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- 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
- 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
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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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