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Smoke in Airplane Cabin Cancels Take Off
Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Kent County, reports a cancellation to an American Eagle plane taking off Friday morning. Emergency crews were called in around ten-thirty. Forty-five passengers were aboard the plane that had to taxi back on the...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation Delays, Transportation Accidents
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Obama has the wrong ideas; Romney seems to have no ideas
Going by the conventional rules of American politics, the Democratic Convention this week was an unmitigated disaster. And, going by the same rules, GOP convention was a disaster, too. So, either the rules of American politics have fundamentally changed,...
Tags: Politics, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Paul Ryan, Abortion Issue, Barack Obama
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Memorials, events mark Sept. 11 attack anniversary in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Memorials and community service events are planned across Michigan on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Public remembrances are planned Tuesday in many places, including Detroit, Pontiac and Port Huron. A day of...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Human Interest
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Day-Long Events Planned Fo Remember 9/11
FOX 17 Morning ReporterMembers of the community are invited to join a day-long salute in remembrance of September 11, 2001. The president Ford Council and Boy Scouts of America will lead the activities, scheduled to begin Tuesday morning and running all day at the Gerald R....Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Is Obama cruising to re-election? He seems to think so
In President Barack Obama's much-anticipated acceptance speech in Charlotte, he sounded at times to be relying on the reverse of the old breakup line: "It's not you, it's me." He told the American public that it is "you," and not he as president, who must...Tags: Politics, Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin
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Memorable quotes from past 10 Democratic presidential nominees
When President Barack Obama takes the stage Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., he will tout his record of the past four years and make his case to the American people on why he should be given four more. If the past is any guide, he also will...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Al Gore
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Bikers escort remains of SEAL killed in Afghanistan
GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A parade of motorcycles has provided an escort as thousands of people turned out in western Michigan to greet the arrival of the remains of a U.S. Navy Seal killed in Afghanistan. Twenty-seven-year-old Petty Officer...
Tags: U.S. Navy
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People Line the Streets for Fallen Navy Seal
FOX 17 ProducerA procession was held Monday afternoon to honor a fallen Navy Seal from West Michigan. David Warsen, 27, was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this month. His body arrived at Ford International Airport on Monday. The procession left...Tags: Afghanistan, Air and Space Accidents, Arts and Culture, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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The decline of party power
No recent development has underlined the decline of political party clout more than beleaguered Senate Republican nominee Todd Akin's refusal to accede to GOP leadership demands that he withdraw from his race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of...
Tags: John Bailey, Politics, Paul Ryan, Joe Biden, Democratic Party
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PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton
Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...
Tags: Malcolm X (movie), Washington, DC, NAACP Image Awards, Ron Palillo, Entertainment Events
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Leonard Pitts: Texas GOP wages war on thinking
Some recent headlines from the alternate universe of modern conservatism: Rush Limbaugh claims the bad guy in the new "Batman" movie was named Bane to remind voters of Mitt Romney's controversial tenure at Bain Capital. Michele Bachmann, citing zero...
Tags: Politics, Joe Arpaio, Stephen Colbert, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Ford Honored In Wreath Ceremony
Anchor/ReporterA wreath-laying ceremony was held on Saturday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids outside the tombs of former President Gerald R. Fordand former First Lady Betty Ford. The event is held each year by the Ford family on July 14th in...Tags: Arts and Culture, Death and Dying Customs, Betty Ford, Barack Obama, Culture
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