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A country united in memory Milwaukee ceremony honors victims of the Sept. 11 attacks
Cost to insure family up 4% But rise is smaller than in recent years By GUY BOULTON gboultorgjournalsentinel.com
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Patriot Guard Rider Amy Duchac of Oak Creek says she attended the Milwaukee County Remembers 9-11 ceremony on Tuesday to "stand for those who stood for us." For more images from the ceremony, go to jsonline.com/photo. By DON WALKER dwalker@journalsentinel.com
"Remember and meditate." Three simple words. They were spoken Tuesday morning at the War Memorial Center by Gurmail Singh, the head priest of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. He spoke in his native tongue, but the words were then translated into English. They were part of a prayer Singh gave to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks who died 11 years ago in two World Trade Center towers, in a Pennsylvania farm field and in Virginia at the Pentagon. Singh asked those in attendance to take away the ignorance and hatred, the breeding grounds for violence. And he prayed that the world unite as a human family. On a bright and sunny September morning, a Tuesday just as it was 11 years ago, Singh and other members of the Sikh community gathered in solidarity with law enforcement, firefighters and military men and women as well as passers-by to remember the terror attacks. It was a poignant moment as Singh and other Please see MEMORIAL, 9A
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"Remember and meditate," reads a translator (left), words from a prayer given by Gurmail Singh, the head priest of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, during the Milwaukee County Remembers 9-11 ceremony Tuesday.
►Anniversary: Eleven years later, Americans beginning a new chapter. 8A ►Campaign: Politicians break from bickering to remember attacks. 8A
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Dad tried to burn family to death, complaint says Man accused of shoving daughter back into flames in arson insurance plot By LARRY SANDLER Isandler©Journalsentinel.com
Intent on burning his entire family to death, a southwestern Wisconsin man tried to shove his 2-year-old daughter back into the flames after her pregnant mother had carried her to safety, state prosecutors alleged Tuesday. The criminal complaint depicts Armin Wand III as a man so desper-
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ate to escape his marital and financial problems that he enlisted his brother in a plot to murder his wife and four young children in their sleep by setting fire to their A. Wand home for the insurance money. Two of Wand's sons died in a bedroom that had been locked by Wand's brother, Jeremy, and a third boy died while sleeping on a couch that Jeremy Wand had set on fire, on
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The cost of health benefits for employers and employees rose by 4 % for family coverage nationally this year, continuing a broad trend of relatively smaller increases in recent years, according to the most widely followed annual survey. Premiums for family covPremiums for erage averaged $15,745 this year, with workers paying an family health average of $4,316 of the cost, coverage according to the Kaiser Famiaveraged ly Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 45,145 2012 Employer Health Benethis year, with fits Survey released Tuesday. workers paying Premiums for single coveran average of age increased by 3 °/0, to an average of $5,615, with the $4,316 worker paying $951 of the of the cost. cost. Although relatively modest, the rise in the cost of providing health benefits still outpaced the 2.3 % rate of inflation. Nor is the long-term trend heartening. Since 2002, the cost of health benefits has increased by 97 % , compared with a 28% increase in inflation.
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Flaws reported in missile defense A panel concludes that the nation's protections against missile attacks leave the United States vulnerable. 3A Riots in Libya, Egypt: A film attacking Islam's Prophet Mohammed ignites protests in Benghazi and Cairo. 3A LOCAL
Bradley Center gets state funds For the second time in three years, the state is giving the BMO Harris Bradley Center a $5 million grant for muchneeded maintenance work. IS POLITIFACT WISCONSIN
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Candidates launch TV ad blitz After lull, Obama and Romney target Wisconsin By CRAIG GILBERT cgilbert©iournalsentinel.com
In the aftermath of the conventions, two trends are conspiring to raise the presidential stakes in Wisconsin: the polling bounce Mitt Romney got in this state after picking Paul Ryan as his running mate, and Romney's struggles elsewhere on the map, which make winning Wisconsin more important than ever to the GOP. And yes, things are heating up here: After a long spell when the state was largely bypassed in the ad wars, both campaigns are launching television ad campaigns Wednesday, marking the start of a much more concerted effort to capture Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes. The Romney campaign was the first to announce its advertising plans over the weekend. The Obama campaign announced Tuesday it is following suit. In addition, the pro-Obama PAC, Priorities USA, has begun airing ads in Wisconsin. And Ryan's congressional campaign is also airing its first TV spots, part of an ad
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