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Monday Morning State News Summary Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:45:14 EDT (Umstudy: Drivers Licenses) A New Study From The University Of Michigan Says That More Than 30 Percent Of 19 Year Olds In The United States In 2010 Did Not Have A Driver's License. The U Of M's Transportation Institute Says The 30-And One-Half Percent Figure Is The Highest Percentage Ever, And Is Up Significantly From The 24 And A Half Percent Recorded In 2008. As Recent As 1983, The Figure Was Below 13 Percent. (Allen Pk-Arraignment) An Allen Park Man Is Expected In Court Today (Mon) To Be Arraigned On Two Counts Of First-Degree Murder And Other Charges In The Deaths Of An Allen Park Couple. Thirty-Nine-Year-Old Roger Bowling Is Accused Of Shooting Chris Hall And Danielle Greenway, Dismembering Their Corpses With A Circular Saw And Tossing Their Remains Into The Detroit River. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Says The Suspect Had Been Staying With The Victims As A Houseguest. (Metro Source) (Mi Whooping Cough) The Number Of Cases Of Pertussis, Also Known As Whooping Cough, Are Up Across The Country, And Officials Are Tracking The Disease In Michigan As Well. The Lansing-Based Gongwer News Service Reports That Figures From The Michigan Department Of Community Health Show There's Been 345 Cases Reported In The State So Far This Year. During The Past Four Weeks, An Average Of 24 New Cases Have Been Reported Per Week, According To The Report. The U-S Centers For Disease Control Reports That The Nation Is Now On Track To Have More Cases Reported This Year, Than In The Last 50 Years. However, At 345 Cases So Far This Year, Michigan Has A Ways To Go To Exceed The More Than 15-Hundred Cases Reported In 2010, As Well As 2009, When There Were 900 Cases Reported. (Mi-Election Cost) Unless Four Of The Gop Candidates Seeking To Fill The Remaining Term Of Former Congressman Thaddeus Mccotter Drop Out Of The Race By This Afternoon (Monday), Wayne And Oakland County Communities In The 11th Congressional District Will Be Forced To Hold A Special Primary Election Which Will Cost 650-Thousand Dollars. Thus Far, Five Republicans And One Democrat Have Filed Petition Signatures To Run September 5th To Fill The Unexpired Term. The Special Election Is The Result Of Mccotter Resigning His Seat Amid A Petition Signature Scandal Which Kept The Incumbent Off The November Ballot. The Winners Of The Special Primary Will Face Off In A Special November Election To Fill Mccotter's Position Until January 2013. The Winner Of The Regular General Election On That Same Day Will Serve Two Years In Washington. (Metro Source) (Capitol-Parent-Child Interaction) Employers Wouldn't Be Able To Fire Employees Who Want To Spend More Time With Their Children On Field Trips And Other Academic Activities Under A Bill Recently Introduced In The State Senate. Detroit Democrat Bert Johnson Calls His Measure A "Common Sense Approach" To Ease The Burden Of Parenting While Maintaining Employment. The Legislation Would Give A Parent Or Legal Guardian Up To 10 Hours Of Unpaid Leave For Each Child In Any One Academic Year For The Purpose Of Attending Academic Activities. It Also Says That Employers Shall Not Discharge, Threaten Or Otherwise Discriminate Against An Employee For Requesting A Leave. (Inkster-Murders) Inkster Police Are Looking For Whoever Is Responsible For Two Murders That Took Place Early Sunday Morning. Police Say The Bodies Were Found Lying At A Dead-End. The Two Men Found Had Several Gunshot Wounds, And Were Pronounced Dead At The Scene. Police Say The Pair Is From Westland. (Wwj, Detroit) (Atlas Twp-Plane Crash) The Genesee County Sheriff's Department Says Two People Were Injured When An Ultra Light Airplane Crashed Into A Home In Atlas Township Saturday Afternoon. The Owner Of The Home Says The Male Pilot Walked Away From The Crash, But A Young Girl Was Trapped In The Two-Seater Plane For Nearly 30 Minutes Before Rescuers Could Get Her Out. She Was Then Transported To A Local Hospital. (Metro Source) (Detroit-Lions Cornerback Arrest) Detroit Lions Cornerback Aaron Berry Was Arrested For The Second Time In A Month Over The Weekend And Charged With Three Counts Of Simple Assault. Berry Was Arrested Saturday In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania For Allegedly Brandishing A Firearm. Profootballtalk.Com Reports That Berry Was Arrested After He Pointed A Gun At A Group Of People From Inside A Car. Berry Was Arrested Last Month On Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol And Other Charges After Witnesses Said His Bmw Hit Two Parked Cars. This Is The Seventh Arrest Of A Lions Player In Seven Months. (Westmi-Urinal Jobs) A West Michigan Company Is Creating Jobs By "In-Sourcing" It's Parts From The U.S. Bill Stimer's Company, Falcon Water-Free Technologies In Wayland, Makes Water-Free Urinals And Recently Began Installing An American-Made Main Component. So Far, Falcon Has Created Eight New Jobs, But Steimer Says They Have Plans To Add Many More As The Company Produces More Of Its Components In The Usa. The Move Has Attracted The Attention Of U.S. Secretary Of Labor Hilda Solis, Who Visited The Falcon Factory And Praised The Company For Bringing Back Jobs That Were Previously Outsourced To China. (Metro Source) (Dearborn-Sex Offender Lawsuit) A Convicted Sex Offender With Excellent Grades Is Suing To Get Back Into A Dearborn College, Which Expelled Him When It Learned About His Record. Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Michael Branch Of Detroit Says His Rights Were Violated When Henry Ford Community College Kicked Him Out Of School Last Year. Branchs Parole Officer Had No Problem With Him Attending The School If He Stayed Away From A Campus Day Care Facility. Hes Now Off Parole. Branch Served A Prison Sentence For Having Sex With A 15-Year-Old Girl In 2004. He Said He Believed She Was Older. (Wwj, Detroit) (Midland-Bodyfound) Police In Midland County Say A Woman's Body Has Been Found In The Tittawabassee River. The 41-Year-Old, Whose Name Was Not Immediately Relased, Had Been Reported Missing Saturday Morning. An Autopsy Was Performed Yesterday, But The Cause Of Her Death Has Not Been Made Public. (Metro Source0 (Weekend Lottery) There Were No Tickets That Matched All The Numbers In Saturday's Classic Lotto Jackpot Drawing Worth Two-Point-Five-Five (M) Million Dollars. That Means Wednesday's Jackpot Will Be Worth Three-Point-One- (M) Million Dollars ($3, 100,000). The Numbers Drawn Saturday Were: 09- 19- 21- 27- 37- 44. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 3 Lottery On Sunday Were: 1-5-2 The Winning Numbers For The Midday 4 Lottery Were: 5-8-1-6 The Winning Numbers For The Evening 3 Lottery Were: 1-5-2 The Winning Numbers For The Evening 4 Lottery Were: 1-4-9-7 The Winning Numbers For The Fantasy 5 Lottery Were: 01- 06- 13- 27- 37. The Winning Numbers For The Keno Lottery Were: 02- 03- 05- 10- 12- 25- 31-35- 36- 37- 43- 47- 49- 55-58- 61- 64- 65- 67- 73- 77 And 79. The Winning Numbers For The Powerball Lottery For Saturday Are: 09- 31- 38- 54- 56. The Powerball Number Was: 20. The Next Drawing Will Be Held Wednesday. The Jackpot Is Projected To Be $121 (M) Million Dollars. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 3 Lottery On Saturday Were: 5-4-5 The Winning Numbers For The Midday 4 Lottery Saturday Were: 8-7-4-4 The Winning Numbers For The Evening 3 Saturday Were: 6-8-6 The Winning Numbers For The Evening 4 Game Saturday Were: 2-6-6-3 The Winning Numbers For The Fantasy 5 Lottery Were: 05- 07- 29- 32- 34. . The Winning Keno Numbers Saturday Were: 03- 05- 09- 10- 13- 14- 17- 18-23- 27- 33- 37- 45- 49- 52- 60-61- 62- 67- 70- 72- And 80. Tuesday's Mega Millions Jackpot Will Be Worth $45 (M) Million Dollars. |
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