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  • NFL referees: Union-buster Scott Walker calls for return of union officials

    If there's one thing that can unite political foes in Wisconsin, it just may be the Green Bay Packers.

  • Review: Killing machines go haywire in 'Spec Ops'

    Military video games are generally so gung-ho about combat they might as well be recruiting posters for the armed forces. There isn't much time for rumination when you're racking up the kill streaks and body counts _ you have to assume the cause you're fighting for is just. Kill `em all and let God sort `em out.

  • Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett celebrates after speaking at his Democratic gubernatorial primary election victory party on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Milwaukee. Mr. Barrett will face Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a June recall election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

    Wis. recall election is rematch of 2010 governor's race

    In the tumultuous 18 months since Republican Scott Walker defeated Democrat Tom Barrett in the 2010 governor's race, Wisconsin has been rocked with massive protests over workers' rights, recall elections over a contentious union rights law, and a partisan divide that's strained families and friendships. Now, Mr. Walker and Mr. Barrett are headed for a rematch.

  • Mayor Vincent Gray, shown Wednesday at his press briefing on Freedom Plaza, said he has many questions about the two escapes and beating of a guard this week at New Beginnings Youth Development Center, a detention facility. Interim Director Neil Stanley said that planned security improvements will prevent another such escape. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    Labor hopes escape leads to dialogue with DYRS chief

    An escape from the District's juvenile detention facility that involved the brutal beating of a corrections officer has caused labor leaders and city officials to confront issues threatening to derail the confirmation of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's pick to head the city's troubled juvenile justice agency, union officials say.

  • Connecticut's Kemba Walker, right, hugs athletic director Jeff Hathaway, left, after announcing his intention to enter the 2011 NBA draft during a news conference in Storrs, Conn., Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

    UConn's Kemba Walker to enter NBA draft

    Connecticut's Kemba Walker said the school's decision to put his name and number on the wall of its basketball arena helped him decide it was time to head to the NBA.

  • Connecticut's Kemba Walker, right, hugs athletic director Jeff Hathaway, left, after announcing his intention to enter the 2011 NBA draft during a news conference in Storrs, Conn., Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

    UConn's Kemba Walker to enter NBA draft

    Connecticut's Kemba Walker says the school's decision to put his name and number on the wall of its basketball arena helped him decide it was time to head to the NBA.

  • Connecticut's Kemba Walker drives against San Diego State in the second half of a West Regional semifinal in the NCAA tournament Thursday in Anaheim, Calif. UConn won 74-67. (Associated Press)

    Gators chomp BYU 83-74 in overtime

    Alex Tyus scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Florida beat BYU 83-74 in overtime Thursday night, chasing Jimmer Fredette and the Cougars out of the NCAA tournament.

  • Wisconson Secretary of State Douglas La Follette, right, confers with assistant attorneys general Maria Lazar, foreground, and Steven Kilpatrick, center, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, March 18, 2011, barring the publication of a controversial new law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees during a hearing in Dane County Court in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Pool, Mark Hoffman)

    Judge blocks contentious Wisconsin union law

    A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the state's new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, raising the possibility that the Legislature may have to vote again to pass the bill.

  • Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

    Largest crowd yet descends on Wis. Capitol

    A state Capitol thrown into political chaos swelled for a fifth day with nearly 70,000 protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers challenged pro-labor protesters face-to-face for the first time and GOP leaders insisted again Saturday there was no room for compromise.

  • 'Queen of Gospel' Albertina Walker dies at age 81

    Albertina Walker's singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the "Queen of Gospel." At home in Chicago, she babied her beloved French poodles, wore rhinestone sunglasses and was a fixture at the city's gospel music festival.

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