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Meadows reflects on tenure as mayor
Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
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Revamped food pyramid debuts
The familiar food guide pyramid that graced cafeteria walls, cereal boxes and doctors' offices has been replaced. The U.S.
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Judge rules Utah company can sell Ephedra products
Local health stores might be able to sell a product containing ephedrine alkaloids after a federal judge ruled last week that a Utah company could sell the supplement. Ephedra is an herbal substance often used in weight loss supplements. The decision landed almost exactly a year after the U.S.
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Baten 'speaks her mind' on council
Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
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E.L. officials offer reward for stolen duck statue
A fowl mystery has surfaced in downtown East Lansing - and not a feather was left behind. A bronze duck statue was removed from East Lansing's Fountain Square Park near the Marriott Hotel at University Place, 300 M.A.C.
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Hamil murder, theft trial set to begin May 11
A Marshall man accused of murder, stealing a motor vehicle and drunken driving will go to trial in Ingham County Circuit Court, a judge ruled Friday. Alexander Hamil, 19, came to MSU to celebrate St.
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Sharp 'brings perspective' to council
Editor's note: This is the first in a five-part series to reintroduce the people who run East Lansing.
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Greek Week results in 140K for charity
By Jonathan Junia Special for The State News In the Auditorium on Saturday there were zombies fighting nerds, aliens fighting cowboys and devils fighting angels, in addition to mock appearances by Will Smith, John Travolta, the Blues Brothers, James Bond and a giant chicken. They were all there for Songfest, the biggest and last event of Greek Week - a week devoted to celebrating sororities and fraternities and raising money for local charities.
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Mich. legislator works for gas sales-tax cap
As gas prices rise to record heights, a Michigan legislator hopes his bill could help ease the burden on drivers.
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MSU police monitor seat-belt use
Occasional safety belt users beware. MSU police will be looking to ticket unbuckled drivers on campus during select times throughout the next two weeks. Signs will label the locations at the corners of West Shaw Lane and Chestnut Road on April 20, and East Shaw Lane and Wilson Road on April 26. Six people were stopped and ticketed on Thursday, the first day of the three-day campaign. "It's not really to penalize people, the idea is for compliance," MSU police Sgt.
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State unemployment rate falls 0.5 percent
Michigan's March unemployment rate fell to one of the lowest in about a year at 6.9 percent. The state rate was at 7.4 percent in February and 7.1 percent in January. A year ago in April, the jobless rate was 6.7 percent. But the state rate last month is still higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.2 percent and is one of the country's worst. Economists said the rate has fluctuated in Michigan between 6.7 and 7.5 percent throughout the past two years.
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Students take over Capitol
It was a seemingly normal Thursday afternoon at the Capitol - state representatives and senators argued about affirmative action and welfare. But these legislators and lobbyists were high school students. About 750 high school students from around the state spent four days acting as government officials and voting on bills in the YMCA's Michigan Youth in Government program. Eleventh grader Tyler Deerfield said he wasn't sure what a lobbyist was when he signed up for the event. But a day into the job in the mock government, he had successfully lobbied against a bill that would change the high school drop-out age from 16 to 18. "I've always had an interest in politics, and I thought I'd see how it was actually run," said Deerfield, of St.
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Budget could hurt book collection
The East Lansing Public Library could operate with 5,000 fewer books in the next fiscal year if the City Council approves a budget that slashes funding by $50,000. The funds necessary to purchase books are at risk to be cut by nearly one third, said Sylvia Marabate, director of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, adding the institution normally purchases about 15,000 books a year. "We will work hard to meet our community's expectations, but it may mean some have to wait a little longer for the bestsellers," she said.
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New bill would protect employee actions
When Cara Stiffler learned she would lose her job in fall 2003 for smoking, she never imagined she would wind up in the Michigan Legislature.
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Court denies patent for Smucker's Uncrustables
At the Mason Hall Totally Takeout, Uncrustables have to be restocked quickly to keep up with the demand.
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E.L. officials discuss budget cuts, removing $1M deficit
Replacing a $1 million deficit in the city budget was the topic of the East Lansing City Council meeting Tuesday. The 2006 budget, which was released last week, is about $55 million, roughly 2.3 percent less than last year.
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E.L. library to host sale of used books
The Friends of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, will hold its spring used book sale from 10 a.m.
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E.L. extends ban on fires
With unseasonably dry weather this spring, the East Lansing Fire Department is extending a ban on all fires in East Lansing indefinitely.
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New E.L. cafe offers crepes
Donning red berets and black aprons, servers prepare European delicacies in a small French-style cafe. Complete with international music, murals and an outdoor patio - students and residents can now find a little taste of France nestled between a pizzeria, ice cream parlor and dozens of other fast-food chains on Grand River Avenue. Ooh la la Crepes, 1133 E.
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Word on the street: What do you think still needs to be addressed about the April 2-3 disturbances?
"What the plan was before the police took action. Were they going to teargas and pepper spray everybody?" Ashley Jenkins journalism and sociology freshman "I feel the biggest thing that needs to be looked into is the film that students may have taken.