Twinkies sale approved by judge
A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Twinkies to a pair of investment firms, one of which has said it hopes to have the cakes back on shelves by summer.
View ArticleNo assault weapons ban: Not even in Dems' bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sponsor of a proposed assault weapons ban says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told her that the ban will not be part of the initial gun control measure the Senate will...
View ArticleMCCC hires association in search for president
The Monroe County Community College Board of Trustees has contracted with the Association of Community College Trustees in its search for its fifth president.
View ArticleRight-to-work debate overshadows school funding
Michigan's public universities that approve extended contracts before the right-to-work law goes into effect March 28 could lose 15 percent in state aid under a bill passed by a House panel.
View ArticleOne Amazing Thing: Healing in Hiroshima
When I was seventeen, I traveled more than 6,000 miles without my family under the responsibility of strangers. I was going to Japan for three weeks as a part of the Monroe International Friendship...
View ArticleOne Amazing Thing: The Summer Fall
Well, it was finally here...the day my best friend Pam and I were able to move into our summer apartment in Petoskey, Michigan. Little did I know that exciting first day of summer was nearly my last.
View ArticleJesse Jackson wants protests of Detroit manager
DETROIT (AP) — Residents throughout Michigan should be ready to take to the streets to oppose the state's emergency manager law and the recent appointment of a turnaround specialist to oversee...
View Article13 people indicted in SE Mich. prescription probe
DETROIT (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted 13 more people in southeastern Michigan in an investigation of prescription drug fraud that already has sent the leader to prison.
View ArticleOne Amazing Thing: Foolishness behind the Iron Curtain
America’s most dangerous conflict with the Soviet Union was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Shortly after this frightening confrontation, the 1963 Michigan Glee Club traveled behind the Iron Curtain.
View ArticleMichigan grandma convicted of murdering grandson
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman was convicted of second-degree murder on Tuesday for shooting her teenage grandson six times during an argument last spring.
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