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2/3/2012
Komen Reverses
The Susan G. Komen charity reversed itself this morning, and said it would not cut-off breast cancer screening grants to Planned Parenthood. A statement from the group apologized for quote, "recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives." Planned Parenthood officials in Wisconsin were among those who thought Komen had bowed to political pressure from pro-lifers. But the charity said it was only following its criteria for not funding groups under government investigations, specifically a probe of Planned Parenthood launched in Congress at the urging of pro-life organizations. Komen said it would change its criteria so it would not apply to such investigations. Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood said it was not affected by Komen's original cut-off. It stopped using Komen funds a few years ago.
2/3/2012
Study says FB and Twitter can be More Addictive Than Booze and Cigs
Are you fanatic about Facebook or hooked on Twitter? A new Midwest study says social media can be more addictive than even cigarettes. The University of Chicago tested 250 people, and found that their fix for alcohol or nicotine is less than their need to check their friends or status on-line. The survey indicated that sex and sleep are the two most longed-for events of the day -- but in the end, social media is the hardest thing to resist. Meanwhile, teens who used to avoid Twitter are going back to tweeting, now that more of their parents and grandparents are making friends on Facebook. Appleton North High School senior Sam Panzer tells the Post-Crescent that it's nice to have a place to go where his parents won't read what he's saying -- even though he'd not really trying to hide anything sinister. The Pew Internet-and-American Life Project recently found that 16-percent of young people age 12-to-17 use Twitter -- double the percentage from just two years ago.
2/3/2012
State Auditors Find Suspicious Spending in WI's Food-Share Benefits
Wisconsinites who get food stamps for the poor spent 33-million dollars of those benefits in other states last year. And state auditors said they found about 324-thousand dollars in spending that was suspicious. Wisconsin Food-Share recipients are allowed to use their benefits to buy food in other states. And the Legislative Audit Bureau said most cases involve people who live near the state's borders or those who take trips. But the audit showed that some Food-Share cards were used in Wisconsin on the same day that the cards' account numbers were used in other states. And 151-thousand-dollars in benefits were spent entirely in states that are not Wisconsin's neighbors. The audit said the suspicious out-of-state spending was done by just four-hundredths of one-percent of the 382-thousand Wisconsin families and individuals getting Food-Share benefits. Assembly Republican Samantha Kerkman, who co-chairs the Legislature's Joint Audit Committee, said she was not surprised by the report. She says more background checks are needed for recipients.
2/3/2012
Ala. School Bd. Says it'll Keep Letting Kids Attend Monthly Bible Readings
A school board in Alabama says it will keep letting a person known as the "Bible Man" read the Bible to grade school kids each month, despite objections from Madison's Freedom from Religion Foundation. The Jackson County School Board in Scottsboro Alabama met for an hour before deciding to let Horace Turner Junior continue his monthly assemblies. The meetings are voluntary, but Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom from Religion Foundation says elementary kids cannot discern what's voluntary and what's not -- and the courts back her up. She also said the public schools are quote, "not to be a conduit for missionaries." But an Alabama legislator says parents who object to the "Bible Man" should pull their kids out of school and teach them at home. Republican Senator Shadrick McGill says God is needed in government and public schools and quote, "The more we trend away from God, the more we suffer -- morally and spiritually."
2/3/2012
UW-L Dorm to be Closed the Rest of the School Year
A U-W La Crosse dormitory will be closed for the rest of the school year, after a basement fire last weekend. Drake Hall was only expected to be closed for a day or two. But yesterday, Chancellor Joe Gow said it would take 2-to-3 months for the dorm to be inhabitable again. And rather than keep causing uncertainty for the 271 residents, Gow says they should just live elsewhere for the rest of the semester. Many have hooked up with friends-and-relatives. Others have been moved to vacant rooms in other dorms. And some faculty-and-staff members have volunteered their homes to those who need them. The fire caused smoke damage in Drake Hall. Authorities now say it started in a basement couch. They've ruled out electrical problems as the possible cause.
2/3/2012
UW Alum, Beckum, Going for Super Bowl Win with the Giants
Former U-W tight end Travis Beckum is flying under the radar screen for the New York Giants. Most of the Super Bowl hype this week has been about New England's two tight ends -- especially Rob Gronkowski, and whether his left
ankle will be ready for Sunday night's N-F-L title game against the Giants. Beckum, meanwhile, languishes in relative obscurity. The third-year pro caught only five passes in the regular season, and seven so far in the playoffs. Beckum says he knows that the Giants have a run-first philosophy, and he won't get nearly as many pass-catching opportunities as Gronkowski or Green Bay's Jermichael Finley. But Packer fans know what Beckum can do -- because he burned the Pack for a 67-yard touchdown in Green Bay's 38-35 win at the Meadowlands on December fourth. Giants' offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride says Beckum is on the verge of being a major player -- but he's not sure when. Gilbride says Beckum is just starting to show the maturity he needs to develop as an N-F-L tight end. Gilbride says Beckum has struggled with staying healthy and getting a firm command of the Giants' offense.
2/3/2012
Raiders Said to be Interested in GB Coach as Defensive Coordinator
There's a report that Oakland wants to interview Green Bay corners' coach Joe Whitt about becoming the Raiders' defensive coordinator. N-F-L-Dot-Com said the Raiders have asked the Packers for permission to speak to the 33-year-old Whitt. He joined Mike McCarthy's staff as a quality control assistant on defense in 2008. Whitt became the corners' coach in '09. The Raiders' new general manager, Reggie McKenzie, spent four years working with Whitt in Green Bay. But McKenzie has said that the new head coach, Dennis Allen, has the authority to hire his own assistants.
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