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AUGUST 30, 18:05 ET FAA Orders Boeing Jet Inspections By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government ordered U.S. airlines Friday to inspect 1,440 Boeing jets to determine if they have a potentially faulty fuel pump that could cause an explosion. The Federal Aviation Administration's emergency order stressed that no serious incidents have been linked to problems with the pumps, which are made by Hydro-Aire Inc. of Burbank, Calif., and were installed in January and April on Boeing 737s, 747s and 757s. The airlines were given four days to inspect their fleets. The FAA estimated 1,250 pumps...

Superheated July matches whole summer's 90-degree days By JESSE GARZA and TOM HELDof the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: July 31, 2002 Much of Wisconsin remained in the grip of sweltering heat Wednesday, ending a month in which Milwaukee saw the mercury reach 90 degrees nine different days, about the same number of days above 90 the state's largest city sees during a typical summer. Even upstate, in Chippewa Falls, it got so hot Tuesday that a traveling load of yeast-filled pizza dough expanded, breaking out the back of a semitrailer truck and creating a 25- to 35-mile oozing, intermittent...

Air Collision Warning System Was Off, Swiss SayWed Jul 3, 6:54 AM ETBy Knut Engelmann ZURICH (Reuters) - An automatic system alerting air traffic controllers if planes are on a collision course was switched off when two aircraft crashed into each other over Germany, Swiss air traffic controllers said on Wednesday. "The system was not working at the time," Roger Gaberelle, a spokesman for Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic controllers body monitoring the flights over southern Germany late on Monday, when the collision occurred, told Reuters. He said the system in the control tower at Zurich's international airport, the so-called...

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Hate case brings 176-year term White motorist sentenced 3 years after running over 2 black teens By NICOLE SWEENEYof the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: April 25, 2002 Kenosha - A white man who deliberately drove over two black teenagers in what authorities called a racially motivated hate crime was sentenced Thursday to 176 years in prison. Quotable There are no words that adequately describe the repugnance and revulsion that a civilized person should feel. You are deserving of the contempt and scorn of a civilized society. - Kenosha County Circuit Judge Michael Wilk,in sentencing James Langenbach to 176 years...

Here's a followup to this recent story. Boy with knife shouldn't be expelled, examiner says By KEVIN MURPHYSpecial to the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: April 8, 2002 Madison - A sixth-grader who brought a table knife to school to dissect an onion in science class does not deserve to be expelled, a hearing examiner ruled Monday.Christian Schmidt, 12, was suspended on March 11 and was recommended for expulsion by Cherokee Middle School Principal Karen Seno because he did not have permission to bring the serrated knife to school. After listening to witnesses for the district and the youngster's parents for...

We hear a lot of talk about what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or LDS, or Mormons) teach. Here is a chance to hear for yourself what is taught. Saturday and Sunday the Church holds a General Conference. Everybody is invited to attend. And for the last few years it has been broadcast over the internet. Broadcast times are as follows: Saturday morning session: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (MST); Saturday afternoon session: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (MST); Saturday priesthood session: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (MST); Sunday morning session: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (MDT);...

Chief Judge William Schlinsog hoists the 2002 World Champion Cheese, the brie produced by Jindi Cheese Pty in Jindivick, Victoria, Australia. All Winners by Class 1. Cheddar Best of Class   99.25  Gary Bergren Dairy Farmers of America ZUMBROTA, MN     Cheddar cheese USA Second Award   99.1  Mike McCarron Foremost Farms USA MARSHFIELD, WI     Cheddar USA Third Award   98.7  Bruce Tuve Dairy Farmers of America ZUMBROTA, MN     Cheddar USA 2. Cheddar, Aged Best of Class   98.85  Mario Lemire Agropur BON CONSEIL, QUEBEC     Aged cheddar CANADA Second Award   98.8  Patrice Croteau Fromagerie Perron ST PRIME, QUEBEC     Aged cheddar CANADA Third Award   98.7  Jacques Loranger...

Study: Living Wage Reduces Poverty Thu Mar 14, 2:18 AM ETBy JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Home health care worker Claudia Arevalo says her life changed for the better in 2000, when San Francisco enacted its living wage law. In 1998 she earned $6 an hour, rented out a room in her apartment and worked 300-hour months which included night shifts as a janitor. Now Arevalo, 37, works a regular schedule. "I have more time for my family, for myself. I have a better life," she said Wednesday. "It's the living wage that made the changes...

Remember the Milwaukee County pension scandal (and here, and here, and here) over the last few months? Just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier, we find out one of the supervisors called the Sheriff (at three in the morning) and asked him to declare martial law to quot;put this community at ease.quot; Here's the story: Supervisor floated idea of martial law Revelation about call to sheriff stuns crowd By MIKE JOHNSONof the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: Feb. 26, 2002 As citizen furor over Milwaukee County's pension scandal mounted early last month, Supervisor Kathy Arciszewski made a 3...

-or- Things a Canadian said to George Nugent while Moose hunting for Cheese with the TouristGuy. Nothing follows.

Tuesday July 31 2:13 AM ET Welfare Rules May Have Negative Effect By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Teen-agers whose mothers participated in welfare-to-work programs appear to do worse in school and have more behavior problems than teens from other welfare families, research suggests. Considerable attention has focused on the affect the changes in the welfare system have had on younger children, and some research has suggested that they can benefit when their mothers go to work and earn more money. But there's been less attention on the impact on adolescents. Three studies - in Florida, Minnesota ...

Firm not liable for drunken worker Appeals court says law shields employer of man in fatal crash By LISA SINK of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: July 24, 2001 Waukesha - A Menomonee Falls company cannot be sued for a fatal car crash caused by an employee who got drunk at the company's Christmas party, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 1st District Court of Appeals in Milwaukee ruled that state law grants broad immunity from civil lawsuits to companies, taverns and social hosts who provide and sell alcohol. Because of that law, created in the 1980s, Universal Metrics ...

Town seeks way to calm meetings 'Disrespectful' citizen could face $1,000 forfeiture By DON BEHM of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: July 17, 2001 Town of Addison - Small-town controversies have a way of getting ugly, and folks here think they've found a way to deal with it: Penalize people $1,000 for "insolent or contemptuous behavior" at town meetings. Beset by controversy over a proposed wind farm, the town government has nearly come to a halt with a rash of resignations and packed town meetings that have degenerated into out-of-control shouting matches. On Thursday, the town will consider an ...

Was listening to Roe and Garry on WLS just a bit ago. They were interviewing their reporterette Susan Carlson, who was a witness to the execution. Very interesting story she tells of the selection process. However, what caught my ear was when she said his chest kept going up and down, even after they declared him dead. I'm not one to normally go into the conspiracy side of things, but it was a strange comment.

School rejected girl's religious cards, suit says Second-grader's constitutional rights violated, lawsuit claims By AMY HETZNER of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: March 21, 2001 A school that allowed students to exchange valentines featuring Britney Spears and boy band 'N Sync violated a second-grader's constitutional rights by rejecting her homemade cards celebrating Jesus, a religious liberty organization alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Kettle Moraine School District student Morgan Nyman, 8, was told she couldn't distribute Valentine's Day cards with such sayings as "Jesus loves you" and "Freely rely on God" because they were religious, according to the federal ...

Facing the inevitable From the Journal Sentinel On Monday morning, a reluctant U.S. Supreme Court asked Florida's Supreme Court to explain why it extended the deadline for certifying final results of the presidential election in that state. Later in the day, the high court got the explanation it sought - not from the Florida Supreme Court, but from a Leon County circuit judge, N. Sanders Sauls. It was he who supplied much-needed clarity to a situation that has bewildered many Americans. Sauls' decision, in combination with the U.S. Supreme Court's earlier ruling, was a powerful and perhaps mortal blow to ...

Sorry for the vanity. I've scanned the hearing threads but haven't seen this mentioned yet. If I heard this correctly, this totally destroys Gore's case. Did I hear the "ballot box expert" Kimball Brace say the following when dimpling the chad by sticking the ballot on top of the machine: "If you line it up, Gore ends up at seven" on the Palm Beach ballot. If I heard that correctly, then Bush would have been five on the same ballot! Follow me on this. If done correctly Bush is three and Gore is five. If placed on top, and "Gore ...

Md. Boy Found Dead in Dugout By DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press Writer FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A 9-year-old boy whose naked body was found in a baseball field dugout was beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted, police said Wednesday. A mentally retarded homeless man with a history of sexual offenses was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Christopher Ausherman. The suspect, Elmer Spencer Jr., had been released from prison less than a week before the killing. Spencer, 44, was arrested at a homeless shelter Monday night. He had been released from prison after serving about four years of a ...

Our Milwaukee AM-conservative-talk-radio morning show was talking about the ABC news service that provided them with sound bites from Letterman last night. They received 14 cuts from the show. Guess how many for Gore and how many for Bush. Seven and seven you say? Eight and six?