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Saturday, February 02, 2013  A man charged in the 2007 killing of a Flint store owner will stand trial again this spring after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Judge to hear testimony on whether Virginia Tech should pay fines related to 2007 shootings

Friday, October 21, 2011  Flint lost a lawsuit to 48 police officers who were a part of the Citizens Service Bureau under the Williamson administration. The group claimed they were looked over for promotions because of their race in 2006.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  In 2007, Harvey Lee Johnson allegedly robbed the cash register of the Carpenter Road Market in Flint, and then killed the 41-year-old clerk.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Decision comes after $8 million lawsuit over Genesee Towers last year

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Update, school agrees to honor deceased student during graduation

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Complete story re-write: US fines Virginia Tech maximum $55,000 for response to 2007 mass shooting

Friday, October 22, 2010  Groups band together to make community better

Monday, October 11, 2010  The jobs crisis has brought an unwelcome discovery for many unemployed Americans: Job openings in their old fields exist. Yet they no longer qualify for them.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  A government investigator says 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  After the recession began in 2007, the suburbs continued to post larger increases in the number of poor — adding 1.8 million, compared to 1.4 million in the cities.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it.

Monday, October 04, 2010  Though most economists think it helped avert a second Depression, the $700 billion program was as despised as any in U.S. history.

Friday, October 01, 2010  President Barack Obama's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus law may not be earning good grades with the public, but the White House claims it's on track to produce the promised 3.5 million jobs.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  Toyota says the recall is due to the vehicles' pedal mechanism becoming worn and, in some cases, stuck.