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The C.I.A. told senior lawmakers in classified briefings last summer that it had information indicating that Russia was working to help elect Donald J. Trump president, a finding that did not emerge publicly until after Mr. Trump’s victory months later, former government officials say. The briefings indicate that intelligence officials had evidence of Russia’s intentions to help Mr. Trump much earlier in the presidential campaign than previously thought. The briefings also reveal a critical split last summer between the C.I.A. and counterparts at the F.B.I., where a number of senior officials continued to believe through last fall that Russia’s cyberattacks...

Senators Burr and Tillis Introduce Legislation to Stop Tennessee Valley Authority’s Proposed Houseboat Ban WASHINGTON — North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis today introduced legislation to stop the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) proposed ban on houseboats, which would affect nearly 400 houseboat owners on Fontana Lake in North Carolina. “TVA’s proposed removal of houseboat owners from their homes would be devastating for many hardworking North Carolina families in Swain and Graham Counties,” said Senator Burr (R-NC). “This amendment would stop this ill-conceived TVA proposal dead in its tracks and ensure that houseboat owners are able to stay in...

Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of suspicious activity.

Last weekend, Target finally disclosed at least one cause of the massive data breach that exposed personal and financial information on more than 110 million customers: Malicious software that infected point-of-sale systems at Target checkout counters. Today’s post includes new information about the malware apparently used in the attack, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.

Possible errors uncovered on petitions GAB will make final ruling on recall petitions Updated: Monday, 30 Jan 2012, 4:48 AM CST Published : Sunday, 29 Jan 2012, 6:55 PM CST Mark Leland MADISON - The tedious task of reviewing the more than 1.9 million recall signatures in Wisconsin is underway. Government Accountability Board staff are looking for invalid signatures and errors on the petition sheets. While separately volunteers with incumbent Governor Scott Walker, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators are also scrutinizing the petitions. And the petitions are not error-free. We asked GAB Public Information officer Reid...

The revelation that a vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay retired from his $131,000-a-year position and returned about a month later while continuing to draw his retirement benefit has prompted the state to launch an investigation into whether the move was made legally...

Madison—One month after the 2011-13 state budget was signed into law, tangible results from the reforms put in place by Governor Walker and the Legislature are being realized. According to media reports, local units of government and school districts have already saved more than $220 million, with millions more in potential savings not yet reported. The state is also adding jobs. Between December 2007 and December 2010, Wisconsin lost over 153,600 private sector jobs. The state has netted over 39,000 new private sector jobs since the Governor called a special session to open Wisconsin for business. The state has seen...

A representative of the Republican Party of Wisconsin called on a Madison radio host to issue an apology for his remarks about Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch during a talk show segment. Party executive director Mark Jefferson called remarks by WTDY morning host John "Sly" Sylvester "offensive." During the Jan. 17 segment in which Sylvester criticized Kleefisch's cold-calling attempts to try to woo businesses from Illinois to Wisconsin, Sylvester mockingly impersonated Kleefisch and attributed sexual acts as the reason for her election. Sylvester made a later, additional sexual remark about Kleefisch as the on-air discussion turned to high speed trains.

This is funny. Apparently this musician was on a United Airlines flight with his band and they man-handled his checked guitar and broke it. He went round and round with them for several months trying to get them to pay for the damage but they refused so he took matters into his own hands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

I need some legal advice from my Freeper friends. Here is my story: A few weeks ago, some buddies and I went out to a bar in a small town in Wisconsin. After last call, we exited the bar and began walking to my boat to drive home. A little way down the sidewalk there was a man standing there looking at a car that was parked on the other side of the street, maybe 30-40 yards down the street. There was a woman next to the car knocking on various windows and talking to someone inside. As I walked...

War is Hell – and Losing is Worse Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2004 General William T. Sherman said it: "War is hell." He was right. He knew just how hellish it was, having inflicted his own brand of hell on earth on his foes. We are now engaged in a new kind of war from the kind Sherman, Pershing, Eisenhower and MacArthur and a host of other American warriors fought. They battled against nation states - against an enemy they could see. We're now fighting a war against enemies we can't see. Their enemies were concentrated on specific...

An Arab Democracy Barry Farber Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004 Every time opponents of America’s self-assigned mission in Iraq bring up our failure to find weapons of mass destruction or to prove any link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, the defenders of the Iraq invasion predictably counter with “Well, everybody including YOUR favorite politicians and the whole world’s intelligence community THOUGHT he had those weapons and, besides, the world is a better place now that Saddam is gone.” And that entire argument makes me feel like an adult driver with a backseat full of kids squabbling urgently and endlessly over "Which...

From us ("the wishor") to you (hereinafter called "the wishee"), please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all... and a financially successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2002, ...

Friday June 15, 2001; 10:19 a.m. EDT Embarrassing Chelsea Photo Hushed-up by Press The press had no qualms about publishing an embarrassing photo of first daughter Jenna Bush earlier this year, snapped as she tumbled on top of a friend at a University of Texas party -- cigarette and drink in hand. But an equally embarrassing photo of Chelsea Clinton has been ruled verboten by the media, even though it's been circulating for years on the campus of the college she attends. "There were pictures of her underwear floating around campus forever," says Chelsea's Stanford University classmate Ben Lipson, who ...