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…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 11, 2011- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 11, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Missing Associated Press photographer located in Libya An award-winning Associated Press photographer covering the conflict in Libya was located yes- terday after being missing for more than a day, the news agency said. Altaf Qadri was safe and unhurt, and was on his way back to the AP offi...…

…10 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com T g m a .WY Tuesday, April 12, 2011- 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING 0 Legislators unveil plan to preserve campground areas Twelve Repubican legisla- tors from northern Michigan are proposing a plan that might keep some forest campgrounds now targeted for closure by the state open for business. The plan detailed yesterday calls for giving local governments in northern Michigan the option to take over the 23 st...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Zipcar revs up for public offering Zipcar Inc., the car-sharing company that rents rides for as little as an hour, is expected to get a warm reception from Wall Street for its planned initial pub- lic offering this week. Its supporters think skyrocket- ing gas prices will make car shar- ing more popular. They praise Zipcar's technological savvy and its...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Workers may have to pay more for health insurance Republicans who control the state Legislature yesterday took a key step toward requiring pub- lic employees in Michigan to pay at least 20 percent of their health insurance premiums, part of what the GOP calls an effort to control government costs. A Republican-led Senate com- mittee approved two measures...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 15, 2011 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 15, 2011 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Authorities seek cause of fire at Detroit mosque Federal and local authori- ties are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a Detroit mosque. Detroit fire Capt. Kwaku Atara said yesterday that city investiga- tors have joined agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac- co, Firearms ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 18, 2011-- 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Detroit Prayer Walk draws more than 10,000 people Thousands of people dedicated to restoring hope to a suffering city poured onto its main thor- oughfare Saturday to take part in the Detroit Prayer Walk. The massive crowd filled Woodward Avenue for the round- trip morning trek between two downtown landmarks, the Detroit Tigers' home of Comerica Park and th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Entrepreneurial events draw big crowds in Detroit Scores of baby boomers in the Detroit area are looking to start second careers as small busi- ness owners during a tough local economy and lingering national recession. Officials at the TechTown busi- ness incubator at Wayne State University say nearly a third of the people attending recruitment events are older than 46. Ten per- cent ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS PIERSON TOWNSHIP, Mich. Boy's body found after boat sinks Authorities have recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy who was fishing with two people when their boat started sinking. The Montcalm County sher- iff's office says the body of Dal- ton Gustinis was found Saturday in Little Whitefish Lake in ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 3 ACTIVISM From Page1 perfect opportunity for me to get involved. I'm just excited to be a part of a movement that helps (Obama) get re-elected in Novem- ber." LSA freshman Ari Cicurel said he decided to attend the session to increase his political involvement after being inspired by the Young Americans for Obama's Greater Together Student Summit Tour, which stopped at the Univ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT City council holds off on financial package from state The Detroit City Council has deferred a vote on a consent agreement between Detroit and Gov. Rick Snyder. Council's decision yester- day means members could still return today to vote on whether to authorize a revamped finan- cial s...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS EAST LANSING Michigan State sees record number of applications Michigan State University says its applications for the com- ing school year have topped 30,000 for the first time in its history. The university says as of Fri- day, 30,055 students had applied for admission for the fall semes- ter. ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 6, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 6, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Detroit Mayor Bing treated for blood clots in lung Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is being treated for blood clots in his lungs, one day after he was read- mitted to a hospital where he'd recently undergone surgery for a perforated colon. The 68-year-old mayor was readmitted Wednesday afternoon to H...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 9, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 9, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT 25-year old opens private bus line in downtown Detroit A young entrepreneur from the suburbs is planning to start a private bus line in downtown Detroit. The Detroit News reported hndy Didorosi is set to open the Detroit Bus Co., a private com- pany with three full-size school buses. The 25-y...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Electronic road sign hacked, racial slur posted Michigan transportation offi- cials say they're working with police to determine who hacked into a portable electronic road sign and posted a racial epithet referring to slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Michigan Department, of Transportation...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Michigan district to get emergency manager Gov. Rick Snyder has deter- mined a financial emergency exists in the Muskegon Heights public school district, clearing the way for the appointment of an emergency manager. Snyder made his announce- ment yesterday after recommen- dations from...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 12, 2012 -- 3A NEWS BRIEFS WARREN, Mich. Two injured in battery explosion at GM facility Two employees were injured yesterday in a lithium battery explosion that forced the evacu- ation of about 80 others at a Gen- eral Motors Co. facility north of Detroit, authorities said. The explosion occurred dur- ing extreme testing of an experi- mental battery in a test chamber at the Alternative...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 13, 2011 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 13, 2011 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Snyder allocates funds to train more troopers Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a supplemental budget bill that includes money to train more state troopers and fight crime. The measure includes $6.8 mil- lion to start a new Michigan State Police trooper recruit school in June. The state plans to st...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS KALAMAZOO, Mich. Amtrak to cancel routes throughout the month of May Amtrak says there will be some train cancellations and delays for three days starting today on the routes from Chicago to Port Huron and Pontiac, Mich. Amtrak says the service inter- ruptions are necessary to allow track work. It says normal travel times should return by early May. . The passenger rail service says certain t...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Plant shutdown could cause drop Order of Angell announces membership for class of'13 in auto production Gr The potential shortage of a key component used to make fuel lines and brake lines could force automakers in the U.S. and around the world to close car and truck plants as they run...…

…a The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 3 . The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Protesters stage another Detroit City Hall sit-in A few dozen protesters staged an hour-long sit-in on Monday outside the offices of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and state- appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr to oppose Michigan's law that allowed Orr to take over the city's finances. For t...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Crew working to contain oil spill on Grand River Cleanup crews were work- ing Tuesday to contain about 300 to 500 gallons of hydraulic fluid that spilled from a Lansing power plant and left a sheen on the Grand River. The Board of Water and Light installed booms - inflated buoys ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LUDINGTON, Mich. Police: Plant experts can help find baby's remains Authorities are hoping that plant experts will be able to help them find the remains of a West Michigan baby who disappeared nearly two years ago, police said Wednesday. Investigators think that botan- ical evidence found on the ...…

…(XV The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 5, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS PONTIAC, Mich. Freeway shooter to undergo a psychology exam The lawyer for a man charged in a series of shootings on and off Interstate 96 in Michigan says his client will undergo an inde- pendent psychiatric examina- tion. Attorney Doug Mulkoff told Oakland County Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris on Thursday that he was in the pro- cess of arranging the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 8, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 8, 2013 - 3A KEEP IT IN LINE Art show aims to empower survivors of sexual violence PATRICK BARRON/Daily Performers dance at the Malaysian Cultural Night hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Friday. PubliCcarts discussion reignited at FestiFools SAPAC's annual event showcases community work By ASHWINI NATARAJAN...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 3 HEARTBREAK From Page 1 chance of what could've amount- ed to a miraculous comeback. "It was a coaching error," Beilein said. "That falls on me as a coach." Burke sat for much of the first half and finished the game with 24 points, but no other Michigan player - aside from Albrecht's magnificent first half - coul...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING Michigan criminal justice agencies get federal grant Criminal justice agencies across Michigan are getting $1.2 million in federal grants to strengthen anti-drug and crime- fighting efforts. The funding was announced Tuesday by Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan State Police. The grant...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS GROSSE POINTE, Mich. Santorum school speech requires permission slips Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santo- rum says it's unfortunate that students will need a permis- sion slip to hear him speak at a Detroit-area school. ) Grosse Pointe South High School reversed course Wednes- day and said Santorum ca...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Bing seeking steep cuts from City Council budget Mayor Dave Bing is proposing to cut the Detroit City Council's budget by $4 million and reduce the board's staff, allowing only one personal aide per member. The recommendations are part of the city's 2013-14 budget that Bing will present Frida...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, Apri115, 2013 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MondayApriIl5,2013-3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Program launched to help immigrant entrepreneurs As lawmakers in Washing- ton work out an overhaul of the immigration system, a Michi- gan-based social and economic services agency has launched a comprehensive program to help immigrants open or expand businesses. Dearborn-based ACCESS recently hel...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING No layoffs from federal budget cuts Automatic federal budget cuts will cost Michigan $150 million in funding for programs such as special education and a cloth- ing allowance for needy kids, but none of state government's 48,000 employees will lose their jobs, the state announced Mon- day. About $20 billion, or 42 per- cent, of the state's $48 billion budg...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 17, 2413 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ROYAL OAK, Mich. Royal Oak residents to vote to ban discrimation Residents of the Detroit sub- urb of Royal Oak are expected to vote in November on a human rights ordinance that would make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation and a number of other factors. Monday night's 7-0...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS GRANDVILLE, Mich. Kayakers find body of missing woman Authorities say kayakers found the body of a missing western Michigan woman in the water of the flooded Grand River. The body was found Tuesday night near the Grandville and Wyoming border, southwest of Grand Rapids. MLive.com says authorities confirmed Wednesday that the remains are those of 51-year-old Mary Tornga. Police say Tornga's hu...…

…3 -- Friday, April 19, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 3 - rida, Apil 1, 203 Te Mihiga Daiy - ichiandIo DONATION From Page 1 and community spaces would be terrific in a location that is just prime," Slottow said. Currently, the Northwood Apartments on North Campus are the only non-staff housing spaces available for graduate stu- dents. "Most universities do not take a community-like approach, and this project envisions an approa...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 22, 2413 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 22, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS VASSAR, Mich. Spring storms affecting Michigan sugar beet farmers Heavy rainstorms this spring have forced Michigan sugar beet growers to postpone planting. Michigan State University Extension educator and sugar beet expert Steven Poindexter says it's not time to panic despite the delay. He tells M...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS EAST LANSING, Mich. Snyder aims to connect Mich. students to jobs Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday that Michigan's education and business must do a better job of collaborating if the state wants to improve how it connects graduat- ing students with available jobs. The Republican governor gave the openi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 3 Ambassador Richard Boucher, former Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, speaks about how diplomacy is functioning in an increasingly global and social world in Weil Hall in the Ford School of Public Policy Monday. AMBASSADOR From Page 1 The ambassador said the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com OBAMA From Page 1A sad because we were right here," Naidu said. "We were so excited when we got into the building." It was unclear exactly how many students received tickets. Michigan Union Director Susan Pile said for security reasons, the White House was not releasing information regarding the exact number of tickets to the event. However, she said everyone who camped out overnight and received a vouch...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 3A OBAMA From Page 1A "My point is we got to make sure that everybody can afford to do things that may not pay huge sums of money but are really valuable to society," Obama said. While many students filled the audience, University administra- tors and governmentofficials also made a strong showing. Included amo...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 4, 2014 - 3 APPAREL From Page 1 universities in attaching such an accord to apparel licensing agree- ments, including Brown Univer- sity, Columbia University and Cornell University. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said companies have until May i6 to sign the accord or they will no longer be allowed to produce University-licensed products. Adidas, one of the University's main licensee...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 7, 2014 -- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, Aoril 7, 2014 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DEARBORN, Mich. Arab-American leaders support church invitation to Easter egg hunt Arab-American and Muslim leaders are defending a subur- ban-Detroit church that drew criticism for inviting children at public schools with many Mus- lim children to attend its Easter egg hunt. Invitations to the upc...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Man found guilty in family killings A jury has found a 29-year-old Detroit man guilty of first-degree murder for gunning down his 7-year-old daughter, grandmoth- er and aunt. Police report that Ferdarius Shine's mother told them he ran from the house after the Feb. 15, 2013, shootings, scream...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday April 9th, 2014- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday April 9th, 2014- 3A NEWS BRIEFS GLEN ARBOR, Mich. Shipwreck washes up on lakeshore The harsh winter and Lake Michigan waves have revealed the wreck of a large boat along a northwestern Lower Peninsula beach that may be more than 100 years old. Ward Lamphere told the Tra- verse City Record-Eagle that he was walking about a mil...…

…The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 3A The ichian aily- mchigndaiyco Thusda, Apil10.204 _ APP From Page 1A Merge secured its first inves- tor in the beginning of March, and plansto start hiringstudents to help expand Merge to other schools. During the process of develop- ing Merge, Steinmetz and Alster realized they weren't the only ones with an idea for another social networking app. However, Steinmetz said, "i...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 11, 2014 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, April 11, 2014 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Several hundred gather at vigil for beaten driver Several hundred people are gathering at a Detroit church to stand against racism and pray for a white motorist beaten by a black mob after he stopped to check on a child struck by his pickup truck. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan joined clergy and t...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS FENTON, Mich. Drinking water in Fenton safe again after leak fixed Fenton authorities say it's safe for everyone in the Genesee County community to drink the water again. The city issued a boil-water warning after discovering Wednesday that a 6-inch water man on Trealout St. was broken. WEYI-TV says crews were unable to make repairs without depressurizing the system, which allows bacteria to ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT General Motors replaces executives General Motors is replac- ing the executives in charge of communications and human resources as it struggles with a string of embarrassing recalls that have led to congressional hearings and federal investiga- tions. Communications chief Selim Bingol and human resources head Melissa Howell are leav- ing the company to pu...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, A pril 16, 2014 - 3A DRUGS From Page 1A are popular both as study aides and party drugs, other substances are growing in popularity. Steve said acid is a popular experimen- tal drug that students may try at least once. In early April, a Uni- versity officer discovered what appeared to be a rock of metham- phetamine during a routine traf- fic stop. The University deals with very few incidents ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Schauer releases plan to raise education funding Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer said Wednesday he would make edu- cation his top budget priority, but didn't specify how much he'd spend on schools or universities. Schauer and his running mate, Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown, blasted Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's record on educa- tion while presenting their five...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, April 18, 2014 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Doctor found guilty of 34 crimes A Detroit-area doctor who would see more than 100 patients a day at his Hamtramck clinic has been convicted of 34 crimes, from fraud to illegal drug distribution. It was a slam-dunk for federal prosecutors Thursday as Dr. Basil Qandil was found guilty of all charges. Qandil was accused of writing prescriptions for drugs that...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS SUTTON BAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. Skull returned to Indian tribe after several generations A skull that was apparently passed down through generations of a northern Michigan family has been turned over to an Indian group in a repatriation ceremony. The family doesn't want its name known, according to Leela- nau County Sheriff Mike Borkov- ich. He told the Traverse City Record-Eagle that the family g...…