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What sets Rep. Reid Ribble apart

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, says this allows Ribble to stake out more centrist positions, without drawing a strong challenge from the tea party, which cheered the shutdown.

Being liberal means never having to say you’re sorry

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: It?s not as if the liberal city of Madison is new to domestic bombers. For decades, the city has been home to Karl Armstrong, one of the conspirators in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The bombing, an anti-Vietnam War protest, killed researcher Robert Fassnacht and injured three others. After serving seven years in prison, Armstrong owned a number of restaurants in the Madison area.

Barry Alvarez picked for national playoff panel

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Knowing that football has been a fundamental part of his life for more than five decades, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez wasnt about to turn down the opportunity to be part of college footballs first ever playoff committee.

Pay range increases for some UW System jobs could rile lawmakers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin System may set back efforts to repair its relationship with GOP leaders of the Legislature if proposed increases to the salary ranges of key executive posts within the system are approved Friday by the Board of Regents, the chairwoman of the Legislature?s powerful Joint Finance Committee said Thursday.

3 in US win chemistry Nobel for computer models

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: James Skinner, director of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the approach pioneered by the winners can be used to analyze such things as how drugs bind to the molecules they target in the body, or how large molecules fold.

Lions’ Dominic Raiola issues apology to UW band, gives donation

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By now, you?ve probably heard the inflammatory comments made by Lions center Dominic Raiola to the UW marching band at Sunday?s game. On Monday, the Detroit Lions said they were investigating the matter. And on Tuesday, Raiola issued an apology and will made a donation to the band.

All About The Benjamins: U.S. Introduces New $100 Note

National Public Radio

Quoted: The $100 notes are also especially problematic because it?s the most forged American note, according to Lones Smith, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied counterfeiting. To make matters worst, the $100 notes ? both real and fake ? also last an average of eight years, longer than others, because they?re not used often.

Top cops at Wisconsin Capitol protests clashed, new book says

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Amid Wisconsin?s biggest political protests in a generation, the top cops inside the state Capitol sometimes issued opposing orders as they struggled with moments of chaos and weeks of pressure, a new book reveals.In “A View from the Interior: Policing the Protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling describes resisting an order relayed by Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs to clear the Statehouse at a moment of high tension early in the protests.

Madison team wins Power Racing Series Grant Finale

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: Sector67?s secret weapon: Many members of the Fauxrarri team are engineers and former members of the Wisconsin Hybrid (http://vehicle.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) and Formula Hybrid (http://fhybrid.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

States resist, build nascent insurance markets

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: “Without the shared planning and the cooperation of the state government, it?s much harder for them to be ready to implement this complicated law,” said Rachel Grob of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied differences in how states are implementing segments of the law.

Government shutdown threatens scientific research

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

If Congress allows the government to shut down on Tuesday, the nations investments in scientific research and technological innovation will suffer irreparable harm, resulting in a loss of crucial projects, new technologies and jobs for Americans.

UW-Madison conducts info outreach effort after robberies

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will use social media and a town hall meeting this week to raise awareness and address student and parent concerns about campus safety in the wake of multiple armed robberies near campus since the start of the school year.

What the Emmys taught me about ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Breaking Bad’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

There were numerous winners with local ties at last night?s Emmy Awards, chief among them Steve Levitan, creator of “Modern Family.”Levitan is a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum.But there was also another not remarked upon UW connection when James Cromwell won as best supporting actor in a miniseries or movie for “American Horror Story: Asylum.”

Talk of second Wisconsin dental school resurfaces

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A private meeting last week between representatives of Marshfield Clinic, the University of Wisconsin System and UW-Stevens Point has sparked rumblings that the Marshfield Clinic may be trying to quietly build support for a controversial second dental school in Wisconsin.

Documentary filmmaker Saul Landau dies

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: Landau graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and after moving to San Francisco he was at various times a film distributor, author, playwright and member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

Wisconsin golf club offers, retracts 9/11 special

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: While offering a reduced price on Sept. 11 is more apt to offend someone than doing the same thing on Veterans Day, the Wisconsin golf club promotion could have been much worse, said Kathleen Culver, associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.