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Thursday, March 11, 2010 |  Madison, WI: 51.0° F  

The Daily

Emily's Post: The Barrett vs. Walker gubernatorial cage match is on and full of promise

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker really wants to be governor of Wisconsin. So does Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. In order to win over the hearts and minds of voters, they're making plans and promises, as politicians are wont to do, many of which may seem awesome -- but only at first blush. >More Kicking the tires on the MPD's new Dodge Charger squad cars

At 6'2", Officer Matt Wentzel of the Madison Police Department spends most of his days folded up inside a Ford Crown Victoria, patrolling Madison’s south side with an aching back. But he seems rejuvenated when I meet him last Friday, stretching his legs under the steering wheel of a Dodge Charger, the newest addition to MPD’s fleet of squad cars. >More

The Paper

Raise taxes to save schools
Education is hurting, but reform's off the table

Back when Obama was running for president and Wisconsin Democrats were poised to take over the state Legislature, I went to a fundraiser filled with fired-up activists at Ground Zero coffeehouse on Willy Street. The issue was schools, and Democratic lawmakers Sondy Pope-Roberts of Middleton and Mark Pocan of Madison were on hand to explain how things could really begin to change once the Dems took over the Legislature. >More A bad time for broadcast news
More local news folk leave the field before it leaves them

Carl Agnelly started planning to leave broadcasting last August, while making (and reporting on) the 300-mile Wisconsin AIDS Ride. "You spend four days on a bicycle and you have lots of time to think," says Agnelly, who started at WKOW 27 in September 2004 as a general-assignment reporter and was moving up the ranks, including a weekend anchor gig. "I was thinking: If I'm laid off, what would I do with a communications degree?" >More
Cookbook cues: The Art of Eating In by Cathy Erway

Brooklynite Cathy Erway definitely has something right. Americans do not cook their own dinners often enough and when we do, it's too often an indifferent, hurried effort. No wonder eating out seems like a better idea. >More Willy Street Co-op plans to open second store in Middleton

The Willy Street Co-op has finally released its long-awaited plans for a second store. The second site chosen is in Middleton, at the corner of University Avenue and Park Street, in a pre-existing shopping center. The store would move into the end space vacated by Walgreens, which built a new free-standing location some blocks east on University Avenue at Branch Street. >More

CRITICS CHOICE

Music: Clubs
Umphrey's McGee, Heatbox:Orpheum Theatre, 7:30pm
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Eroica Trio:Wisconsin Union Theater, 8:00pm
 Special Events Words
Pompeii: Lost & Found?:Chazen Museum of Art, 7:00pm
John Milton Cooper:Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 7:00pm
MadTracks: 'A Kiss in Wisconsin' by The August Teens

Few things compare to holy trinity of big guitars, pretty harmonies and pop hooks aplenty. The August Teens know it well and worship it often. Heck, they've been doing it for 10 years now. >More
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