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Inside Tv & Radio; Weeks Wore Her Emotion On Camera

While Lynise Weeks was a fine consumer reporter for Channel 4, what made her a memorable part of Milwaukee television went far beyond the beat she covered. She died last week after a long, painful illness that she shared with viewers.

Community Columnist; Keep Your Hands Off My Backyard

They have taken my backyard. Normally, a community columnist wouldn't find the need to comment on the Fifth Amendment and the U.S. Supreme Court, but my backyard is as local as it gets.

Quick Hit

Many years ago, my father spoke admiringly of a Chicago politician who "could run across the keys of a piano and not make a sound." Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, is just like that. A smooth operator. And smart, too. Bandar recently announced his resignation after 22 years in Washington. Bandar ought to be put in charge of fighting terrorism back home. He is the sort of person who could put Osama bin Laden in a prison cell or even on death row and th...

Space Shuttle; Discovery's Unnecessary Risk

"Until we fix this, we're not ready to go fly again." William W. Parsons, manager of NASA's shuttle program, Wednesday in news reports

Treatment of Prisoners; Living Up to Our Ideals

President Bush wants a lot of flexibility to wage the war against terrorism. He wants to preserve his options. This is reasonable enough. But there is absolutely no reason to insist on the flexibility to do things that are cruel or illegal or both. Yet that is what Vice President Dick Cheney is doing as part of an administration campaign against legislation being championed by three Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Cheney was recently sent to Capitol Hill to extingui...

Review; Musicians Deliver Uncommon Performances

Common and "Ordinary People" were showcased at The Rave Saturday night before a capacity crowd, but there was nothing pedestrian about the performances. Neo-soul star John Legend's set, stretching past the midnight hour, blended consummate professionalism with passion. Legend worked in the background with such talents as Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys before stepping out into his own spotlight, and his journeyman years have given him a polish beyond that of most of today's R&B performers.

Cedarburg Homebody Makes Splash in Cosmo; Shirtless Shot Could Be Accidental Model's Big Break

Cedarburg Who's the Guy Without His Shirt in the August Cosmo? Just a guy from Cedarburg who lives with his mom.

Floyd, Ralph Willis Jr.

Michalski, Lucille M.

Mueller, John A. 'Hans'