Michigan News Stories

(12/30/2008) Orlando — Georgia-bound quarterback Aaron Murray — the Tampa phenom who returned from a broken leg to lead his high school team to a state championship this month — is in San Antonio, practicing with the East team for Saturday’s U.S.

(12/30/2008) Orlando — Georgia football players had little reaction to news that Georgia Tech is giving rings to its players bearing the score of the Yellow Jackets’ victory over the Bulldogs: 45-42…

(12/28/2008) Football and men’s basketball players on the nation’s big-time college teams averaged hundreds of points lower on their SATs than their classmates, and some of the gaps are so large they call into question the lengths to which schools will go to win…

—- Yet another snowstorm closed highways in parts of the West on Friday, the latest in a tiring week of bad weather, and a dangerous sheet of ice in parts of the Midwest contributed to a looming flood problem…

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Guinness notes Waseca man as oldest with Down

An 80-year-old Waseca man has been recognized by the Guinness World Records for being the oldest known person with Down syndrome.

The previous oldest person with Down syndrome on record was Peter Davison of Great Britain, who died in 2007 at 68.

She says he received a certificate the day after Christmas from Guinness, and understood the excitement but not the specifics of the recognition.

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