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...finishing up the stunning gains in voter registration that it and the Democratic Party have made. Since January alone more than 3.5 million new voters have been registered in 17 of the 23 states tracked closely by the Obama campaign where information is available. Three states - Florida, Michigan and North Carolina - have seen increases of more than 400,000 new voters, and 10 more states have recorded new registrations of more than 100,000. Though these numbers include registrants to all parties, in 14 of the states at least half of the new voters are under 35, a key demographic...
However, the tight Presidential race is playing out to the advantage of domestic carmakers as they press for legislation for the loan guarantees. The list of states that would benefit includes the potential swing states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. "That's where the election is going to be decided, right there," notes one Ford official, who asked not to be identified. Barack Obama, the Democratic Presidential candidate, and Republican nominee John McCain have endorsed the loan guarantees. Both candidates also voted for the Energy Bill approved by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in December that...
Thomas Huckle Weller was born on June 15, 1915 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The son and grandson of physicians—his father, Carl V. Weller was a pathologist at the University of Michigan Medical School—Weller would receive his A.B. and S.M. degrees from the university...
...year after graduating from Michigan, Weller left for Harvard Medical School—in part, because he felt as though “he knew Michigan,” Peter Weller said. There, Weller conducted research for the Department of Comparative Pathology and Tropical Medicine...
...universities now offer similar packages to state residents who are at or below the federal poverty level of $21,000 a year for a family of four. "Students' tuition, fees, food, books and a place to live are all covered in full," says Rick Shipman, financial aid director at Michigan State, which has offered a loan-replacement plan since 2005. "All they have to think about is learning when they're here...