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Blaze takes hour to extinguish
An early morning fire Monday caused nearly $500,000 damage to an East Lansing home. East Lansing firefighters responded to a call at 3:51 a.m.
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BioPort speaker to conduct public discussion on anthrax vaccine
With the threat of anthrax gripping the nation, Lyman Briggs School will be presenting a speaker from BioPort Corp. BioPort is the only Food and Drug Administration-licensed manufacturer of the anthrax vaccine, company spokeswoman Kim Brennen Root said. Root will be speaking at 7:30 p.m.
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East Lansing traffic codes to get face-lift
East Lansing City Council will meet tonight to vote on updating the city’s traffic code. The city adopted the Michigan Vehicle Code, and any changes made in the state Legislature have to be made locally, Deputy City Manger Jean Golden said.
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House to discuss sewer upgrades, funding
The same issues the cities of Lansing and East Lansing are addressing while improving their sewer systems will be the focus of state legislators this week. The House Commerce Committee meets today to discuss sewer upgrading options. “We’ve been hearing all sorts of testimony,” said Jamie Callahan, legislative director for Rep.
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Bill proposes do-not-call list for public
With a click, Tatyana Fisher switched from her long-distance phone call to the caller on the other line. When she realized the caller was the same credit card company that had been pestering her all week, she became furious. “They would give me the same information each time,” the political science junior said.
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U passes SN tax increase, continues other elections
MSU students will pay an additional dollar for The State News beginning in the fall. When the votes from last week’s election were tallied, 501 students voted in favor of the increase, 418 opposed it and six students abstained from voting during the 2002 student tax referendum. The increase upped the tax from $4 to $5 per semester and is the first increase in 13 years.
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Council to vote on permanent parking passes
The East Lansing City Council will vote tonight whether to give permanent parking passes to residents in the College Grove area of the Bailey neighborhood. The city has issued temporary passes to residents the past few years after several homeowners and renters complained of downtown visitors parking in the streets, city engineer John Matuszak said. The College Grove area lies in the area between Abbott Road and Grove Street.
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Lithuanian ambassador promotes relations at U
Vygaudas Usackas found himself in Moscow wearing an Ox, his team’s mascot, on his back, while talking to Russian reporters about the Lithuania vs.
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Lithuanian ambassador to the U.S. to visit DCL students
The Lithuanian ambassador to the United States will be at MSU-Detroit College of Law today to talk to students throughout the day. Vygaudas Usackas will conduct a European Union class tonight and meet with members from MSU International Studies and Programs and James Madison College. Like the students he will be talking with, Usackas pursued a law degree as a college student. He studied law at Vilnius University in Lietuva, earning his degree in May 1990.
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Eco-challenge pair present
Cadets in MSU’s ROTC program listened to two participants in last year’s Armed Forces Eco-Challenge in Alaska. Capts.
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ASMSU rewords tax question on ballot
The wording of ASMSU’s $3 tax increase referendum question was changed on the universitywide ballot.
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Pulitzer winner to speak about AIDS tonight
Tina Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and foreign policy editorial writer for The New York Times, will speak at 7:30 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Museum ties on aprons for Lansing display
More than 150 aprons will be on display at the Michigan Historical Museum this summer, including some made by Michigan residents.
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Broadband bills could boost economy
Gov. John Engler signed the Broadband package into law Thursday, making high-speed Internet services more available throughout Michigan. Legislators hope the package, consisting of three bills, will encourage businesses to both come to and stay in Michigan, thus boosting the state’s economy.
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U-M graduate union approves contract
Members of the University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization voted Sunday to ratify a new contract with the school. The two sides agreed on child care, health benefits and wages last week.
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Center raises money through 5K event
More than 150 people on feet and wheels braved the cold air Saturday morning to compete in the Tower Guard Shamrock 5K Run, Walk and Roll.
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Clinic remains stable after state funding cut
Employees and affiliates of Otto Community Health Center still are waiting from the state to restore funding that was cut from the clinic four months ago. The state cut $160,000 in funding for the center in November, along with the funding for 18 other health clinics statewide. Shortly after the decision, Gov.
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Families sue CATA, drivers for crash
A lawsuit was filed Friday for the families of three Lansing youths involved in last month’s fatal accident with a Capital Area Transportation Authority bus.On Feb.
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Natl radio broadcasts from U
Greg Olsen made sure to get a front-row seat for National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.”The show, hosted by NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow, broadcasted live Friday afternoon from the new Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building.The show featured area experts on automotive technologies and MSU engineering, food science and packaging professors.But as the crowd of about 150 people listened to Flatow and guests discuss automotive innovations and food science improvements, Olsen, a telecommunication junior, kept his eyes on the engineers working the various consoles and dials.“It was great to see what they do,” he said.Olsen, a regular listener of NPR, said he was able to learn things on two levels by attending the broadcast - science and radio broadcasting.“I always learn something, that’s the great thing,” he said.Combining two areas of interest is how Flatow got his start in science journalism.In the late 1960s, he entered the State University of New York at Buffalo, planning to become an engineer.“I went into college and I stumbled upon a campus radio station,” he said.
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Postponed talk by journalist rescheduled
After postponing her visit to campus because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Laurie Garrett, the only journalist to have won the Pulitzer, Peabody and Polk awards, will lecture in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The event, “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health” will begin at 4:30 p.m.