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The Spun
Alternet
Multibillion-dollar battle brewing behind closed doors will affect every American
LANSING, Mich. — Fifteen years working as an emergency room nurse has convinced Kim Bogan that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over. Her patients arriving for triage are sicker than ever. They can’t afford many of the prescriptions they get in the ER. And sometimes when patients die, she wonders if she could have saved them had she not been caring for five or six other people at once. That’s why she spent the past year shuttling between 12-hour shifts at this city’s Sparrow Hospital and campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat who made “Medic...
Seattle ON Tap
The Detroit Free Press
Ex-Michigan corrections officer pleads guilty to having machine gun
LANSING — The former Michigan corrections officer who was the subject of years of complaints from neighbors about explosions and gunfire on his property has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge. Casey Wagner, 34, of Ionia Township, pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun — a 10-year felony — in federal court in Lansing on Nov. 4, court records show. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Hala Jarbou ordered a pre-sentence report and scheduled sentencing for Feb. 24 in Lansing, records show. Michael Taylor, Wagner's Flint attorney, did not immediately respond to a Nov. 6 email and telephone messages seeking comment. A federal grand jury indicted Wagner May 21 on several charges , including possession of sawed-off weapons, possession of a machine gun, and unlawful possession of a firearm while a user of controlled substances. Under a plea deal with prosecutors filed in federal court, Wagner will be sentenced on the machine gun charge and the other charges will be dropped. No agreement has been reached on what sentence prosecutors will recommend, according to the plea agreement. Wagner has been on home detention, with electronic monitoring, while the case proceeds. More: 2-year-old shot with mother's gun in Detroit home, police
The Mary Sue
Michigan fans arrive at the Ann Arbor Golf Club to tailgate. Then researchers ask them to step into 2 yurts and donate their urine: ‘The Piss Off’
Could your urine be used for good? According to some researchers who are hosting The Piss Off in Michigan, the answer is yes, as some researchers in Michigan prepare to use the football rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State to test a “peecycling” program on a stadium-level scale for the first time. Researchers from Michigan […]