WAUKESHA
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and
his second-in-command, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are
coming to Waukesha on Thursday, according to the
campaign Web site.
Brewers
fans at Benders Restaurant and Sports Pub who watched
their team lose to the Phillies Sunday consoled
themselves with a moral victory. "They
did better than the Cubs. That makes it a successful
season," said Kevin Buettner of West Bend.
Next information
session Monday, October 20th at 5:30pm.
NEW
BERLIN - With a 24-year-old family member fighting a
heroin addiction, New Berlin resident Mary Yusefzadeh
was searching for answers from a presentation by state
law enforcement officials on what is considered a
growing problem in the region.
MILWAUKEE
- With plenty of power to go with their improved
pitching, the Philadelphia Phillies are ready for
anything in the NL championship series. Bring
on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Local
Focus
City
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pages of time
WAUKESHA - During the era of
Prohibition when alcohol was outlawed, Bluemound Road, between
Milwaukee and Waukesha, was known for its speakeasies, where illegal
hooch could be had.
Boomers
find meaning
at nonprofit groups
DALLAS - Move over, Bill Gates.
You’ve got company. The
former full-time executive of Microsoft and present
co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is just
one of an estimated 1.1 million baby boomers who have traded
jobs in the corporate world for work at nonprofit
organizations.
C-ya,
CC? Sabathia says
more to consider than cash MILWAUKEE - Let
the race for the ace begin. But
don't think a truck full of money will be the top factor
in where CC Sabathia decides to sign. After the Brewers
were bumped out of the NL playoffs Sunday with a 6-2 loss
to Philadelphia, the free-agent-to-be said that happiness,
not money, will play a major role. The big left-hander
sure had fun in Milwaukee, too.
‘The
Great Gatsby’ shines
in book, lacks on screen
If the city were a person, Hollywood’s not all that
different from the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
"The Great Gatsby." They sure do love a party. Leave it to the Hollywood studio system to take a story
about flawed opulence and to turn that instead into a movie
about opulent flaws.
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C-ya,
CC? Sabathia says 
