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  • Law requires 1 form for authorization of medicine

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription ...

  • Renaissance underway at Port Hurons Studio 1219

    Studio 1219 officials asked the Port Huron Downtown Development Authority for help about a year ago because the building had fallen into disrepair. The authority and Community Foundation of St. Clair County committed $12,500 each for 2012-13 and 2013-14 budgets to ...

  • Red Wings dominate to even playoff series

    CHICAGO - In case they weren’t aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they’re going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit. The Red Wings hammered home that message on Saturday. Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and Detroit beat the Blackhawks 4-1 in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series. It was a strong response ...

  • White House aide clarifies irrelevant IRS comment

    Beware the out-of-context quote.Social media was a-twitter today over a sound bite by White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer that "the law is irrelevant," but that's not all he said during a discussion of the Internal Revenue Service flap.Appearing on ...

  • New smartphone app provides Michigan park information

    Okemos - A new smartphone application has been developed that will provide users with information about Michigan's parks and other recreational opportunities. The free custom mobile app called SMART Parks enables local park and recreation departments to reach residents with text alert updates. The app displays park website and event information in a mobile format. Custom versions can be ...

Movie Review

Road Trip

If vulgarity is an art form, then "Road Trip" aims to a masterpiece. Obscene and often quite funny, "Road Trip" is a direct descendent of the "Animal House"-inspired comedies of the 1980s cross-bred with the Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary"). It will likely be compared to last summer's gross-out teen comedy "American Pie," although "Road Trip" is decidedly lacking in the sentimen ... ...

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  • Obama to speak on legality of drone program

    A White House official says Obama will also address other counterterrorism policies, including stalled efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention ...

  • Mich. disabled vets could see property tax relief

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Some disabled veterans living in Michigan could get some relief next tax season under legislation being debated in the state ...

  • White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

    WASHINGTON -; A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on ...

  • Stilt walker wrapping up trek around Michigan

    Jackson - Hundreds of miles and thousands of dollars later, the "Michigan Stilt Walker" is wrapping up his latest trek across the state. Neil Sauter is raising money for the United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan nonprofit by walking from one end of Michigan to the other all while 9 feet off the ground. The 30-year-old Deerfield resident has mild cerebral palsy. His "Walk for No ...

  • Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

    Des Moines, Iowa - Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny - a claim that tea party activists had made for years - is helping pump new energy into the coalition. And they are trying to use that development, ...

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