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Wednesday, December 5,2007
Papa Roach
Sat. Dec. 8
The Rave, 8 p.m.
Reformed rap-rockers make good on the concert they canceled at the Rave last
month with tonight’s makeup gig.
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Wednesday, December 5,2007
Walking with Dinosaurs
Sun. Dec. 9
Bradley Center, 1 p.m.
The ultimate dinosaursploitation
show, “Walking With Dinosaurs” presents
15 life-size, animatronic recreations
of terrible thunder lizards,
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Wednesday, December 5,2007
Jars of Clay
Sun. Dec. 9
Elmbrook Church (Brookfield), 7 p.m.
Jars of Clay was the band that changed the course of contemporary Christian music
(CCM) in the ’90s.
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Monday, December 3,2007
Bob Schneider
Shank Hall, 8pm
Monday, December 3,2007
Judith Thurman
Schwartz's in Shorewood
New Yorker columnist reads from over 40 essays in her new collection, Cleopatra's Nose.
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Monday, December 3,2007
Greetings!
Next Act Theatre, 7:30pm
A sweetly comic story about a young actor who introduces his devout parents to an aethiest.
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Monday, December 3,2007
Fall of Troy, Schoolyard Heroes
Shorewood Legion Hall, 6pm
Friday, November 30,2007
Bruce in the USA
Shank Hall, 8pm
For a discount Springsteen fix you can check out the tribute act Bruce in the U.S.A. As the title of the act implies, the Springstreen depicted is modeled after the more buoyant 70s and 80s.
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Thursday, November 29,2007
Particle
Miramar Theatre, 8pm
Laidback jam band, Particle, performs tonight from their latest album - Transformations Live for the People.
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Thursday, November 29,2007
Cowboy Junkies
Turner Hall, 8pm
It's been 20 years since the Cowboy Junkies recorded Sweet Jane. Their new album, Trinity Revisited, features songs from The Trinity Session performed by Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt and Natalie Merchant.
Read more...Elections 2008
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
(AP)
AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
(AP)
AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
(Politico)
Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
(AP)
AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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