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Suspect in girl's drug death spoke of addiction in 2006

Published March 5, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.

The 22-year-old man suspected of selling drugs to Madison Kiefer from the Whitefish Bay home he shares with his mother has said teens routinely came to their home to do drugs with him when he was a teen ...

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Dead Sea Scrolls headed for public museum

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Published March 5, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.

An exhibit of the legendary Dead Sea Scrolls will appear at the Milwaukee Public Museum in late 2009 or early 2010, museum officials confirmed Thursday. The scrolls date to about the middle of the first century B.C ...

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Flynn nominates 5 new captains and an inspector of police

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Published March 5, 2009 at 10:30 p.m.

Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn on Thursday presented his nominees for five captain positions and an inspector of police position to the city's Fire and Police Commission ...

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Johnson Bank says no to T.A.R.P.

Published March 5, 2009 at 10:28 p.m.

Johnson Bank has turned down a $100 million capital infusion from the U.S. Treasury, saying it doesn't need the money, and there are too many strings attached to taking it. The Racine-based bank joins an increasing number of financial institutions with misgivings about letting the federal government buy a stake in them ...

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Franklin condo projects face foreclosure action

Published March 5, 2009 at 8:28 p.m.

Two Franklin condominium projects developed by area real estate investors Jeffrey Klement and Gerald Klamrowski have been hit with a pair of foreclosure suits claiming investors defaulted on their debts and owe nearly $6 million ...

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Harley-Davidson sales down 13 percent in 2009

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Published March 5, 2009 at 7:47 p.m.

Harley-Davidson Inc. of Milwaukee made the unusual move Thursday of disclosing in a regulatory filing that worldwide retail sales of Harley motorcycles fell 13 percent during the first two months of the year. (HOG) ...

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Buell Motorcycle switches ad agencies

Published March 5, 2009 at 7:21 p.m.

Harley-Davidson Inc.'s sport motorcycle subsidiary, Buell Motorcycle Co. of East Troy, has retained Crispin Porter + Bogusky as its new advertising agency of record. The advertising account was previously handled by Laughlin Constable. (HOG) ...

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Harley sales down 13% through February

Published March 5, 2009 at 7:08 p.m.

As the recession deepens, Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG) said Thursday its motorcycle sales decreased 13% during the first two months of the year from the year-earlier period ...

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Synergy Web workers will share in settlement

Published March 5, 2009 at 5:54 p.m.

About 125 workers who lost their jobs when Synergy Web Graphics Inc. closed in Mazomanie will share in $156,000 recovered by the state Justice Department, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Thursday ...

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