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Michigan to force Amazon, other stores to collect sales taxJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan residents who buy from Amazon, Overstock and some other online retailers will be forced to pay the state's 6 percent sales tax starting in...
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Lottery worker faces fraud charges in mystery Hot Lotto caseJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa lottery worker who illegally played the lottery won a multimillion-dollar jackpot in 2010 and asked others to help him claim it, authorit...
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Normal runoff levels expected in Missouri River this yearJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The amount of water flowing into the Missouri River this spring is expected to be close to normal levels. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it exp...
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$20M gift to start leadership center at U. of MichiganJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The University of Michigan plans to use a new $20 million gift from former General Mills CEO Stephen Sanger and his wife to start a leadership ce...
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Feds: Sampling finds more Asian carp DNA near Lake MichiganJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal report says genetic markers of Asian carp are still showing up in Chicago-area waterways. Environmentalists say that highlights the...
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Iowa court denies damages in Lee County whistleblower caseJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) - A former Lee County maintenance supervisor cannot collect $186,000 in damages a jury awarded him for being fired by the county supervisors, the Iowa ...
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Snyder vetoes gun bill over protection order provisionJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Republican Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a rewrite of a Michigan gun law Thursday, objecting to a provision that would have let some people who have pers...
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Entire southern Indiana city to have gigabit networkJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - JASPER, Ind. (AP) - A telecommunications company will wire every home and business in a southern Indiana city with fiber-optic lines that will provide Internet service s...
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Flu vaccine not working well; only 23 percent effectiveJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It's only 23 percent effective, which is one of the worst performances in the last decade, accordin...
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Android Industries to bring 131 jobs to Detroit operationJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. says Android Industries LLC is expanding in Detroit and will bring dozens of new jobs to area residents. The compa...