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3 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

WMU raises tuition 5.7% for 2009-2010

Western Michigan University's governing body has voted to raise tuition and fees 5.7% for in-state students attending the Kalamazoo school.

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8 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

An election law change would help troops vote

State legislators may soon decide whether to change Michigan election laws to speed up the voting process for military troops serving overseas by allowing local clerks to transmit absentee ballots via e-mail or fax.

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Related Topix: Oakland, MI, Macomb, MI, Sterling Heights, MI, Oakland County, MI, Southfield, MI

12 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Friday postscript: Michigan buys plant for $1 billion

In today's column , I have a little fun with some friends of Michigan who had words for me after Spring Hill, Tenn.

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Related Topix: Michigan Government, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Detroit Metro

17 hrs ago | Evening Sun

Hunterstown wayside marks cavalry skirmish between Confederates, Union

Re-enactors from the 3rd Michigan Infantry, of Grand Rapids, fire a volley at the Civil War Trail marker dedication at the Tate Farm in Hunterstown on Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Michigan Government

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards

Lawmakers in Ohio aren't the only ones taking a proactive approach to livestock care standards.

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Related Topix: Michigan Government, Ohio, Ohio Government, Agriculture, Science

Cycle News

TV Reminder: RedBud Live This Weekend

As America celebrates Independence Day this weekend, the world's greatest riders and the most prestigious motocross series on the planet come together again to provide racing on live network television.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles

WFRV

Clerks: Overseas military ballot-count needs fix

Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson says clerks from Michigan's three largest counties will gather in suburban Detroit to propose fixes to what she calls the state's "broken" military voting system.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Sterling Heights, MI

MLive.com

Vital statistics: births, deaths, marriages and divorces in southwestern Michigan

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL James and Jennifer Brand, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Metro, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Paw Paw, MI

The Detroit News

Two swine flu deaths in Michigan raise toll to seven

Lansing -- The swine flu has claimed two other Michigan residents, putting the state's death toll at seven, according to state health officials.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Michigan Government, Oakland County, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

New fees approved for 40 Michigan municipal utilities

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved adding new fees to monthly bills for customers of 40 municipal utilities in the state.

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Related Topix: Grand Haven, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

WJRT

Dozens of sex offenders -- and some from Mid-Michigan -- were...

Dozens of sex offenders -- and some from Mid-Michigan -- were mistakenly released from prison, prompting police to re-arrest them.

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Related Topix: Michigan Government

WNEM-TV Saginaw

CMU-VCU Prepare For Leadership Change

Virginia Commonwealth University President Eugene P. Trani's 19-year tenure as leader of the state's largest university is ending.

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Related Topix: Virginia Commonwealth University, Central Michigan University

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Mich. Supreme Court adopts jury cell phone rule

Michigan jurors will be instructed not to use cell phones or other electronic devices at trial or during deliberations except during breaks.

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Related Topix: Michigan Government

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Mandaeans, members of Iraqi sect predating Christianity, struggle with cultural pressure in US

When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Rutgers University, UC Santa Cruz

Tue Jun 30, 2009

MLive.com

Continue reading "Michigan says it is trying to settle the Griffin shipwreck case"

The state of Michigan says it's working with France to take new steps to finally determine if a northern Lake Michigan shipwreck is the Griffin, which sank while loaded with furs 330 years ago.

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Related Topix: Escanaba, MI

The Detroit News

Sheriff: Gunman takes $21,000 from Boyne Highlands resort

Pleasantview Township -- A northwestern Lower Michigan sheriff says a masked man pulled a handgun on a night worker at the Boyne Highlands resort, then escaped with more than $21,000 from the office.

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The Daily News

Tenn. GM Workers Hold Out Hope for Future

Union leaders at General Motors' manufacturing plant in Spring Hill say they see a future for the facility despite losing out on producing a new small car model to a plant in Michigan.

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Related Topix: Opinion

MLive.com

Vital statistics: births, deaths, marriages and divorces in southwestern Michigan

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Dan and Melinda Cameron, of Kalamazoo, a son. Fran and Chris Czuk, of Portage, a daughter.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Metro, Portage, MI, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Otsego, MI

Lansing State Journal

Housing prisoners from California might save Mich. prison guards' jobs

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent a letter Monday to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger formally offering to house - for a fee - some of the Golden State's prison inmates.

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Related Topix: California Government, California, Michigan Government, Arnold Schwarzenegger

WNDU-TV South Bend

Obama administration names two Michigan ag officials

The Obama administration says it has named Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine White as state executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, Michigan Government, Agriculture, Science

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