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Detroit named 3rd among fattest cities

Jacqueline Wayneguite
January 14, 2005

According to Men's Fitness magazine, Detroit is no longer the fattest city in the country. For seven years, Men's Fitness has ranked cities from "fattest" to "fittest" based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a number of elements such as the number of health clubs, participation in sports and air quality. According to the magazine, Detroit has dropped from the fattest city to the third fattest, behind Houston and Philadelphia, because of improvements in air quality and health care.

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Citizens receive police training

Melissa Domsic
January 14, 2005

On Wednesday night 15 community members sat with East Lansing police officers for three hours - but there were no handcuffs, fingerprints or interrogations. Ranging from MSU students to senior citizens, the residents participated in the sixth-annual Citizens' Police Academy, an 11-week program aimed to teach people about the department. "Unfortunately, the first time people meet officers, it's not always under the best conditions," East Lansing Police Lt.

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Congress to tackle state deficits in new year

Rebecca Mcnulty
January 13, 2005

Fixing the budget deficit, creating new jobs, and improving health care and the economy were the biggest topics on the minds of local representatives as they started the 2005-06 legislative session on Wednesday. Members of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives were sworn in for the 93rd session, continuing the job of Sen.

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E.L.: Enrollment drop tied to less housing

Kris Turner
January 13, 2005

Enrollment of city residents in the East Lansing Public Schools has declined for the past 10 years, according the district. Due to school of choice, which allows residents of neighboring communities to attend East Lansing schools, vacancies left by students have been filled in some years. A November 2003 report, along with annual district assessments, point to the lack of younger children in the area as cause for the drop. City officials say this concern is a driving force behind many of their policies, including urban development and new rental restrictions. "Much of the focus of the work that we do in the city of East Lansing is on how do we develop more housing that will be attractive to young families," said Deputy City Manager Jean Golden.

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Part of E.L profits to go to tsunami victims

Melissa Domsic
January 13, 2005

Five restaurants on Grand River Avenue agreed to donate a portion of their sales from 5 to 8 p.m. today to aid tsunami victims in Southeast Asia and southern Africa after alpha Kappa Delta Phi, an Asian American sorority, asked them to help. Taste of Thai, 1105 E.

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Prop. 2 protest continues

Amy Davis
January 13, 2005

As state lawmakers convened at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon for the first session of the year, they were met by more than 100 protesters holding signs that read "Equal rights for all Americans" and "Equality now." The event was a demonstration by protesters voicing their disapproval of the Nov.

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State passes laws in effort to curb lead poisoning

A new set of Michigan laws aiming to decrease lead poisoning from lead-based paint will have little effect on East Lansing residents. The laws, passed in December, will create a Lead Safe Housing Registry in Michigan and establish a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Commission in Michigan.

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Olin: Peak flu season upcoming

Jacqueline Wayneguite
January 12, 2005

As the peak of flu season approaches, students should take more precautions in the coming weeks, health officials say. Flu infections are expected to peak during the last week of January and the first week of February, said TJ Bucholz, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Normally, it is in the middle of January, he said. "We don't really know why," Bucholz said.

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Area relief collection continues

Melissa Domsic
January 12, 2005

While senior citizens in Charlotte are making crafts and baked goods, local businesses and places of worship are urging others to donate money - and it's all for the same cause. Area residents and businesses still are contributing to the hundreds of millions of dollars the United States has sent to victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia and southern Africa. Members of the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing, 920 S.

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Legislation brings Reagan statue

Rebecca Mcnulty
January 11, 2005

For Rep. Leon Drolet, R-Clinton Township, former president Ronald Reagan has important ties to Michigan. Drolet said Reagan's connections include accepting the republican nomination for president at the 1980 Republican National Convention held in Detroit and the Democratic and Republican supporters he had in Macomb County during his terms. "His popularity knew no party," Drolet said.

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Comic store gets new owner, look

Tom Keller
January 11, 2005

On Grand River Avenue Monday afternoon, a fleet of metallic soldiers were in the middle of warfare. They glared menacingly across a dark stone canyon at their enemies, who stood ready to obliterate them with laser cannons. But the warriors were only two inches tall and kept under glass as part of a new battle scene diorama at 21st Century Comics & Games, 515 E.