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/ 20 February 2008

Obama, McCain score big wins in Wisconsin

Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday, extending his winning streak and putting pressure on Clinton to win next month in Ohio and Texas to salvage her campaign. The Obama win in Wisconsin pushed his hot streak to nine straight victories in Democratic nominating contests.

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/ 18 February 2008

Obama visits Edwards, Wisconsin battle looms

United States. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama slipped away for a private meeting with former rival John Edwards on Sunday to seek his endorsement as the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton battle for Wisconsin. After Tuesday’s voting, Democrats have an eye on March 4, when the big states of Texas and Ohio hold primaries.

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/ 28 June 2005

John Fiedler, voice of Piglet, dies

John Fiedler, a stage and screen actor who grew up in Wisconsin and won fame as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh films, died from cancer, according to his brother, James Fiedler. He was 80. Fiedler died on Saturday in New York, a day after the death of Paul Winchell (82) who created the lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh’s animated friend Tigger in the Disney films.