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Yesterday at 9:34 PM  Each and everyday at the press briefings you see familiar faces and you hear from most of them, but the one person you don't hear from is coming across loud and clear for the deaf community in Colorado Springs.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  The Debernardi family is taking steps in the right direction at Bicentennial Park in Grand Blanc. They say the march of dimes was there for them in their time of need and bringing their now healthy twin girls to the walk is a token of their gratitude.

Saturday, April 13, 2013  A group of moms plans to rally at the Michigan Capitol for gun-control measures.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 to win NCAA men's basketball championship.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  It could be a sign of an economic turnaround. U.S. auto sales posted the best figures in years last month.  Automakers recorded nearly 1.5 million new trucks and cars sold in March. Analysts say that's due in some part to low interest rates and because people are buying out of necessity.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points after halftime, including a long, tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation, and Michigan rallied to beat Kansas 87-85 in the South Regional semifinals Friday night.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Trees are still being cleared and events are being planned to mark the one-year anniversary.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  With St. Patrick's Day and the NCAA Tournament approaching, increased patrols are on their way.

Monday, March 11, 2013 

Thursday, February 28, 2013  $85 billion in cross-the-board federal spending cuts – known as sequestration – are on the horizon, but there's no compromise in sight on Capitol Hill.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Autumn Elwell was on her way back home from a weekend concert in Grand Rapids when a tractor trailer on I-96 ran into her vehicle killing her and injuring her sister.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  LaBreonna Bland, a UM-Flint senior, gathered a handful of students to take a picture together Thursday evening, in a show of support for Trayvon Martin and his family. It’s a snapshot of the public outrage the teenager's death sparked. Zimmerman was arrested and charged Wednesday, but students say it took too long, and something's wrong with the public justice system.

Friday, April 06, 2012  US hiring slows in March as employers add just 120,000 jobs, unemployment rate dips to 8.2 percent

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  It took Suzan Early 20 years to share a story she thought was too dark to tell.  But the now 32-year-old University of Michigan-Flint student found strength Wednesday in a room full of her sorority sisters, faculty and other students who listened and vowed to be a part of the solution to sexual violence, a problem that affects 2 in every 5 women in Michigan.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  “We want justice, we want peace,” chanted dozens of students at Saginaw Valley State University, on their march to a nearby 7-Eleven Wednesday.  Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin of Florida was shot to death on his way back from a snack run by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Zimmerman claimed self-defense, but police video obtained by ABC News Wednesday shows a cuffed Zimmerman without any visible signs of attack. He was questioned but not charged in Martin’s death.