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  • Research: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:40PMWASHINGTON — The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
  • McCamey, Richardson get Big Ten high honors Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:39PMCHAMPAIGN — Illinois junior guard Demetri McCamey took the big step from good player to one of the best in the Big Ten Conference. Freshman guard D.J. Richardson put everyone on notice that he might be the next Illini to make the climb.
  • For the week of Feb. 19, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:38PMAnthony S. Armiko, 62, went to join his father on Feb. 3, 2010. Born in Upland, he grew up in Ontario where he played football and Semi-Pro baseball. He was in the Red Horse Special Unit in the Air Force.
  • For the week of Feb. 26, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:38PMSalvatore (Sam) Nicolas Genovese of Banning passed away the morning of Feb. 16, 2010. Born in Grand Rapids, Mich. in 1926, he moved to California in 1962 with his wife Ida Louise and three small children to continue his dream of teaching.
  • Flower power Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMMICHIGAN CITY — It’s official. Roses, marigolds, tulips — rogue Michigan City gardeners can still grow them, but only “unofficially.”
  • County receives $85K for emergency shelter, food Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMLA PORTE — La Porte County has received $85,450 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area.
  • Police reports for Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMSUNDAY A resident of the 1000 block of Elston Street reported a burglary to his garage at 9:15 a.m. in which a $249 coping saw and $75 Skil saw were stolen sometime after March 1.
  • Cadillac Distances Itself from GM to Escape Bankruptcy Stigma Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMCadillac, the luxury brand General Motors acquired in 1909, is erasing the GM name from its dealerships and marketing efforts
  • A Life Lived To The Fullest Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMMICHIGAN CITY — Mattie Dunlap has seen a century pass. The party had to be huge.
  • Alinsky, former head of Dage-Bell, dies Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PMMICHIGAN CITY — Joseph W. Alinsky, the former president of Dage-Bell Corp. and heralded by friends and relatives as one of Michigan City’s “greatest geniuses,” passed away Friday night.
  • Round Ball Round Up: Boys' Sectional Championship Saturday results Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:10PMWarsaw and Washington win 4A sectional titles. Plymouth and Wawasee capture 3A championships. Fairfield and Jimtown win 2A titles and Triton wins its 3rd straight 1A sectional championship.
  • Marlin Jackson set to visit Ravens Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:10PMOWINGS MILLS — The Baltimore Ravens have scheduled former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Marlin Jackson for a visit early this week.
  • Time for tax assessment challenges Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:09PMBoards of Review throughout Leelanau County this week were preparing to hold a series of meetings next week during which local taxpayers will be given an opportunity to protest their local property tax assessment. Board of Review members in the county’ read more
  • Harvick takes truck race Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:09PMThe Associated Press Kevin Harvick got tired of watching Kyle Busch win so many truck races. He's done something about it. Now the man to beat when he shows up for a NASCAR truck race, Harvick pulled away from Busch for a dominating victory Saturday in the E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Zinamon had very busy career in the military Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:08PMU.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Lou Zinamon wore a number of different hats — and uniforms — during his military career.
  • Ruben Rosario: 'Smiley-face killer' theory gave drowning victims' families empty hope Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:07PMIn September, retired New York police detective Kevin Gannon went on national TV and all but said he had uncovered a 'well-structured' organization of 'smiley-face' serial killers responsible for a more-than-a-decade-long string of slayings mostly involving young men found drowned in rivers, ponds and lakes near college campuses.
  • The Leelanau Enterprise Online Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:06PMThree members of the cooperative county ski team and a fourth racer who’s also from Leelanau were selected to the Michigan High School Coaches Association’s 2010 All-State ski teams.
  • Donna Terek: Motor City Rah Rahs: Have pompoms, will travel Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:04PMWhat do you do if you're 45 years old and can't bear to hang up your pompoms? If you're Julie Hecker -- entrepreneur, wife and mother of two -- you start the Motor City Rah Rahs. This group of eight middle-aged women dress up -- or strip down-- to their fishnets and go-go boots and hit the road with their pompoms to promote Detroit.
  • Hill pitching with conviction Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:02PMJUPITER, Fla. — A believer in the "big power in positive thinking" with an appetite for self-help books, lefthanded pitcher Rich Hill conceded even he had to prepare for the worst going into surgery last fall.
  • IU suddenly perks up | TIM ETHRIDGE COLUMN Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:02PMBLOOMINGTON, Ind. —At barely 6 feet tall and an alleged 170 pounds, Jordan Hulls doesn’t look so tough.But when the Indiana University basketball team, labeled “soft” by coach Tom Crean during an 11-game losing streak, needed someone to flex his muscles on Saturday, Hulls was ready for the job.Hulls sank eight 3-pointers, good for all of his 24 points, and even his last of four misses turned out ...
  • Blood And Guts: The Incredible Kid Lavigne Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:08AMBy Mike Casey - Somewhat reassuringly, perhaps the favourite indulgences of fight fans haven’t changed radically down through the centuries.
  • Michigan governor 'disappointed' over zero Race to Top funds Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:08AMEAST LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she's 'extremely disappointed' Michigan didn't qualify as a finalist for any of the money being handed out to schools in the first round of the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition.
  • Study: Cancer rates up in Crestwood Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:07AMRates are "significantly elevated," according to a new state report. Researchers determined it was possible that toxic chemicals in the drinking water caused the extra cases, but they could not make a definite link.
  • Balanced No. 25 Michigan State tops Michigan 61-50 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:07AMINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kalisha Keane scored 11 points to help No. 25 Michigan State beat Michigan 61-50 Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. Lykendra Johnson, Aisha Jefferson and Jasmine Thomas added 10 points apiece for the Spartans (22-8), who advanced to play the Iowa-Penn State winner.
  • Researchers Find Law Mandating Care for People With Severe Mental Illnesses Helps Reduce Violence Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:06AMA team of Columbia University researchers has determined that mandatory outpatient treatment for people with severe mental illnesses has led to a drop in violent behavior. The study was published in February in the journal  Psychiatric Services . The study is the first to fully assess the merits of Kendra’s Law, which mandates outpatient care for people  who are deemed “unlikely to survive ...
  • Michigan passed over for Race to the Top funds Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:06AMMichigan didn’t qualify as a finalist for any of the money being handed out to schools in the first round of the Obama administration’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition.
  • Flint school board members must undergo background checks before volunteering in schools Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:03AMFlint Board of Education members who want to volunteer in schools now must first pass a criminal background and records check.
  • Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:03AMFRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Freezing breast tumors helped stop the spread of the cancer in mice, a new study has found.
  • Balanced No. 25 Michigan State tops Michigan 61-50 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:03AMKalisha Keane scored 11 points to help No. 25 Michigan State beat Michigan 61-50 Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. Lykendra Johnson, Aisha Jefferson and Jasmine Thomas added 10 points apiece for the Spartans (22-8), who advanced to play the Iowa-Penn State winner. Michigan State's center, 6-foot-9 Allyssa DeHaan, injured her back in the first half and did not return.
  • Northern Illinois tip-in tops Toledo, 60-58 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:00AMDeKALB, Ill. (AP) — Xavier Silas scored 24 points, including the winning tip-in with 2 seconds remaining, and Northern Illinois defeated Toledo 60-58 Thursday night.
  • Lautenberg joins other 17 senators in calling for lift on ban of gays donating blood Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:32AMThe time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
  • Piquet to rejoin Eddie Sharp Racing for ARCA events Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:31AMNelson Piquet Jr has confirmed three more outings in the ARCA stock car series for 2010.
  • CU’s Clemons ready to go | By Patrick Ridgell © 2010 Longmont Times-Call Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:30AMBOULDER – Colorado football is about to learn what it truly has in Toney Clemons.
  • Hollywood prepares for its yearly visitor: Oscar Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:28AMIf the Academy Awards are like the Super Bowl of entertainment, then it's game week in Tinseltown.
  • VSA arts of Michigan provides for 'creative movement' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:28AM(WZZM) - VSA arts of Michigan is a non-profit organization connecting people with disabilites to the arts.
  • Exclusive: 'Vampire Nation' by Johnathan Rand - Chapter 8 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:26AMThis is the eighth in a series of installments of "Vampire Nation," the latest story by Johnathan Rand.“Vampire Nation” features the fictional Amber McMurray of Flint, who loves to read scary books but is tired of vampires on television, in movies...
  • District will investigate Meer Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:26AMMICHIGAN CITY — The Sanitary District opened an investigation Thursday into Councilman Ron Meer, also a District employee, after suspending him with pay.
  • Boy, 17, arrested after police chase Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:25AMMICHIGAN CITY — At least eight local officers participated in a chase of an armed suspect through the Elston Grove neighborhood early Wednesday evening. The chase ended in the arrest of a man suspected of firing a gun while robbing residents in a home in the 700 block of East Michigan Boulevard.
  • Former VB coach was asked to resign Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:25AMLA PORTE — School officials asked an alleged sex offender to resign at least two weeks before the resignation was approved — even providing him a resignation letter prepared by the school — and were documenting his relationship with the alleged victim.
  • Political Notebook Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:25AMMICHIGAN CITY — Pam Kieft, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for La Porte County assessor, is having a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at Rodini’s Restaurant. Price is $25. RSVP at (219) 878-3070 or e-mail Kieft at pam.kieft@cbexchange.com.
  • Second half dominance gives Bridgman division swim title Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:46PMBRIDGMAN - The Bridgman co-op boys swim team thrives in a meet's second half.
  • Dillon announces bid for governor Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:45PMDemocratic House Speaker Andy Dillon is jumping into the Michigan governor's race.
  • St. Joseph hasn't lost to a Class B team this season Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:45PMBenton Harbor's girls basketball team won last season's Class A state championship.Niles reached the regional finals.
  • Nittany Lions Blitz Northwestern, 79-60 Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:45PMUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Feb. 28, 2010 - The Nittany Lion basketball team came out smoking shooting 68 percent in the first half and never looked back as they lead for more than 37 minutes and by as many as 25 in dispatching Northwestern, 79-60, in the Bryce Jordan Center Sunday.
  • Live Tweets: Michigan State at Purdue Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:40PMAP File Photo Purdue's JaJuan Johnson, right, shoots over Michigan State's Delvon Roe on Feb. 9. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Michigan State has had a week to prepare for its toughest road test of the season, at No. 3-ranked Purdue.
  • Amuchastegui wins Pac-10 wrestling title Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:39PM==BI Stanford roundup == Sophomore Nick Amuchastegui won the 165-pound title and an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships and Stanford finished sixth with 87 points at the Pac-10 wrestling championships in Davis Saturday. Tim Gentry recorded an all-around score of 87.650 to help fourth-ranked Stanford topple visiting top-ranked Michigan, 361.400-352.150, in a nonconference men's gymnastics ...
  • Governor's Race to Hard to Call Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:35PMFormer Republican Michigan Gov. John Engler recently said what a lot of people are thinking this year about the Michigan governor's race:
  • Vietnam painting unites fallen Navy sailor's family and comrades, honors his memory Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:33PMDAVISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- For Vietnam veteran Jim Kelly, it was a quest to help honor the comrade he didn't even know he'd lost.
  • Mother and child escape Sunday morning fire in Flint Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:33PMA mother and her child escaped a house fire at approximately 11:45 a.m. Sunday at 3030 Sloan St.
  • At summit, Republicans prove they aren't putting America's health first Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:56PMI'm not sure what else was accomplished at Thursday's Blair House summit, but surely one result is that we learned what Republican "leaders" really think about health care and health insurance.