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Floodwaters Threaten to Overrun Midwest Levees
By not in system - AOL NewsPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation's midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn't have time to pile up sandbags. Storms have unleashed more than a foot of rain across the region, and the forecast offered little hope for relief. Another, larger system was brewing along the same path, bringing several more days of rain and the possibility of tornadoes. The greatest flooding threat loomed in the southeastern Missouri community of Poplar Bluff, a town of 17,000 residents about 130 ...
Canvass Shows Conservative Wins Wisconsin Court Race
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- A conservative state Supreme Court justice overcame efforts to tie him to Wisconsin's polarizing governor and survived a near-upset in a race that drew national attention after a fierce fight over union rights. County tallies finalized Friday showed Justice David Prosser defeated little-known challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,316 votes. State election officials said they will wait to declare an official winner until the deadline for Kloppenburg to seek a recount passes. She has until Wednesday to call for one. Related Stories Wisconsin Governor ...
Wisconsin Governor Defends Hobbling Unions
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended his school of union hobbling as a route to fiscal discipline to budget-weary Washington on Thursday, telling a House committee that protracted, nail-biting negotiations in tough economic times can produce inaction and bad policy. "Sometimes," the Republican governor told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, "bipartisanship is not so good." J. Scott Applewhite, AP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. "Sometimes bipartisanship is not so good," Walker told the House ...
Dangerous Thunderstorms Roll Into the East and South Today
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsDangerous thunderstorms will spread into large portions of the East and South today and tonight, with the threat of damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes extending from western New England to the Gulf Coast. The new storms are associated with the same storm system that produced tornadoes in the Plains and Midwest over the weekend. The most widespread severe weather will occur from later this afternoon through this evening, when unseasonable warmth in advance of the storm -- part of the fuel for the thunderstorms -- will reach its peak. While the possibility of isolated tornadoes ...
Unreported Votes Upset Wisconsin Justice Election [VIDEO]
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Child Psychiatrist Arrested After Allegedly Trying to Abduct 2 Children
By David Lohr - AOL NewsAuthorities in Florida have arrested a child psychiatrist from Wisconsin who allegedly attempted to abduct two children at a North Naples beach after attacking them and a sibling. Kimberly Hammes Frank, 47, of Mequon, Wis., was arrested by deputies from the Collier County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday and charged with three third-degree felony counts of child abuse without great harm. According to a department spokeswoman, Frank remains incarcerated in the Collier County Jail today on a $30,000 bond. Collier County Sheriff's Office Police arrested Wisconsin child psychiatrist ...
Dangerous Storm Threatens Thunderstorms, Tornadoes in Parts of US
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsThe second major outbreak of dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes is poised to sweep across parts of the United States in the coming days, following quickly on the heels of a storm that produced more than 1,800 severe weather reports earlier this week, including 66 tornado reports. The severe weather is expected to be most widespread on Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center, comprising the government's thunderstorm and tornado forecasting experts, has outlined a large area from the Plains to the Midwest and parts of the South as a potentially dangerous region on Sunday and Sunday night. The ...
Vote-Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court Race
By not in system - AOL NewsWAUKESHA, Wis. -- A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent in an election largely seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's explosive union rights law. Adding another twist, the county clerk who said she incorrectly entered vote totals in the race has faced criticism before for her handling of elections and previously worked for a state GOP caucus when it was controlled by the candidate who stands to benefit from Thursday's revelation. The corrected totals gave Justice David Prosser a ...
Wis. Corrects Vote Error, Giving Incumbent Justice Prosser the Lead
By not in system - AOL NewsIn a development that instantly changed the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, revised vote totals for Waukesha County released this evening show that incumbent Justice David Prosser picked up more than 7,500 voters over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. The additional votes almost certainly will give Prosser the victory in the heated race for the high court. As of early afternoon, Kloppenburg had been ahead in the race, according to totals compiled by The Associated Press. The additional votes for Prosser were found after it was determined that all the votes for the city of Brookfield were ...
Wis. Corrects Vote Count, Gives Incumbent Big Lead
By not in system - AOL NewsWAUKESHA, Wis. -- A conservative-leaning Wisconsin county on Thursday corrected its count and gave an unofficial 7,500-vote lead to the incumbent in the hotly contested state Supreme Court race seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's divisive union rights law. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said the votes weren't reported to The Associated Press on Tuesday due to "human error." "This is not a case of extra votes or extra ballots being found," she said. "This is human error, which I apologize for." Related Stories Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Too ...
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