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  • Hope Women Head to Final Four

    (Bloomington IL - WHTC News)  The Hope College Women's basketball team advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA Division III Tournament Saturday night with a win over UW-Stevens Point 71-65.  On Friday in the semi-final Hope will face Rochester which upset #2 Kean Saturday ... More

  • Lakeshore Holds Two St. Patrick's Parades

    (undated - WHTC News) - Although St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until Wednesday, two Lakeshore communities are celebrating the traditional Irish holiday with parades today. Holland holds its sixth such promenade, starting at 12 Noon, going east along 8th Street from the Holland Civic Center through ... More

  • MEAP Scores Good Along Lakeshore

    (Lansing, MI - WHTC News) - With a few exceptions, the percentage of students who met or exceeded state standards from MEAP tests taken last fall by third through ninth graders along the Lakeshore were over 80 percent. There were nine numbers released by state education officials ... More

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  • Michigan's Economy Picking Up

    (Dallas, TX)  --  Things are looking up for Michigan's economy.  Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index rose by four points in January to its highest level since November, 2008.  Comerica's chief economist Dana Johnson said eight of the nine components he looked at ... More

  • "Forbes" Ranks Ann Arbor As Top College Sports Town

    (Undated)  --  Ann Arbor is being called the top college sports town in the country.  "Forbes" magazine rates the home of the University of Michigan first, followed by Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Norman, Oklahoma in the top three.  The only other Big Ten home in ... More

  • Kilpatrick's Next Court Date Set

    (Detroit, MI)  --  Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be back in court March 24th on a probation violation complaint.  His attorney tried yesterday to have Judge David Groner disqualified from the case, accusing judicial misconduct.  That motion was denied.  At issue is Kilpatrick's failure ... More

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  • Second U.S. woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the Journal's online report, a 31-year-old ... More

  • NY water plan could cost power generators billions

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of the state's ... More

  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

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  • A week on, Iraq PM pulls ahead in tight race

    By Rania El Gamal and Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki edged ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but the tight race indicated long and fraught negotiations to form a government. Early ... More

  • Georgia opposition accuses gov't over TV "war" hoax

    TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's opposition accused the government on Sunday of being behind a fake primetime news report that Russian tanks had entered the capital at the call of the opposition, causing widespread panic. For many Saturday night viewers, the 20-minute report on pro-government Imedi ... More

  • U.S. to roll out major broadband policy

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours. Dramatically increasing Internet speeds to ... More

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  • Healthcare overhaul will pass: Axelrod

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior White House adviser said on Sunday that President Barack Obama would get the votes necessary to pass a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," David Axelrod, a senior Obama aide, told ... More

  • Republicans need more than opposition: Rove

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Karl Rove, architect of George W. Bush's two presidential election wins, says he believes Republicans need to offer more than just opposition to Democrats in the November congressional elections. Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have been largely in ... More

  • China's Wen says U.S. responsible for bad ties

    BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is to blame for strains between Beijing and Washington and should take steps to repair ties, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, indicating the two powers have not overcome a recent rough patch. Wen said U.S. actions, including ... More

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  • "No need" for Greek bailout decision - German finance minister

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said there was no reason for Euro zone finance ministers to make any decision on financial aid for debt-ridden Greece when they met on Monday. "There are always rumors, especially ahead of such meetings," he told German newspaper ... More

  • KKR and Warner Music eye break-up bid for EMI: report

    LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR <KKR.UL> and U.S. music company Warner Music Group <WMG.N> are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner's indebted British rival EMI <LNDONE.UL>, reported the Sunday Times. The paper said KKR is interested ... More

  • Greek bailout tops EU finance ministers' agenda

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from countries using the euro hope to agree on Monday on a way of providing heavily indebted Greece with financial aid, despite French doubts that a deal will be reached. European policymakers are discussing how to help Greece and protect the ... More

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  • Cynthia Nixon receives award from gay organization

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gay media group GLAAD honored the TV series "Brothers & Sisters" and singled-out actress Cynthia Nixon for her work at a Saturday night gala highlighting gay marriage rights. "We are bringing marriage back to its fundamentals and revitalizing it from its roots up ... More

  • Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - At the end of "Pirate Radio" -- the 2009 feature film about a '60s illegal rock 'n' roll radio station in Europe's North Sea -- an array of albums is displayed: iconic symbols of musical independence that bucked the status quo. Among the ... More

  • Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited ... More

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  • Novartis drugs fail to help high-risk patients

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Novartis diabetes drug Starlix failed to reduce progression to the disease or cut down on serious heart problems in patients at high risk for both diabetes and heart disease, according to a large study released on Sunday. The 9,306-patient study tested ... More

  • No heart benefit seen with fibrates in diabetics

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - Adding a triglyceride lowering drug to cholesterol fighting statins provided no additional protection from heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to data from a large study. The National Institutes of Health-run study dubbed Accord ... More

  • Abbott's heart valve device proves safe, effective

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - An experimental, minimally invasive technique to repair the most common type of heart valve problem proved to be far safer and nearly as effective as open heart surgery, meeting the primary goals of a pivotal study, researchers said on Sunday. Abbott Laboratories is ... More

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  • Glenn Close has genes mapped

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science. Close, who stars in the FX television series ... More

  • Calcium may help you live longer: study

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their ... More

  • Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and ... More

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  • U.S. to roll out major broadband policy

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours. Dramatically increasing Internet speeds to ... More

  • Iran arrests 30 over U.S.-linked cyber ring: report

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a U.S.-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training, a news agency reported on Saturday. It said the group sought to recruit people through the ... More

  • Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. It said in a report on its ... More

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  • Lagat grabs second indoor 3,000 title six years later

    DOHA (Reuters) - Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat won his second 3,000 meters title six years after the first with a stirring last lap at the world indoor championships on Sunday. Lagat, 35, surged past defending champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia with slightly more than a ... More

  • Student Eaton breaks heptathlon world record

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - College student Ashton Eaton upstaged the top multi-event competitors when he set an indoor world record in the men's heptathlon. Eaton, a 22-year-old student at the University of Oregon, scored 6,499 points in the seven-event competition at the NCAA championships ... More

  • Pacquiao easily outpoints Clottey to keep title

    ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Filipino Manny Pacquiao produced a dominating display to outclass Ghanaian Joshua Clottey and retain his WBO welterweight title with a unanimous points victory on Saturday. Pacquiao's speed and relentless punching proved too much for his bigger opponent, who offered little attacking ... More

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