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FBI completes questioning of western-area Michiganians

Shannon Murphy
January 28, 2002

Police and FBI agents from Western Michigan say they had no problems completing interviews with people of Middle Eastern descent.About 40 men from Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties were interviewed as part of the Department of Justice’s plan to seek information about the terrorist organization, al-Qaida.

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Local talk radio, television has teens discussing their issues

A local teen talk radio and TV show has captured the attention of the first lady of MSU football.Sheila Williams, who is married to football head coach Bobby Williams, does public service announcements for the show on WQHH (96.5-FM) and local cable urging the community to watch and participate in the show’s success.“Teens Talk Teens Listen,” originally developed by Pastor Viol Trice of The Word Church, 2710 W.

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Lab gets $25 million fund increase

Ed Ronco
January 25, 2002

MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive a 50 percent increase in funding, university officials announced Thursday The Cyclotron’s funding, provided by the National Science Foundation, will increase from about $50 million to $75 million for the next five years.

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E.L. officers train in Ukraine

Shaun Byron
January 25, 2002

East Lansing police officers will be leaving on a jet plane - for the Ukraine.As part of Project Harmony’s Community Connections program, officers Marc Smith and James Campbell will be leaving Feb.

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Net offers easier way for some to learn, chat about religion

Erica Berg
January 25, 2002

Tamika Powell goes to church. The Internet, though, is making it easier for people like herself to keep track of religion without going to a service.A variety of religion Web sites are making it possible to learn and chat about religion, hear interviews with religious leaders and listen to church services online.

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Italian speaker talks history

Elissa Englund
January 25, 2002

Visiting guest speaker Luca Codignola will hold a lecture from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in 340 Morrill Hall on the topic “Early European Expansion: Evidence from the Jesuit Missionaries in North America.” Codignola, originally a history professor for the Universita di Genova in Italy, serves as the Emilio Goggio visiting professor of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. Codignola specializes in early Canadian history and went to Toronto to teach Canadian history to the students from an Italian viewpoint. Anne Meyering, MSU associate history professor, met Codignola last year while Meyering was holding a seminar.

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Address to focus on families, clean, safe neighborhoods

John Ostler
January 25, 2002

Lansing - Continuing to make Lansing a “first class city” is on the minds of several Lansing city council members - and they hope Mayor David Hollister agrees. Hollister, who was elected in 1993, is serving his third term as the city’s mayor. Monday’s State of the City address, the mayor’s ninth such appearance, will begin at 7 p.m.

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Program lets computer users help researchers find anthrax cure

Chris Boyer
January 25, 2002

From the comfort of their own home or residence hall room, students can take part in a program that is working to help researchers find a cure for anthrax, a potentially deadly bacteria. The project, funded by Microsoft and Intel Corp., uses a screen saver-type program to link participating computers together, creating a virtual supercomputer.