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Obama to sign farm bill on campus Friday

President Barack Obama will be visiting MSU’s Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center on Friday in the early afternoon to sign the recently passed farm bill into law, according to a Michigan Democratic source. The White House has not released further specifics about the visit. The Michigan Farm Bureau told MLive that the President will be meeting with area farmers. According to a representative from the bureau, immigration reform will be the topic of the President’s visit with the farmers.

MICHIGAN

Surveillance images of Cedar Street shooting suspect released by police

The East Lansing Police Department has released several new images of the suspect wanted for killing one student and injuring another on the 200 block of Cedar Street Friday evening. Surveillance images show the suspect, who shot and killed hospitality business sophomore Dominique “D.J.” Nolff and injured another 20-year-old student, entering and leaving the complex on Friday evening.

NEWS

I-96 shooter receives six and a half to 10 years

Pontiac, Mich. – Convicted I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel was sentenced to six and a half to 10 years in state prison Tuesday morning in Oakland County Circuit Court. The prosecution and defense agreed to a plea agreement, which Judge Denise Langford Morris allowed. Casteel pleaded no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and several felony firearms charges in October. The sentence included a felony guns charge of two years, for which Casteel was given 455 days time served. “You terrorized countless people,” Morris said during sentencing.

MSU

More than a furry friend

Finding solace in times of stress is something many students struggle with daily. But for Kate Londy, comfort can be found in a rather unique way. Londy, an osteopathic medical student, finds that her cat offers her more than just companionship.

NEWS

Facebook celebrates 10-year anniversary

Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the social media site many young people know, love and use for hours on a daily basis — Facebook. Facebook has traveled a long way from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room.

MICHIGAN

I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel faces sentencing in Pontiac Tuesday

The possible motive behind a man who randomly shot at multiple cars on the highway might not be the most complicated thing about the Raulie Casteel trial. The MSU alumnus will be sentenced Tuesday morning in Oakland County after pleading no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder along with several felony firearms charges in October. Casteel, 44, shot at cars along the I-96 corridor in October 2012.

MICHIGAN

Snyder kicks off re-election campaign

LANSING, Mich. — On Sunday night, MSU students and voters across the state crowded around televisions to experience the sensory barrage of advertisements and football that is the Super Bowl. Midway through the game, they witnessed a wetsuit and snorkel-adorned Gov.

FEATURES

MSU alumni produce page-turners

Ray Walsh, owner of the used and rare bookstore Curious Book Shop on Grand River Avenue, has read and reviewed around two books every week for the past 25 years. As he’s read through thousands of pages, he has stumbled across many books written by MSU alumni . His shop has a section devoted to local authors. Here are some of the books Walsh has reviewed that came from the minds of MSU graduates.