Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder

Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder | www.wsbtv.com
"The perpetrator opens that door.
Of course, at that time he's staring at her, her two children and a .38 revolver,"

2012 was warmest year on record for Muskegon, according to National Weather Service

2012 was warmest year on record for Muskegon, according to National Weather Service | MLive.com

Barack Obama’s $7 million Hawaii vacation is an insult to America’s struggling middle class

Barack Obama’s $7 million Hawaii vacation is an insult to America’s struggling middle class – Telegraph Blogs
In a move that is rich in irony, President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to taxpayers.
The price tag is in addition to more than $4 million that is already being spent on the Obamas’ Hawaii idyll, bringing the total cost of the excursion to well over $7 million.

New Civil Rights Group Joins Affirmative Action Case

New Civil Rights Group Joins Affirmative Action Case [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
The XIV Foundation was founded shortly after the 6th Circuit Court decision.
It took the name XIV, in reference to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The organization's motto is: "Equal Treatment is the Essence of Equal Rights."

More U.S. soldiers on active duty committed suicide than died in combat last year, shocking new figures reveal

More U.S. soldiers on active duty committed suicide than died in combat last year, shocking new figures reveal | Mail Online:

Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles

Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles - Slashdot:

2012 was Detroit's most violent in 20 years; shootings, bloodshed have 'become the norm'

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Already this week, a mother has been charged with fatally stabbing her 8-year-old daughter, and a cab driver was shot to death.

Cab driver dead after Detroit shooting, police say

Cab driver dead after Detroit shooting, police say | MLive.com

New Civil Rights Group Joins Affirmative Action Case

New Civil Rights Group Joins Affirmative Action Case [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
Voters in 2006 passed the constitutional amendment that prohibited the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any group or individual on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin by a 58 percent to 42 percent margin.
However, on Nov. 15, eight federal judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals struck the initiative down.

Bridge Card error affects 85,000 Michigan families receiving food assistance; state working to fix problem

Bridge Card error affects 85,000 Michigan families receiving food assistance; state working to fix problem | MLive.com
Thousands of Michigan families are temporarily unable to get their food assistance benefits because of a Bridge Card error that state officials are working to fix.

What was cost to protect right-to-work demonstrators, Capitol building last month?

Tim Skubick: What was cost to protect right-to-work demonstrators, Capitol building last month?
MLive.com
......so far nobody knows how many were spent to deploy 500 Michigan State Police officers to guard the state capitol and Right to Work demonstrators last month.
Five hundred is darn close close to half the entire force.

Armed guards at NY paper that reported gun info

Armed guards at NY paper that reported gun info
...publisher Janet Hasson said. “The safety of my staff is my top priority,” she told The New York Times