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MSU student attends RNC for second experience

On the last night of her stay at the Republican National Convention, Maria George mingled inside the Karma Night Club with her family. It was the international relations junior's second soiree with the national convention -- in fact, it's becoming a sort of family tradition.

MICHIGAN

MSU student given mixed riot verdict

A 21-year-old MSU student received a mixed verdict Tuesday for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot. Jordan A. Williams was found guilty by a jury for the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct by obstructing, resisting or hindering a police officer.

MICHIGAN

Plan could rearrange primary schedules

The National Association of Secretaries of State, or NASS, backs a plan to change presidential primary rules and stop the race for states to hold early primaries, but officials said the plan is not likely to be approved anytime soon.

NEWS

Obama visits Mich. workers, shares vision

Barack Obama’s campaign slogan went from “Yes we can” to “Yes we will” as he encouraged his supporters to make sure Michigan is a blue state in November. The Democratic presidential nominee made three appearances in Michigan during the weekend, including a Sunday rally in Battle Creek and Monday appearances in Detroit and Monroe.

MSU

Mich. deer baiting restricted

A 3-year-old white-tailed deer recently was found to be infected with chronic wasting disease, or CWD, causing drastic measures to be taken by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

MSU

MSU music group includes E.L. area adults

Eleanor Tolbert cautiously picked up a trumpet placed among other brass instruments and took a deep breath. The 79-year-old East Lansing resident’s fingers bobbed over the valves for the first time in more than five decades Thursday as sound escaped from the horn.

NEWS

Now it's official

Denver — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promised an America in which the government works for its citizens — while vehemently challenging his opponent, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Obama became the first minority to accept a major political party’s nomination for president Thursday.