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  • Sentencing for Allegan Dog Abuser Slated

    (Allegan, MI - WHTC News) - Days after a Labador Retriever that had been abused by a man at a Dorr Township home two years ago had died, sentencing is slated today for a 32-year-old Allegan man who mistreated a similar dog this spring. Kristopher Hall pleaded ... More

  • Son Testifies Against Mother in Cow Shooting

    (Hudsonville, MI - WHTC News) - A 39-year-old Jamestown Township woman was bound over for trial on four felony charges stemming from the shooting of a cow at her boyfriend’s brother’s farm last May. In a preliminary hearing yesterday, Catherine Bender’s 23-year-old son Dustin ... More

  • Survey Shows Need for Health Care Alternatives

    (Holland Twp., MI - WHTC News) - In polling conducted by Hope College’s Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research for the Ottawa County Health Department and the County Health Plan Advisory Taskforce, 68 percent of small businesses responding say that they do not offer health ... More

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  • Most Road Projects Suspended For Labor Day Weekend

    (Lansing, MI)  --  If you're traveling by car this Labor Day weekend, you'll see fewer orange barrels in the way.  The Michigan Department of Transportation is lifting traffic restrictions on 122 of its 173 projects around the state.  Roadwork will be suspended where possible ... More

  • Livonia Named Tops For Speed Traps In Michigan

    (Livonia, MI)  --  Governor Granholm’s hometown of Livonia has landed on a list of the country's most infamous speed traps.  The National Motorists Association took reports from users on its Web site and identified localities with the most reported speed zones in each state ... More

  • Runners Selected For Mackinac Bridge Crossing

    (St. Ignace, MI)  --  A select number of runners around the state are getting ready to lace up their sneakers for a special run across the Mackinac Bridge.  A group of 400 runners recently received notification that they were chosen in an online lottery to run ... More

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  • Bumpy economy cited as helping improve U.S. roads

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One upside of the worst U.S. economic slump since the Great Depression is that with fewer motorists on the road, the nation's highways are less congested and in better shape, a study said on Thursday. The condition of urban interstate ... More

  • Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday. The trial centered on a 2001 accident involving Brian Cole, who ... More

  • S.Korea Kia recalls some Soul, Sorento vehicles

    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors said on Friday that it had started a recall of some Soul and Sorento vehicles sold worldwide because of a fire hazard. The recall, which began on September 1, would affect a combined 35,000 ... More

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  • Banks admit better disclosure on bonuses needed

    LONDON (Reuters) - Banks have acknowledged they need to be more open about the size of their bonus pools and the methodology for paying star bankers after making progress in other areas of reforming pay structures. More policy changes are needed to reduce the excessive risk ... More

  • BOJ to stand pat next week, eyes easing next month

    TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hold off on easing monetary policy next week but is gearing up for further action in October as the strong yen threatens to derail its forecast of a moderate economic recovery, sources said. Having just loosened ... More

  • Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release. Soldiers were sent to the location after an airborne patrol sighted armed men outside a building ... More

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  • U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday. The ... More

  • Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings. The White House said in a statement that National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser ... More

  • Food safety a "priority" for Senate: Reid aide

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a "priority" for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system. "It has ... More

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  • Service sector spotlight shines on Germany, China

    LONDON (Reuters) - Global service sector surveys highlighted a growing divergence in economic recovery on Friday with a pick up in growth in China and Germany but slowdowns in Britain and Spain and an expected deceleration in the United States. The data follows sister surveys which ... More

  • Banks admit better disclosure on bonuses needed

    LONDON (Reuters) - Banks have acknowledged they need to be more open about the size of their bonus pools and the methodology for paying star bankers after making progress in other areas of reforming pay structures. More policy changes are needed to reduce the excessive risk ... More

  • Canada's Goldcorp to buy Andean for $3.4 billion

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Canada's Goldcorp Inc agreed to buy Argentina-focused gold miner Andean Resources Ltd for C$3.6 billion ($3.4 billion), trumping a competing offer from rival Eldorado Gold Corp. The takeover is the latest in a series of gold mining deals this ... More

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  • I Spy a New Spy

    When it comes to recurring on-screen protagonists, I don't think there's any archetype more enviable than the globe-trotting superspy. They engage in all of the larger-than-life, world-saving heroics that superheroes and cops do, but aren't emasculated by colorful spandex or hampered by ... More

  • Gabor released from hospital

    The 93 year old was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, found her ""unresponsive"" at home. She was stabilised in the facility and a family spokeswoman revealed Gabor was ""not in a life-threatening situation"". The ... More

  • Harvey Keitel to Be Next Head of Dunder Mifflin?

    Harvey Keitel to Dunder Mifflin? The Office executive producer Paul Lieberstein has told E! that he thinks the Oscar winner is ""Probably the only guy who can do it, and he's doing TV now."" No talks have commenced but he is seriously being considered ... More

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  • Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market. Final data from the so-called SCOUT study, published on Wednesday ... More

  • Too little sleep bad for teenagers' diets: study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said getting too little sleep can result ... More

  • Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia progression

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday. The findings ... More

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  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... More

  • Study finds first genetic link to common migraine

    LONDON (Reuters) - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Researchers who looked at genetic data from 50,000 people ... More

  • Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. The draft gene map ... More

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  • Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development

    BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star ... More

  • Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space. Baidu CFO Jennifer Li, speaking at ... More

  • Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service. "Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October ... More

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  Top Stories in Sports

  • Pistorius expects to comfortably make London

    ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's ... More

  • Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat ... More

  • Underdogs gets their chance in limelight at U.S. Open

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world. When they enter Arthur Ashe ... More

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