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  • Leader: Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats

    RYAN J. FOLEY,Associated Press

    Leader: Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats RYAN J. FOLEY,Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's senate majority leader says the chamber will convene to pass non-spending bills and act on appointments Tuesday even if minority Democrats remain out of state. Republican Sen. Scott Fitzgerald told The Associated Press on Sunday that he would be reviewing which bills and appointees to schedule for action. He says senators can't wait around "twiddling their thumbs" until the Democrats return. Fourteen D...

  • Wis. prosecutor 'sexted' abuse victim

    RYAN J. FOLEY,Associated Press Writer

    Date: 9/15/2010 6:30 PM BC-US--Wisconsin Prosecutor-Sexting,4th Ld-Writethru/1108 Eds: Updates with new statement from prosecutor. APNewsBreak: Wis. prosecutor 'sexted' abuse victim RYAN J. FOLEY,Associated Press Writer CHILTON, Wis. (AP) — A prominent Wisconsin district attorney sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend, a police report shows. The 26-year-old woman complained last year to police after receiving 30 texts from Calumet County D...