3:14 p.m. | Susan Wolter had a scary decision to make. She could continue taking the 13 pills a day she needed to control her Parkinson's disease, along with dealing with the side effects. Or she could allow doctors to implant two long, thin electrodes deep into her brain.
Updated: 3:10 p.m. | Roland Burris tried to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat today but failed in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.
6:35 p.m. | A new study co-led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher suggests not all MySpace users realize how public their so-called private lives are - and many made changes when warned about it.
Updated: 5:44 p.m. | Rick Thurman, the lead agent for free-agent closer Trevor Hoffman, said he continued talks with Brewers general manager Doug Melvin this afternoon that could lead to a deal between the parties.
10:44 a.m. | A former Milwaukee fire and police commissioner attempted to use his position to avoid a drunken driving arrest, suggesting that if he were in the Milwaukee area, he would have received a pass, Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls said.
