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The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department continues to seek a 27-year-old man who is suspected of causing a traffic accident that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Port Washington boy. An arrest warrant has been issued for the man, identified as Eddie Carbajal-Lile. Sheriff's Capt. David Adams said Carbajal-Lile is an undocumented alien who might be en route to Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol has been alerted, Adams said. Carbajal-Lile reportedly uses a number of aliases, including: Eddie Carbajal; Eddie Lile; Eddie Carbajal-Farvies; Negro Carbajal; Negro Carbajal-Lile and Negro Lile. The Sheboygan County District Attorney's office Thursday charged Carbahal-Lile with three...

After four days with phone, trouble in paradise Falling in lust with an expensive device like the iPhone sets owners up for a hard fall if it stops working. I know, because mine died after only four days into our relationship. At first I thought it was just a hiccup when the iPhone was working fine one minute, then wouldn’t turn on the next. I tried the prescribed reset (hold down the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time for several seconds until the device restarts) with no luck. Black screen, period. But when I plugged it in the...

Escalating his debate with civil liberties advocates, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that he had "no problem" with the DNA testing and fingerprinting of all newborns, although he did not propose actually gathering such records. -snip- Asked whether the DNA samples from children in support cases should also be given to law enforcement agencies, the Mayor said: "The same way fingerprints are available, DNA should be available." He called DNA tests "a wonderful protection for the innocent and another method of catching the guilty," as well as a tool for determining paternity. When asked whether all children should have...

Sorry, no full transcript available for this. However, I pulled out a few quotes on abortion and his belief in being a "strict constructionist" that are relevant. In the beginning of the interview: "I would appoint judges who are strict constructionists, because that's my view of the constitution and how it has to be interpreted." When asked about abortion, his response includes this gem: "My view of the constitution is that you have to leave that ultimate choice to a person." Then he reiterates his promise on judges: "I would appoint judges who are strict constructionists who would try to...

Restaurant is first to file claim on Tosa ban on smoking By Janice Kayser Staff Writer Posted: March 20, 2007 Hector's, A Mexican Restaurant has filed a notice of claim with the city asking for $75,000 in lost revenue - a loss the owner has pinned on the city's restaurant smoking ban. Robert H. Messinger, owner of Hector's, 7118 W. State St., sent a letter late last week to City Hall claiming he lost $53,586 between last July 1, when the ban went into effect, to Dec. 31. He also claims additional revenues of $21,414 were lost between Jan. 1...

Confirmation of male anatomy makes marriage legal, judge rules By DERRICK NUNNALLY dnunnally@journalsentinel.com Posted: March 23, 2007 Despite Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban, Barbara Lynn Terry and Nicole Winstanley carried purses into a judge's office Friday and emerged as Mrs. and Mrs. Terry. But first, a doctor had to confirm the male anatomy of Barbara Lynn Terry, who was born a man, lives as a woman and has been undergoing hormone therapy for years. "That's all I needed to hear," Circuit Judge David A. Hansher told the doctor, via speakerphone, after learning that gender-reassignment surgery hadn't been performed on the person...

MAYOR GIULIANI HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING ON TRIGGER LOCK BILL -Remarks By Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani At Public Hearing On Proposed Local Law- The bill before me today, Introductory Number 633, sponsored by Speaker Vallone and 37 of his colleagues, in conjunction with my Administration, would amend the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in relation to the use of safety locking devices with weapons. Specifically, this legislation would expand upon Local Law 21 of 1998 by requiring the purchaser of any weapon to also purchase a safety locking device. More importantly, this legislation would require that all gun...

We’re starting to find out who will carry water for Governor Doyle’s mega-intrusive plan to outlaw smoking in all public places. One of Doyle’s press releases in January said, “Governor Doyle will call on the Legislature to pass a statewide smoking ban that is fair and equitable – banning smoking in all public buildings, workplaces, restaurants, and taverns. This ban would be in legislation separate from the budget.” Someone in the Legislature had to author and introduce the bill. We now know who they are. State Senators Fred Risser (D-Madison) and Carol Roessler (R-Oshkosh) and state Representatives Mark Gottllieb (R-Port...

Morgan: Profits tax won't hike pump price Madison - Gov. Jim Doyle's top deputy insisted today that Wisconsin can levy a new $272 million tax on oil company profits over the next two years and stop them from simply passing it on to consumers by raising pump prices. "We will make it absolutely clear" that oil companies who simply boost gas-pump prices to offset the tax will be prosecuted, State Administration Secretary Mike Morgan told legislators who opened their review of Doyle's 2007-'09 budget. "You will not manipulate markets," Morgan said, referring to statements from Republican legislators who said oil...

Woman killed in police station No one in building in Dodge County as she sought refuge By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com Posted: March 11, 2007 A 35-year-old woman was killed inside the Fox Lake Police Department on Sunday afternoon as she frantically tried to flee her husband, authorities said. A pedestrian called 911 around 4:45 p.m. after seeing a man ram his car into the woman's car in the parking lot of the Fox Lake municipal building, according to the Dodge County Sheriff's Department. The woman, whose name was not released by authorities Sunday night, ran from her car and fled...

Residents support statewide smoking ban Madison - Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin voters support a statewide smoking ban, with more than half saying they strongly back such a law, according to a poll released today by backers of a proposal to prohibit smoking in all public places in the state. The telephone poll of 500 registered Wisconsin voters was conducted after Gov. Jim Doyle called for a statewide smoking ban; the survey by the Mellman Group and Public Opinion Strategies occurred between Feb. 17 and 19, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The survey...

When Sen. Barack Obama decided to buy a stately $1.65 million home last year on Chicago's South Side, Antoin "Tony" Rezko and his wife wasted no time. The same day the Obamas closed on the house, the Rezkos closed on the purchase of the adjoining vacant lot, which once was the estate's lush side yard. In normal circumstances, the two real estate transactions probably wouldn't have raised an eyebrow. There is, after all, nothing illegal or untoward about an aggressive developer buying hot property next door to a rising political star.

Doyle official charged in travel case A state Department of Administration official has been indicted in connection with a contract awarded to Adelman Travel. Georgia Thompson, 55, of Waunakee, has been charged with two federal felonies: causing misapplication of funds and participating in a scheme to defraud the state of Wisconsin of the right to honest services. Thompson was on a team of evaluators that reviewed bids for a contract to be the state’s “travel partner.” The indictment alleges that Thompson: - Intentionally inflated the scores of Adelman Travel, which was in competition with other agencies to be named the...

The Bush administration, seeking to revive an online pornography law struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, has subpoenaed Google Inc. for details on what its users have been looking for through its popular search engine. Google has refused to comply with the subpoena, issued last year, for a broad range of material from its databases, including a request for 1 million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period, lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department said in papers filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose. Privacy advocates have been increasingly scrutinizing Google's practices...

Mortgage defaults jump 18.6% across U.S. Home foreclosures hit highest level of '05, with 530 in Wisconsin By MICHELE DERUSmderus@journalsentinel.com Posted: Nov. 28, 2005 The number of mortgages in default or foreclosure leaped 18.6% in October since September, a possible sign that rising interest rates are turning some heavy homeowner debts into unbearable ones. Home Foreclosures Graphic/Rika KanaokaClick to enlarge Nationwide, 21,824 property owners defaulted on their mortgages last month, the highest level so far this year, according to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure information center. That increased the number of Americans who are facing losing their homes because of unpaid debt...

Electric bus proposal is back en route City's connector plan needs support, and high gas prices may fuel its appeal By LARRY SANDLERlsandler@journalsentinel.com Posted: Sept. 12, 2005 The timing might be coincidental, but just as high gas prices boost the cost of driving, Milwaukee residents will get a look at a long-term alternative. Public Transportation Bus Proposal Graphic/Enrique RodriguezClick to enlarge Hearing Schedule Three public workshops are planned this week on the Milwaukee Connector project. All will be in open-house format, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Today: Wisconsin Black Historical Society, 2620 W. Center St. Wednesday: Marquette University Alumni Memorial...

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Thousands of New Orleans residents streamed north on Saturday, escaping the violence that gripped the city in the days after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Women spoke of the terror they felt as gangs of thieves and rapists roamed the streets and temporary shelters night after night, plucking victims -- some of them children -- at whim and with no fear of police intervention. "They took what they wanted and nobody stopped them," said Tanika James, 27, who was among a large group of refugees who arrived in Baton Rouge and other parts of Louisiana...

Republicans seek investigation over outing President Bush's father as former CIA ChiefRepublicans leaders in Washington DC today announced that they planned to asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation over the repeated outing of President George W. Bush's father as a former head of the Central Intelligence Agency.According to their complaint, over 5,000 individuals have knowingly revealed the role former President George H.W. Bush had as the head of the CIA.Based on figures compiled through several searches of newspaper records, Bush, who was director of the CIA from November 1975 to January 1977, was outed on over 35,000 occasions...

THE HOME DEPOT STORY Here's the email about the shoplifting arrest at Home Depot: Charlie, My local Home Depot store had arrested my son for shoplifting. They claim he stole a $9.90 skill saw blade. Let me give you a little more background. My son is 29 yrs old, he had just purchased my house for his family, and I told him to go to Home Depot and buy whatever he needed to make changes to the house and charge it to my Home Depot credit account. We figured two to five thousand dollars should be enough to get it...

Man who hit priest to be deported Victim gives forgiveness, asks for leniency By GEORGIA PABSTgpabst@journalsentinel.com Posted: April 19, 2005 Father Eleazar Perez, who lost his left leg in a hit-and-run accident, walked into court on one leg and crutches Tuesday and pleaded for leniency for the man who ran into him. It was an extraordinary court scene that the judge, prosecutor and defense attorney called unprecedented in their careers for the tragic circumstances, the remorse of the defendant and the unconditional forgiveness and petition for mercy from the victim. It was also a case filled with irony, said Circuit...