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		<title>Death of Pop Diva - Whitney Houston found dead on the eve of the Grammys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerry Wade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitney Houston died on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2012 at 3:55 p.m. She died in the Beverly Hills Hotel in Calif. on the eve of the Grammy award ceremony. She was found dead in a bathtub. The cause of death is still undetermined. Houston was one of the top-selling artists in pop history, remaining on top of the charts for almost 30 years. She was known for the stunning quality of her voice, which was rooted in her black gospel heritage. She began her career in the 1980s with top selling hits like “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” and “Greatest Love of All.” Her career continued into the 1990s as she starred in the movie “Bodyguard,” which featured her top hit remake of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” In the later years of her career Houston struggled with drugs. This led to the decline of both her voice and her career. Although she declared herself drug free in 2010, concert cancellations and the hoarse quality of her voice indicated otherwise. “The biggest devil is me. I&#8217;m either my best friend or my worst enemy,” said Houston regarding her condition. On the eve of the Grammys, Houston was at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetic Progress - One writer’s attempt to preserve the essence of Equatorial Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March is National Reading Month in the U.S., but the scholastic mindset seems to be a worldwide phenomena as one poet from Equatorial Guinea plans to build the first bookstore in his country. Coming from a long history of deep poverty and ruthless leaders, Equatorial Guinea caught international attention when oil was discovered there in the mid 1990’s. With potential fuel buyers came great improvements for the country’s roads, technology and building standards, and the historic cities are changing at electric speeds. Some future-minded citizens, such as Cesar Mba Abogo, an economist and poet from the Equatorial Guinea city of Malaboa, along with many others of his generation recently returned from an exile instilled during the rule of the previous president, Francisco Macias Nguema. &#8220;I came back because I found that I can have more opportunities in my country than in Spain, where I was at the time,&#8221; Mba told BBC Africa in an interview. “And I came back because as a writer, as a poet, I found that I wasn&#8217;t able to explain my identity very well. I was in Spain writing about what it is being an African guy in Europe but at a certain point I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salvation Army Tweets to help homeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haley Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit is turning to Twitter to support the 25th annual Bed &#38; Bread Club Radiothon. The Bed &#38; Bread club is a non-profit program serving 5,000 meals every day. According to Salvation Army’s website, that&#8217;s nearly 1.7 million meals every year to people who would otherwise go without. The Bed &#38; Bread Program provides shelter to nearly 500 homeless individuals each night, or about 167,000 nights of shelter annually. The Bed &#38; Bread Club Radiothon is a live fundraiser aired on News/Talk 760 WJR-AM. This year, the 16-hour fundraising event takes place Friday, Feb. 24, from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Salvation Army will host its inaugural Tweet-a-thon Feb 20-24th. Tweet the designated #BedandBread hashtag during these days to fight poverty in metro Detroit. Ford Motor Company Fund has pledged $3 for each tweet that uses the #bedandbread hastag. You can participate in this cause in less than 10 seconds and under 140 characters. For more information visit http://www.salmich.org .]]></description>
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		<title>Norovirus Update - Cases of the Norovirus confirmed in Jackson county</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimmee Poole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 13 Spring Arbor University (SAU) was alerted by an email bulletin a few cases of the Norovirus had been confirmed in Jackson county. According to an article by Jackson Citizen Patriot , the Norovirus caused the commencement ceremonies at SAU last May to be postponed after “more than 170 students reported an illness.” Taking into account what happened in May, there may be some concern that a similar outbreak is happening again, however, Mary Rick, Executive Director of the Holton Health and Wellness center at SAU said at this time that is not the case. The email, Rick said, was sent out because the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Jackson County Health Department knew about the outbreak that had happened last May and wanted her to let students know about the cases in Jackson as a precaution. Rick said there have been several students from a department on campus who reported having a stomach bug, but that without a culture it was impossible to tell if they were sick with Norovirus. At this point, Rick said, “the most important thing I want people to do is to wash their hands.” The Norovirus, according to Rick, attaches itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greece bailout and the Euro crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Shinabarger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 11 Athens was going up in flames. The Athenians set more than 40 buildings on fire, according to Bloomberg.com, during the weekend of Feb. 11 and 12. According to the Herald Sun website, more than 100,000 people marched on Parliament in Athens, resulting in over 60 arrests. The riots resulted after Germany’s Angela Merkel created budget cuts for Greece, leading to less government workers and higher taxes for the rest of Greece. According to Nasdaq.com, Greece currently has an unemployment rate of 19 percent and the layoffs of government workers could increase unemployment by up to 3 percent, leaving Greece with an unemployment rate nearly doubled from 12.5 percent in 2010. The European Union is pairing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in bailing out Greece with approximately 130 billion Euros ($171 billion), according to an economictimes.com article. With the bailout comes higher expectations and standards for the Greek Economy. The same article says that leaders of Germany, Greece and Italy, are optimistic about the bailout plan. The bailout is an attempt to stabilize the Eurozone and to keep economic and political stability. The protests come from a greater economic crisis with the Euro. According to Europa.eu, Greece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grammy Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekka Bossenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. was filled with celebrities on Feb. 12 to honor the best in music. The program opened with a tribute to the recently deceased Whitney Houston, including a rendition of “I Will Always Love You” by Jennifer Houston. Adele won all the awards she was nominated for, totaling six Grammys. This matched Beyoncé’s record of most awards won by a female at a single show. It isn’t a surprise that “Rolling in the Deep” won song of the year; it had heavy airplay on the radio. Did Adele deserve the clean sweep she received? We can all agree that the entire “21” record was overplayed. But did she win because everyone knew her songs or because everyone knew how good they were (My animosity for Adele stems from hearing her music from every single medium every day, but she does have an incredible voice.)? I was curious as to how votes were determined, and with some digging around both grammy.org and grammy365.com , I found answers. An organization called The Recording Academy determines winners. To be considered eligible, an entry must be submitted through a member or a recognized recording company. The question is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“The Descendants” Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Cuatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: This article contains content that may be offensive to some readers. &#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as paradise.&#8221; “The Descendants” makes it clear that living in Hawaii does not make one immune to pain. Suffering exists in this so-called &#8220;paradise.&#8221; As Matt King (George Clooney) puts it, &#8220;Paradise? Paradise can go  itself.&#8221; King is the main character of “The Descendants” and he must learn how to reconnect with his daughters after his wife goes into a coma. At the same time, King must decide whether to sell the estate that has been in his family since Hawaiian royalty. As the trustee to the estate, the final decision lies with him. Problems escalate when his teenage daughter informs him that his wife has been cheating on him. Much of the film&#8217;s buzz reflects its critical success. “The Descendants” is nominated for five Oscars in major categories, including Best Picture, Actor and Director. Clooney has already won the Golden Globe in the same category, and the film won the Golden Globe for Best Drama. Odds favor “The Descendants” nabbing the Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, which director Alexander Payne won for his last installment “Sideways.” One may want to find time to [...]]]></description>
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