Grand Rapids Press -
Dining Out restaurant review: Food Dance (photos)
with locally sourced items. Besides the ?Buckeye State? ice cream, most food items on the shelves are from Michigan. One can sense that every item in the store was hand selected and given a personal stamp of approval by the proprietor. Our name was called out loudly by the...
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Grand Rapids Press -
Dunes developer contributes $10,000 to Saugatuck consolidation effort
in all three municipalities to occur. Singapore Dunes LLC -- owned by the CEO of the Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Co. Aubrey McClendon -- is planning to build a multi-million dollar resort on 320 acres on the north shore of the Kalamazoo River. The company is currently in litigation with...
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Kalamazoo Gazette -
Farmers Alley Theatre will take an unabashed look at the American Dream with the comedy 'Superior Donuts'
will take an unabashed look at the American Dream with the comedy "Superior Donuts," which makes its Michigan debut at the theatre Feb. 10-26. Playwright Tracy Letts "calls it his update on the American dream and the culture-clash comedy," director Adam Weiner said. Kalamazoo saw Letts' Pulitzer...
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Lansing State Journal -
Izzo tries to keep focus on Penn State
_ jrexrode@lsj.comEAST LANSING A day after beating Michigan to move into second place and five days from a huge game at first-place Ohio State, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had two words for everyone at his news conference:Penn...
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New York Times -
US: For 5 coming contests, 4 diverse approaches
candidates laid out different realities. Each one will approach the next five contests — in Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona — with their own tactics and goals. Here is a summary of how each candidate appears to see the weeks ahead: MITT ROMNEY Mr. Romney, below, heads to...
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New York Times -
For 5 Coming Contests, 4 Diverse Approaches
candidates laid out different realities. Each one will approach the next five contests — in Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona — with their own tactics and goals. Here is a summary of how each candidate appears to see the weeks ahead: MITT ROMNEY Mr. Romney, below, heads to...
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Lansing State Journal -
Fight for funding: Pool shrinking for MSU's FRIB facility, other science projects
we know how nuclei behave, then we can use this knowledge to our advantage in medicine and in energy and in lots of applications, even unforeseen ones." $1 billion projected economic impact over the first decade $187 million new tax revenue for state over 20 years 400 jobs...
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Kalamazoo Gazette -
Michigan State's Brandon Wood responds to heavy heart, benching vs. Michigan
Brandon WoodEAST LANSING ? Michigan State coach Tom Izzo put a challenge to Brandon Wood when he removed him from the starting lineup for Sunday's game against Michigan."You can sulk or you can...
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Lansing State Journal -
Michigan must fight for FRIB funds
Facility at MSU will change region's future Filed Under Michigan must use all its resources to keep federal funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on track. More Amid the trillions of dollars of federal spending, there is a...
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Jackson Citizen Patriot -
Customers and employees evacuated from Jackson Walmart due to smell of gas; problem resolved quickly
Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety Department was dispatched the to West Michigan Avenue Walmart Saturday for a gas leak.About 3:10 p.m. Saturday, customers and employees were evacuated from the Jackson Walmart due to the smell of gas, Blackman-Leoni Township Public...
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Kalamazoo Gazette -
Southwest Michigan Community Calendar: Indoor flea market, ice-carving festival and more
p.m. Sunday, Kellogg Arena, 1 McCamly Square, Battle Creek. Visitors can learn simple ways to improve home energy efficiency, shop for hybrid and electric vehicles and browse vendors offering green products for home and recreation. The adjacent Art from the Heart Fair offers wonderful handmade items...
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Marquette Mining Journal -
MAPS’ Peterson named top state string teacher
earned a number of awards, including Teacher of the Year in Marquette as well as the Upper Peninsula, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Teacher of the Year, WalMart Teacher of the Year and American Legion Teacher of the Year. She's also won numerous Excellence in Education "Influential Educator"...
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Grand Rapids Press -
Funding for research center vital for state economy and for West Michigan (guest column)
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a federal center for critical nuclear physics research that would be located at Michigan State University, is an important part of that foundation. Unfortunately, recent comments by U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu are causing great concern among those of...
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Grand Rapids Press -
Who gets credit for Michigan's declining jobless rate? Obama? Snyder? Bush?!?
as Michigan?s economy awakens and the jobless rate starts to decline, says the state?s top Democrat. But a Michigan State University economist said Snyder deserves credit for policies set in place this year as well as former President Bush for his actions after the 2008 crash. Senate Minority Leader...
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Lansing State Journal -
Brighten someone's day, urges good deeds group
12th time on Sunday, Feb. 12, when he hopes those wishing to do good will gather at the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union headquarters at 3777 West Road. Hoffman will send them off at 2 p.m. with ideas for “different things they could do to make a...
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Marquette Mining Journal -
Homeowner program helps lower energy bills
knew they needed to work toward a more energy-efficient home. But coming up with the money for an energy audit and improvements was another matter. So when they read about the TC Saves program, the frugal couple - both physical therapists who share a single job - were the...
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Detroit Free Press -
MI: House Democrats unveil bills to strengthen state government ethics laws
LANSING – House Democrats would require financial disclosure by state lawmakers and top appointed officials in Michigan under a package of bills unveiled Thursday. The bills would also establish "cooling off" periods before lawmakers and top state officials could become lobbyists. “The people of this...
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Detroit Free Press -
WJBK-TV executive Murri known as an 'exceptional leader'
legacy will live on in the many lives he touched. We will miss him tremendously." Murri, a Michigan native, was a graduate of Oakland University and began his career at WJBK as a local account executive in 1984. In 1991, after working in Atlanta and New York for...
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FOXNews.com -
Payroll tax extension talks yield slow progress, but big roadblocks remain
more toward their pensions, and auctioning broadcast spectrum. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, has invoked procedural rules that could block Democrats from including their priorities, such as renewing expired tax breaks for clean energy investments. It also would block Democrats...
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Detroit Free Press -
Jeff Murri, WJBK-TV general manager, dies at 50
his legacy will live on in the many lives he touched. We will miss him tremendously.” Murri, a Michigan native, was a graduate of Oakland University and began his career at WJBK as a local account executive in 1984. In 1991, after working in Atlanta and New York for...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I was paid to kill Detroit marketing exec- US missionary couple found dead in Mexico
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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FOXNews.com -
Payroll tax extension talks yield slow progress
more toward their pensions, and auctioning broadcast spectrum. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, has invoked procedural rules that could block Democrats from including their priorities, such as renewing expired tax breaks for clean energy investments. It also would block Democrats...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I was paid to kill Detroit marketing exec- US missionary couple found dead in Mexico- Deaths at Ariz. philanthropists' home ruled homicide
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I Was Paid to KillDetroit Marketing Exec
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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Grand Rapids Press -
MDOT takes steps toward 'green' future, going solar at I-96 park-and-ride
hoisted panels atop support beams on Wednesday. Lauded by state officials as the first of its kind in Michigan when announced last week, the $650,000 federally funded project is unfolding on schedule, said John Richard, a Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman. The panels are expected to save...
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