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...Bush Elite Force Aviator doll, a 12-in. action figure in full naval flight gear. At $39.99, it has set the sales record for collectible action figures on KB's website. There's also brisk traffic on the Web for donations in memory of Sally Baron, 71, of northern Wisconsin, and Gertrude M. Jones, 81, of Mandeville, La. Obituaries for both women contained requests that money be sent to any organization working for the removal of Bush from office. And in Jefferson County, Colo., West Jefferson Middle School teacher Martha Swisher sparked a furor by wearing...
Still, it's not an easy job, and it can be especially tough to be away from family. Lyman Echola, 68, a former teacher in Wisconsin, has frustratingly little phone contact with his grown children, though he has talked them into visiting Ecuador, where he's a WorldTeach volunteer. Others just cart their children along, as did Barbara and Ed Dunsworth, 50 and 55, when they moved from Nova Scotia (where Ed had practiced law) to take a position in South America with Habitat for Humanity. The family lives in Buenos Aires, where the Dunsworths are helping establish a Habitat...
...Lady Flames fell to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2-3) in the consolation game...
Thanks to low-carbohydrate diets like Atkins, beef jerky is in the midst of a Chanel-bag-like revival. Cathy Sturm of Wisconsin-based Jack Link's Beef Jerky says manufacturers are winning over women and children to the macho snack with softer, tenderer products such as jerky nuggets and more sophisticated flavors like Hawaiian teriyaki. There is even a vegetarian option: meatless jerky made from mushrooms or soybeans. Niman Ranch, whose meats adorn plates at such acclaimed restaurants as Gramercy Tavern and Chez Panisse, has started selling steak jerky for $29 per 9 oz. in the Williams-Sonoma catalog...
Mazzoleni’s previous head jobs numbered six years (Wisconsin Stevens-Point) and five years (Miami). The renewal will likely make his tenure here longer than both of those...