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This week marks the start of the holiday shopping season, prompting retailers big and small to ramp up efforts to lure in costumers. With the average consumer will likely spend $682 this year, according to the National Retail Federation, there's an ongoing effort to focus shoppers on supporting local businesses. Maria Guerrero reports

New smoke alarms are credited for alerting residents of a fire at a duplex on Madison's East Side early Tuesday morning.

Dietician Deb Roussos gives suggestions for eating for Thanksgiving.

WISC-TV auto expert Matt Joseph reviews the GMC Terrain, a new SUV from General Motors.

Command Sgt. Maj. Ed Hansen, of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is no stranger to service. The 60-year-old from Manitowoc did two tours of duty in Vietnam, one tour in Afghanistan and is currently serving in his second tour in Iraq. He's serving in the International Zone in Baghdad, where his company is in charge of addressing soldier issues.

The University of Wisconsin football team has had its share of memorable moments but nothing like Nov. 13th, 1999 -- the day that running back Ron Dayne ran into the college football record books as the NCAA all-time leading rusher. Author Justin Doherty captures the essence of that day in a new book, "The Dayne Game: Ron Dayne and the Greatest Day in Wisconsin Football History." Dayne and Doherty discussed the book on "Live At 5."

One person was killed and another was injured after a shooting and car crash in Beloit on Tuesday afternoon, according to Beloit police. Maria Guerrero reports.

The Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Board has fired Department Secretary John Scocos just two months after he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Brad Chaimson reports.

State lawmakers are once again considering changes to how much auto insurance coverage residents would be required to have. Jessica Arp reports.

This Thanksgiving more than 3,200 Wisconsin soldiers will celebrate the holiday in Iraq. One of those soldiers is Capt. Jonathan Barnett, who is from Onalaska.

As the Hammes Company's $93 million plan for an expansion of the Edgewater Hotel moves forward on the city committee track, some Madison Common Council members got an up-close look at the Edgewater Hotel Tuesday. Linda Eggert reports.

Sales of alcohol-based hand sanitizers are up 70 percent from a year ago, but are they all what they claim to be? Marc Lovicott reports.

The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group is identifying the biggest concerns that anyone should have in mind when buying toys this holiday season for children, especially the littlest ones.

The New Mexico Parole Board has revoked parole for a man who spent 29 years in Wisconsin prison for a conviction that was ultimately overturned by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Jessica Arp reports

Wisconsin health officials have expanded the group that can receive vaccination for the H1N1 flu virus to include all school-aged children and young adults up to age 24. Linda Eggert reports

Consumer Reports lists holiday shopping gripes and what costumers are saying.

Consumer Producy Safety Commission is poised to announce a recall of certain crbis. Andy Choi reports

Saturday saw a much warmer start to the gun deer season than in the past couple of years, officials said. Brad Chaimson reports