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MILWAUKEE COUNTY Man, 28, charged in July 1 shooting death

Laurel Walker; in My Opinion; It's Past Time for Answers in Dousman

Corey Rehm failed at suicide-by-cop but succeeded in killing himself anyway last Tuesday. His death ended a bizarre weeklong chain of events but not the lingering questions. Rehm, 42, of Dousman was known by police Chief A.J. Marhofke and his officer, Brad Graf, in the little Waukesha County village of 1,800.

Prosecutors Block Mcgee's Release; They Say Jailed Alderman Tried to Intimidate Witnesses

While Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee was behind bars on state charges, he was attempting to intimidate witnesses and sway testimony, federal prosecutors said Monday. Those allegations came during a court hearing at which federal prosecutors labeled McGee a danger to the community and "virtually guaranteed" to threaten witnesses if released.

2007 Farm Bill; Reaping What You Sow; Congress Must Get Serious About Reforming the Wasteful Subsidy Program That Does Little to Help Small Farmers, Hurts Consumers and Hinders U.S. Trade with Other Nations.

What you need to know about the current wasteful farm subsidy system can be summed up as follows: -- Large farms, with 10 times the wealth of the average American family, receive most of the payments.

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BUSINESS SUBSIDIES Lawmakers should let marketplace rule

Snapshots; Missing Dog Story Ends in Sadness, Mystery

I found a letter from Geri Spies in my mailbox the other day. Geri is the 79-year-old woman, twice widowed, whose panicked dog ran off during last year's July 3 fireworks. Geri, who lives alone in Cudahy, had been searching for Cody - a lanky 6-year-old beagle- pointer - for months when I wrote about her last September.

Quick Hit

Commuter Rail; One Thing at a Time; Build Commuter Rail From Milwaukee to Racine, Kenosha and Points South First. Then Connect It to Mass Transit in Those Cities. Don't Try to Build a Regional System All at Once.

Milwaukee Ald. Bob Bauman is right. There should be one regional mass transit system in southeastern Wisconsin that links buses, commuter rail and any other options that become available down the road, such as streetcars in downtown Milwaukee. All those systems should be funded by one reliable source that takes the financing burden off the property taxpayer. But Bauman is wrong to try to build that regional system all at once. Right now, the focus has to be on the Kenosha-Racine- Milwaukee Co...

The Reach

(n.) What a single woman arguably shouldn't do - or shouldn't have to do - with her pocketbook until at least the third date. A definition from Plus or Minus One, a weekly feature about the adventures of Milwaukee's 20- and 30-somethings by the Journal Sentinel's Vikki Ortiz.

Inside Tv & Radio; Couric Says Changing the Cbs Evening Newscast's Format Was a Mistake

Katie Couric's brief tenure in Walter Cronkite's old chair has generated far more coverage than it has been worth, with detailed analyses of the ratings and predictions from the beginning of its ultimate failure. And now a piece in New York Magazine - available at nymag.com - is focusing attention again on the former anchor of NBC's "Today," this time through her own words.

Bell, Antoinette R. 'Emma'

Berg, Lois A.

Connors, Donald Leroy

Eisenhauer, Robert E.

Gaeth, Elaine A.

Harrison, Bernice M.

Kownaski, Daniel C.

Lindberg, Carol

Nord, William P. 'Bill'

Pearson, Ronald K.