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News and Media RSS FeedsWalker joins call for outside audit of flawed crime data - Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday joined state and city officials in calling for an independent audit of Milwaukee police crime data after a Journal Sentinel investigation found that hundreds of serious assaults were misclassified by the department as lesser offenses....Feed Source: www.jsonline.com High court upholds record Lemon Law award - Wisconsin's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $482,000 verdict against Mercedes-Benz that likely be the largest such award in state Lemon Law history, once interest and fees are added.... Two 60-pound Asian carp found in isolated Chicago lagoon - Illinois fisheries biologists netted two Asian carp in a Chicago lagoon Thursday as part of a stepped-up effort to track and remove the invasive species from Illinois waterways.... A summer-like Memorial Day weekend - It's going to be a summer-like start to summer this Memorial Day weekend - something we don't always get around here.... Estrada to DL; McClendon to be recalled - The Milwaukee Brewers didn't wait long to address their latest injury.... Eurozone downturn 'accelerating' - Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, an economic survey finds, as EU leaders voice support for Greece staying in the eurozone.... Candidates spar as Egyptians vote - Tensions rise between some of the leading contenders on the second and final day of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election.... Head of Vatican Bank is sacked - The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.... US decries Pakistan doctor's fate - The US secretary of state condemns the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama Bin Laden, as senators cut aid to Islamabad.... Unabomber in Harvard reunion note - Harvard graduate Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, has published a note in a class report for the 50-year reunion of his class.... Fresh Iran talks called in Moscow - Talks on Iran's nuclear programme end with "significant differences", officials say, but the two sides agree to meet again in June.... US hurricane season 'near normal' - There will be nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, a "near-normal" season, US weather officials forecast.... Suspect held in Etan Patz death - A man questioned over the disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 is reportedly claiming he strangled the six-year-old and put his body in a box.... UK police in Libya Fletcher probe - A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher, Prime Minister David Cameron says.... Breivik 'to accept court verdict' - Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last year, says he will not appeal against a guilty verdict if the court finds him sane.... Rinehart 'world's richest woman' - Australia's mining magnate Gina Rinehart has become the world's richest woman with assets of $28bn, a respected business magazine says.... 'Reagan blood' auction cancelled - A vial said to contain a sample of the late US President Ronald Reagan's blood is withdrawn from sale by an online auction house.... VIDEO: Trying to fight polio in Pakistan - Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease... VIDEO: Voting closes in Egypt's elections - Tensions have risen between some of the main candidates in Egypt's presidential elections on the second and final day of voting.... VIDEO: Australian woman 'worth A$29bn' - Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been declared the richest woman in the world, with a wealth of nearly A$30bn.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Queen meets icons of arts world - The Queen has met hundreds of leading cultural figures at one of the most glittering gatherings of actors, writers and artists the UK has seen.... VIDEO: Toddler scooters across busy junction - A three-year-old is captured on CCTV driving his toy scooter though a busy intersection in China.... VIDEO: Fire breaks out on US nuclear sub - At least six people are injured after a fire breaks out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine.... VIDEO: Will Canada's housing bubble burst? - Property prices in Toronto and Vancouver are soaring - but could Canada's housing market face a US-style crash?... Economy shrank more than thought - The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show.... No trademark for chocolate rabbit - A Swiss-made chocolate bunny, wrapped in gold foil, cannot be registered as a trademark, the European Court of Justice court has ruled.... New Facebook app copies Instagram - The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.... Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role - As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive stresses his desire to stay at the company.... 'Don't win Eurovision' Spain told - Spain's Eurovision entrant admits her country would struggle to host the event next year if it were to win the competition for the first time in 43 years.... Cuba artist Lam fetches top price - A work by Cuban surrealist painter Wifredo Lam sells for $4.5m at an auction in New York, a record price for one of his works.... Mars 'has life's building blocks' - New evidence from meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars.... Butterflies spread in hot summers - Once rare brown argus butterflies have been moving north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.... 'Emergency plan' to beat polio - Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease.... Calcium pills pose 'heart risk' - People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.... Martinez in talks with Liverpool - Wigan owner Dave Whelan says Roberto Martinez is in the United States for talks with Liverpool over their manager's job.... Lotus favourites for win - Button - McLaren's Jenson Button says the Lotus team are the favourites to win this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.... Beijing toilets in 'two fly rule' - Beijing authorities set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.... DNA to shed light on yeti claims - A UK-Swiss team is to use genetic testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to have come from "yetis" and "bigfoot".... Uganda row over LRA rebel amnesty - A senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be granted amnesty just like other LRA fighters, his lawyer tells the BBC - sparking a row with the public prosecutor.... Brother of blind activist flees - The older brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng flees his closely-guarded village to seek legal help for his son in Beijing.... EU plans to speed up closer union - A top EU official is launching a plan to rescue the eurozone by binding its 17 nations closer together.... Argentine 'Dirty War' body named - Argentina identifies the remains of a body that washed ashore in Uruguay in 1976 as a "disappeared" victim of that era.... Syria army 'behind rights abuses' - The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.... 700 protesters arrested in Quebec - Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.... Hunt memo reveals BSkyB support - Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a note to David Cameron suggesting his support for News Corp's bid for BSkyB before he was put in charge of deciding on the deal, the Leveson Inquiry hears.... Hot weather to continue next week - Forecasters say the warm UK weather, which has come soon after below-average temperatures, will continue into next week.... Boy charged after school death - A teenager is charged with assaulting a boy who died after an alleged fight at a Glasgow school.... MSPs pass Scots booze price plan - Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament.... Your pictures: Canada - Readers' photos on the theme Canada... In pictures: Egypt votes for second day - Landmark election... Day in pictures: 23 May 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 23 May... In pictures: Egypt votes - Images from the streets of Cairo as polls open... In pictures: Chelsea Flower Show - Press day at the Chelsea Flower Show... In pictures: Annular eclipse - Eastern Asia to the western US states... Day in pictures: 22 May 2012 - 24 hours of news photos 22 May 2012... Robin Gibb's life in pictures - Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died... Does the Queen do fashion? - Do style trends ever follow the Queen?... The city that loves to grumble - The beautiful European city where moaning is a way of life... How hard do you work? - How hard do you work?... Does al-Qaeda have a foothold in Syria? - Is al-Qaeda trying to gain a foothold in Syria's unrest?... In pictures: Montreal protests - Canadian police arrest hundreds at tuition fees protest... Day in pictures: 24 May 2012 - 24 hours of news photos from around the world... 10 of your Vidal Sassoon cuts - Readers' recollections of 1960s haircuts... The joylessness of shopping - Will they regulate consumption at the Rio+20 summit?... Sicily honours anti-Mafia victim - State funeral for anti-Mafia campaigner, 60 years on... Final Practical Exam - The final practical exam will cover all material since the beginning of the year. This is a pass/fail practical exam; if you do not pass this exam (with 14 out of 20 points, or 70%), you cannot pass the class .... Review for Exams - This class is reserved for review. We’ll discuss the final exam and the material it will cover, and then you can take a “practice” practical to prepare for the final (pass/fail) practical exam .... Image Slicing & Rollovers - A common technique for optimizing web images, and providing interactivity on the page, is “slicing” the image into separate pieces, and then reassembling it in a table on the page. This allows each separate “slice” to be properly optimized, and ... GIF Animation - Animation is a powerful tool. While GIF images aren’t hard to create (particularly when using tools like Fireworks), they are hard to use effectively. We’ll discuss principles and uses of animation on the web, and then discuss creation and optimization ... Web & Vector Graphics - Images intended for display on the web have specific requirements in terms of format and size. We’ll look at Fireworks as a tool for creating and optimizing images. We’ll also talk about the difference between bitmapped and vector graphics, and ... Image Compositing - When creating new images for the web (or other multimedia environments), you’ll often need to combine elements from existing images—photographs, logos, etc. We’ll look at tools and techniques for compositing, and spend some time putting Photoshop through its paces .... Digital Color - Color is a challenge in a computer environment. We’ll discuss color models (RGB, CMYK, Lab, etc), color palettes, color gamuts, “web safe” colors, and factors influencing color display on computer screens .... Digital Image Concepts - In this class, we (finally!) start talking about digital images. We begin with an in-depth discussion of image resolution and file formats, and a first look at Photoshop as an image editing tool .... Site Design & Navigation - Most web pages don’t stand alone—they’re part of a larger site. We’ll discuss design issues for sites versus pages, focusing on navigation issues. We’ll discuss HTML frames as a navigation tool, including the disadvantages of that approach. We’ll also talk ... Web Page Layout - Most of the web design principles we’ve talked about assume that you can control the placement of elements on your page. However, basic HTML doesn’t give you much control over page layout. Today we’ll talk about the use of tables ... Readings on Basic Web Design Principles - For class, please read Chapters 5-8 of The Non-Designer’s Web Book. If you want to go beyond the basics, you can try these: Web Style Guide, 2nd edition the Design section of Webmonkey Web Page Design for Designers ... Basic Web Design Principles - Being able to design a decent web page doesn’t require innate talent. But it does require an understanding of basic design principles. We’ll talk about the principles outlined in Williams & Tollett’s The Non-Designer’s Web Book. We’ll critique some web ... Midquarter Practical Exam - The practical exam will follow the midterm exam, and is designed to test your ability to complete basic Unix, HTML, and online research tasks. The exam will draw primarily from in-class exercises. You may use your textbooks (or other reference ... Midterm Exam - You will have 30 minutes for the midterm exam, which will cover the material from 9/8 through 10/1. The focus will be on material presented in class and in the readings. Topics included will be history and major figures associated ... Readings on Color, Type, and (CSS) Style - Chapters 8-10 of the HTML book. Chapter 12 of The Non-Designer’s Web Book .... PSP Video Writer - PSP Video Writer is a very small, fast and ease-to-use MP4 converter for Windows OS. It's powerful ... TinyBurner Free Burning Software - Tiny Burner is a highly configurable free dvd burning software. Supports most popular hardware ... MacVideo DVD to MOV - MacVideo DVD to MOV is an easy-to-use DVD to MOV Converter software to convert DVD files to MOV ... Bigasoft AVCHD Converter - Bigasoft AVCHD Converter is easy to use, fast and omnipotent AVCHD video converter and AVCHD video ... Modiac MP4 Converter - Modiac MP4 Converter, the fastest MP4 converter. Modiac MP4 Converter supports all video and audio ... Modiac iPod Converter - Modiac iPod Touch Converter, make the best videos played on iTouch. With nice interface, it can ... Bigasoft M4A Converter - Bigasoft M4A Converter provides ultimate solution for M4A decoding and encoding. It can convert M4A ... Cute Video Dub Free - Cute Video Dub Free is a easyt-to-use video editing software. It support many video formats, e.g. ... ISO Workshop - ISO Workshop is a free application specifically designed to facilitate disc image management, ... Bigasoft WTV Converter - Bigasoft WTV Converter supports converting WTV to any video formats including convert WTV to AVI, ... Muslim Brotherhood?s candidate doing well on day two of Egypt?s presidential election -
CAIRO ? As Egyptians turned out to vote on the second day of a landmark presidential election Thursday, early indicators showed the Muslim Brotherhood?s candidate taking the lead among the presumed front-runners.
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... Muslim Brotherhood?s candidate likely to make strong showing in Egypt -
CAIRO ? In many ways, Mohamed Morsi, a conservative Islamist, has been an accidental candidate in the race to become Egypt?s next president.
It was not until his mentor, Khairat el-Shater, was disqualified from the race that Morsi became the choice of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt?s most powerful Islamist group. Some Egyptians deride him as the ?spare tire,?? a reference to his backup role. He is an engineer and a university professor not known ... Iran, world powers to keep talking, but no progress on a deal -
BAGHDAD ? A faltering diplomatic effort to persuade Iran to curtail its nuclear program was salvaged Thursday by an agreement to hold further talks next month in Moscow, concluding two days of negotiations that exposed the difficulty of bridging the chasm between Tehran?s ambitions and the West?s demands.
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... Euro-zone countries appear far from compromise -
BERLIN ? Supporters of major new measures to stanch Europe?s economic crisis confronted a sinking realization Thursday: Their best chances for success might come only if the situation worsens.
A French demand that the 17 countries that use the euro currency back one another?s borrowing has won new supporters in recent days, but it has been met with full-throated resistance from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose thrifty taxpayers would bear... U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants -
PESHAWAR, Pakistan ? Ten suspected militants were killed Thursday in a pre-dawn drone strike on a compound in a tribal district in northwestern Pakistan, a local tribesman and security official said.
In Thursday?s attack, the second by a U.S. drone in 24 hours, two missiles struck a house in the Mirali area of North Waziristan, the officials said. Initial reports said eight militants, including five ?foreigners,? were killed and several wounded... Mexico?s two major crime cartels now at war -
MEXICO CITY ? The two most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, and the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras as the combatants pursue a strategy of intimidation and propaganda by dumping ever greater numbers of headless bodies in public view ? the victims most likely innocents.
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... In China, foreigner-bashing brings backlash -
BEIJING ? Faced with political turmoil at the top, a slowing economy, and a young and wired population restless for change, China?s Communist rulers appear to have dusted off a time-tested tactic: blaming foreigners for the country?s problems.
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... Investigators want explanation of alleged overbilling in Afghanistan -
Congressional investigators have given the Defense Logistics Agency and the contractor that provides virtually all food supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan 10 days to explain why the military paid more than $750 million in what it now alleges were double-billed and excessive charges.
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... In poll, Russians see wide gap between democratic ideals and reality -
MOSCOW ? With Russia in a state of political ferment for the first time in more than a decade, a new poll has found sharply expressed and seemingly contradictory opinions holding sway.
Russians strongly support specific characteristics of democracy, such as fair courts, a free press and honest elections ? but don?t mention the word ?democracy,? or support drops way off.
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... Nuclear weapons just don?t make sense -
Nuclear weapons are terror weapons, and basically unusable.
That?s one reason why no rational strategy, other than deterrence, has ever been developed to justify them. Events in the past 10 days make my case.
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