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Madison is home to an extensive and varied number of print publications for a city that reflect the city's role as the state capital and diverse political, cultural and academic population. The Wisconsin State Journal (weekday circulation: ~95,000; Sundays: ~155,000) is published in the mornings, while its sister publication, The Capital Times (Mon-Sat circulation: ~20,000) publishes in the afternoon. Though conjoined in a joint-operating agreement operated under the name Capital Newspapers, the Journal is owned by the national chain Lee Enterprises, while the Times is independently-owned. Wisconsin State Journal is the descendant of the Wisconsin Express, a paper founded in the Wisconsin Territory in 1839. The Capital Times was founded in 1917 by William T. Evjue, a business manager for the State Journal who disagreed with that paper's editorial criticisms of Wisconsin Republican Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. for his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I. Through Capital Newspapers, Lee ... owns many other papers in southwest Wisconsin and northeast Iowa.
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Monday, July 2, 2007 - Madison is one fast city. So says Fast Company magazine in its article examining worldwide centers that offer the best in economic innovation and opportunity. Madison is named a Startup Hub in the listing of Fast Cities 2007 at www.FastCompany.com/cities. "If you want a hint at cities that will be able to compete in the next decade, Madison is right in there," said Keith Hammonds, Fast Company executive editor. According to the magazine, "Fast Cities" are considered worldwide centers of creativity where the most important ideas and organizations of the future are located. They attract the best and brightest.
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At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn; Washington Irving described him as "but a withered little apple-John." But whatever his deficiencies in charm, Madison's buxom wife Dolley compensated for them with her warmth and gaiety. She was the toast of Washington.
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During the American Civil War, Madison served as a center of the Union Army in Wisconsin. The intersection of Milwaukee, East Washington, Winnebago, and North Streets is known as Union Corners, as a tavern located there was the last stop for Union soldiers before heading to fight the Confederates. Camp Randall, on the west side of Madison, was built and used as a training camp, a military hospital, and a prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers. After the war ended, the Camp Randall site was absorbed into the University of Wisconsin. Camp Randall Stadium was built over the site in 1917 and until recently contained a military firing range beneath the football field.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. might not have imagined eight-digit salaries or Madison Avenue sponsorships for American black athletes, but the social reformer would likely be disappointed by other aspects of today's sporting landscape. In his book, Souled Out?
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Madison, Indiana, was settled in the early 1800's by pioneers floating down the Ohio River looking for new opportunity. It became one of the major cities in the Midwest. Envisioned as the State Capital, Madison was designed with wide boulevards to showcase the government buildings and fine homes. However, America moved westward, leaving Madison behind on the river.
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