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State Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) (right) says the Pledge of Allegiance at swearing-in ceremonies Monday at the Capitol in Madison. Her son Nathan, 3, seems to have a different agenda.

State power shift begins

10:00 p.m. | Democrats took control of state government Monday, as legislators were sworn in for a two-year legislative session that will require them to fix a record budget deficit.

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State DNR appointment may revert to panel vote

6:53 p.m. | A bill that would return authority to a citizens board to appoint the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources stands its best chance of passage in more than a decade. But whether Gov. Jim Doyle would sign the legislation is another matter.

Whitefish Bay Dominican senior overcomes childhood abuse

11:35 p.m. | He stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, but Howard Nolan looks as if he should be taller. Something isn't normal. To Nolan, normal means near-constant pain. He battles exercise-induced asthma. The skin on his legs and arms looks odd. And then you learn his story.

Eugene Kane

Burris saga shows Milwaukee's political connections

11:17 p.m. | A Milwaukee lawyer - sort of - has found himself in the center of a national storm. Roland Burris was chosen to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Packers make drastic changes

Ax falls on defensive staff

11:03 p.m. | Fired. Fired. Fired. Fired. Fired. And fired. One by one, coach Mike McCarthy gutted his defensive staff and axed his strength coach during a 24-hour period unlike any other in the long history of the Green Bay Packers.