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A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to schoolchildren.More >> A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to schoolchildren.More >> Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for tossing water balloons from a car, causing damage to at least three other vehicles.More >> Two 18-year-olds have been arrested for tossing water balloons from a car, causing damage to at least three other vehicles.More >> Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.More >> Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.More >> Prom was in the air at Mount View Care Center in Wausau Friday.More >> Prom was in the air at Mount View Care Center in Wausau Friday.More >> Charges have been filed in a cold case murder in Wisconsin Rapids.More >> Charges have been filed in a cold case murder in Wisconsin Rapids.More >> Police have released the name of a man shot dead while sitting in his vehicle outside a manufacturing company in Superior, Wis.More >> Police have released the name of a man shot dead while sitting in his vehicle outside a manufacturing company in Superior, Wis.More >> Radar Alert
Turning fairly nice later this week.More >> Sun returns Thursday and Friday but it will be cooler than normal. Frost expected Thursday night. Fairly quiet weekend with more cloud cover.More >> STRATFORD (WAOW) - The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says a near head-on crash involving a semi-truck and a pickup truck seriously injured the driver of the pickup on Friday.More >> STRATFORD (WAOW) - The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says a near head-on crash involving a semi-truck and a pickup truck seriously injured the driver of the pickup on Friday.More >> Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water.More >> Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water.More >> Gov. Scott Walker says he wasn't aware of his former campaign spokeswoman's drunken driving citations.More >> Gov. Scott Walker says he wasn't aware of his former campaign spokeswoman's drunken driving citations.More >>
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Prom was in the air at Mount View Care Center in Wausau Friday.More >> One person was seriously hurt after a crash in Marathon County Friday morning.More >> The UW-Stevens Point baseball team won its first game of the Division 3 College World Series.More >> Highlights and reaction from the Pointers first round win over Manchester in the DIII College World Series.More >> One person died in a crash Thursday night in Clark County.More >> Joseph Reinwand, 53, faces a charge of first degree intentional homicide.More >> Travis Krueger says he loves his job because it offers something different every day, and he's able to help people in the community.More >> An eight-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl is on a mission to help, and it's all for a little boy she's never met.More >>
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- While bringing a gun to a bear fight may seem like a solid way to win, experts say guns largely provide a false sense of security.
A recent study by bear researchers from Utah's Brigham Young University found that it's not that firearms don't work, but many people can't use them quickly enough in the panic of an attack.
Lead researcher Tom S. Smith says the report analyzed 269 armed human-bear encounters in Alaska between 1883 and 2009. It found that the use of guns made no statistical difference in the outcomes, and many people were mauled or killed anyway -- 151 human injuries and 172 bear fatalities.
Other experts question the findings, citing limited data given the thousands of human-bear encounters and noting that each incident is different.
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