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Burned body identified as missing Detroit girl

July 29, 2011 All The Rest

DETROIT (AP) – A DNA test has confirmed that the charred body of a young girl in a burned-out Detroit house is 5-year-old Mariha (muh-RY’-uh) Trenice (truh-NEES’) Smith.
The girl was reported missing Sunday by her mother.
A spokesman for the Wayne…

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Most Mich. regional jobless rates increase in June

July 29, 2011 All The Rest

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The state says seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates increased in most regions of Michigan in June as people continued to seek seasonal jobs.
 
The figures released Thursday by the Department of Technology, Management and…

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Republicans introduce truancy bill

July 28, 2011 All The Rest

LANSING, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Republicans in the state House have introduced new legislation that could have serious consequences for parents whose children skip school.The proposal says parents who don’t make sure their kids are in school could…

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Lt. Governor’s daughter still on ventilator

July 28, 2011 All The Rest

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley’s one-year-old daughter remains on a ventilator this morning after suffering complications during heart surgery.The governor’s office says little Kara Calley went into cardiac arrest…

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Offer of pot for voter registration draws scrutiny

July 28, 2011 All The Rest

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – An offer by a Michigan business to give free medical marijuana to people who register to vote has drawn scrutiny from the state attorney general.
 
TV stations WILX and WNEM report Your Healthy Choice Clinic in Lansing was…

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DHS tries to save time with Rocket Docket

July 27, 2011 All The Rest

(NEWSCHANNEL 3) – High unemployment and recent state budget cuts are putting a strain on state services.That’s why today the Department of Human Services is hoping to fast track some pending cases.DHS caseloads have more than doubled in recent years….

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DHS plans experiment with Rocket Docket

July 27, 2011 All The Rest

LANSING, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The Department of Human Services is trying out a new program today in hopes of lightening its caseload.Administrative law judges in 13 counties will try to complete 600 benefits hearings by the end of the day.It’s…

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Mich. man finds mother was a 1982 homicide victim

July 26, 2011 All The Rest

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) – A Michigan man seeking his long-lost mother has discovered she was killed in 1982 when her body was found miles off Florida’s Gulf coast.
 
Jeff Earley of Grand Blanc, Mich., had his wife search the Internet for…

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US gives $1.59 million for Michigan vets programs

July 26, 2011 All The Rest

DETROIT (AP) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is giving $1.59 million for programs helping homeless Michigan veterans and their families.
 
Department Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday that two Michigan nonprofit agencies will help about…

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Search continues for missing girl after child’s body found

July 26, 2011 All The Rest

DETROIT (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The search continues this morning for a missing five-year-old girl in the Detroit area after the body of a child was found just a mile from where that missing girl was last seen.Mariha Smith has been missing since early…