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As published in the Lansing State Journal
October 30, 2008
Staff and wire reports
The mayor of Michigan’s third-largest city says state officials have called an emergency meeting of local governments to discuss General Motors Corp.’s possible acquisition of Chrysler LLC.
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said today the meeting will take place at Warren city hall Friday morning. [...]

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Constitution Day 2008 invited students to express their thoughts about pressing issues of our time and this is the result divided by the question asked:
 
1.)    After 9-11 the United States passed several laws that allowed the limited freedoms of individuals in order to protect the country from future terrorist attacks. (Including, but not limited to, [...]

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By The Associated Press,
Associated Press writers Ann Sanner and Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this story.

-A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign:
ABORTION
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under [...]

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The election is moving like a freight train toward November, we have finally learned who Barack Obama has chosen for a running mate; the Senator from Delaware: Joseph Biden as well as John McCain’s pick, Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska.  We thought the Olympics ended in Beijing and but news coverage was transformed from China to [...]

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In recent elections there has been questions swarming around whether a person needs photo ID or not.  Here is a snippit from Michigan’s Secretary of State website addressing that very question.  Today is the Michigan Primary. Voting is not just our right, it is our responsibility as citizens. 
If you are registered and do not have [...]

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Flint police cracking down on saggy pants
Ben Schmitt
Special to the State Journal
July 9, 2008
Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout.
Dicks, who took over the department last month on an interim basis, announced that his officers would start arresting people wearing saggy pants that expose [...]

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For those, like me, who will be putting  the kettle on tonight.
From Politico .
Marcus

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President Bush has released his 2009 budget .
Institutions serving minority populations appear to be a big loser this year, especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who are asked to pay the piper after the victory they won in the last year’s budget.
Students get a mixed bag. Bush recommends that the maximum Pell Grant be [...]

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In Iran .
Sunday, Jan. 27, was marked by the third day of protest by Tehran University students at the Kouy-e Daneshgah - or the students dormitory. The protest began by 250 students with a basic demand for improvement of the food quality at the KOUY, but it rapidly turned into a full-fledged political protest against [...]

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