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Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville

June 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.

Peru’s left candidate Humala wins presidency by a nose

June 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Left-wing candidate Ollanta Humala of the "Gana Peru" coalition won by a nose over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of disgraced strongman Alberto Fujimori.

Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand

June 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.

E. coli outbreak poisons Europe

June 6, 2011 By Blake Skylar

There are now 1,733 people in Germany affected by a dangerous e. coli outbreak, affecting both the economy and workers across Europe.

“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin

June 6, 2011 By John Wojcik

Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.