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Wired, 23.04.13 23:01 UTC

Here's a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data

  Photo: Â°Florian/Flickr There’s many reasons to password-protect or encrypt one’s digital data. Foremost among them is to protect it during a security breach. Another top reason is to keep ...

encryption  Electronic Frontier Foundation  Hanni Fakhoury  Romano Fricosu  Jeffrey Feldman  William Callahan Jr.  +9 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:11 UTC

Wis. man charged after severed head found in trunk

Authorities found a Minnesota man's severed head in the trunk of a car and other body parts in the basement of a Milwaukee home, according to a criminal complaint charging a central Wisconsin man with first-degree intentional homicide.

judge   severed head   MILWAUKEE  St. Paul  brother-in-law  Minnesota  +7 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 17:44 UTC

Reeling elsewhere, labor poised for Minn. gains

Sitting side by side before state lawmakers, Minnesota Orchestra horn player Brian Jensen and third-generation sugar worker Becki Jacobson couldn't have come from much different worlds. But they had something in common: both had gone through lengthy labor lockouts, and both were asking the state to make unemployment benefits considerably more generous.

USD  Michigan  Indiana  Minnesota Orchestra  Senate  Brian Jensen  +8 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 10:51 UTC

More rain, snow could lead to more flooding

The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over.

Missouri River  Dakotas  Michigan  Missouri  Flash  Minnesota  +14 more

Seattle Times, 20.04.13 15:30 UTC

Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast

There's no question that Eric Ciula picked a bad year to get into a competition for growing the biggest tomato. The worst U.S. drought in decades was gripping two-thirds of the nation, and many gardeners were spending hours watering just to keep their plants alive.

Brian Fuchs  Eric Ciula  United States  Illinois  Wisconsin  director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden  +6 more

Seattle Times, 20.04.13 10:01 UTC

Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters

Communities along the Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging feverish bids to hold back floodwaters that may soon approach record levels.

Michigan  Missouri  hydrologist   Quincy  Chicago  St. Louis  +18 more

BBC Technology, 19.04.13 21:53 UTC

Does technology hinder or help toddlers' learning?

Children under five years old have an uncanny knack of knowing how to master new technology.

smart phones  University of Wisconsin  Wisconsin  RAINBOW EARLY EDUCATION HOLDING LLC  iPads  Stirling University  +8 more

Seattle Times, 18.04.13 22:17 UTC

From Rockies to Rust Belt, storm brings extremes

A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend.

Grand River  East Coast  Missouri River  Mississippi River  Illinois  Wisconsin  +28 more

Seattle Times, 18.04.13 03:08 UTC

Packers lock up Matthews for $66M

One big deal done for the Green Bay Packers, one to go. The Packers locked up star linebacker Clay Matthews with a long-term extension Wednesday...

Ted Thompson  Clay Matthews  DeMarcus Ware  NFL  Green Bay  USD  +18 more

CNN Top Stories, 17.04.13 19:37 UTC

Bombing has us 'looking for a way out'

(CNN) -- The thought came to Don Walker during that most quintessential of American outings -- a baseball game. Caught in a crush of people on his way into Atlanta's Turner Field, he couldn't help ...

Michigan  CNN International  Washington's Hart Senate Office Building  Turner Field  Marian University  New York police  +31 more
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Wisconsin, is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. As of 2008 there are 5.6...
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