what's next for Michigan for Healthcare in Michigan?

Supreme Court upholds almost all of healthcare law what happens to Michigan
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Black Eyed Peas Car is it true?

Will.I.Am announces new car  the new venture, IAMAUTO, on the Tonight Show  read more at michiganradio.org

Top News stories from 2011 @michiganradio.org

Take a look back at  my end-of-year look back at some of the more notable stories, here's a collection of 2011 arts and culture stories that we feel deserve another look.
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The Christmas tree debate: real or fake? What side are you on?

There’s a long-running debate about which kind of Christmas tree is greener: real or artificial. We wanted to try to settle that debate... or at least add to the discussion:
Lauren Northrop and her husband Tom are big fans of Christmas.
“We love celebrating it, I love decorating, but we always have this dilemma: what do we do about a tree?”
They didn’t want a plastic tree because it’s, well, plastic. And they didn’t like the idea of bringing a live tree into their house, only to have it die and then drag it out to the curb to be recycled.
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Breaking news: Great Lakes restoration funding survives budget cuts

Jeff Skelding is the campaign director for the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. He says in a time when many budgets are getting slashed, funding for Great Lakes cleanup will remain steady.

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look at Detroit's financial troubles

Detroit’s financial troubles have been in the news quite a bit recently with Mayor Dave Bing announcing a plan to lay off 1000 city workers and the looming possibility of the state assigning an emergency manager to take over the city’s finances. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry took a look back at Detroit's history of financial problems.listen here
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/historical-look-detroits-financial-troubles

Report: Michigan universities among the top for international students

According to Open Doors 2011, an annual report put out by the Institute of International Education with support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, two Michigan universities placed in the top 10 in terms of international student enrollment
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http://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-universities-among-top-international-students