What's Happening in Michigan

Laser-based missile defense for helicopters on the anvil
A new laser technology being developed at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc. will protect helicopters in combat from enemy missiles.
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MSU guard Lucious pleads guilty to reckless driving
EAST LANSING -- Korie Lucious, a junior basketball guard for Michigan State University, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor reckless driving in 54B District court, according to court records.Luciou...
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Avid MSU football fan gets surprise visit from athletic department
EAST LANSING -- It's only fitting that Tom Tabler's 90th birthday is Saturday - on the day of the MSU Spartans' first football game of the season. Tabler is, by all accounts, as avid a Spartans footba...
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Detroit police gun buyback nets 800 weapons
DETROIT - All of the $20,000 donated for a gun buyback program held Thursday by the Detroit Police Department was spent and thousands more were committed in vouchers to cover the more than 800 guns tu...
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Detroit's archbishop to bless grave for fetuses
The head of the Catholic Church in Detroit is to bless a grave marker Saturday at a pro-life event remembering fetuses that were found in 2008 in a Lathrup Village dumpster.
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