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UW-MADISON STUDENTS LAUNCH 'FLOATING ISLANDS' TO BENEFIT NEW ORLEANS WETLANDS
(Media-Newswire.com) - MADISON - A project led by students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and designed to restore New Orleans wetlands damaged by Hurricane Katrina recently took a major step forward. On June 23, the UW New Orleans Sustainable

Dog-eaten passport cancels Wisconsin boy's trip to Peru
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN: A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago's O'Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on

Dog-eaten passport cancels US boy's trip to Peru
A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago's O'Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document was fine, but

Dog-eaten passport cancels Wis. boy's trip to Peru
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago's O'Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document

Dog-eaten passport cancels Wis. boy's trip to Peru (AP)
AP - A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.

First, Raised Voices; Next, Pointed Fingers
Congress is packing up to leave town for more than a week, but that may not be enough time for two House members to forget, let alone forgive. Friday was Round II of a dust-up between two Democratic representatives, David R. Obey of Wisconsin and

After No Contact With U.S.- Born Daughter for 2.5 Years, California Mom Finally Gets Hearing in Spain July 3 to Get Her Back
(PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Raquel (Rocky) Willson, 7, a US-born California girl whose British father, Alex Willson, retained her in Spain during the family's return to California from vacation in June of 2004, (according to Eau Claire, Wisconsin family

Slowdown in once-booming organics troubles farmers (AP)

AP - The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.

Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation's hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.

Obama: Doctor-choice is vital to health care plan (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says Americans will still be able to choose their doctors under the health care changes he is seeking.

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Introduction
Wisconsin became the United States thirtieth state on May 29, 1848. The capital is Madison. The state's largest city is Milwaukee. Wisconsin is taken a Chippewa word meaning "a grassy place". Wisconsin is the nation's leading milk producer. Over 1.5 million cows give enough milk to supply 42 million people for a year. The Badger State was home to the first kindergarten in the nation which was started in 1856. The land area of Wisconsin is 54,314 square miles; in size the 25th state.

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