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Scaring little kiddies just for the fun of it

Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.

Partly on the request of a friend and partly to satisfy years of personal curiosity and a quest for instilling fear, I opted to be one of dozens of "actors" in the Oconomowoc Haunted High haunted house last weekend.

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Milwaukee's best family-friendly restaurant, 2009: Buca di Beppo

Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 7:05 a.m.

It makes sense that OnMilwaukee.com readers picked Buca as Milwaukee's most family-friendly restaurant. The chain Italian eatery features colorful decor, a lively atmosphere and "family style" meals that include kid favorites like pizza and spaghetti.

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Mother sentenced to probation in infant-abuse case

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Published Oct. 10, 2009 at 12:11 p.m.

A 31-year-old Rudolph woman who authorities said failed to prevent her infant child from abuse that led to more than 20 bone fractures avoided incarceration Friday after pleading no contest to related charges ...

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Defendant lost mom to murder

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Published Oct. 9, 2009 at 10:19 p.m.

A man charged last week with wounding a Milwaukee police officer is the only son of a woman slain by a suspected serial killer ...

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No foul play in 7-month-old's death, authorities say

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Published Sept. 15, 2009 at 10:38 a.m.

Authorities have found no signs of foul play in the investigation of a 7-month-old baby who died Saturday, authorities said Tuesday morning.Police questioned the mother and grandmother of a baby who died Saturday night in a house in the 900 block of N. 35th St.Police and emergency medical crews found the child unresponsive when they answered a call for assistance about 11 p.m., police said Sunday. The mother, grandmother and several other children were in the home at the time, police said ...

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Milwaukee police investigate baby's death

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Published Sept. 13, 2009 at 11:50 a.m.

Sept. 13, 2009 10:26 a.m. The death of a 7-month-old baby in a house in the 900 block of N. 35th St ...

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Mother, child escape rollover wreck on W. National Ave.

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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 10:10 a.m.

A child crawled out and rescuers helped to pull a mother out of a vehicle that wrecked and rolled over Friday morning at the intersection of W. National Ave. and S. Layton Blvd.Fire officials said the wreck involved two vehicles and the other vehicle left the scene just after 9 a.m. The mother and child were taken to separate hospitals with non-life threatening injuries ...

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Family Weekend Roundup: Sept. 4-7, 2009

Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 2:19 p.m.

It's a three-day weekend and unofficially the end of summer. So make the most of it, Milwaukee parents, by taking the kids to a parade, a street jam, a beach, park or anywhere else in this fine city that promote family fun!