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Walled Lake cancels classes after bus drivers call in sick
Classes are canceled at Walled Lake Consolidated Schools today after a quarter of the ...
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Ford Motors to Leave Australia After 90 Years
Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it would stop making cars in Australia within two years because high costs and low volumes mean it cannot compete with imported vehicles. Ford Australia chief Bob Graziano said that closing its plant in Melbourne and the other 60 kilometres further south-west in Geelong would see 1,200 workers laid off by October 2016. "Our costs are double ...
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Michigan Right To Life pursues petition to block insurance coverage of abortions
petition approved. If they can get 258,088 valid voter signatures, the law could either be adopted by the Legislature or be on the voter ballot in 2014. The proposal would require women to purchase optional riders to cover a ...
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Hobby Lobby birth control coverage up for federal appeal in Denver
DENVER-In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses-not just the currently exempted religious ...
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3 council members abstain from vote on abstaining
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Three City Council members in Michigan have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future ...
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Teen shoots kills teen in Detroit
Detroit Police responded to Sharon near West Vernor Thursday morning just before 7:00 a.m. where they found a male teen laying in the street. He had been shot in the heart. Emergency crews rushed him to the hospital where he later ...
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JJ Were Creaming Medivation Boehringer Bristol And Pfizer
Pharmaceutical Business Review today. Most of the day is dedicated to geeky drug R&D stuff, but Joaquin Duato started of the morning with a run-down of how J&J's pharmaceutical division is doing in terms of cold, hard sales. Two J&J drugs of ...
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Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio discusses Spartans team fights conflicts
During the presentation, Dantonio gave folks a glimpse into the professional mindset he has of being a no-frills, no-nonsense leader. Surrounded by individuals interested in business and those hoping to be future leaders in the economy, ...
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Medical marijuana users can drive rules the Michigan Supreme Court
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 25: Marijuana plants grow at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary, which opened in 2006, on July 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, ...
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Review Bone found is adult human skull fragment
The Mason County sheriff's department says the bone was among a group of 12 bones found Friday in Riverton Township, near Ludington. The department says a review Wednesday by a forensic anthropologist determined that the other bones found weren't ...
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Suspects in ghastly London attack had been under investigation
butchering a soldier to death on a London street before spouting extremist slogans to bystanders were part of a early security services investigations for possible terror links, according to a government British official.The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation, said he could not provide other details because the ...
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Recruiting Michigan State climbs the rankings
Earlier this week Rivals.com updated their individual player rankings and Michigan State saw a bump up the national recruiting rankings. The Spartans are now ranked 20th in the nation for the class of 2014. Michigan State shares that ranking with the University of Oklahoma. Both the Spartans and the Sooners currently have 8 players verbally committed. As far as the Big Ten, the Spartans rank 5th ...
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Teen birthrate hits new record low in 2011
The teen birthrate in 2011 set another new record low, according to the latest federal data, released Thursday. The numbers reflect a continued trend downward for teens having babies.The new rate, 31.3 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, is about half the 1991 rate of 61.8 births per 1,000 teens, which was an all-time high, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.The teen birthrate ...
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Tigers AAA Michigan promote teen driving safety
AAA Michigan, the Michigan State Police and the Detroit Tigers are teaming up to promote teen-driving safety with an event at Comerica Park in ...
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Family hopes billboard helps find kidney donor
Jerry Millen of Livingston County's Hartland Township is seeking a potential donor on behalf of Virginia Millen, his mother. The message is to run for a week starting Monday near the northbound exit to 12 Mile Road in the Detroit suburb of Madison ...
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Teens pot cash stolen by potential customers in Waterford Township pair arrested
A 17-year-old selling marijuana was robbed of his pot, cash and other items by two potential customers armed with a sawed-off shotgun, according to police in Waterford Township.The Waterford teen at first told police he was robbed by two men of his wallet, cell phone, basketball jersey and shoes while he was skateboarding in the 3000 block of Herbell at 11:29 p.m. Tuesday, according to a report ...
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Drew Sharp Lions development of Willie Young and Jason Fox will be telling
Detroit Lions defensive line coach Kris Kocurek talks with Detroit Lions defensive end Willie Young (79) during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. / Rick ...
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Michigan lawmaker seeks to make small business office
Lansing - A Michigan lawmaker wants to create a new state office with the goal of helping small businesses get started and thrive. Democratic Rep. Collene Lamonte of Montague introduced a bill this week that would establish an Office of Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship Services in the state's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. It would coordinate programs for ...
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Soldier who lost 4 limbs to address Michigan Senate
Lansing - A Michigan soldier who lost all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan is set to address the state Senate. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Senate's 19th annual Memorial Service in Lansing. The ceremony remembers and honors Michigan residents who died while serving in the armed forces during the previous year. In a statement, Sen. Mike ...
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Census Detroit population remained above 700000
The figures show Detroit lost residents between 2011 and 2012, but the decline was at a slower pace than in previous years. Most of the nation's largest cities posted strong population growth, but Detroit fell 0.7 percent, or 4,726 residents, to an estimated 701,475 as of last ...
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Flooding takes big bite out of Michigan mans land
CROTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan man's home is no longer habitable after flooding along the Little Muskegon River took a big bite out of his ...
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Pakistan arrested American before he was killed in US drone strike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by unmanned aircraft in ...
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Dow Corning to Present at IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference 2013
Dow Corning , a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today announced that it will have a major presence at IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference 2013 (ECTC), where it will present a paper on an advanced new temporary bonding breakthrough and introduce two new high-end thermally conductive compounds for the semiconductor ...
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RPT-FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
Thu May 23, 2013 6:59am EDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. Jansen's next vaccine success could come by taming the superbug ...
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32 new charter schools plan to open in Michigan
The Detroit News and The Flint Journal report many of the schools will be in urban areas where charter schools are already prominent, such as Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The Detroit suburbs of Novi and Beverly Hills are expected to get their first such ...
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Detroit, the little motor city that could?
Detroit has been kicked in the face by the world economy, political scandals and budget deficits. But are things perhaps looking up for the automotive capital of the country?
Detroit has long been considered the US capital of car manufacturing, giving rise to its nickname, Motor City. In the 1950s the city was the fourth largest in the country, but a decline in fortunes and a changing economy has left the city with just half as many people it had in its heyday. Read more
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