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Gas prices continue to drop nationwide
Found: 1 Month 6 Days 16 Hours 20 Minutes ago
The Capital Times - The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has fallen below $2 a gallon at some stations in the United States, continuing a downward trend that has seen $1.50 to $2 shaved off the price since the record high prices in mid-July, depending on the metro market. Drivers at a Mobil station in Fairfield, Ohio were paying $1.99 a gallon and other markets were very close to the $2 mark, according to the Associated Press. The ... ...
Feingold: Health care fix will need wide support
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 1 Day 21 Hours 9 Minutes ago
Baraboo News Republic - FAIRFIELD — U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold answered questions from citizens for about 40 minutes at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center on Saturday morning. About 30 citizens attended the meeting, and among other questions, Feingold, D-Middleton, heard concerns about the rising costs of health care. "I have mixed feelings on what will happen with health care," Feingold said. "I've been looking into this for years, and now a lot of businesses are calling ... ...
Author, rummage sale this week at senior center
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 1 Day 13 Hours 20 Minutes ago
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - TWO RIVERS The Two Rivers Senior Center is offering the following activities this week:...
On Stage: Fleet Foxes; Patricia Barber; Tommy Emmanuel; Josh Rouse; ...
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Students get comfortable in new schools
Found: 2 Months 3 Weeks 22 Hours 7 Minutes ago
Baraboo News Republic - MERRIMAC — The desire for school choice has led about one-third of students from the now-defunct Baraboo Hills Elementary Charter School to enroll in the Sauk Prairie School District this year, the former charter school director said. Baraboo School District tallies show about 15 students have enrolled in the Sauk Prairie School District, a higher number than interim Baraboo Superintendent Crystal Ritzenthaler recently said she expected. The Baraboo School Board allowed the charter ... ...
Farmers work to clean banks of Baraboo River from flood
Found: 3 Months 22 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Baraboo News Republic - FAIRFIELD — If boaters want to enjoy all of the Baraboo River, they will need to grab a chain saw, government permits, and a whole lot of volunteers. In the Lower Narrows, fallen trees tangle with brush and cause water to swirl and erode steep dirt shores, on which Highway U rests nearby. Pooling water during the June floods in this area also caused an 18-foot dike to break — causing millions ... ...
GE going for gold ... and greenOlympic coverage profitable for GE
Found: 3 Months 3 Weeks 20 Hours 45 Minutes ago
Leader-Telegram - General Electric is poised to capture some gold from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.The Fairfield, Conn.-based company, parent of NBC Universal, said Monday that the Olympics would generate at least $1.7 billion in revenue from advertising time and sales of GE industrial products that have been incorporated into Olympic venues. Profit could be more than $150 million.In the last few years, Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt has faced criticism for keeping NBC Universal part of GE's sprawling empire. But for GE, owning NBC Universal has never been just about producing sitcoms, newscasts or movies.NBC Universal's coverage of the Games has helped GE pry open the potentially vast Chinese market for sales of its lighting, medical equipment, security systems, water treatment technology and wind turbines."China is a closed society, so NBC is essentially opening doors for the other parts of GE," said analyst Rashid Dahod of Argus Research. "For those reasons, the Olympics are working out quite well for GE."NBC Universal is on track to collect more than $1 billion for its commercial time during an unprecedented 3,600 hours of coverage on NBC, its cable channels including MSNBC and USA Network, and Web site.Friday's opening ceremony drew an average of 35 million viewers during the 3 1/2-hour event. And Sunday night's telecast, including high-profile swimming and gymnastics events, lured an average of 32 million viewers - 6 million more than the third night of the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece. Sunday's audience matched that of another major TV event, the May finale of "American Idol.""The ratings have been generally higher than what people thought," said David Scardino, entertainment specialist for the Santa Monica, Calif., advertising firm RPA."There is certainly a core audience for the Olympics, but there also is a tremendous interest in China," Scardino said. "Besides that, the economy is lousy, gas is too expensive and people are taking fewer vacations. That might make them amenable to stay home and watch something where they can root for the athletes."If the strong ratings stick, NBC could sell even more ads."We expect a profit here, but it's still too early to tell exactly where it is going to be," NBC Sports spokesman Mike McCarley said.NBC Universal paid $894 million for the U.S. television broadcast rights. It is spending about $100 million on production costs, which include high-definition cameras and wages for 2,900 people - half of them Chinese residents.The Olympics have been a moneymaker for NBC for years, with some Games, such as Atlanta's 1996 event, generating $75 million.Meanwhile, GE has sold more than $700 million worth of products, including security equipment for a Beijing subway line and an airport terminal, medical equipment at the Olympic Village General Hospital and 120 wind turbines north of Beijing.GE declined to say exactly how much profit it expects the Games to generate. But its infrastructure businesses typically produce more than 15 percent profit margin, according to a person familiar with the company's finances. At that rate, GE should reap about $120 million in profit from those product sales.The Olympics are "just one of the many benefits of having NBC as part of the GE portfolio," GE spokesman Russell Wilkerson said.Investors have punished GE stock this year after a disappointing first quarter that saw $4.3 billion in earnings on revenue of $42.2 billion. But shares have risen since mid-July when the company posted second-quarter profit of $5.07 billion on revenue of $46.9 billion.L.A. Times-Washington PostNews Service...
Floods' toll on agriculture in Sauk County: $35 million
Found: 3 Months 3 Weeks 6 Days 18 Hours 28 Minutes ago
Wisconsin State Journal - Latest figures indicate June's floods took a $35 million bite out of Sauk County agriculture, UW-Sauk County Extension agent Denise Brusveen says. Many farmers said they were hoping to gain some cash this year since gas prices have risen, costs for nitrogen have jumped and some fertilizer prices are up to about five times their usual price. Now farmers are checking with their insurance companies to recover losses and wondering what will happen next, and who will ... ...
Farmers report $35M in damages from flooding
Found: 3 Months 4 Weeks 14 Hours 15 Minutes ago
Baraboo News Republic - Latest figures indicate June floods took at $35 million bite out of Sauk County agriculture, UW-Sauk County Extension agent Denise Brusveen says. "The toughest part about the June floods is it was kind of ... borderline ... too late to replant. There were people still trying to get stuff in at the last week of June. They don't need to wonder if it would have made it — most got flooded out with ... ...
Victims describe pain of sex abuseTwo sentenced in separate sex abuse ...
Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 6 Days 31 Minutes ago
Leader-Telegram - BARRON - There is no end to the suffering for victims of sexual abuse.Two men, assaulted as teenagers decades ago, spoke about that pain Tuesday afternoon when their assailants were sentenced to jail.The perpetrators held positions of trust at the time of the assaults - one was a pastor and the other a teacher.Victims Doug Guillen of Florida and Richard Hinde of Barron County live hundreds of miles apart yet shared the agony of sexual abuse in separate hearings before Washburn County Judge Eugene Harrington.Former Rice Lake pastor Angel R. Toro, 57, now of Florida, pleaded guilty in Barron County Court to four misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault against Guillen 21 years ago. Toro was originally charged with five felony counts.Toro, who did not apologize but asked for forgiveness from Guillen and his wife, was sentenced to 18 months in jail, followed by three years of probation.Dale J. Soppe, 72, a teacher who studied for the Catholic priesthood, was originally charged with felony counts of indecent behavior with a child and enticing a child for immoral purposes related to incidents with Hinde 39 years ago.Soppe, who matter-of-factly apologized to Hinde and his family in court, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree sexual assault and had the other charge dismissed. He was sentenced to two years of probation, which includes 60 days in jail, and fined $1,000. A restitution hearing related to expenses Hinde has encountered over the years for counseling will be within 60 days.Harrington pointed out that Toro and Soppe, in their comments, talked more about their accomplishments, behaviors and meaningfulness to society than they did about the impact the assaults had on the victims.Soppe, of Fairfield, Iowa, said he was sexually victimized by priests as a child, while Toro called his assault "an isolated incident.""I am yet to understand how it is ever justified," Harrington said about adults assaulting children. "There isn't an explanation for this type of behavior. It is an abomination."Guillen and Hinde sat in the courtroom for each other's cases. They shared a similar bond."People have no idea what this does to you," Guillen said after the sentencing. "It just doesn't go away. Today the demon went back in the box for me. I feel good."Guillen spoke in Spanish to call Toro "a pig, a nasty pig" in open court before being rebuked by Harrington.Guillen said he has already "done 21 years to life" for what Toro did to him. When asked by Harrington what he thought, Guillen said: "I wouldn't tell you what I think. If I tell you what I think, you'll probably throw me right out of the courtroom."Guillen, 38, casually looked at his fingernails and the ceiling when Toro made his comments. Guillen left the courtroom and said "don't" as Toro looked at Guillen and asked for forgiveness.Toro assaulted Guillen in the summer or fall of 1987 when Guillen was helping Toro repair a fence at First United Methodist Church. The man said Toro bought beer for the two and assaulted him multiple times that day and the next several days at the church.Soppe sexually assaulted Hinde in Barron County in 1969, and Hinde claims Soppe also assaulted him several years earlier when Soppe was Hinde's teacher and basketball coach in Iowa. Hinde and his family moved to Barron County in the late 1960s.Charges could not be brought in Iowa for alleged incidents because of the expired statute of limitations. Charges against Soppe were allowed in Wisconsin because he left the state, which stopped the clock on the statute of limitations.Hinde referred to the sexual abuse he encountered as "murder of the soul," adding that he and other victims are scarred for life. Hinde said Soppe fooled many people and called Soppe arrogant, selfish and delusional.Soppe, who said he could not remember specifics of the assault, showed little emotion when saying he harmed Hinde. "I was the one with the problem. I am very sorry."Barron County Assistant District Attorney James Babbitt said it was important for Soppe and Toro to admit their crimes, which assists the victims in their healing process....
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