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Governor to hold 2nd Facebook town hall meeting
Last Updated: 4:15 AM 02/09/12 - Gov. Rick Snyder was so happy with how his town hall meeting on Facebook went after last month's State of the State address that he's holding another one.
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Contempt hearing set for billionaire bridge owner
Last Updated: 4:14 AM 02/09/12 - A judge in Detroit plans a hearing in contempt proceedings against the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge.
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Former Michigan judge charged in misconduct case
Last Updated: 9:45 PM 02/08/12 - A former Jackson County judge thrown out of office for misconduct now faces charges from the Michigan attorney general's office for dismissing traffic tickets issued to his wife and court staff without just cause.
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Furlough days canceled for Michigan state workers
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 02/08/12 - A projected budget surplus means an estimated 37,000 state of Michigan workers represented by unions won't have to take furlough days this fiscal year.
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Bridge owner waves white flag in construction flap
Last Updated: 3:37 PM 02/08/12 - The company that controls the Ambassador Bridge says it will comply with a judge's order to complete construction of a major project intended to get big trucks off neighborhood streets.
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Central Michigan med school gets go-ahead to open
Last Updated: 3:34 PM 02/08/12 - Central Michigan University says it has received accreditation for the new medical school that's set to receive its first class of future doctors next year.
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Runway lights go out at Sawyer airport in Michigan
Last Updated: 2:29 PM 02/08/12 - Authorities say a faulty electrical cable at Sawyer International Airport in Michigan's Upper Peninsula caused runway lighting to black out, forcing the diversion of two incoming flights.
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Attorney: Police searching slain woman's home
Last Updated: 2:19 PM 02/08/12 - Police are conducting renewed searches at the home of a suburban Detroit man named as a "person of interest" in his wife's death.
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Worker accused of refusing diner with service dog
Last Updated: 2:17 PM 02/08/12 - A former restaurant worker is accused of telling a customer that he had to take his service dog out of a Grand Rapids-area eatery.
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Body of missing fisherman found in Wexford County
Last Updated: 11:04 AM 02/08/12 - Authorities say a dive team has recovered the body of a 33-year-old fisherman who fell through the ice earlier in the northwestern Lower Peninsula.
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Michigan bill allowing more cyber schools advances
Last Updated: 11:02 AM 02/08/12 - Legislation that would allow more "cyber" or online charter schools in Michigan has cleared a Republican-led House committee.
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Cliffs Natural Resources scraps Mich. plant plans
Last Updated: 11:01 AM 02/08/12 - A company is scrapping plans to build a plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to supply raw materials for a type of mill that makes steel.
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Prosecutor: 5-month-old dies of skull fracture
Last Updated: 10:59 AM 02/08/12 - A prosecutor says a 5-month-old girl in southern Michigan has died of a skull fracture.
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Court to hear arguments about pastor's testimony
Last Updated: 6:49 AM 02/08/12 - The Michigan Court of Appeals will hear arguments about whether a pastor's testimony related to a possible confession in a child sexual assault case may be used in court.
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Michigan St. requiring student health coverage
Last Updated: 6:31 AM 02/08/12 - A new Michigan State University policy is requiring freshmen to either have health insurance or pay to join a plan through the school.
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4 new Det. schools replace 7 closing
Last Updated: 4:21 AM 02/08/12 - Detroit school officials say students from seven buildings set to close this summer will attend four new schools scheduled to open in the fall.
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Michigan bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks
Last Updated: 4:20 AM 02/08/12 - Legislation introduced in the Michigan House would generally prohibit doctors from performing abortions after a woman's 20th week of pregnancy.
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Michigan bill would crack down on `virtual' voting
Last Updated: 3:56 AM 02/08/12 - A Michigan House committee has heard testimony on a bill designed to require that public officials be physically present at meetings when they cast votes.
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Michigan House approves road commission proposal
Last Updated: 3:55 AM 02/08/12 - Legislation that would allow county boards of commissioners to take over duties of county road commissions is on the way to Gov. Rick Snyder.
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Detroit police: Boy, 9, shoots 15-year-old
Last Updated: 11:24 AM 02/07/12 - Police say a 9-year-old boy shot and wounded a 15-year-old boy over the weekend on Detroit's east side.
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Plane crash at Macomb Co. golf course kills pilot
Last Updated: 10:21 PM 02/06/12 - Authorities say a man was killed when his single-engine plane crashed at a golf course in southeastern Michigan.
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Britax car seat recall
Last Updated: 10:00 PM 02/06/12 - Britax Child Safety, Inc., an Elkhart company, announced that it is conducting a safety recall on its CHAPERONE™ Infant Car Seat.
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Detroit squatters may be allowed to keep homes
Last Updated: 9:15 AM 02/06/12 - To keep Detroit homes occupied, Wayne County tax officials are willing to make deals for as little as $500.
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Motorcyclist breaks leg at Saginaw circus
Last Updated: 9:12 AM 02/06/12 - A motorcyclist is recovering after plunging 25 feet to the ground during a circus performance in Saginaw.
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Hearing for mom, son in fatal shooting of girl, 12
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 02/05/12 - A 19-year-old man and his 35-year-old mother have been arraigned in the death of a 12-year-old Detroit girl who was shot during a dispute over a cellphone.
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Michigan's 'right to work' debate intensifies
Last Updated: 4:30 PM 02/05/12 - The debate over whether Michigan should become a right-to-work state has intensified because of actions in a neighboring state.
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Mich. Dems will have 2 chances to support Obama
Last Updated: 4:12 PM 02/04/12 - The Michigan Democratic Party is changing course and allowing Democrats to vote in the Feb. 28 presidential primary and also participate in the May caucus.
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Lack of snow dooms 2 Northern Michigan races
Last Updated: 9:15 AM 02/04/12 - Two popular winter events that were scheduled for this weekend have been canceled because there's too little snow.
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Governor to drop start flag at UP snowmobile race
Last Updated: 9:13 AM 02/04/12 - Gov. Rick Snyder is getting into a different kind of race than the political one.
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Schools, others hope for money in spending plan
Last Updated: 9:13 AM 02/04/12 - The budget proposal that Gov. Rick Snyder will deliver Thursday isn't expected to contain the sweeping tax changes and spending cuts that made last year's plan such a change from the past.
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Toro testing snowblowers at Michigan airport
Last Updated: 9:51 PM 02/03/12 - Minnesota-based Toro is following the snow and testing some of its equipment in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Girl, 13, collapses in gym class, later dies
Last Updated: 9:48 PM 02/03/12 - Authorities were awaiting results of an autopsy Friday to help determine why a 13-year-old girl died after collapsing during a gym class at a Detroit area school.
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Crews battle blaze at Detroit commercial building
Last Updated: 4:14 PM 02/03/12 - Detroit fire crews fought a possible arson fire at a large commercial building on the city's east side that prompted some evacuations.
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State: Extended jobless benefits end in Michigan
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 02/03/12 - Michigan's improving unemployment numbers mean jobless residents in the state are no longer eligible for some federally funded extended benefits.
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Mich. woman charged in torture of step-grandson, 3
Last Updated: 4:08 PM 02/03/12 - A 34-year-old Livingston County woman has been charged with first-degree child abuse and torture involving her young step-grandson.
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Police: Bodies of 2 men found at Detroit home
Last Updated: 6:52 AM 02/03/12 - Police in Detroit say a relative found the bodies of two men believed to have been slain at a home on the city's west side.
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Detroit Institute of Arts wants tax for support
Last Updated: 6:51 AM 02/03/12 - The Detroit Institute of Arts wants area residents this year to authorize a tax to help maintain the museum's operations.
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Does Tom Brady despise Notre Dame?
Last Updated: 2:05 AM 02/03/12 - Former Michigan quarterback and Patriots superstar Tom Brady was asked a very direct question on Thursday. "How much do you despise Notre Dame?"
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Suspected diesel spill found in Kalamazoo River
Last Updated: 9:46 PM 02/02/12 - Authorities say a suspected diesel fuel spill has been found in the Kalamazoo River at Battle Creek.
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Amtrak service resumes, trucker ticketed in crash
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 02/02/12 - Amtrak has restored full passenger service between Detroit and Chicago, one day after one of its trains slammed into a truck that was stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.
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Mich. lawmakers aim to clarify funeral protest law
Last Updated: 9:41 PM 02/02/12 - Legislation intended to clarify Michigan's law banning protests at funerals is headed to Gov. Rick Snyder.
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2 arrested in fatal shooting of Detroit girl, 12
Last Updated: 2:35 PM 02/01/12 - Two people have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old Detroit girl.
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Amtrak train cars derail in southern Michigan
Last Updated: 2:33 PM 02/01/12 - Authorities say 10 people were hurt after a Chicago-bound Amtrak train smashed into a semitruck that got stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.
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VP Joe Biden to visit Grand Rapids auto supplier
Last Updated: 4:06 AM 02/01/12 - Vice President Joe Biden is visiting an American Seating Co. factory in Grand Rapids to pitch the administration's plan to reward businesses that bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
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Officials to name schools for new education system
Last Updated: 4:05 AM 02/01/12 - Officials are preparing to announce which Detroit schools will move to a new statewide educational system, come under management of charter operators, or close.
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Mich. governor to testify on job creation efforts
Last Updated: 4:04 AM 02/01/12 - Gov. Rick Snyder is heading to Washington to talk about jobs.
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US Muslims seek clemency for condemned US-Iranian
Last Updated: 4:02 AM 02/01/12 - An American Muslim group has appealed to Iran's top leader to show clemency for an ex-U.S. military translator with dual citizenship condemned to death on accusations of being a CIA spy.
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Deputy kills driver dragging him with car
Last Updated: 10:28 PM 01/30/12 - The Wayne County Sheriff's Department says one of its deputies fatally shot a drug suspect who was dragging the deputy with his car while trying to flee.
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Murder charge for man accused of burning landlady
Last Updated: 10:09 PM 01/30/12 - A 30-year-old western Michigan man has been charged with murder, accused of setting his landlady on fire after she complained about his music.
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Man charged with threat during Lions-Saints game
Last Updated: 9:46 PM 01/30/12 - A Michigan man faces federal charges on accusations he phoned in a bomb threat to the Superdome while the Detroit Lions were playing the New Orleans Saints in the NFL playoffs.
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Does Tom Brady despise Notre Dame?
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Michigan's 'right to work' debate intensifies
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Mich. governor to testify on job creation efforts
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Mich. Dems will have 2 chances to support Obama
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Deputy kills driver dragging him with car
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Mich. woman charged in torture of step-grandson, 3
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