COLUMNIST DAN BICE

Travel ban means . . . trip to D.C.?

A looming $6 million budget deficit means some belt-tightening for Milwaukee County employees. But not for five county supervisors who spent more than $7,000 to attend a conference last month in Washington, D.C. More » 

Tough decisions await Brewers

Champagne flowed again at Miller Park, but it flowed in the visitors' clubhouse. The Brewers' 2008 baseball season ended with a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, who clinched the best-of-five series by three games to one. More »  | Game story »  | Box »  | Playoff schedule »  | Brewers section » 

AT&T, Time Warner offer cheaper broadband

Broadband Internet access continues to get cheaper as providers aggressively target residential customers who don't have the Internet now or are among the dwindling group of "technology laggers" with dial-up service. More » 

Titanic exhibit docks at the Public Museum

Experience first-hand what it was like to board the Titanic in 1912. Marvel at what has been brought up from the ship's wreckage - everything from dishes to a 3,000-pound piece of the ship. And then learn how the sinking affected Wisconsinites. More » 

GREAT LAKES, GREAT PERIL

Electric Asian Carp barrier hits a snag

It's supposed to be the last chance to keep the Great Lakes from turning into the Great Carp Ponds, but the federal government's new electric fish barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is not doing the job. More »  | SECTION: Great Lakes, Great Peril »