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NEWS

Paper sues MSU for report

An attorney for The State News hopes to hear a judge's decision on the newspaper's lawsuit against MSU in about a week. Herschel Fink, a First Amendment and media attorney, filed a lawsuit on behalf of The State News Friday with the Oakland County Circuit Court. The newspaper is requesting the initial police report from an alleged Feb.

MICHIGAN

Legislation would allow deadly force

The state Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a package of bills that would allow a person to use deadly force without criminal punishment against someone they reasonably believe could kill them, cause them great bodily harm or sexually assault them. The bills passed through the committee and will now be looked at by the full Senate.

MICHIGAN

Marching for Michigan

Lansing — The Clinton Memorial Hospital "bed pan" drill team banged on bed pans and shook plastic jugs filled with pebbles. Three women decked out in cowboy hats and fringed leather jackets rode horses. And an Asian group wore traditional Korean clothing and beat on drums as it made its way down the street. These were just a few of the 95 diverse groups that marched in the 16th annual Michigan Parade on Saturday in downtown Lansing.

SPORTS

Football player sentenced

MSU football player Cole Corey was sentenced Thursday to spend between two and 10 years in prison for possession of a controlled substance Thursday in the Lenawee County Circuit Court. Corey appeared in 11 games for the Spartans in 2005, recording six tackles and returning a kick on special teams.

MICHIGAN

Digging for Hoffa

Federal agents began searching for the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa on Wednesday at a rural horse farm in Milford Township, according to an FBI official.

COMMENTARY

Riding bike helps avoid driving in construction

The construction mess on campus doesn't have to be such a huge hassle for folks. How? Ride a bike, and you can find lots of faster alternate routes through campus to that meeting or lunch appointment. Don't want to ride a bike to MSU for class or work?

NEWS

Union lawn hosts arts, crafts show

Familiar faces and birdbath buyers are in crafter Cori Hoag's near future. As a returning vendor selling her cement garden statues, she anticipates seeing past customers at the 42nd MSU Arts & Crafts Show. It's also an ideal setting for her garden statues of rabbits, birds, dogs and cats.

NEWS

Diverse musical offerings during fest

The 43rd East Lansing Art Festival marks Wanda Degen's 20th year as the event's performance coordinator, and even though she's been booking performers for two decades, attendees shouldn't expect their musical experiences to be echoes of past festivals.

NEWS

New competition displays art from 7th, 8th graders

An art competition for seventh and eighth-grade students will be part of the East Lansing Art Festival this weekend in downtown East Lansing. The Matt Epling Creative Arts Competition will give students a chance to have their art, ranging from pencil sketches to paintings, assessed by art judges.

FEATURES

Weekend happenings

MUSIC: Friday, May 19: • Starfarm and Uptown DJs Rick's American Cafe 224 Abbot Road (517)351-2285 Doors open at 4 p.m. • The Dirtbombs, The Ghettobillies, Dead Stream Corners, and Dr. Xeron and the Moogulaters The Temple Club 500 E.

COMMENTARY

9/11 Pentagon footage released

Sometimes truth has so much power over our emotions that it weighs heavily on our beliefs. And whether you believe it or not, truth works in the same way with our government.

MICHIGAN

'Da Vinci Code' sparks debate

Jesus married Mary Magdalene. They had a child. And everything you knew about Christianity is wrong — at least according to "The Da Vinci Code," author Dan Brown's best-selling novel and now one of the most anticipated movies of the summer.