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6:33 pm
Wed August 29, 2012

Michigan Records 4th West Nile Death This Year

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Michigan health officials say an 86-year-old woman from Wayne County is the fourth person to die from the West Nile virus in the state this year.

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6:31 pm
Wed August 29, 2012

ELPD: Religion Not Motive in Jewish Student Attack

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Police say a Michigan State University student's Jewish religion doesn't appear to have been a factor in his assault at an off-campus party.

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12:00 am
Wed August 29, 2012

MSU College Of Law Adds Programs In Dubai

Michigan State University’s presence in the Middle East will take another turn this fall.

MSU opened a branch campus in Dubai in 2008. The worldwide economic downtown coincided with operations there, and enrollment figures never met the university’s goals. Undergraduate programs in Dubai were shut down two years later.

But a master’s program in human resources and labor relations has survived, and a public health program was added last year. Now, the MSU College of Law will soon begin offering two programs at the scaled-back MSU-Dubai.

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6:38 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

EL Police Doubt 'Religious Hatred' Fueled Assault on Jewish MSU Student

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A Jewish student at Michigan State University says his jaw was broken in an attack by two assailants who he says displayed "religious hatred."

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6:35 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

Judge Will Lead Inquiry in Schmidt-Bolger Case

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A one-judge grand jury will look into whether there was any illegal activity involved in the party-switching plot between state Representative Roy Schmidt and state House Speaker Jase Bolger.

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6:29 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

Civil Rights Law Author Says It’s Time to Debate Adding Gay Rights

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Ex-State Reps. Daisy Elliott (D-Detroit) and Mel Larsen (R-Oxford).

Michigan’s landmark civil rights law was celebrated as a legal milestone in a ceremony Tuesday at the state Capitol. The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act was enacted 36 years ago.

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3:09 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

EL Council to Address Vacancy

East Lansing officials will begin moving toward filling a vacancy on the city council tonight.

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2:30 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

Grand Jury Will Investigate Bolger, Schmidt Over Party Switch

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The Ingham County Circuit Court has empanelled a one-judge grand jury to look into allegations of illegal activities surrounding the party switch of state Representative Roy Schmidt to the Republicans.

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9:27 am
Tue August 28, 2012

NPR Live Chat - Tue. Aug. 28

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Today's convention live chat from NPR News.

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