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Thieves steal refrigerated truck carrying H1N1 from Milwaukee middle school swine flu clinic

Thieves steal truck with H1N1 vaccine in Milwaukee

Wis. farmer gets rock-star treatment, shout-out from Bill Clinton after winning genius grant

Wisconsin farmer promotes ‘good-food revolution’

As nasal spray flu vaccine starts to arrive, officials urge patience until more is available

First nasal spray vaccine available for Swine flu

Trickle of swine flu vaccines on the way, officials urge patience until more arrives

First swine flu vaccine on the way, still limited

WASHINGTON — The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging people to be patient until more arrives.

Wisconsin corrections officials begin work to collect missing samples of DNA from felons

Wis. corrections officials collect missing DNA

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin corrections officials have ordered felons whose DNA is missing from a statewide database to report to their local sheriff’s department to submit a sample.

AP Exclusive: Milwaukee detectives sift through mounds of evidence to crack serial killer case

Wis. detectives detail cracking serial killer case

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee cold case detectives Gilbert Hernandez and Katherine Hein knew the slayings of seven women over a 21-year period were connected by DNA, they just didn’t know whose.

Audit: Wisc. database missing DNA profiles of 12K felons; wrong DNA given for suspected killer

Audit: Wisc. database missing DNA of 12K felons

MILWAUKEE — Mandatory DNA profiles of at least 12,000 Wisconsin felons are missing from a statewide database, according to an audit released Wednesday. The audit was conducted after officials discovered no DNA was on file for a convicted felon now suspected in a string of Milwaukee killings.

Wis. Justice Department to investigate missing DNA from alleged serial killer

Wis. DOJ to probe missing DNA of slaying suspect

MADISON, Wis. — The state Justice Department will investigate what happened to an alleged serial killer’s missing DNA sample.

Agencies dispute whether DNA was taken in 2001 from suspect now linked to 9 Milwaukee deaths

Management of DNA sample at issue in Wis. killings

MILWAUKEE — Investigators who used DNA from a toothbrush to link a former prisoner to a string of cold-case killings should have had a sample from him eight years earlier and before the last killing, but police say they couldn’t find one.

Milwaukee police: Man’s DNA found on 9 slain women, but past didn’t point to such violence

Milwaukee police: DNA links man to 9 slain women

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man authorities say is linked by DNA to the slayings of nine women since 1986 was captured by police after an alert officer spotted his car at a motel, authorities said.