Michigan
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 22: Miss USA 2012 contestants Miss Michigan Kristen Danyal (L) and Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo, doing a little dance before competing in the Miss USA 2012 Wedge Run on the Las Vegas Strip at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on May 22, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson in Muskegon to push election reforms
This isn't a Democratic plan or a Republican plan — it's a Michigan plan
Michigan's year-over-year unemployment rate drop of 2 percentage points is tied with Alabama for the largest drop in the country.More quotes »
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'Girls' on HBO: 'The Return' recap
week's episode is all about Hannah. She heads back to her hometown (Lansing, Michigan) to celebrate her parents' anniversary.It makes sense that Hannah isn't a native New Yorker. Not only is she always trying to create memories in order to write her memoir, 12:14 PM Read more »
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Mild winter leads to fewer new car sales
registered 8.5 percent fewer new cars and trucks in March than in the same month a year earlier, according to new figures from Michigan -based auto data provider R.L. Polk & Co. The Island zigged as the nation zagged; nationally, sales increased by 13 percent Read more »
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Ouch! Dog bites politician but she gets a vote
-- A woman running for the Michigan Legislature was bitten by a dog while going door to door. The dog's distressed owner has made amends: Ann Doyle can put a campaign sign on his property.Doyle says she didn't see the dog until it was too late Wednesday. She Read more »
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Teen's sweet prom dress made of Starburst wrappers
of her dress, as well as matching hair bands and a purse.The Ishpeming High School student wore the dress to Saturday's prom in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.The top half of the dress is made out of folded wrappers and the bottom looks more like a traditional Read more »
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Tulip Time festival in Michigan may be 'stemfest'
-- The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" thanks to unseasonably warm weather that brought out blooming flowers earlier than usual this year.So organizers of the 83-year-old event in Holland are embracing Read more »
