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Craft project leads to house fire and explosion in Franklin
A water heater is suspected of igniting spray paint fumes from a craft project in a home in Franklin, leading to an explosion and fire that injured a woman and caused more than $100,000 in damage.

MIAD, GM team up to develop automotive modeling skills
A flying squirrel, a cuttlefish, a cheetah and a triceratops skull — these are just a few things inspiring industrial design students at the Milwaukee Institute for Art & Design as they develop designs for cars.

10 things to know for Friday
A look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday.

Woman accused of Facebook chatting before crash that killed 3 children
A woman is accused of chatting on Facebook while driving just before a crash in Pierce County that killed her 11-year-old daughter and two 5-year-old nieces, WISC-TV in Madison reported Thursday.

Walker hits Clinton on private email -- like one he used as county exec
Scott Walker’s political operation is attacking Hillary Clinton for using a private email account as secretary of state even though Walker had a similar setup in his office when he was Milwaukee County executive.

Actor Harrison Ford crash-lands plane on golf course
Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage airplane at a Los Angeles golf course Thursday, an official said. He suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Man charged in arson that destroyed sex offender's future home
A Cottage Grove man is charged with setting a fire that destroyed the future home of a convicted sex offender.

Tired of the cold? Warmer weather is on the way
The forecast calls for sunny skies and temperatures near 50 degrees by Wednesday.

Matt Garza confident he'll be ready 'when the bell rings'
To Matt Garza, spring training is a process. So there was no panic for him last spring when he compiled a 19.06 ERA over his first three starts. As he makes his first Cactus League start Friday he’s again confident that “when the bell rings, I’ll be ready,” no matter what happens in March.

Badgers secure Big Ten title after knocking off Gophers
Frontcourt of Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes spark Badgers

ARI turns around a year-ago loss as revenue rises 25%
ARI Network Services Inc., a Milwaukee provider of software tools and marketing services, erased a quarterly loss from a year earlier as revenue rose almost 25%.

Walker, Bush lead in latest national poll in GOP race
Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush were leading other likely 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls in the latest national poll.

Cellular Dynamics narrows loss on 57% gain in revenue
CDI sold its human cells to 200 customers in 2014, up from 150 a year earlier, and its top 10 customers contributed an average of $1.1 million of revenue, up from an average of $830,000 last year.

Northwestern Mutual spent $210,000 to lobby county on O'Donnell Park
The County Board narrowly rejected Northwestern Mutual Life’s $14 million offer on a 9-8 vote at a December meeting, prompting the company to abandon plans to buy the property.

PolitiFact: Testing Julie Lassa claim on right to work, infant mortality rates
New this afternoon from PolitiFact Wisconsin:

Appeal hearing for officer in Dontre Hamilton case won't be televised
The appeal hearing for a former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park has been scheduled for March 19.

Fundraiser covers funeral expenses for victim of Wauwatosa house fire
An online fundraiser for Faith Cruz, a 3-year-old who died in a house fire in Wauwatosa Feb. 22, raised $5,920 for the girl's funeral expenses. Some of the money will also go toward the family who lost their home in the fire, the GoFundMe page notes.

CUNA Mutual Group reports 27% increase in 2014 earnings
It was the fourth consecutive year of earnings growth from Madison-based CUNA Mutual Group, which provides insurance and financial services to credit unions, their members and customers worldwide.

AWOL cookbook returns home after 40 years on the lam
Runaway cookbook! Even with the exclamation point, it lacks the drama of, say, a train out of control or a bride bolting on her wedding day.

Drug overdose scourge takes dark turn with fentanyl deaths
Abusers who may not know what they are taking die in seconds from potent doses of the high-powered painkiller fentanyl.