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Saturday Morning State News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 5:38:37 EST (Kalamazoo-Beating Death) Two People Will Be Arraigned Today (Saturday) In The Beating Death Of A Kalamazoo Man. Neighbors Found The Body Of 50-Year Old Jack Watson In The Street In Front Of His Apartment Early Friday Morning. He Was Pronounced Dead At The Scene. Police Believe Watson And The Suspects Got Into A Fight Inside His Apartment And The Altercation Spilled Outside. The Motive Remains Unclear But Investigators Have Ruled Out Drugs Or Robbery. Anyone With Information Is Asked To Contact Kalamazoo Police Or Silent Observer. (Help From: Julie Tedesco, Wood, Grand Rapids) (Mi-Cox Denied) The Michigan Court Of Appeals Has Blocked Attorney General Mike Cox's Office From Prosecuting The Case Of An Ex-Judge. Former Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Mary Waterstone Is Charged With Allowing Perjury In A 2005 Drug Trial. The Appeals Court Says Cox Can't Prosecute The Case Because Of A Conflict Of Interest. The Attorney General's Office Defended Waterstone In A Civil Suit Filed By A Drug Dealer Who Said His Trial Was Marred By False Testimony. It's Not Yet Decided Who Will Now Handle The Prosecution In The Case. (Metro Source) (Report: Health Care Consequences) If The U.S. Fails To Enact Health Care Reform This Year, 76-Hundred Michigan Residents Will Die Prematurely Over The Next Decade. That's According To Families Usa, Which Advocates For Health Care Reform. In A New Report, The Group Says That Nationally, The Number Of Premature Deaths Due To Lack Of Coverage Is Expected To Grow From 68 A Day This Year To 84 A Day In 2019 Among Those Between The Ages Of 25 And 64. Families Usa Executive Director Ron Pollack Said The Uninsured Often Delay Or Ignore Getting Medical Attention Until It's Too Late. He Said If Health Reform Fails, Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Nationwide Will Die Prematurely. (Mi-Kilpatrick Restitution) Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Has Failed To Persuade The Michigan Court Of Appeals To Overturn A Decision Requiring Special Restitution Payments To The City. The Decision Friday Likely Clears The Way For A Wayne County Judge To Hold A Probation Violation Hearing. However, Kilpatrick Could Appeal The Decision To The Michigan Supreme Court. Kilpatrick Failed To Fully Pay More Than 79-Thousand Dollars By February 19th. He Also Has Been Ordered To Pay 240-Thousand Dollars In April. Last Week, A Warrant Was Issued For Kilpatrick's Arrest, But That Warrant Was Put On Hold While The Appeals Court Evaluated The Former Mayor's Appeal. Kilpatrick Has Been Making Monthly Payments Toward His One-Million Dollar Restitution In A Criminal Case. But Groner Found That He Had Been Dishonest About His Finances And Ordered Special Payments Of 320-Thousand Dollars. Kilpatrick, Who Lives And Works In The Dallas, Texas Area, Says He Can't Afford It. (Help From: Wwj, Detroit) (Lansing-Snow Leopard) Veterinarians On Thursday Completed The Worlds First Artificial Insemination Of A Female Snow Leopard Without The Use Of Surgery Or Anesthesia At Lansing's Potter Park Zoo. The Advancement Could Significantly Impact Reproductive Capabilities In Captive Snow Leopards, A Species On The Brink Of Extinction. Veterinarian And Curator Dr. Tara Harrison Says The Use Of Surgery And Anesthesia Adds Stress To The Animal, Decreasing The Chances Of Conception. Instead, Harrison And Zookeepers Used Behavioral Training Techniques To Position Serena, The Zoos 11-Year-Old Female Snow Leopard, So She Could Be Inseminated. The Semen Sample Came From Kaz, A 10-Year-Old Male Snow Leopard At The John Ball Zoo In Grand Rapids. It Will Be About A Month Before Potter Park Zoo Staff Can Confirm Through Hormonal Analyses And Ultra Sound Imaging Whether Serena Has Conceived. The Gestation Period For A Snow Leopard Is Approximately 100 Days. Zoo Director Gerry Brady Says Currently, Artificial Insemination Of Anesthetized Snow Leopards Is Successful In Only 1 Out Of 3 Cases. (Msu-Social Networking) Call It Social Networking On Sterioids. A Florida Company Has Signed A Deal With Michigan State University, To Set Up A Research And Development Center At Michigan State University. Among The Projects, Is A System To Improve Two-Way Communication With Farmers And Others State Wide In The Ms Extension Service. Company C-E-O Says Their Company, Called 'Ingage Networks' And It Offers Social Media Services To Private Businesses, Nonprofit Groups And Government Agencies. Their Specialty, He Says Is To Gather, Organize And Connect A Business Or Government Entity To Improve Productivity And Performance. (Mi-Debt Relief Scams) State Officials Are Warning Consumers Seeking Debt-Relief Assistance To Avoid Unregulated Debt-Settlement Programs. Governor Granholm Is Advising Residents Seeking Debt Counseling To Contact A State-Regulated Financial Entity. Usually With Debt- Settlement Programs, Consumers Are Charged Exorbitant Up-Front Fees, And Their Monthly Payments Are Held In Escrow Accounts. The Debt-Settlement Company Then Will Attempt To Negotiate Payoffs With Creditors. Granholm Says A Number Of Unregulated Debt Settlement Companies Are Simply Scams, And They Disappear After Consumers Pay Them Thousands Of Dollars. The Governor Says A Safe Alternative Are Banks Or Credit Unions. She Adds That There Are Debt-Management Companies That Must Be Licensed By The State Office Of Financial And Insurance Regulation. The Companies Are Required To Employ Qualified Debt Counselors And Offer Detailed Budgeting And Debt And Credit Counseling Assistance. (Mi-Colorectal Cancer Month) A Push Is On Again This Month, By The American Cancer Society, For People To Get Tested For Colorectal Cancer. Last Year, More Than Five-Thousand Michigan Residents Developed Colon Cancer, And 11-Hundred-30 Died From The Disease. Vicki Rakowski, C-O-O Of The A-C-S Great Lakes Division, Says At Most Risk Are People Ages 50-And-Older, Those With A Family History Of Cancer, And Minorities. She Says Michigan's Colorectal Screening Rate Is Now 66-Point-Three Percent, Compared To 59-Percent Nationally, But The Numbers Could Be Reduced Further. Rakowski Says People Can Prevent Colon Cancer By Undertaking More Healthy Lifestyles, Including Healthier Diets And Not Smoking. Colorectal Cancer Is The Second-Leading Cause Of Death In The Nation. (Jackson-Child Death-Update) A Jackson County District Judge Has Dismissed Charges Against A Jackson Woman In The Death Of Her Two-Year-Old Son. 21-Year Old Christy Brown Was Facing Charges Of Felony Murder And Child-Abuse. Judge R. Darryl Mazur Said The Evidence Presented During The Preliminary Examination Proved Brown Might Have Known About The Abuse, But Not That She Helped Or Encouraged The Abuse To Happen. Cameron Russell Suffered A Head Injury January 19th And Died The Following Day At The University Of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital In Ann Arbor. Police Say The Child Was Home That Afternoon With Brown's Boyfriend Who Told Officers That He Was Carrying The Boy When He Fell And Dropped The Child. 23-Year Old Ronald Woodard Ii, Has Been Bound Over To Circuit Court For Trial On The Same Charges. (Kalamazoo-Internet Sting) A Student At The Kalamazoo Valley Community College Police Academy Has Been Arrested In An Internet Sting Operation. 21-Year Old David Thornberry Was Arraigned Thursday On Six Felony Charges For Trying To Solicit A Minor For Sex. Thornberry Reportedly Thought He Was Chatting On Line With A 14-Year Old Girl But It Was Actually A Member Of The Volunteer Group Called Perverted Justice, Which Is Coordinated Through The Attorney Generals Office. Thornberry Is Being Held On A 40-Thousand Dollar Bond. (Wbck, Battle Creek) (Berrien Co-Former Cop Sentenced) A Former Benton Harbor Police Officer Was Sentenced In A Corruption Case This Week. Bernard Hall Was At One Time The Head Of The Department's Narcotics Unit, And Was Indicted With Testimony From Another Former Officer. In 2008, 27-Year Old Andrew Collins Was Arrested For Staging Phony Drug Buys, Stealing Evidence, And Committing Other Kinds Of Fraud. The U.S. Attorneys Office Says That The 34-Year Old Hall Benefited From The Activities, Doing Nothing To Stop Them And "Entering Into A Pervasive Pattern Of Police Corruption." Hall Was Sentenced On Thursday To 33 Months In Prison And Three Years Of Supervised Release. He Pleaded Guilty In September To Falsifying Search Warrant Affidavits, Embezzling Police Funds, And Conspiracy To Violate Civil Rights. Hall Will Also Have To Pay Ten-Thousand Dollars In Restitution. Some Of The Drug Cases That Hall And Collins Worked On Had To Be Later Overturned By The Berrien County Prosecutor. (Andrew Green, Wsjm, St. Joseph) (Fri-Lottery) One Ticket From California Matched All The Winning Numbers In Friday's Mega Millions Lotto Jackpot Worth $133 (M) Million Dollars. The Numbers Drawn Were: 11, 31, 34, 44, And 52. The Mega Ball Was 32. It Means Tuesday's Jackpot Will Be Worth $12 (M) Million Dollars. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 3 Lottery Were: 2-2-0. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 4 Lottery Were: 7-9-1-3. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 3 Lottery Were: 9-3-9. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 4 Lottery Were: 2-0-5-6. The Winning Numbers For The Fantasy 5 Lottery Were: 14-20-21-27-36. The Winning Numbers For The Keno Lottery Were: 03-07-08-13-17-25-27-29-32-35-40-44-46-53-56-60-61-64-65-73-75-78. Tonight's (Sat) Classic Lotto Jackpot Is Worth Two-Point-Three (M) Million Dollars. |
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