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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An effort to expand higher education offerings for state prison inmates is taking shape under interim University of Wisconsin President Tommy Thompson, who oversaw the largest expansion of prisons in the state's history during his 14 years as governor.
The Lifelong Learner Search The University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project received a $300,000 grant from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to continue teaching college courses to incarcerated people in Wisconsin through the Odyssey Beyond Bars program. Noble Wray, retired Madison Chief of Police and Rennebohm board member The funding of $100,000 over the next three years will support a pilot project that will deliver introductory college courses in English to incarcerated students who are interested in post-secondary education but are not yet enrolled in a credential-granting program. Th...
Doctors, nurses, and who stepped in and saved lives. >> reporter: and as the people of colorado try to pick up the pieces they don't have to watch attack ads at least not as many, both the obama campaign and romney campaign reached out to affiliate tv stations in colorado and asked them to pull the spots for the time being, but in fact it takes a while and not clear how fast every single station was able to pull the ads. jon? >> peter doocy live from washington. peter, thank you. well, authorities continue to comb through the suspect's apartment. the third floor apartment where james holmes li...
Evidence room or preferred method to put it in a pit and blow it up? >> well, first of all, any dangerous substances will be removed. in new york city we would remove it to the range where the bomb squad has a pit, as you say, to explode them, but everything has to be cataloged and recorded, if safety permi permits. >> all right. peter moreno is a former new york city captain and explosives expert with the new york city. >> thank you. >> you're quite welcome. >> one of biggest concerns for investigators in colorado to find a safe way to get inside the booby trapped apartment. we're told that b...
And police are intensifying the search for two girls, 8 and 10-year-old cousins disappeared during a bike ride last week. now, back to colorado and more with jon scott. >> reaction is about the tragedy that unfolded and the crowd in aurora, colorado. >> jon: it works better when you use the microphone. the reaction is coming in about the terrible tragedy at the movie theater behind me. so many are so appalled at the senseless loss of lives in unprovoked violence. peter doocy is in washington with a look at what the nation's political leaders are saying, peter? >> reporter: since obama cut his ...