I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
An Ann Arbor man said that President Obama can roll with him anytime.
Kolan McConiughey, a six-time Special Olympics medal winner and five-time roller of a perfect game, said he took exception with Obama’s description of his own bowling skills during an interview Thursday with Jay Leno. The president said that despite recent bowling practice at the White House, his recent score of 129 was “like Special Olympics or something,” a gaffe that drew the ire of supporters of the Special Olympics.
“Bring it on Obama! I challenge him! I’ll show him how to do it,” McConiughey, 35, is quoted as saying in The Ann Arbor News.
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McConiughey, who was born with a cognitive impairment, was followed by media outlets from around the country on Friday, including “Inside Edition.”
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