Cheese Championships

2010-03-19T00:45:46Z

Judges sample an aged gouda from Amsterdam at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

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Iowa Wisconsin Basketball

2010-03-03T19:46:01Z

Wisconsin's Trevon Hughes, left, shoots against Iowa's Jarryd Cole, center back, and Aaron Fuller (24) during the first half of an Barrett offer competing plans to create jobs in Wisconsin</div><div><p>Two high-profile candidates for governor on Tuesday outlined proposals to spur the economy, with one offering an ambitious but nonspecific plan that he said would create 250,000 jobs, and the other suggesting tax credits for companies that create jobs.</p><p>John Shurna, left, shoots past Wisconsin's Tim Jarmusz during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, in

Indiana Wisconsin Basketball

2010-02-13T13:30:54Z

Indiana's Christian Watford, bottom, and Wisconsin's Tim Jarmusz dive for a loose ball during the first half of an Illinois' Demetri McCamey gives a high-five to Matthew Barfield, 7, of Madison, Wis., after Illinois beat Wisconsin 63-56 in an Michigan State's Korie Luciois (34) shoots shoots over Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tu...

Michigan Wisconsin Basketball

2010-01-20T19:45:31Z

Michigan's Darius Morris (4) shoots over Wisconsin's Jason Bohannon during the first half of an Purdue's Chris Kramer, left, steals the ball from Wisconsin's Trevon Hughes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, i...

Ohio St Wisconsin Basketball

2009-12-31T13:16:29Z

Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale, left, blocks the drive of Wisconsin's Ryan Evans (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball g...

Bomb threat closes Wisconsin Capitol

2010-02-23T08:16:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Bomb threat forces evacuation of Wis. Capitol; no suspicious objects found, building reopens</div><div><p>Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced them to evacuate the Wisconsin state Capitol.</p><p>State Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue says 911 operators receiv...

Wisconsin Coastie Song

2009-12-15T14:31:13Z

In this photo taken Dec. 11, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison students Cliff Grefe, left, and Quincy Harrison are interviewed at the school's Memorial Union in Madison, Wis. The two undergraduate students have stirred up campus with their popular rap song and video, "Coastie Song," wh...

Major Midwest Snow Storm Dumps 17 Inches On Madison, Wisconsin

2009-12-09T15:30:07Z

MADISON, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 9: Tyler Spriggs, right, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, battles in a campus-wide snowball fight on Bascom Hil December 9, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin....

Lifestyles DIY Gifts

2009-12-09T08:17:29Z

This photo taken Nov. 18, 2009 shows Jenny Bosben attaching a ribbon to the wreath at her home in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

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Do-it-yourself holiday gifts cost less, mean more

2010-02-23T18:36:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Do-it-yourself holiday gifts cost less, mean more; try these projects for the holidays</div><div><p>If ever there has been a year to give a homemade holiday gift, this is it. The economy's in the dumps and budgets are tight. Gift-givers have to be more creative than ever if they want to delight their friends and family with something unusual.</p><p>Meanwhile, business is booming in the world of...

Fort Hood Shooting Unit Deployment

2009-12-04T06:00:40Z

Major Laura Suttinger of the 467th Medical Detachment based out of Madison , WI speaks to the media prior to their deployment to Afghanistan at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Dec. 3, 2009. Three of the Madison, Wis.-based combat stress unit's 40 members were killed in the shooting. Six o...

APTOPIX Fort Hood Shooting Unit Deployment

2009-12-04T03:02:09Z

A wristband with the names of the five soldiers from two combat stress units who died in the Nov. 5 shooting carries the words "Who will go for us? Here I am. Serve me." Three of the Madison, Wis.-based combat stress unit's 40 members were killed in the shooting. 1st Sgt. James McLeod said all the soldiers in the unit would wear black bracelets etched with the names of the ...

Wis. girl says dad forced her to eat cockroaches

2010-02-23T21:24:00Z

<div id="subtitle">15-year-old Wis. girl testifies father choked her, ordered her to eat cockroaches, mouse</div><div><p>A Wisconsin teen has accused her father of choking her and ordering her to eat cockroaches and a dead mouse.</p><p>The 15-year-old Madison area girl testified Wednesday during...

Duke Wisconsin Basketball

2009-12-02T20:45:58Z

Wisconsin's Trevon Hughes (3) is closely guarded by Duke's Brian Zoubek, left, and Jon Scheyer during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 2,...

Obama Executive Order Lifts Strict Limits On Stem Cell Research

2009-12-02T15:19:21Z

MADISON, WI - MARCH 10: Kejin Hu, research associate, looks at a colony of human embryonic stem cells under a microscope at Wisconsin National Primate Research Center at University Wisconsin-Madison March 10, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. On March 9, 2009 President Barack Obama signed an order reversing the Bush administrati...

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