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WUPN – If you love the outdoors, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources might have a job for you. Apply by June 9 for DNR conservation warden positions The Department [...]

WUPN – Steve Prestegard over at the Presteblog  asks some good questions about the IRS scandal. AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE, OR WORSE THAN THAT? By Steve Prestegard. Is IRS-Gate actually worse [...]

LEAD STORYAmerican Red Cross founded, 1881 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lenape Indians abduct Mary Campbell from western Pennsylvania,1758 AUTOMOTIVE Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law, 1901 CIVIL WAR The Siege of Port Hudson begins, [...]

LEAD STORY Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans, 1873 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania, 1778 AUTOMOTIVE Street in front of the White House closed [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION New Hampshire Patriot Josiah Bartlett dies, 1795 AUTOMOTIVE Smart launches U.S. road show to introduce its microcar, 2007 CIVIL WAR Battle of Spotsylvania concludes, 1864 COLD WAR Soviets [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION United Empire Loyalists reach Canada, 1783 AUTOMOTIVE Lotus makes Formula One debut, 1958 CIVIL WAR The siege of Vicksburg commences, 1863 COLD WAR One million protesters take to [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Washington criticizes “taxation without representation”, 1769 AUTOMOTIVE Toyota announces plans for hybrid Camry, 2005 CIVIL WAR Confederates defeated at the Battle of Big Black River, 1863 COLD WAR [...]

WUPN – Good job if you can get it. A job opening from the Labor Department. Here are the most recent job announcements from the U.S. Department of Labor: Director, [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel, 1777 AUTOMOTIVE GM dedicates new technical center, 1956 CIVIL WAR Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill, 1863 COLD [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina,1781 AUTOMOTIVE Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect, 1942 CIVIL WAR VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market, 1864 COLD WAR [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble, 1787 AUTOMOTIVE DaimlerChrysler sells most of Chrysler for $7.4 billion, 2007 CIVIL WAR The Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins, 1864 COLD WAR [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Connecticut Patriot Eliphalet Dyer dies, 1807 AUTOMOTIVE Autoworkers union head joins Chrysler board,1980 CIVIL WAR Grant moves on Jackson, Mississippi, 1863 COLD WAR Vice President Nixon is attacked, [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston, 1780 AUTOMOTIVE Fourth-generation NASCAR driver Adam Petty dies in crash, 2000 CIVIL WAR North and South see bloody day at [...]

LEAD STORY Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states, 1934 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Washington recommends using German-American troops to Congress, 1776 AUTOMOTIVE B.F. Goodrich Co. announces development of tubeless [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Second Continental Congress assembles as Ticonderoga falls, 1775 AUTOMOTIVE Government gives Chrysler $1.5 billion loan,1980 CIVIL WAR Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies, 1863 COLD WAR China releases Tiananmen [...]

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Patriot politician and composer Francis Hopkinson dies, 1791 AUTOMOTIVE “Speed Racer” movie released, 2008 CIVIL WAR Union troops take Snake Creek Gap, Georgia, 1864 COLD WAR West Germany [...]