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MzEllen & Co. (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
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MzEllen & Co. (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Last month, I discussed the potential criminal liability for the impaired operation of a motorized wheelchair in Canada. On the topic of drunken care and control of non-traditional motor vehicles, the Grand Rapids Press reports the story of a Michigan man caught operating a riding lawnmower with a blood alcohol level of 0.441 percent. That level [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Well we are printing all our info and getting ready to get a good nights sleep as we must be at the airport at 5am. woo hoo! First time blogging so I'll to keep up on our adventures with pictures everyday!!
Monastic Musings (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
For the next week, I'm participating in a seminar at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, titled Teaching and Learning as a Spiritual Discipline: The Educational Philosophy of Hugh of Saint Victor , led by Dale Coulter of Regent University of Frans van Liere of Calvin College. (The seminar description, linked above, gives a good hint of Hugh of St. Victor's philosophy of education.) The seminar...
Linda's Backroad Musings (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Bridal showers supposedly began in the United States in 1890. The name originated in Grand Rapids, Michigan according to a site on Google. I wonder if there is a sign outside the city stating this unusual claim to fame. I doubt it. A noble beginning, friends gathered to shower gifts on a poor girl for her dowry. It is still a way for a bride to accumulate household necessities. Kim and I are hosting...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Grand Rapids, MI's North Lincoln has posted two new songs online. Both "My Summer Spent Indoors" and "Spy" are streaming as one track on their MySpace page. The tracks will appear on the band's long-in-the-works new full length Midwestern Blood . Guitarist Kevin Nunn commented on the delays: The mixing and mastering has just been plauged with problems and setbacks including having to transfer everything...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Mercantile Bank Corp., the Grand Rapids, Mich., bank-holding company, swung to a second-quarter loss from a year-earlier profit and halved its quarterly dividend. The loss was $2.6 million, or 31 cents a share, compared with net income of $2.2 million, or 26 cents, in the year-earlier period. The net interest margin -- the difference between what a bank takes in on loans...
Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
JULY 16, 2008 TONEY vs RAHMAN PECHANGA RESORT & CASINO TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA (12 Rd NABO Heavyweight Championship Bout) JAMES “LIGHTS OUT” TONEY Grand Rapids, MI (70-6-3, 43KOs) Former Middle, Super Middle, Light Heavy Cruiser and Heavyweight Champion of the World 226 lbs. VS HASIM “THE ROCK” RAHMAN Baltimore, MD (45-6-2, 36KOs) Former 2-Time Heavyweight Champ 244 lbs. Toney is the lightest he’s been...
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Tanya and Jim, recently sent us this question below and are asking for your help. If you have any leads or tips for them, leave a comment. We just bought two very cool mid-century chairs and I'm trying to find out more about them. They were made by Stow Davis Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, MI. One of them still has the original tag. They were part of order number 54823, style no. 113, finish...
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It was only a matter of time… Bradley LaShawn Fowler, 39, of Canton, Michigan is seeking $60 million from Zondervan Publishers and another $10 million from Thomas Nelson Publishing in lawsuits flied in U.S. District Court of the Easton District of Michigan, reports the Grand Rapids Press. Fowler states that he’s suing the two major Christian [...]
Bruisin' Ales Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It’s confirmed! From the source. Founders Brewing, a top-notch brewery from Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be making it’s appearance very, very soon. Beer spies tell us it could be as soon as two weeks. Founders, of course, is practically famous for their Kentucky Breakfast Stout. (We’ve been sitting on a bottle of that for over [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Sen. John McCain will bring his presidential campaign back to Michigan this week for a Thursday night fund-raiser in East Grand Rapids and a Friday morning meeting with automotive employees at the GM Tech Center in Warren.
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Afternoon ya'll. Stormy's packing his suitcases for the Netroots Nation so I'm your substitute 4 @ 4 Hostess. WMR : Project Vote Smart in Grand Rapids Today . There's only an hour left but if you're in GR, run on over and say "hi" to the nice folks in the red, white and blue bus. Absolute Michigan : The Week for July 14 - 20, 2008 . Check out all of the fun and exciting things going on around the state...
The Recliner Commentaries (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
According to WoodTV 8 in Grand Rapids, MI: Christian publisher Zondervan is facing a $60 million federal lawsuit filed by a man who claims he and other homosexuals have suffered based on what the suit claims is a misinterpretation of the Bible. The lawsuit centers on the translation of arsenokoitai in First Corinthians 6:9. Bradley Fowler, the man bringing the lawsuit, says “Zondervan Bibles published...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Priority Health has won state approval to expand outstate, bringing to 65 the number of Michigan counties where it now offers health benefits, the Grand Rapids-based company said today.