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Food supply still concerns
Concerns of agro-terrorism has given food awareness month a new meaning this year in light of the Sept.
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E.L. businesses bounce back after 9-11
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 generated a national economic slump and East Lansing businesses weren’t an exception.
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Terrorism laws are in effect
Nearly two dozen state laws were implemented as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and more could be on the way, according to lawmakers.The most hard-hitting package of rules went into effect in April, when the Michigan Anti-Terrorism Act was signed by the governor.The laws lend a definition to terrorism, seize the assets of terrorist networks and punish those who aid terrorists.
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Green Party to hold E.L. meeting
MSU students will have a chance to “Go Green” tonight. The Capital Area Green Party of Michigan will have its organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m.
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Lawmakers speak at Capitol ceremony
Lansing - The half-staffed American flag atop the state Capitol stood out against a clear blue sky.
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Lansing remembers 9-11 with memorials
Lansing - Ray’n Baker smoothed her handmade white “God Bless the U.S.A.” T-shirt, grabbed her camera and snapped a photo of the piece of twisted metal from the World Trade Center in Wentworth Park on Wednesday.Baker, a senior at Lansing Catholic Central High School, said the Lansing area planned the perfect balance of Sept.
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Program hopes to increase cultural tourism
A tourism project aimed at brightening up local stopping grounds will soon infiltrate the state.Program leaders from the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries say they hope to improve the quality of cultural life in smaller towns to the benefit of local economies, hoping to make Michigan a leader in cultural tourism.
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New class offers kayaking skills
Patrick Walters The State News Okemos - Whitewater kayaking on the Red Cedar River?
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Memorial service to honor those lost in Sept. 11
The MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Student Council is hosting a memorial ceremony to commemorate those who lost their lives last Sept.
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Tobacco initiative to appear on Nov. 5 ballot
The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear arguments about where billions of dollars in Michigan’s tobacco lawsuit will go, leaving voters to decide the money’s fate. By refusing to hear the case, Friday’s Michigan Court of Appeals decision to place the Healthy Michigan Initiative on the Nov.
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State receives money, prepares for bioterrism
A new office was added to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Tuesday. Gov. John Engler announced the establishment of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism.
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City council honors firefighters training, efforts
Firefighters who went through special training were honored at the East Lansing council meeting Tuesday night. Ten men completed training from at least one of three programs, the National Fire Academy, the Department of Justice Courses for Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Department of Justice Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings. Councilmember Bill Sharp said with the anniversary of the Sept.
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Students ready for summer to end
Students sporting T-shirts and shorts congregated students congregated in air-conditioned stores, under umbrellas and in obscure shady retreats Monday to escape the intense heat beating outdoors.
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Granholm comes to U to discuss fire station
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today in an effort to sway legislative votes, which could determine the future of MSU’s fire station. Granholm, who is the Democratic candidate for the Nov.
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Galleries open doors for art walk
Lansing - Thirteen-year old Kaitlin McCue smiled as her dad snapped a picture of her in front of her photography exhibit at Sir Pizza Grand Café in Lansing’s Old Town. The Lansing eighth grader said she was nervous and excited to have her work displayed for the first time Sunday. “I took a lot of people pictures,” she said.
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Death in U-M frat house prompts U awareness
MSU greeks learned this weekend that a man was discovered dead in a fraternity house near the University of Michigan late Thursday.
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Ceremony planned at fire station
The East Lansing community will participate in a Sept. 11 terrorist attack remembrance ceremony at 9:45 a.m.
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Republicans support Indiana hopeful
Lansing - About 150 supporters of U.S. Rep Mike Rogers- mostly MSU students - boarded three buses Saturday morning for a mission to Indiana.The congressman and his entourage endured a three-hour trek to support U.S.
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Voters to place billions in tobacco money
A state court will allow an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot that would let voters decide if billions of dollars should be shifted from educational programs to health-care programs.Judges from the Michigan Court of Appeals voted 2-1 Friday to allow the Healthy Michigan Initiative onto the ballot and let Michigan voters decide what will happen with the money.In 1998, Michigan was awarded about $8 billion in a nationwide lawsuit from tobacco companies.
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Adopt-A-Floor program blends E.L. community, U
Ted Staton invited a floor of Shaw Hall residents to his home for a Thanksgiving feast last year, and he’s willing to do it again.Staton, East Lansing city manager, is participating in the third year of the Adopt-A-Floor program, which matches East Lansing families with students on residence hall floors to encourage community unity.The Adopt-A-Floor kickoff orientation and picnic brought Staton and other program participants together for the first time Sunday.“Clearly associating names and lives with the student body as opposed to just a conglomerate of 43,000 people is a value,” Staton said.