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2008 NFL Preview: The education of Aaron Rodgers

If Aaron Rodgers fails this season, it won't be because he is unprepared. Everything he has done the past three seasons has pointed toward this, and every hard lesson he has learned has shaped him into the starting quarterback and person he is now. More » 

» Rating the 2008 Packers

»  PI McGINN: Team may slip

»  PI HUNT: McCarthy moves on

» NFC at a glance

» AFC at a glance

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NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS

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Officials announce takeover of mortgage giants

Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again

Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf

Biden says he looks forward to debate with Palin

Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage

Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans

Iraqi police: Roadside bombs wound 14 in Baghdad

Police: Bombs explode at Afghan police HQ, 6 dead

One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs

Gators snap 6-game losing streak to Miami, 26-3

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PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR

State lags in checking restaurant cleanliness

State health inspectors failed to visit at least 2,700 Wisconsin restaurants under their jurisdiction in the past year, and some restaurants have gone at least three years without an inspection, records and interviews show. More » 

»DATA ON DEMAND: Search Milwaukee restaurant inspections

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Encore for a Stradivarius

After 20 years out of the public eye, the 300-year-old Lipinski Stradivarius violin is back on stage in the hands of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Frank Almond. More » 

» VIDEO: Almond plays the Strad and talks about why it's so special

2008 RACE FOR PRESIDENT

Candidates will sprint to long race's end

In the weeks ahead, expect a narrowing of the playing field, a sharpening of the rhetoric and a further defining of the issues. All will be aimed at the swing voters in the right states to reach enough electoral votes to win the White House. More » 

» MORE COVERAGE: Politics Plus

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Sheets outduels Peavy, blanks San Diego

San Diego ace Jake Peavy blinked just once, but that was enough because Ben Sheets stared down the Padres in pitching the Brewers to a 1-0 victory Saturday night at Miller Park. More »  | Box score » 

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New signs of ash borer damage

State officials have found suspicious new signs of trees damaged by emerald ash borers in an area that straddles the Ozaukee and Washington county line. More » 

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Allan Evridge threw for 308 yards and a touchdown. Photo/Joe Koshollek

UW 51, Marshall 14: Evridge thins Herd with arm

Allan Evridge led Wisconsin to five consecutive scoring drives and passed for more than 300 yards to help No. 11 UW overcome an ugly start and win going away against Marshall, 51-14.
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Lakeside Foods tries self-heating drinks

At the same time basic foods such as beans and corn are moving through Lakeside Foods processing plants by the ton, lines of mocha lattes are snaking their way through the company's plant in northern Ozaukee County. More » 

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Rising star reaches for 1-man, multi-voice show

Michael Gotch loves spending summers in Spring Green, acting in the classics for the American Players Theatre. He is also not very fond of one-actor shows. That raises a question: Why is Gotch in rehearsals for a single-actor play in Milwaukee? More » 

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Brush with nature

If summer is the reward for enduring Wisconsin winters, autumn is the bonus panel. Something about the season calls for a drive. Once the leaves start to turn, a trip down almost any Wisconsin road becomes a special treat. More » 

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Wii helps patients regain mobility during rehab

Some rehab patients at Elmbrook Memorial Hospital are taking part in an unusual therapy -- they're using the Nintendo Wii as a way to help improve mobility as they recover from strokes and other ailments. MORE » 

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