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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin cities without street projects qualifying for stimulus money are pushing to shift the focus of federal rules toward spending on local roadwork. But at least one state legislator is resisting the idea. Sen. Randy Hooper, R-Fond ...

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MATTHEW DALY AP Writer Washington — President Barack Obama signed legislation Monday setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. Obama called the new law among the most important in decades “to protect, preserve and ...

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ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer Homebuilder Lennar Corp. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter losses ballooned 77 percent as it booked charges to adjust land and inventory values, while home deliveries and new orders plunged despite stepped-up buyer incentives. Chief ...

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MICHAEL TARM AP Writer Chicago — O’Hare International Airport can’t use federal stimulus money for its ongoing $15 billion expansion because of the Obama administration’s criteria, but instead will finance two smaller projects at one of the nation’s busiest airports, ...

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Stimulus money will be spent to upgrade Madison-area airport Madison (AP) — The Dane County Regional Airport will get an upgrade thanks to the $789 billion federal economic stimulus law. Gov. Jim Doyle said the airport will use $4 million ...

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DON BABWIN AP Writer Chicago (AP) – Chicago has rolled out the red carpet for kings and queens, presidents and movie stars, not to mention Bulls and Bears. But this week a few VIPs most people have never heard of ...

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FRANK JORDANS AP Writer Geneva — Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. By 2013 some 100 European airports will allow planes to descend ...

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ADRIAN SAINZ AP Real Estate Writer Sales of vacation and investment homes slid 22 percent last year, a sign that tough economic conditions and tight lending requirements shut out buyers, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. Second home sales ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com State, city and neighborhood officials are ready to wrap red tape around the Edgewater Hotel’s renovation and expansion as soon as the Madison project is proposed. “Based on the discussions we’ve had to date, this project could ...

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BRIAN MURPHY AP Writer Dubai, United Arab Emirates — To someone not used to its grandiose ways, Dubai’s downsizing might not look so bad. Construction cranes still tower over the city, though there are fewer. Hummers still crowd the highways, ...

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