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No foolin' — 2nd annual 'Stranger than Fiction' pre-April Fools' Day foddernew
The Secret Service wants millions of dollars to build another White House.
The highest elevation in Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s state is just 345 feet above sea level, but state employees can’t refer to “climate change.”
The U.S. military says elephants might be better at detecting explosives than dogs.
OK, now, are you double-checking the calendar? Wondering if we're feeding you April Fools Day fodder? But no, we’re not putting you on. Read on through our second annual celebration of silly, strange, comical and confounding stories that are true.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
03-31-2015 |
Culture
Cyclyists Gear Up for Fight With Scott Walkernew
Wisconsin cyclists have ridden out the winter. Will lawmakers run them off the road?
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
03-13-2015 |
Transportation
Science of Lovenew
Birds do it. Bees do it. But why do we fall in love? How do we stay in love? What do we gain from love? To explore those questions and more, WiG poured some wine, unwrapped a box of truffles, lit a candle and delved into a year’s worth of science and health journals.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
01-30-2015 |
Science
What Food Producers Don’t Want You To Knownew
More than 80 undercover investigations have been conducted at U.S. factory farms in the past decade, resulting in dozens of videos that reveal animal abuse and real threats to food safety. And even as campaigns are launched to implement policies that can prevent such cruelty, counter-campaigns are trying to prevent undercover investigations in the first place.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
11-14-2014 |
Animal Issues
Is time running out on daylight saving time?new
In most of the United States, people will dial back the clocks one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, when daylight saving time ends. And they’ll wonder why. Really. Why?
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-31-2014 |
Environment
Rattling the cage: Court weighs in on personhood for non-humansnew
A New York court will decide this fall whether to apply “legal personhood” to an animal in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed on behalf of Tommy the Chimp.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-20-2014 |
Animal Issues
Multiple choice: Third party candidates complete ballotnew
Casey McDonough is a Goldilocks in the voting booth. She’s not fickle, but she likes a candidate to be just right. National polls show a growing interest among American voters in third parties.…
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-20-2014 |
Elections
F'ing sand: Frac sand mining threatens health, welfare in Wisconsinnew
Victoria Trinko hasn’t opened the windows in her Wisconsin farmhouse in two years. And when she goes outdoors on the farm her family has operated in Chippewa County since 1936, she often wears a mask. Trinko lives less than a mile from a frac sand mining operation — and that’s nothing like living less than a mile from a sandy beach.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-02-2014 |
Environment
Activists Champion Efforts to Divest From Fossil-Fuel Industrynew
Meet Planet Enemy No. 1: The fossil-fuel industry. And meet the new sheriff in town: The growing movement to divest ownership of fossil-fuel stock.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
07-31-2014 |
Environment
