Michigan
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Blue Cross overhaul back on legislative burner
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to a customer-owned nonprofit.
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City says 12 Detroit homes accidentally demolished
A dozen homes in Detroit have been mistakenly demolished, a city official says.
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Tutor helps students learn formula for success
Nicholas Aggor says he can turn struggling math students into "walking calculators."
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Michigan in Brief: 01/06/2013
Michigan in Brief: 01/06/2013
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Official saw no danger for now dead girl
A court official who was asked to remove a Detroit child from her home just weeks before she was fatally stabbed turned down the state's request because he believed there was no immediate danger, according to a transcript released Friday.
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Museum to honor Rosa Parks' 100th birthday
Admission is free to a 100th birthday celebration for the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks being hosted next month by The Henry Ford, but the Detroit-area museum is asking that visitors and others give back in a different way.
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Food aid back for 51K recipients
A Michigan agency scrambled Friday to restore food assistance to 85,000 recipients and families who count on the aid, a day after some were turned away at stores because money was not on their state-issued debit cards.
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Michigan in Brief: 01/05/2013
Gov. appoints members to resources panel; Snyder to give State speech on Jan. 16; New snowplow is coming to Michigan.
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Jobless rates fall across state, but rise up north
Unemployment figures have dropped for the majority of Michigan's regional labor markets, but have risen up north.
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Regulators deny new road planned near U.P. mine
Michigan officials said Thursday they won't grant a permit for a new road near a nickel and copper mine under construction in the Upper Peninsula because of federal regulators' concerns about damage to wetlands and wildlife habitat.
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Detroit reports 386 criminal homicides in 2012
The number of killings in Detroit increased 12 percent last year, even though overall crime was down.
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Michigan in Brief: 01/04/2013
Mom to remain jailed in daughter's death; Audit flags $2.3M in Medicaid payments; Dow exec. appointed to CMU board.
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Work on ex-hospital site begins
Some redevelopment plans are moving forward at the site of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital, which for years has been a popular site for trespassers exploring the complex of buildings and tunnels in suburban Detroit.
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Michigan in Brief: 01/03/2013
Mackinac Bridge jump under investigation; Lt. Gov. signs 53 bills in Snyder's stead; Mother charged in death of daughter.
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Michigan in Brief: 1/2/2013
Dead angler among 5 who fell through ice; One killed, 3 critically hurt in shooting attack; WWII soldier's love letters found in home
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Blue Cross overhaul back on legislative burner