Dec 30th, 2008 · Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board is having to account for why its new Web site shows the state capitol in Madison in front of the Minneapolis skyline. An ethics officer explains that the Minneapolis skyline is a placeholder until an image of Madison that isn't copyrighted is found. The board didn't explain why the outside company it paid a million dollars to design the web site couldn't just take a picture.
Nov 11th, 2008 · A quartet originally formed in Madison, Wis. in 1996, The Great Depression is now based in Denmark. The moniker is an especially fitting one, as the ten songs on the Great Depression's third and latest full-length album, Forever Altered, all drift through gray and somber landscapes. But its melancholia is sophisticated rather than melodramatic.
Jul 28th, 2008 · The second season of AMC's Mad Men kicked off on Sunday. The award-winning drama dives into the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, cut-throat advertising world of Madison Avenue during the 1960s. TV critic Mary McNamara discusses the show, which recently received 16 Emmy nominations.
Jul 18th, 2008 · This weekend in Madison, Wis., hundreds of environmentally savvy drivers will come together for the largest gathering of hybrid car owners in the country — HybridFest. We meet a family of hybrid drivers who helped organize the event and finds out their tips for saving even more fuel.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Madison, Wisconsin's afternoon newspaper, The Capital Times, has stopped printing after 90 years. But the newsroom isn't closing. Instead, it's taken the daily news operation entirely online.
Aug 17th, 2007 · James Madison, the fourth U.S. president, did not have a middle initial. So school officials in Utah are busy fixing letterhead that lists his name as James A. Madison. The School Board in Ogden named a new elementary school James A. Madison. Luckily a history teacher caught the mistake.
Jun 25th, 2007 · Madison, WI native Stephanie Rearick has more in common with Charles Ives than Fiona Apple. Full of discombobulated piano arrangements and dissonant harmonies, her music recalls the avant-pop of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen.
May 15th, 2007 · Consider this an advertisement for wearing a bike helmet. Ryan Lipscomb was biking through Madison, Wis. He tried to avoid a turning truck. He flipped his bike, and fell to the pavement, where the truck ran over his head. Lipscomb can prove the truck ran over his head because he can show you the tread marks on his helmet. He is around to show you those tread marks because he only suffered a concussion.