A contrarian proposal for Bike to Work Week 2008 in Madison It's time for a Drive to Work Day David Medaris on Friday 05/09/2008 12:00 pm I should preface this contrarian proposal by affirming my support for Bike to Work Week, which begins today, Friday, May 9, and continues through next Friday, May 16 here in Madison. As someone who commutes to work by bicycle whenever the weather and other circumstances allow, I'm all for encouraging more people to do so. It's fun. It's healthy. It's relaxing. It's inexpensive. It's pretty darn green. The city's network of bike routes also makes it pretty darn easy and safe to bike to work. Depending on your route, it can also be quite scenic. >MoreWilmington on DVD: One of the greatest silent symphonies La Roue, I'm Not There, and the films of Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin Mike Wilmington on Friday 05/09/2008 11:12 am Abel Gance, maker of the spectacular 1927 French epic Napoleon, was one of the great symphonic masters of the silent movie, and La Roue is one of his greatest symphonies. The story of La Roue (The Wheel) is, in many ways, pure silent-movie melodama, but done with such grace, style and deep feeling that it sweeps you up and thrills you, just as the silent melodramas of Gance's friend and admirer D.W. Griffith still do. >More
Did Madison cops miss chance to catch Joel Marino killer? Witness says he saw suspect again, but police didn't seem to care Jason Shepard on Thursday 05/08/2008, (12) Recommendations A key witness in the Joel Marino murder investigation says he saw Marino's killer walking along West Shore Drive six weeks ago, but he believes police did not take his call seriously. >More'Short-staffed almost always' Dispatchers defend former colleague, rip 911 Center management Jason Shepard on Thursday 05/08/2008, (1) Recommendation Former Dane County 911 dispatchers say it easily could have been them who forgot to call back a silent 911 call, and they fear that the dispatcher who failed to send police in response to murder victim Brittany Zimmermann's call for help will be made a scapegoat. >More
Where are you, Christian Bale? Public Enemies brings gawkers and gangsters to the Capitol Erica Pelzek on Friday 05/09/2008 Christian Bale strolled out of the East Washington entrance of the Capitol on Monday, sporting a sharply lined dark suit and slicked hair. He was here with Billy Crudup and a big Hollywood crew to shoot scenes for the gangster film Public Enemies, set in the 1930s. Vintage cars lined Pinckney Street, and extras milled around in long coats and fedoras. >More
Talkin' baseball, and smoked brisket There's more than red hots at Mallards park Kenneth Burns on Friday 05/09/2008 Summer is coming, and soon it will be time for fun at the old ballpark, along with favorite ballpark foods: hot sausages, cold beer and...sushi? >More
Redacted report reveals nothing new on Brittany Zimmermann's 911 call Read the redacted report from Dane County Public Safety Communications Jason Shepard on Thursday 05/08/2008 9:08 pm A heavily redacted copy of a 40-page report into the alleged mishandling of a 911 call for help from murder victim Brittany Zimmermann sheds little, if any, new light on a number of important questions. The report was released on Thursday night, minutes after the end of a joint committee of the Dane County Board in which embattled 911 Center director Joe Norwick answered questions from county supervisors about 911 center policies. >MoreDane County Board spins wheels on Zimmermann 911 call controversy Bill Lueders on Thursday 05/08/2008 9:04 pm Scott McDonell began the meeting by stating that the matters under review could lead to litigation and anything said "can be used in court." It was the public-hearing equivalent of a Miranda warning. That was not the only admonition: McDonell, the Dane County Board chair, also explained that all questions would have to be screened and some could not be answered. >More
Roy Elkins: Rock the vote Roy Elkins of Broadjam oversees the MAMAs' Internet selection process Rich Albertoni on Friday 05/09/2008 When presenters ask "May I have the envelope, please" at music awards shows, there's a good chance Roy Elkins will be the guy handing it over. >More
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