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7:24 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Mlive investigation finds school safety flaws in Michigan

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

Two month investigation found laws designed to reduce danger are routinely ignored.

Source: Mlive

Many Michigan schools are flunking their most important test - protecting students from danger. Disaster drills are not being done, or are not done enough times, or are done too late in the year to be of much help. Corners are cut and laws are broken, an MLive Media Group investigation found.

6:45 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Western Michigan to host University of Michigan in CCHA tournament

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

Broncos had bye in first round of conference tournament

Source: Mlive
| Via: Kalamazoo Gazette

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The book will not close on the Central Collegiate Hockey Association without at least one thrilling final chapter. Western Michigan University will host the University of Michigan in the best-of-three quarterfinals series in the CCHA Tournament beginning Friday. Michigan State defeated Alaska-Fairbanks 4-3 Sunday night to upset the Nanooks in the best-of-three series.

6:43 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Michigan Hospital trade association analysis supports Medicaid expansion

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

Medicaid expansion has been proposed by Governor Snyder, many conservative lawmakers remain skeptical.

Source: Mibiz

Even with the underfunding of Medicaid payments surpassing $800 million two years ago, the trade association for Michigan hospitals offers strong support for expanding the federal health program. The annual community benefits report from the Michigan Health & Hospital Association says Medicaid payments to the state's hospitals fell short by $804.2 million in the 2011 fiscal year, a 26.9 percent or $170.8 million increase from FY 2010.

Strange News

6:41 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Tweeted Tattoo Gets Man Free Netflix For A Year

By editor

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 7:23 am

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Myron Robinson managed to score a year of free Netflix videos and online streaming by tweeting a photo of his new Netflix tattoo. The company tweeted back, "No way! Free year for you!"

6:38 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Michigan veterans fight to pay in-state college tuition after serving overseas

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

University of Michigan officials say residency guidelines are required of all students to qualify to pay in-state tuition

Source: Detroitnews

Dearborn - After Brian Stone graduated from Dearborn High School, he moved to Florida, then lived in Japan, Thailand, Russia and other countries while serving in the Navy. After four years of service, he returned to his home state last year and enrolled at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, only to learn he was classified as an out-of-state resident.

6:27 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Holland Hospital hopes to add more office space

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

Hospital officials say recent growth makes the new office building necessary

Source: Hollandsentinel

Holland Hospital later this month will seek approval by the city's planning commission to construct a single-story, 33,000-square-foot office building on the hospital's campus. Hospital spokesman Tim Breed said the facility would be used primarily for physician office space. In the last few years, he said, the hospital has experienced significant growth in the number of physicians on staff.

6:21 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Portage considering new rules on donation boxes

By Gordon Evans

Lead in text:

Ordinance is being considered after large growth in donation boxes since August of last year.

Source: Mlive
| Via: Kalamazoo Gazette

PORTAGE, MI - Regulations controlling the proliferation of donation boxes in Portage are up for a public hearing at Tuesday's Portage City Council meeting. The donation box ordinance amendment has been discussed since last fall and went through Planning Commission hearings and approval.

Strange News

6:09 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Widow Sues Church Over Sports-Themed Headstone

By editor

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 7:23 am

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An Indiana woman wanted to honor her late husband with a headstone shaped like a couch, and featuring Indianapolis Colts and NASCAR logos. St. Joseph's Catholic Church said the headstone is completely inappropriate — so the widow sued.

All Tech Considered

5:10 am

Mon March 11, 2013

Controlling Your Computer With A Wave Of Your Hand

Credit Elise Hu / NPR

Festival attendees experiment with Leap Motion technology.

By Laura Sydell

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 8:48 am

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If you've had wrist and shoulder pain from clicking a mouse, relief may be in sight. This spring, a new motion sensing device will go on sale that will make it possible for the average computer user to browse the Web and open documents with a wave of a finger.

The Leap Motion Controller is on display at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, for the first time. It's one of the most talked about startups at the conference, where some 26,000 people have gathered to see emerging tech companies.

5:10 am

Mon March 11, 2013

For John Baldessari, Conceptual Art Means Serious Mischief

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Credit Courtesy the artist/John Baldessari Studio

"Cutting Ribbon, Man In Wheelchair, Paintings (Version #2), 1988" shows John Baldessari's signature technique, faces covered with colorful circles. The practice had its genesis when the artist idly stuck a price sticker on the face of someone pictured in a newspaper clipping.

Credit Hedi Slimane / Courtesy the artist

In 1970, John Baldessari burned everything he had painted between 1953 and 1966. "I said ... 'I don't really need them.' So I decided I'll just destroy them." After that, Baldessari turned to photography and sculpture.

Credit Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty

"Pure Beauty," shown here at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2010, is one of John Baldessari's many provocative "text paintings."

By Susan Stamberg

Originally published on Tue March 12, 2013 2:14 pm

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