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MADISON (WKOW) -- These four-legged creatures usually aren't features on downtown Madison streets. But Saturday, cows were the feature! It's called Cows on the Concourse. For the past 30 years, the ...

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NOAA consults UW oceanographer on oil spill

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Published June 5, 2010 at 9:20 p.m.

As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico grew worse, government officials suspected that BP officials were underestimating the leak ... So they reached out to a small number of scientists across the country for a second opinion. One of the researchers they contacted was Anders Andren, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute ...

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Taking to the lakes: learn to row

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Published June 5, 2010 at 8:51 p.m.

MADISON (WKOW) -- Saturday marked National Learn to Row Day. Warren Anderson, Paul Costello: You may not recognize those names, but they belong to US Olympic gold medalists: in rowing. Jamie Hersch ...

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Local athletes bring home state track gold

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Published June 5, 2010 at 8:24 p.m.

Lechein Neblett wins 300 meter hurdles, Edgewood's Eileen Gehring and Matt McKenna win two golds each and Verona takes home the first ever team wheelchair competition. Click on the story to find out the other local state champs ...

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Funnel cloud spotted in Madison, Sun Prairie

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Published June 5, 2010 at 8:20 p.m.

A funnel cloud was spotted on the east side of Madison, near Sun Prairie around 2:30 Saturday afternoon ...

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Diving for treasures.. and trash

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Published June 5, 2010 at 7:34 p.m.

MADISON (WKOW) -- Scuba divers are taking to the bottom of Lake Monona: to clean up. Divers associated with MadisonScuba and Fontana Sports Specialties along with other Madison area scuba divers cleaned ...

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