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    B.J. Cunningham #3 and Keith Nichol #7 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrate Nichol catching a game-winning 44 yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins as time ran out to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers 37-31 at Spartan Stadium on Oct. 22, in East Lansing, Michigan.

    No. 4 Wisconsin stunned by Michigan State on last-second Hail Mary

    AP reports:

    With 4 seconds left, Cousins rolled out to his right and threw it about as far as he could. The ball went into the end zone but caromed off Michigan State receiver B.J. Cunningham's facemask back to Nichol, who caught it just outside the end zone and struggled for the goal line, fighting two Wisconsin defenders and just barely breaking the plane.

    The former backup quarterback was initially ruled short of the end zone, but officials overturned the call after a review, giving the Spartans (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten) the win and knocking the Badgers (6-1, 2-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten.

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    Wausau firefighters Jared Thompson, left, and Jamie Giese give artificial respiration to a dog that was rescued from a house fire in Wausau, Wis., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.

    Dog rescued from house fire in Wisconsin

    Wausau Daily Herald reports:

    A yellow Lab was rescued from a house fire this afternoon on Wausau’s west side, and three other animals and the home's three residents also were not harmed, according to the Wausau Fire Department.

    The fire was reported just after 4 p.m., at a home in the 200 block of South Sixth Avenue. Smoke billowed from the windows of the second story as firefighters broke open several windows, but no flames were visible from outside the home.

    Firefighters helped resuscitate Coda, a 7-year-old Lab, who had to be rescued from the home. Firefighters performed mouth-to-nose resuscitation and also placed an oxygen mask over the dog's face. Coda was taken to VCA Companion Care Animal Hospital in Wausau, and the owner of the home, Todd Borchardt, later said Coda was doing fine and would stay overnight at an animal hospital in Mosinee.

    Read the full story here.

  • Wisconsin cranberry harvest under way

    By Rich Shulman

    I can almost smell the turkey cooking.

    Andy Manis/Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association via AP

    A worker pulls a boom in a cranberry marsh Tuesday, Sept. 27, near Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Wisconsin's harvest, which produces more than 50 percent of the world's supply of cranberries, is just under way. This year's Wisconsin's crop is expected to yield 4.3 million barrels, according to the USDA.

    Andy Manis/Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association via AP

    A harvester drives a raking machine through a cranberry marsh Tuesday, Sept. 27, near Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

     

  • Scott Anderson / AP

    Residents at the Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility cross the tassels on their graduation caps from the right to the left to symbolize their graduation, Friday, June 24 in Racine, Wis. Residents attended their graduation ceremony from the Warren Young School. Residents graduated with diplomas such as High School Equivalency, Cable Television Tech, Bricklaying and Masonry, Custodial and Microsoft Computer Application diplomas.

    Youthful offenders graduate in Racine, Wisconsin

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  • Gina Marrow / AP

    Tara Frey poses in her Starburst candy wrappers dress for her high school prom, which this year has a "Candyland" theme in River Falls, Wis. Each wrapper has been folded eight times and pressed with tweezers for a tight weave. It's the work of Tara's mother, Kerrin, and a few of her friends. Kerrin Frey says she got the idea from a mother who started weaving gum wrappers during her children's hockey games.

    Teen wears prom dress made of Starburst candy wrappers

    By Carissa Ray

    I've heard of challenges to make clothes from colored Duct Tape, and in college I attended more than one party where budding photojournalists made tops or dresses from sewn together film (remember film?) but apparently Starburst candies are the rage these days when it comes to alternative clothing materials.

    Check out the full story and video from KARE here.

  • Tornadoes devastate Wisconsin towns as spring storms trek across the midwest

      According to our full story (which you can read here - and watch the video below):

    A powerful storm system that flattened much of an Iowa town over the weekend spawned what may be a record-breaking seven tornadoes in Wisconsin, officials said Monday

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    Sarah Mitchell,left, hugs her best friend Mandi Kieper in front of the damaged home where Kieper lives in Kaukauna, Wis. on Monday, April 11, 2011. Spring thunderstorms with strong winds, hail and tornadoes injured three people and damaged buildings, power lines and trees in Wisconsin. The National Weather Service said Monday it had confirmed two tornadoes so far and was investigating other reports.

    Dan Powers / Post-Crescent via AP

    Aaron Goerlitz of Menasha, Wis. and his daughter Maggie, 3, check out storm damage in their neighborhood with their dog Tank on Monday, April 11, 2011, in Menasha, Wis. Spring thunderstorms with strong winds, hail and tornadoes injured three people and damaged buildings, power lines and trees in Wisconsin.

    Wm. Glasheen / The Post-Crescent via AP

    Home owner Chad Hemenway , left, talks to his insurance agent while his sister Jennifer Allen looks skyward in the roofless living room of his damaged home in Kaukauna, Wis. on Sunday April 11, 2011. A large storm and reported tornado left a path of downed trees and destroyed homes on Sunday night.

    Tornadoes tore through the nation's heartland Sunday night, damaging dozens of homes and sending two people to the hospital with injuries.  The Weather Channel's Chris Warren reports.

     

  • Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Protesters hold wooden letters that spell the word "shame" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 10, 2011 in Madison. Thousands of demonstrators continue to protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol as the Wisconsin House voted to pass the state's controversial budget bill one day after Wisconsin Republican Senators voted to curb collective bargaining rights for public union workers in a surprise vote with no Democrats present.

    Protesters spell out their grievances at the Wisconsin State Capitol

    AP reports:
    MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's union-busting governor and fellow Republicans in the state legislature successfully pushed through a law Thursday that strips public workers of most collective bargaining rights, ending for now a three-week battle that saw all Democratic state senators flee to a neighboring state and as many as 80,000 protest at the Capitol building.

    The extraordinarily contentious law passed the state Assembly, the lower house, on a 53-43 vote within hours of a Republican maneuver in the Senate on Wednesday night overcame a parliamentary logjam caused by the three-week self-exile of Democratic Senators. They had taken refuge in neighboring Illinois to prevent a vote on the larger budget measure to which the collective bargaining ban was attached.

    See more coverage of the Wisconsin political struggle here.

  • Raucous crowds: Police remove protesters from Wis. Capitol

    John Hart / Wisconsin State Journal via AP

    Elizabeth Wrigley-Field of Madison, Wis. is escorted out of the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Room lobby by law enforcement personnel on Thursday, March 10, after spending the night in the room with demonstrators opposed to Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill. Tensions have flared after Republican senators passed an amended version of the controversial bill which largely strips collective bargaining for public employees.

    Morry Gash / AP

    Police try to secure a door during a protest at the Wisconsin Capitol on Thursday. The standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks headed for a swift end Thursday, as Republican lawmakers were set to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state's public workers and deliver one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years.

    Scott Olson / Getty Images

    Police remove a protester from the vestibule in front of the Wisconsin state assembly chamber in the Capitol on March 10 in Madison. The protesters were blocking the entrances to the chamber hoping to prevent the Assembly from meeting. Thousands of demonstrators took over the Capitol last night after the Wisconsin Republican senators voted to curb collective bargaining rights for public union workers in a surprise vote with no Democrats present.

    By Elena Grothe

    More images here: Protests in Wisconsin

    Full story here: Wis. GOP set to strip collective bargaining rights

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    Wisconsin State representative Fred Clark (L) meets with constituents at his desk outside the capitol building March 2, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Clark and several other Democrat members of the assembly moved their offices outside the building because of the difficulties the public was having entering the building which has been essentially locked down to prevent protestors from spending the night inside. Demonstrators have occupied the capitol building and marched outside during round-the-clock demonstrations for more than two weeks, protesting Governor Scott Walker's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers in the state. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Wisconsin representatives set up desks outside Capitol

    For more images from the protest in Wisconsin, see our slideshow.

  • Man stands on ledge at Wisconsin Capitol amid ongoing protest

    Here's the latest news on the protests at the Wisconsin Capitol, and a story about the person on the ledge. 

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    Police try to talk a protestor of the ledge of the capitol building February 28, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Protestors were asked to leave the building last night but many refused. Police have refused to unlock the entrances today because they are trying to prevent protestors from sleeping overnight in the building. Demonstrators have occupied building with a round-the-clock protest for the past 14 days protesting Governor Scott Walker's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers in the state.

    Darren Hauck / Reuters

    Law enforcement officers try to talk with a protestor who was on a ledge of the state Capitol building during a protest against proposed budget cuts at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, February 28, 2011. Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continued. Tens of thousands of protesters marched against Walker's plan in Wisconsin on Saturday and solidarity rallies for labor rights were held around the country.

    Darren Hauck / Reuters

    Law enforcement officers forcibly remove a protestor who was on a ledge of the state Capitol building during a protest against proposed budget cuts at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, February 28, 2011. Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continued. Tens of thousands of protesters marched against Walker's plan in Wisconsin on Saturday and solidarity rallies for labor rights were held around the country. REUTERS/Darren Hauck (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

    By John Brecher

     

  • After 40 hours of exhausting debate, Wisconsin representatives strike a deal

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    Wisconsin State representatives start to fade as they listen to arguments on one of the expected 200 amendments to Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill in the early morning hours on Feb. 24 in Madison, Wisconsin. Protestors have occupied the capitol building for the past nine days protesting the governor's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.

    Scott Olson / Getty Images

    Wisconsin State representatives start to fade as they listen to arguments on one of the expected 200 amendments to Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill in the early morning hours on Feb. 24.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    AP reports:

    MADISON, Wis. — Republicans and Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly have agreed to a deal that will limit further debate on a bill taking away collective bargaining rights for public workers and lead to a vote on the measure later Thursday.

    The deal was announced shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday following an unprecedented 40-hour debate that began Tuesday morning with only short breaks in between.

    Democrats agreed to limit further amendments to just 38 with a 10-minute time limit on each one. If they take the maximum time for each, with no breaks, that would put the vote around noon.

    Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan says democracy is being limited with the agreement and Democrats still plan to strenuously make their arguments over the last hours of debate.

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