I got a chance to sit down this week with Ben Herbert, the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Wisconsin football team, to talk about the eight-week summer workout program that concludes on Friday.

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UW football: Strength coach Ben Herbert is one intense dude

The $35 materials fee annually paid by parents of Madison public school students grades 1 through 12 will also be required of kindergarten parents this year.

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Madison kindergarten student parents must pay materials fee

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DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

Rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg went on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, the latest indication of how careful the Washington Nationals are being with their prized pitcher.

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Nationals RHP Strasburg heads to 15-day DL

Companies that promise to reduce or eliminate credit card balances and other debt for customers will no longer be allowed to charge an upfront fee.

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New rule cracks down on debt settlement industry

A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, which would be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.

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1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.

Rejoice, Madison residents: the mounds of free wood mulch gobbled up by the ton will return on Friday.

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Mulch on! City says wood mulch available again Friday

The Obama administration is making a concerted push to get China and other key nations in Asia, the Middle East and South America to enforce tough international sanctions against Iran and enact their own penalties.

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US to press China, others on Iran sanctions

A Verona man charged with trafficking of a child is possibly a suspect in other crimes, police say, so they are asking anyone who had contact with him to come forward.

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Update: Police think Verona man charged with child trafficking could have committed more crimes

I recently bought a Droid Incredible and have been very selective when it comes to downloading applications.

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Tech: Your phone apps are spying on you