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			<title><![CDATA[FEMA disaster relief hits $1.3 million per day; hydrologists on the way]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294815</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ National and state emergency management officials are sending hydrologists into several Wisconsin counties to rectify the problem of standing water, the Federal Emergency Management Agency field office in Madison announced Friday.  The hydrologists will come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the the U.S. Geological Service. Pumping is not a viable option because studies show that water tables are high because rivers remain above flood stage, the FEMA news release said.  Meanwhile, disaster funds for ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin milk prices higher than national average]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294822</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Residents of America&#39;s Dairyland&nbsp;are paying more for milk than people outside the state.  The average price of milk soared to an estimated $20.80 per 100 pounds in June, up $1.70 from the previous month.  That&#39;s well above the national average of $19.40 per 100 pounds, which is up $1&nbsp;since May.  The USDA says prices for corn, soybeans, oat and hay also are up nationally and in Wisconsin.  Corn averaged an estimated $6.20 per bushel in Wisconsin in June and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff and wire services]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Murder suspect&#39;s strange behavior may be linked to cocaine use]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294680</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While the search warrant that led to last week&#39;s arrest of Adam Peterson does not provide a motive for the stabbing death of Joel Marino, it does suggest Peterson used cocaine and that the drug may have caused paranoid, aggressive behavior. The warrant does not directly link drugs to the Jan. 28 crime. It gave police permission to take DNA samples from Peterson that led to his arrest on June 26.  Signed in Washington County, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica VanEgeren]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[No injuries as fire destroys Fitchburg apartment complex]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294818</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Displaced residents of a Fitchburg apartment complex that sustained major fire damage Friday night will receive temporary housing at nearby hotels, and the Red Cross is mobilizing relief efforts.  The 26-unit Fitchburg Spring Apartments, located at 3321 Leopold Way, was evacuated successfully late Friday and no serious injuries were reported. However, some residents were treated for smoke inhalation.  GOOGLEMAP2[350|www.google.com/maps?f=q:hl=en:geocode=:q=3321+Leopold+Way+Madison+Wisconsin:sll=43.02931,-89.422274:sspn=0.014995,0.026436:ie=UTF8:s=AARTsJr3qeJ7y_ESDqFgXYlKui30uiGs2w:ll=43.025043,-89.420128:spn=0.010981,0.017166:t=h:z=15:output=embed]  According to the Wisconsin State Journal, witnesses said the fire was caused by a gas grill that was put ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another all-time high for Wisconsin gas prices]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294722</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ People traveling during the Fourth of July weekend will likely be paying record prices for gas.   Both the state and national average price for a gallon of gas hit all-time highs Friday.  The average price of gas in Wisconsin reached $4.075 per gallon for regular unleaded, slightly higher than the previous record of $4.068 set Thursday.   The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded reached $4.101 Friday, breaking the previous record of $4.098, also ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;Artisanal&#39; cheese: Woman crafts 5,393-pound sculpture]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294739</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Growing up in Manitowoc, Sarah Kaufmann&#39;s favorite pastime was drawing. She didn&#39;t care what she was drawing, as long as she had a pencil or crayon and some paper.   At the time, Kaufmann had no idea those countless hours spent filling sketchbooks would one day help her become a famous sculptor.   Most sculptors use stone, metal or wood for their creations. Kaufmann, however, has chosen a medium much closer to the heart of Wisconsin. She&#39;s ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Shore]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doyle directs state agencies to cut $270 million]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294592</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Doyle&#39;s administration capped a drawn-out budget fix Thursday by telling state agencies to implement a total of $270 million in cuts.  A memo issued Thursday from Doyle&#39;s budget director, David Schmiedicke, said the administration directed the Department of Transportation to absorb $103 million of the shortfall in the budget fix signed by Doyle in May, which addressed a $527 million hole in the 2007-09 budget. The shortfall was the result of lagging tax receipts ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Elbow]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[No-wake order eased for Lake Mendota]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294512</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gentlemen, start your (boat) engines.  Almost a month after slow, no-wake orders were issued in Dane County for the entire surfaces of the four big lakes, the order is being relaxed on Lake Mendota, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend.  Boaters on Lake Mendota will have to follow slow, no-wake rules within 500 feet of shore instead of on the entire lake, as county officials took the tight restriction off because the lake level ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arrested development: Day-to-day struggles of autistic children affect entire family]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294192</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Grace Keegan stopped kissing her mother when she was 2 years old. Sam Lacey, 4, doesn&#39;t know how to tell his dad he is hungry or in pain. Calvin Aerts, 8, bit his grandmother so badly her arms are scarred permanently. Josie Wagnitz is 10, but can&#39;t play with dolls with her sister. These four youngsters are among the hundreds in the Madison area who have autism, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Doherty]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minnesota workers won big against Wal-Mart; Wisconsin workers already lost their case]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294659</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of Wal-Mart employees in Minnesota stand to collect millions in back pay thanks to a court ruling this week, but employees of the world&#39;s largest retailer in Wisconsin have already lost a similar case.  Dakota County (Minn.) Judge Robert R. King Jr. ruled Monday that Wal-Mart owes $6.5 million to current and former employees for failing to give workers rest breaks and for making employees take in-house training while off the clock.  While the lawsuit will ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Smathers]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Southwest side shooting victim remembered as &#39;sweetheart&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294018</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Marcus Hamilton was a &quot;sweetheart,&quot; said his godmother, Mable Crawford, sitting outside the southwest side duplex where Hamilton, 30, was shot and killed late Sunday night. &quot;He didn&#39;t do anything to anybody. He was a giver more than anything. He didn&#39;t deserve what he got,&quot; said Crawford, sitting on the front steps next to Hamilton&#39;s father, who said he didn&#39;t feel like talking.  Hamilton&#39;s cousin, Tremayne Rhodes, said he and Hamilton were raised together by two ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-30T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MATC hosts summer camp to get girls interested in tech fields]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Two years ago, while attending a conference in Texas, Nina Milbauer and Lori Kelley heard a speaker expound on the dwindling number of women entering the computer sciences field.  This was not news to Milbauer or Kelley, information technology instructors at Madison Area Technical College.  In fact, Milbauer wrote a thesis on the subject en route to earning a graduate degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Her research showed that from 1999 to 2006, the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Finkelmeyer]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Got milk? To fill demand, Wisconsin-based Organic Valley dips into factory farming]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294113</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Over the past 20 years, Wisconsin-based Organic Valley has grown into the nation&#39;s largest organic cooperative, carving out a niche selling milk from small dairy farmers who treat their cows like members of the family.  So imagine the shock within the organic food world when an industry watchdog group recently discovered Organic Valley quietly has been getting some of its milk from a giant Texas dairying operation with more than 5,000 cows.  &quot;Buying milk from this factory ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Ivey]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is a $424 fine too high for launching illegal fireworks?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294128</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ At one local fireworks vendor, you can spend $189.99 for two nine-packs of &quot;King&#39;s Ransom&quot; airborne fireworks, but using them in Madison this Fourth of July weekend could cost you even more.  The current fine for violating the city ordinance against illegal use of fireworks is $300, plus court costs, bringing the total up to $424 per violation, which could include a fine for each firework set off. One Madison City Council member is looking to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin Czubkowski]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bail set at $1 million in Marino murder case]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294154</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday afternoon for the man charged in the Jan. 28 stabbing death of Joel Marino.  Adam Peterson, 20, said nothing as he stood next to public defender Dennis Burke during his initial appearance in Dane County Circuit Court.   Peterson, of Grant, Minn., showed no emotion as Burke and Court Commissioner Todd Meurer accepted the $1 million bail recommendation made by Assistant District Attorney Mike Verveer.  According to the Dane County Sheriff&#39;s ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State responds to report alleging sweatshop contracts]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294078</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new report has prompted the Doyle administration to ask four state contractors to look into whether their suppliers produce sweatshop goods.  The letter from Michael Morgan, secretary of administration for Gov. Jim Doyle, went out on June 27 to Bob Barker Co., Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co., Blauer Manufacturing Co. and Fechheimer Brothers Co., all of which supply police and fire uniforms and prison clothing to the state.  &quot;We expect that your company will carefully review the information ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Elbow]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Corn knee-high by the Fourth of July]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294069</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Corn in Wisconsin is expected to be at least &quot;knee-high by the Fourth of July&quot;, even with the heavy rains and flooding earlier in June, according to the latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Some fields in the state, mostly in the southern two-thirds, were affected by floods that washed out crops or stunted growth, and weeds continue to be a problem resulting in more spraying.  But while corn is shorter than normal, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gas prices hit another record here, hit cities nationwide]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//294070</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Another day, another record.   Gas prices hit new highs Tuesday, with regular unleaded selling for an average $4.049 a gallon in Wisconsin, up three-tenths of a cent from Monday, according to the AAA daily fuel gauge report.   Four of the six metropolitan areas in Wisconsin monitored by AAA set new records Tuesday, with only the Green Bay and Janesville-Beloit metro areas still showing average regular unleaded prices below $4 a gallon.   Milwaukee leads the way ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff/Los Angeles Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-07-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report: Suspect&#39;s father says son not tied to other Madison murders]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293840</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The father of the suspect in the Joel Marino murder says his son couldn&#39;t be involved in two unsolved murders in Madison because he was out of town at the time, according to a story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  Melvin Peterson of St. Paul told the&nbsp;Star Tribune that his son Adam was&nbsp;in Minnesota for treatment for depression&nbsp;when Brittany Zimmerman was murdered on April 2. When Kelly Nolan disappeared downtown and was later found near Oregon ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-29T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coroner identifies man shot to death on Madison&#39;s southwest side]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293907</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Dane County Coroner&#39;s office&nbsp;has identified the victim in a fatal shooting Sunday night on Madison&#39;s southwest side.  The victim was Marcus T. Hamilton, 30. Madison police are looking for two suspects who shot and killed him at a home at 7107 Tempe Drive, near McKee Road and Silverton Trail.  GOOGLEMAP2[310|maps.google.com/maps?f=q:hl=en:geocode=:q=7107+Tempe+Drive,+madison,+Wi:sll=37.0625,-95.677068:sspn=33.847644,60.556641:ie=UTF8:s=AARTsJqrgYVCJsx3fm5Nwc8H8jUfGnZ5fQ:ll=43.017576,-89.503984:spn=0.019454,0.034332:z=14:output=embed]  Officers were sent to the residence after being notified someone had been shot.  Hamilton was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.  Police said this ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-30T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rhythm and Booms turns out fewer people, mosquitoes than expected (with photo gallery)]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293829</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Iffy weather apparently kept some revelers away from Rhythm and Booms at Warner Park Saturday as the crowd was estimated at between 150,000 and 175,000, short of the&nbsp;predicted&nbsp;turnout of 200,000.  There were 10 arrests at the event, which were related to youth disturbances in the midway area of the park. At one point, police shut down the midway and cleared the area because of the fight. There were several fights, which led to arrests for disorderly ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Schneider]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LA Times: High gas prices hobble cities nationwide]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293910</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ DENVER -- Squeezed by soaring energy prices, governments around the nation are reacting just like consumers -- changing basic routines, and scrimping and saving in order to get by.  The El Paso County Sheriff&#39;s Department in southeastern Colorado has ended car patrols of its 2,000-square-mile jurisdiction. One Ohio sheriff is putting his deputies into golf carts. Stillwater, Okla., has stopped mowing the grass on nearly half of its parkland. Cleveland is remapping its trash pickup routes ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas RiccardiLos Angeles Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-30T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles gas station gets hydrogen fuel pump]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293833</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES&nbsp;-- City Councilman Bill Rosendahl drove into a corner gas station with a big grin on his face. He stepped out of a sports utility vehicle, pumped fuel into the tank and declared it &quot;the most joyous moment I&#39;ve had since being elected to office.&quot;  That&#39;s because Rosendahl was marking the opening of California&#39;s first retail hydrogen station on Thursday, and the Chevrolet Equinox he was riding in emits nothing but water vapor.  &quot;This is the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-29T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LA Times: McCain&#39;s unorthodox campaign]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293838</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week, when Barack Obama campaigns in Ohio and Colorado, John McCain will be visiting Colombia and Mexico. It&#39;s an unusual path for McCain to follow. But even more, it&#39;s a risky strategy for his presidential campaign. Not since Richard M. Nixon traveled to all 50 states in 1960, fulfilling a pledge he came to regret, has a presidential candidate followed an itinerary that appears so at odds with his political needs.  For starters, and most ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Z. BarabakLos Angeles Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-29T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soap Box Derby photo gallery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293792</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The 13th annual Soap Box Derby was held Saturday on the Rosa Road hill next to Garner Park.  Hosted by the Madison West Kiwanis, the races featured more than 40 boys and girls aged 8 to 16 racing in three different classes.  Bryce Dickson, 14, of Monroe, won the Masters division, which includes races with advanced racing skills.  Matthew Hundt, 12, of Lake Mills, took the Superstock division, which accommodates youth racers who weigh more than 110 pounds.  Miha ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LA Times: Envisioning a world of $200-a-barrel oil]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293773</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The more expensive oil gets, the more Katherine Carver&#39;s life shrinks. She&#39;s given up RV trips. She stays home most weekends. She&#39;s scrapped her twice-a-month volunteer stint at a Malibu wildlife refuge -- the trek from her home in Palmdale just got too expensive.How much higher would fuel prices have to go before she quit her job? Already, the 170-mile round-trip commute to her job with Los Angeles County Child Support Services in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin ZimmermanLos Angeles Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Washington Post: Political maneuvers delay bill after bill in Senate]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293774</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Senate went home Friday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation&#39;s housing crisis.   Leaders in both parties have vowed to tackle those problems. Yet the Senate has been unable to move forward even when there is broad agreement about what to do.   Take the housing rescue bill that collapsed this week: On a ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. BirnbaumWashington Post]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Expert&#39;s lies jeopardize murder convictions]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/news/top5//293779</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ MADISON&nbsp;-- Saami Shaibani often testified for the prosecution in big murder cases, taking the stand as an expert in what he called &quot;injury mechanism analysis&quot; -- a combination of physics, trauma medicine and engineering that he used to determine whether, say, a woman fell down the stairs or was beaten.  But after years of helping lock up killers, Shaibani could be the one in trouble.  The physicist lied under oath about his credentials, and now some of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan J. FoleyAssociated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-06-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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