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Cheney to be in Mich. for Gerald Ford celebration
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is visiting Grand Rapids as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Gerald Ford. A tribute dinner is set for Monday and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a...
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5-year sentence for bomb plot hoax against Palisades Nuclear Plant and Ford Building
WSBT-TVGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan man has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for false reporting plots to bomb the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich. and the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building in Grand Rapids. U.S. Attorney...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Stranger Than Fiction, Emergency Incidents, Prosecution
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National Cathedral to host 1st same-sex weddings
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the...
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Upton faces familiar foe in 6th District GOP race
DETROIT (AP) — First elected to Congress a quarter-century ago as a moderate Republican, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton has been moving steadily to the right in recent years. The question facing GOP primary voters on Aug. 7 is...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Social Sciences, Fred Upton, Primaries, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Michigan governor to attend Betty Ford's funeral
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his wife will attend memorial and funeral services in Grand Rapids for former First Lady Betty Ford. The memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential...Tags: Human Interest, Rick Snyder, Executive Branch, Michigan, Regional Authority
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Betty Ford's body in Michigan for 2nd service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Betty Ford returned Wednesday to the city where she grew up and wed the man who became the only president from Michigan, prompting hundreds to line the streets in front of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum as her...Tags: Rick Snyder, California, Pete Wilson, Barbara Bush, Maria Shriver
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Producers of 'The Good Wife' want Rumsfeld
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The latest idea for a real-life cameo on the CBS drama "The Good Wife" — former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — has been nixed before it even got anywhere. The Golden Globe-nominated drama has had public...Tags: Julianna Margulies, CBS Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Diane Sawyer , Vernon Jordan
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Storm prompts canceled flights at Michigan airports
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Officials say hundreds of flights in and out of Michigan airports have been cancelled because of a snowstorm making its way across the country. Detroit Metropolitan Airport spokesman Mike Conway says Wednesday many...Tags: Weather, Air Transportation Delays, Detroit, Michigan, Weather Reports
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COLUMN - It's not Watergate, it's Whitewater
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 21 (Reuters) - The trifecta of scandals - Benghazi, the IRS and snooping on journalists - that has broken upon the heads of the Obama administration is...Tags: The Washington Post, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Benghazi, White House
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Column: It's not Watergate, it's Whitewater
Reuters(Reuters) - The trifecta of scandals — Benghazi, the IRS and snooping on journalists — that has broken upon the heads of the Obama administration is as bad as Watergate. No it isn't, says Bob Woodward, whose reputation was made by doggedly pursuing...Tags: The Washington Post, Christopher Stevens, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Benghazi
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LETTER: IRS Problem Isn't Obama's
Regarding "IRS Boss: Policy Not Partisan" [May 18, news]: First, let's remember that the head of the IRS when the stepped-up examination of conservative groups' applicatiions for tax-exempt staus began was appointed by George Bush. So I have to question...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Politics
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President George W. Bush is featured speaker at West Michigan Aviation Academy fundraiser
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — President George W. Bush is the featured speaker at a fundraiser this week for the West Michigan Aviation Academy. Organizers say the event in Grand Rapids begins Wednesday afternoon and includes a social reception,...Tags: Amway, George W. Bush, Politics, Elections
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