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Drivers race to pumps after price drop

Cash Kruth
January 17, 2007

This time last year, gas prices averaged $2.20 a gallon. Now, motorists are gleefully rushing to the pump, in awe of some of the lowest gas prices they've seen in a year. "I like (the prices). It helps my bank account," said Andrew Vaneenenaam, a human biology senior, who filled up at the Marathon gas station on Michigan Avenue in East Lansing on Tuesday. Gas prices dropped under $2 a gallon Monday.

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Partnership to draw businesses to Lansing area

Brendan Bouffard
January 17, 2007

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and other key community members announced Tuesday the creation of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, an organization to foster business growth. "It is hoped that this organization will build avenues for economic development," said Joe Reid, chairman of Capitol Bancorp Ltd.

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Former trustee files against LCC board

Colleen Maxwell
January 17, 2007

A former Lansing Community College trustee filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the LCC Board of Trustees. Todd Heywood claims that during a 2006 meeting, the board violated Michigan's Open Meetings Act, which requires publicly elected boards to open meetings to the public. According to the lawsuit, trustees asked two LCC employees who were attending the meeting to leave, turning the meeting into a closed session. "When elected officials are willing to violate that sacred trust, it raises all kinds of questions of what the fundamental core of democracy is," Heywood said.

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Whitmer appointed to Senate groups

Alex Altman
January 17, 2007

State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, was named lead Democrat on the Education and Judiciary committees in Michigan's Senate earlier this month, and she also will serve on the Agriculture and Finance committees. Whitmer will be responsible for developing policies related to her respective fields.

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New housing draws student interest

Kristen Daum
January 16, 2007

Several MSU students will call West Village "home" next year, since their parents reserved property in the new residential development. "A lot of parents are interested in buying for their children, so those will be owned by the family, not licensed for rental," West Village spokeswoman Lisa Spaugh said. More than half the properties in the village already have been reserved, and construction begun on the complex.

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Football player gets jail time

Through tears, former MSU football player Bobby Jones learned he'll be spending the next four weekends in jail Thursday for throwing an empty bottle of Captain Morgan on a 20-year-old woman. The incident happened at the Chandler Crossings apartments on Oct.

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Additional troops protested

Jacob Carpenter
January 12, 2007

Area residents gathered Thursday in downtown East Lansing to protest President Bush's announcement that he will send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq. About 100 opponents of the war in Iraq waved signs calling for peace and the return of soldiers, as car horns blared in response at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbott Road. "We're hoping to send a strong message to Washington that we want the escalation of the war to end," Haslett resident and rally attendee Linda Carrington said. The demonstration was organized by the Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice, a nonviolent organization that advocates international peace. Margaret Kingsbury, a Lansing resident and member of the group, wants the protest to garner the attention of government representatives. "When you have enough numbers, it sends a very strong message to the people you've elected," Kingsbury said. Grand Ledge resident John Baumgartner held a sign at the rally reading, "It's time for peace.

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Revised fuel tests inform consumers

Brendan Bouffard
January 12, 2007

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that its testing methods for determining fuel efficiency in vehicles has been revised for the first time in 20 years. "Fuel economy has risen on the list of priorities for car buyers," said John Millett, a spokesperson for the EPA in Washington, D.C.

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Bands help snubbed store

Cash Kruth
January 12, 2007

When the owners of Davey's Basement, in Mason, decided to pull the Mason High School Gay-Straight Alliance's float during the school's homecoming parade, they didn't expect the town to boycott.

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Expert: Dorms safe from virus

Brendan Bouffard
January 10, 2007

Michigan restaurants have been dishing out more than just hot food and friendly service. A string of Norovirus outbreaks in the area has patrons questioning the integrity of their meals. "Norovirus is in all of us, in our intestines," said Pattie McNiel, an academic specialist for the National Food Safety and Toxicology center at MSU.

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Group seeks help through donations

Jacob Carpenter
January 10, 2007

While the traditional 30th anniversary gift might be pearls, End Violent Encounters, Inc., or EVE, will settle for a small donation. The Lansing-based nonprofit domestic violence organization will distribute house-shaped donation boxes to local businesses, marking its 30th anniversary.