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The bologna has a first name, and so does the driver of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile: Victoria Oleson.

Bank Robberies Campaign Manitowoc Stabbing Annual Disabled Deer Hunt Sign-Up for Disabled Hunt Begins Obesity Rate on the Rise: Wisconsin 25th Study: Wisconsin has the 25th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 26.0 percent and the 12th lowest of overweight youths at 27.9 percent Associated Press - July 3, 2009 3:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis.

MADISON, Wis. - Word up! Forty teachers from nine states are gathering next week for a program to discuss the merits of using hip hop in the classroom.

Washington, June 30 : Researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison have suggested a new method, that when applied with MRI scans of the breast, can help rid women with increased breast cancer risk of the pain and stress of having to endure a biopsy of the lump or lesion.

Hollywood is full of filmmakers who are uncompromising perfectionists, but only Michael Mann could boast that he not only has a favorite room to screen his films -- the Zanuck theater on the Fox lot -- but also a favorite row in the theater where he thinks you should park your fanny for the optimal viewing experience.

Cellular Dynamics International Inc. , a firm co-founded by stem cell pioneer and University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher James Thomson, is expanding a research and development agreement with Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche .

CHICAGO a ' Michael Mann, the son of Jack and Esther Mann and the director and co-writer of "Public Enemies," grew up all around Chicago.

MILWAUKEE - By marrying GPS technology with asthma rescue inhalers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher David Van Sickle hopes to better understand the environmental triggers of asthma attacks and improve the way people with asthma control their disease.

The opponents of nuclear energy in the United States were almost giddy earlier this year when President Obama slashed the budget for a proposed waste storage site in Nevada.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having to endure a biopsy of a questionable lump or lesion.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison club says the school cut its funding because it disagrees with the group's conservative stance on global warming and other issues.

On Scott Rawson's first day, he stood in the same spot in shoes that were too small.

A judge has ruled in favor of the Journal Sentinel and several other media outlets that had been involved in a legal battle over records in the case of a murdered University of Wisconsin-Madison student.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which saw some of the fiercest Vietnam War protests in the nation, is shedding its long-standing antimilitary image by hiring a military historian and teaching a new course for military officers.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison students launched two "floating islands" last week that were made from recycled plastic and marsh grasses.

Director Michael Mann blocks out a scene with Johnny Depp while filming a oePublic Enemies.a Mann got to return to UW-Madison, where he was a student.

A new report focuses on the challenge of how to sustainably meet the growing energy and food demands of a global population approaching nine billion people in 2050.

The confirmed interview with Dr David M Jacobs www.ufoabduction.com/ has been finalized.

Jun. 25, 2009 1:48 p.m. Marion Loss , an 11th-grader at Pius XI High School, had a fabric-and-paper artwork titled "Tell Me How You Really Feel" chosen for display in the U.S. Capitol this year.

President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said today .