Breakfast Links: May 1, 2008

Submitted by dane101 on Thu, 2008-05-01 07:05. Breakfast Links

May 1 is the 122nd day of the year. Today is International Workers Day.

* TDP: Madison police believe Brittany Zimmermann called 911 before she was stabbed and beaten to death inside her Doty Street apartment, but the 911 Center failed to send help after erroneously concluding the call was a mistake.

* TCT: Hundreds of marchers will rally today in Madison to give support to immigrant and workers' rights.

* WISC: Police Search For Suspects In West Washington Shooting

* TCT: Construction of $4 million University Square sportsplex project on hold?

* MJS: The producers of "Public Enemies" have been granted a permit to shoot on the state Capitol grounds later this week, which includes the ability to create a "smoke-filled" room.

* WKOW: Some UW students are upset by a new rule limiting the amount of noise at this weekend's Mifflin Street block party.

* BH: Members of the Madison Library Board will consider a Madison developer’s proposal today to replace the Madison Public Library on the 200 block of Mifflin Street with a new building.

* WISC: Graffiti Increases In Madison, Monona; City Leaders Say They're Aware Of Problem

* WSJ: Since Madison formalized its resident-driven effort to "calm" traffic without the need for a stop sign or a police officer's ticket, the city has installed hundreds of speed humps, traffic islands, traffic circles and bump outs — at a cost of more than $1 million.

* Badger Blue: A more illuminating explanation — “over the last decade Madison, responding to requests from residents and neighborhoods, has added traffic circles to some roads, at an average annual cost of ‘over’ 43 cents per resident” — just doesn’t have the same punch

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