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Amash Retains 3rd District Seat in U.S. House
It didn't come until well after midnight, but Rep. Justin Amash finally got the news he was waiting to hear: he had defeated challenger Steve Pestka and won the race for the congressional seat in Michigan's 3rd District. It was a race that brought in a...
Tags: Justin Amash
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For Romney, Obama, a final jobs report fuels race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the final throes of a spirited campaign, President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney are awaiting one more measure of the nation's economic pulse — a monthly jobs report that will leave an imprint on the last four...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Republican Party, John McCain, Joe Biden, Parties and Movements
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Once We Elect Them, Don't Be Surprised
The Hartford CourantYou will note that the Opinion section of the newspaper is devoid of comment and revelation on Tuesday's election. We leave you to the crystal waters of cool reflection on your own as the moment to cast your secret ballot grows near. The winners, no...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Justice and Rights, World War II (1939-1945), John F. Kennedy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sandy Delays West Michigan Travelers
FOX 17 ReporterThe arrival board at Gerald R. Ford International Airport said “Cancelled” in bright red Wednesday, next to flights that were supposed to be heading into Grand Rapids from La Guardia or Newark. While a few flights were able to get off the...Tags: Air Transportation Delays
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GRPS: Closing Schools, Layoffs, & School Uniforms
Anchor/ReporterGrand Rapids Public Schools is launching a major transformation plan that includes school closures, repurposing buildings and implementing district uniforms. Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal, who replaced Dr. Bernard Taylor in 2012, has spent...Tags: Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Mugging our descendants
WASHINGTON - The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Republican Party, Pension and Welfare, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush
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Election Last Chance To Stem Entitlements
The Hartford CourantThe election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by making...Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Republican Party, Pension and Welfare, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush
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Michigan Supreme Court Comes to Grand Rapids
FOX 17 ReporterRoughly 200 Kent County students from five high schools had the chance to witness Michigan Supreme Court oral arguments at the Gerald R. Ford Museum Thursday. “We take it to different parts of the state, sixth year of the program, and we always try...Tags: Firearms, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants, Shootings
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Notebook: How has SD fared under Obama?
Based on historical trends and recent polling, there seems little chance that a majority of South Dakota voters will mark their ballots this year for the re-election of President Barack Obama. The deeper question is how South Dakota has fared during the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, John Thune, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dennis Daugaard
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Michigan Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Grand Rapids
FOX 17 Web ProducerThe Michigan Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in Grand Rapids Thursday instead of the court's chambers in Lansing. The special session is part of the Court Community Connections program, and about 200 high school students are expected to watch the... -
Quashing race-based college admissions will not serve justice
It may be time to say farewell to affirmative action in higher education admissions and to the aspirations that went with it. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case challenging the sliver of...
Tags: School Examinations, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Income, Colleges and Universities
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Trickle down economics really work
Among the mystifying contentions of President Obama, his acolytes, and supporters is that, "We've tried trickle-down economics and it doesn't work." Really? What history books have they been reading? World War II got American industrial production into...Tags: Republican Party, Federal Reserve, World War II (1939-1945), John F. Kennedy, Economic Indicator
Nov 6, 2012
|Story| WXMI
Nov 2, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Nov 2, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Oct 31, 2012
|Story| WXMI
Oct 29, 2012
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Oct 29, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 26, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 25, 2012
|Story| WXMI
Oct 26, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Oct 25, 2012
|Story| WXMI
Oct 21, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 21, 2012
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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