News Archive for March 21, 2010
Thousands rally for immigration reform in DC
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, March 21, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation's capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.
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Cornell upsets Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. --
Cornell became the first team from the Ivy League since 1979 to advance to the Sweet 16 by upsetting fourth-seeded Wisconsin 87-69 on Sunday.
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Verona again ends Parker season
By TIM WESTER/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Verona drops Viking girls in sectional finals for third straight year
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Schools use referendums to balance budgets
By GINA DUWE - Sunday, March 21, 2010
The push for referendums likely will continue across the state, school officials agree.
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Icy bridge on Interstate 90 results in three crashes
By NEIL JOHNSON - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A series of single vehicle crashes on a bridge on Interstate 90/39 south of Janesville resulted in multiple injuries Saturday, authorities reported. All three crashes occurred in about a 15-minute span.
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Monroe girls return to state
By CRAIG HENQUINET/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Ritschard steps up in Cheesemakers' sectional-final victory
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Thrive looks to help Rock County
By JIM LEUTE - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Challenged by an economic downturn, a regional group that includes Rock County continues to support high-quality economic growth, job creation, business retention and the development of new markets.
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Mental health treatment topic of symposium
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, March 21, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A statewide series on policy changes needed to improve mental health treatment in Wisconsin will make a stop in Janesville on Monday, March 29.
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The perfect move: Chess enthusiasts play in tournament
By NEIL JOHNSON - Sunday, March 21, 2010
EVANSVILLE --
The WSCF chess tournament, open to area chess club students K-12, was held Saturday in Evansville.
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Kedzie: State’s new online registration aims to recruit more potential organ donors
By STATE SEN. NEAL KEDZIE - Sunday, March 21, 2010
Each day, about 77 people in the United States receive organ transplants. During the same time frame, 18 people die waiting for transplants that cannot take place because of the shortage of donated organs.
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Death notices for March 21, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, March 21, 2010
The declaration of independents
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Sunday, March 21, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Another movement percolating right in front of our noses seems to be equally invisible to establishment eyes. Independents—neither right nor left, but smack dab in the broad middle—today constitute 42 percent of the electorate, according to a recent CBS/New York Times poll.
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Do lessons of ’94 loom over Washington?
By DAVID BRODER - Sunday, March 21, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Could history repeat? Today’s congressional Republican majorities are even more emphatically conservative than those of Newt Gingrich’s day, but the Republican leaders are pragmatic politicians from competitive states, Kentucky and Ohio, who are clearly capable of bending with the wind.
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