Morning Links for May 30 2014

Morning Links for May 30 2014

What we’re reading on this fine Friday morning. The New York Times has the story of a recent immigration sweep that netted possible charges for some 200 Milwaukeeans. A state attorney general debate to be hosted by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association was going to be closed to the media, and for the edification of insiders only, but the police union has changed its mind, according to the Associated Press. The L.A. Times reports that Steve Ballmer, the hyperactive former Microsoft CEO, is said to have won a “frenetic bidding war” for the L.A. Clippers. The latest story of rape…

What we’re reading on this fine Friday morning.

  • A state attorney general debate to be hosted by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association was going to be closed to the media, and for the edification of insiders only, but the police union has changed its mind, according to the Associated Press.
  • The L.A. Times reports that Steve Ballmer, the hyperactive former Microsoft CEO, is said to have won a “frenetic bidding war” for the L.A. Clippers.
  • The latest story of rape from India is horrific: Three men are charged with raping two girls, ages 14 and 15, and hanging them from a tree.
  • We’ve all heard that “playing dead” is the way to survive a grizzly bear attack, but this woman tested the theory, after stumbling upon a mother grizzly’s cubs, and lived to tell the tale.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.