:25 p.m. when the child tried to pet the dog, described as a small pit bull or similar type dog, possibly a puppy, all black with some white on the face.  The dog&#39;s owner was described as being a white female, early to mid-20s with blond hair, accompanied by a small child. The ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kitchen fire on Blair Street causes $50,000 in damage]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285309</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ An unattended pan triggered a kitchen fire that resulted in $50,000 of damage Wednesday evening to a two-flat apartment at 130 N. Blair St., a police investigation concluded.  The residents of the upstairs flat left the kitchen while cooking and within moments the pan on the stove burst into flames, police said.  Residents were able to escape without injury and called 911. Two were displaced and are receiving assistance from the Red Cross Badger Chapter with temporary ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doyle: Third DUI offense should be felony]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285287</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Doyle says a third conviction for intoxicated use of vehicle should be made a felony, carrying prison time, as a way to protect the public from those who repeatedly drive under the influence.  A former surgeon with three past OWI convictions faces three counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle in a crash April 25 that killed an Oconomowoc school administrator, her fetus and her 10-year-old daughter.  Doyle says he&#39;s pushed for tough ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Union officials defend 911 dispatcher in Zimmermann case]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285278</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Union officials fiercely defended on Wednesday the embattled 911 dispatcher who took Brittany Zimmermann&#39;s phone call the day she was murdered.  Shannon Maier, president of AFSCME Local 720 -- which represents county workers -- said the dispatcher acted professionally in handling that call, as she has throughout her 20-year career in the dispatch center.  &quot;She is a very caring, very dedicated county employee,&quot; Maier said of the beleaguered dispatcher. &quot;I would have no problem with her being ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State: Man scammed fans on Packers tickets]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285277</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ GREEN BAY -- A former Wisconsin man accused of illegally selling Green Bay Packers tickets -- and failing to come up with tickets fans thought they bought -- has agreed to state sanctions, including no longer using the same Internet Web site, officials told the Green Bay Press-Gazette on Wednesday.  Ben Huettl, 29, formerly of New London and now of Woodbury, Minn., was accused of attempting to scam at least eight fans, including a woman from ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another delay in case of Sun Prairie teen accused of sister&#39;s murder]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285276</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ FARGO, N.D. -- Relatives of a teenage boy from Sun Prairie accused of killing his sister say they&#39;re frustrated by court delays in the case. They had to deal with another one Wednesday.  Fifteen-year-old Sergei Carlson has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and a deviate sexual act in the July 13 death of his 16-year-old sister, Whitney Carlson, of Fargo. The case is being tried in adult court.  East Central District Judge John Irby on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison teen charged with homicide DUI for marijuana in accident that killed girlfriend]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285274</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Madison teenager was charged Wednesday with homicide by driving while under the influence of marijuana for a January accident in which his girlfriend died.   John H. Harrison Jr., 17, was driving Courtney Anna Marie Kuenzi Kessenich home to Spring Green after she finished her work shift at Panera Bread on Mineral Point Road in Madison when the car he was driving crossed the center line on Highway 14 and hit a car driven by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cold weather boosts MGE earnings]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285271</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MGE Energy on Wednesday reported the past cold winter gave a boost to its first-quarter earnings. MGE Energy&nbsp;reported first-quarter earnings of $13.8 million or 63 cents per share compared to $12.3 million or 59 cents per share, for the same period in 2007.Earnings from its&nbsp;gas utility increased $1.1 million, or 16.5 percent,&nbsp;compared to a year ago.&nbsp;The increase was primarily driven by higher retail therm sales of 12.9 percent&nbsp;during the quarter as ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jeff Richgels]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guilty plea in identity theft of man with Down Syndrome]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285254</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Madison man who posed as a BBC reporter to verify personal information about a young man with Down Syndrome from his mother and then fraudulently obtained credit cards and an auto loan in the son&#39;s name pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to identify theft.  J. Richard Outhier, 37, admitted to using an &quot;identity broker&quot; in 2006 to get the name of a Boston woman active in Down Syndrome awareness. Then, under the guise of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Murphy, Special to The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[County Board chairman: Trust 911 service]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=285157</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dane County residents should continue to have confidence in the 911 communications system, but should also understand the limitations of using cell phones when making an emergency call, said Scott McDonell, chairman of the Dane County Board, in statements Tuesday regarding the botched 911 call in the Brittany Zimmermann murder case.  &quot;Our citizens rely on the fact that when they call 911 for help, the call will result in emergency assistance being dispatched within minutes,&quot; McDonell ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Novak]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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