http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/ Faithorn, MI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/b87f0d547ceaa5cd9675e5a3516fb44e.html It's on to the Elite Eight for the Maryland men's soccer team and freshman forward Casey Townsend a Traverse City West product Plus No 1 Penn State and Leland's Alica Glass keep making NCAA history and more news about area college athletes http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/8cf2be255cfa75b218e44777c078f251.html The federal minimum drinking age has been the topic of many discussions and debates and two Albion College classes made that debate official on Monday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/d10c8ae67df9b8b257f912bd0c9e88b0.html Dear Rick: Thanks so much for your radio show and your newspaper column I've learned a lot throughout the years I am in my early 70s I have not yet taken my required distribution from my IRA I always wait until the end of the year I heard that because of the downturn on Wall Street there is a possibility they will suspend required distributions this year I don't want to take a distribution this year as all my funds are currently very low http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/6c6fb78956f1ac3b6cba5a46327a9496.html This morning one day after his murder trial began 20yearold Quintin Lashar Holmes pleaded guilty to seconddegree murderHolmes of Lansing was on trial in the death of 30yearold Maceo Marsell Buchanan of Lansing Opening arguments and testimony began Monday before Ingham County Chief Circuit Judge William ColletteBuchanan's body was found May 1 on a sidewalk outside the Stone Crest Townhomes in south LansingAs part of the plea agreement Holmes' minimum sentence will be at least 20 years in prisonHolmes' plea came before testimony was to begin todayRead Wednesday's Lansing State Journal for more on this report http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/e768a89164369b507d8944c13dd1d160.html It seems so long ago that Charlie Weis rallied the troops in South Bend telling the approving gathered alumni last spring The hell with MichiganThe crowd roared Then Weis took one for the team against the Wolverines this season at Notre Dame Stadium a victory for the Irish by the way when he was caught offguard on the sideline as a player accidentally nailed him in the knees Weis required surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate and joked he was finally an athlete http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/2bd86670438165904af7a299fc80ffe0.html LANSING In the wake of an unstable fossil fuels market and ailing economy lawmakers are turning their attention toward tapping into the state's oil and natural gas resources despite some environmental concernsThe Department of Natural Resources oversees leasing of stateowned lands for oil and natural gas production http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/3e3d707e57bc75a511260d2bb2544be0.html December got off to a snowy start today Monday around Northern Michigan as residents awoke to find several inches of the white precipitation on the ground http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/michigan/faithorn/content/93d592b9f6e569aa071af278269dddd4.html Despite tough economic times many area retailers opened very early Friday morning with doorbuster deals to draw people to their stores on what is commonly referred to as Black Friday