….e-books have now reached that tedious cliché, the tipping point. Amazon.com Inc.’s latest Kindle e-book reader has sold out — weeks before it even started shipping. The new device is smaller, cheaper, and has a better screen. Amazon (AMZN 129.17, -0.48, -0.37%) says it’s now selling more e-books than paper-based books — about 43 %…

Roger Hellen caught a forty-one pound, eight ounce brown trout in Wisconsin, and his catch will share the world record. See, World Record-Setting Brown Trout.

I read a story yesterday about a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website that warns about Hundreds subscribe to Wisconsin wolf attack alerts.) The DNR webpage allows visitors to sign up for email alerts when there are reports of wolf attacks. I signed up, so that my dog (the pseudonymous Dog X) and I can…

When you are part of a company that is trying to digitize all the books in the world, the first question you often get is: “Just how many books are out there?” Google software engineer Leonid Taycher explains how Google counts books — See, Inside Google Books: Books of the world, stand up and be…

See, from the Wall Street Journal, Private Sector Job Gains 42,000 in July. There’s a way to greater job growth through reductions in public sector spending, freeing resources for more efficient and productive uses than needless layers of municipal leaders.

“The rankings were based on surveys of 122,000 college students at more than 370 colleges.” See, On Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison ranks #12 as a party school.

Significant changes in only several years. LA Times: Arizona Was Once Tolerant of Illegal Immigrants. What Happened?

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a partly sunny day, with a high of eighty-five. The City of Whitewater has three scheduled public meetings for today. At 4 p.m., the Parks and Rec Board meets. At 6 p.m., the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve Task Force meets. Also at 6 p.m., Whitewater’s Planning Commission…

Over at GazetteXtra.com, there’s a video from community blogger Glen Lloyd that recalls When Mark Twain Came to Janesville, Wisconsin. It’s both informative and well-narrated.

The very definition of incorrigible. He should be restricted only to walking, and then only along straight lines (although he might not be able to manage even that). See, Moped Driver Arrested for What Would Be Sixth OWI.

What people saw is now officially confirmed. It was true before; confirmation is still welcome to answer objections from people who will ask, “But was it officially confirmed?” See,

Contador is still eight seconds up. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-18/results.