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  • Saugatuck Twp. Tax Hike Vote to Stand

    (Allegan, MI - WHTC News) - There apparently won't be a do-over in Saugatuck Township. A lawsuit challenging the decision not to recount ballots from the May 4th election in which a half-mill tax increase was approved by a two-vote margin was thrown out on Thursday ... More

  • Holland Man Succumbs to Crash Injuries

    (Port Sheldon Twp., MI - WHTC News) - A 28-year-old Holland man who had suffered critical injuries in a single-vehicle crash last month has succumbed to his injuries. Officials at Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital said on Thursday that Kelly Ritsema had died, 18 days after the wreck on Lakeshore ... More

  • Son Testifies Against Mother in Cow Shooting

    (Hudsonville, MI - WHTC News) - A 39-year-old Jamestown Township woman was bound over for trial on four felony charges stemming from the shooting of a cow at her boyfriend’s brother’s farm last May. In a preliminary hearing yesterday, Catherine Bender’s 23-year-old son Dustin ... More

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  • More Than Two-Dozen Schools Get Federal Grants For Improvement

    (Lansing, MI)  --  More than two-dozen schools in Michigan are receiving federal grants to help boost student achievement.  The state Department of Education said 28 of the worst-achieving schools will share the money.  The largest award is just over five-point-four-million dollars, going to Inkster High School ... More

  • Report: Michigan Above Average For Education Reform; Students Falling Behind

    (Undated)  --  A new report shows Michigan is above average when it comes to education reform.  The state was given a "B-minus" in the American Legislative Exchange Council's "Report Card on American Education."  The grade was based on reform policies surrounding academic standards, school choice ... More

  • Most Road Projects Suspended For Labor Day Weekend

    (Lansing, MI)  --  If you're traveling by car this Labor Day weekend, you'll see fewer orange barrels in the way.  The Michigan Department of Transportation is lifting traffic restrictions on 122 of its 173 projects around the state.  Roadwork will be suspended where possible ... More

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  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Miami police sue city over emergency pay cuts

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Miami police union sued the city this week for abandoning their collective bargaining agreement and pushing through emergency pay and pension plan cuts. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami Dade County, the Fraternal Order of Police said the ... More

  • Ex-Republican official guilty of embezzlement

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former treasurer of a top Republican campaign committee pleaded guilty to embezzling $845,000 over 6-1/2 years and likely will face three years in prison, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday. Christopher Ward, 41, admitted to issuing unauthorized checks and wire ... More

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  • Four Mexican politicians die in plane crash

    OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress and two local politicians were killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said. Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta, both members of President Felipe Calderon's National Action ... More

  • U.S. Government probes Mariner platform fire

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday launched an investigation into Mariner Energy Inc's Gulf of Mexico platform fire, and a light oil sheen spotted near the offshore facility was not believed to be a leak, according to the U.S. Coast Guard ... More

  • Dutch cabinet talks collapse 3 months after vote

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Talks to form a right-leaning minority Dutch government collapsed Friday when a populist anti-Islam party pulled out of talks, dashing attempts to form an administration seven months after the last one collapsed. The talks folded when Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders, whose party ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • Madoff investors win $12.74 mln in Merkin case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show. The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in ... More

  • Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly. Obama made his remarks after August ... More

  • Non-manufacturing sector slows in August: ISM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for an eighth straight month but at a slower pace than July and at a rate that was below expectations, according to an industry report released on Friday. The Institute for Supply Management said ... More

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  • Chris Klein pleads no contest to drunken driving

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chris Klein, who starred in the "American Pie" movies, pleaded no contest to drunken driving and will serve four years probation stemming from his arrest in June, court officials said on Friday. Klein, 31, also was sentenced to the four days ... More

  • Top directors headlining Telluride film fest

    By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Directors Peter Weir, Danny Boyle, Mark Romanek and Errol Morris will headline the Telluride Film Festival, the annual Labor Day holiday weekend event that kicks off Friday in the Colorado mountain resort. Romanek's "Never Let Me ... More

  • Venice festival honors Chinese director John Woo

    By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice film festival on Friday honored Hong Kong director John Woo, one of the few Asian filmmakers to enjoy box office success in Hollywood as well as at home. The 64-year-old was awarded a lifetime achievement Golden Lion at ... More

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  • CORRECTION: Timer may help kids' bladder control problems

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. For children with urinary incontinence, the first approach to treatment is usually behavior modification - sometimes called bladder training or "urotherapy." Tactics like changing drinking ... More

  • FDA staff: Biotech salmon safe for eating

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates. The AquAdvantage salmon, developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, are ... More

  • Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  • Murray outshines Jamaican to reach third round

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S. Open Friday. Murray ended a briefly rain-delayed opening set against the ... More

  • Sam Stosur beginning to feel like she belongs

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Sam Stosur extended her best-ever run at the U.S. Open by reaching the fourth round on Friday and then said she now feels like she belongs among the game's elite. The fifth seed had never been beyond round two ... More

  • Defending U.S. champion Clijsters overwhelms Kvitova

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Clijsters erased an early first-set deficit and put her hopes of defending her U.S. Open title back on track with a 6-3 6-0 win against Petra Kvitova on Friday that secured the Belgian a spot in the fourth round. The ... More

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