Today is August 9, 2012. On this date in 1945, the second atomic bomb ever used on human targets, "Fat Man," killed over 70,000 people in Nagasaki, Japan in less than a second.

* TP: Second Boy Scout Council Stands Up To BSA, Refuses To Discriminate

* MJS [paywall]: Thompson leads GOP field in latest Senate poll

* WCLO: Four candidates make their cases for 2nd District

* Cieslewicz: Mark Pocan versus Kelda Roys -- Time to fight harder or find a new way?

* C3K: Lawsuit filed against DNR over wolf hunting rules - Groups want regulations to help prevent inhumane deaths of hunting dogs

* CT [paywall]: City wins its pitch for a Few Street railroad crossing

* MT: Great Dane Unveils 22-Ounce Bottled Beer Series

* 77S: Wisco Pop bubbles into Madison

* LFH: Lanterns for Peace -- a glowing peace flotilla with a cargo of hopes and dreams illuminates the darkness