Sports & Entertainment

Oprah Winfrey has selected eight semifinalists for her YouTube Karaoke contest, which began earlier this year. Grace Weber, a Wauwatosa native and a senior at New York University, was selected as one of the semi finalists for her two minute rendition of “Natural Woman.”

BizTimes Milwaukee announced the winners of its 2009 Health Care Heroes Awards.

We Energies recently released the newest edition of its "Cookie Book," an 80-year holiday tradition cookbook available for its customers. The newest edition features 45 holiday recipes along with photos.

Shift Worldwide, a Chicago-based virtual communication consulting firm with Milwaukee ties, recently launched its Virtual Conference Room, a browser-based platform that fills the visual void existing in conference calls and virtual presentation tools, while reducing the high costs of business travel and office-based videoconferencing systems.

Get a head start on the spooky festivities this weekend with the BizTimes Bubbler!

Should the mayor of Milwaukee be allowed to take control of Milwaukee Public Schools?

A gala was recently held to benefit the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in Milwaukee

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Check out the week ahead surrounding Milwaukee's performing arts and music scene by visiting Third Coast Digest, a media partner of BizTimes Milwaukee.