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PAGE 1/SECTION FRONT RECOMMENDATIONS:
— MICHIGAN-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
— LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
— MISSING BOYS-MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN NEWS PHOTO RECOMMENDATIONS:
— With MICHIGAN STORMS-FLOODING
— With LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
TOP STORIES:
MICHIGAN-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he’ll meet a Friday deadline to ask an entire appeals court to uphold the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring. Schuette said Thursday that a recent 2-1 decision that struck down the law was “nutty.” He says there’s nothing illegal about a law that prohibits discrimination. By Ed White.
LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
SAGINAW — A New York pilot who crashed into Lake Huron while flying to Wisconsin and survived without a life jacket by swimming and treading water for 17 hours is to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon at a Michigan hospital where he is recuperating from his long exposure.
AP Photos.
Eds: Press conference scheduled for 1 p.m.
MISSING BOYS-MICHIGAN
ADRIAN — A southern Michigan man has pleaded no contest to three counts of unlawful imprisonment in the disappearance of his three young sons. John Skelton appeared Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court in Adrian. He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 15. Skelton’s attorney says his client could receive up to 15 years in prison. Kidnapping and parental kidnapping charges were dropped.
AP Photo.
EARNS-KELLOGG
BATTLE CREEK — Kellogg Co.’s second-quarter net income rose 14 percent on higher prices and stronger sales. The world’s biggest cereal maker raised prices to offset higher costs and is starting to see the benefit of those adjustments.
AP Photos ARDJ202, 204.
EARNS-PULTEGROUP
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Homebuilder PulteGroup posted a second-quarter loss as sales fell in a national housing market that hasn’t recovered from the recession. The Bloomfield Hills, Mich., company said closings dropped 28 percent to 3,633 during the quarter and the average price fell 1 percent to $248,000. But last year’s results were boosted by a tax credit for first-time buyers.
SPORTS:
FBN--LIONS-SCHWARTZ
ALLEN PARK — Late last year, Jim Schwartz felt he had to defend his Detroit Lions following a 2-10 start that looked all too familiar for the troubled franchise. Now, Schwartz is trying to shield his team from some different expectations. Detroit is considered a team on the rise in the NFC, and the third-year coach doesn’t want the Lions to get ahead of themselves. By Sports Writer Noah Trister.
PAGE 1/SECTION FRONT RECOMMENDATIONS:
— MICHIGAN-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
— LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
— MISSING BOYS-MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN NEWS PHOTO RECOMMENDATIONS:
— With MICHIGAN STORMS-FLOODING
— With LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
TOP STORIES:
MICHIGAN-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he’ll meet a Friday deadline to ask an entire appeals court to uphold the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring. Schuette said Thursday that a recent 2-1 decision that struck down the law was “nutty.” He says there’s nothing illegal about a law that prohibits discrimination. By Ed White.
LAKE CRASH SURVIVOR
SAGINAW — A New York pilot who crashed into Lake Huron while flying to Wisconsin and survived without a life jacket by swimming and treading water for 17 hours is to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon at a Michigan hospital where he is recuperating from his long exposure.
AP Photos.
Eds: Press conference scheduled for 1 p.m.
MISSING BOYS-MICHIGAN
ADRIAN — A southern Michigan man has pleaded no contest to three counts of unlawful imprisonment in the disappearance of his three young sons. John Skelton appeared Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court in Adrian. He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 15. Skelton’s attorney says his client could receive up to 15 years in prison. Kidnapping and parental kidnapping charges were dropped.
AP Photo.
EARNS-KELLOGG
BATTLE CREEK — Kellogg Co.’s second-quarter net income rose 14 percent on higher prices and stronger sales. The world’s biggest cereal maker raised prices to offset higher costs and is starting to see the benefit of those adjustments.
AP Photos ARDJ202, 204.
EARNS-PULTEGROUP
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Homebuilder PulteGroup posted a second-quarter loss as sales fell in a national housing market that hasn’t recovered from the recession. The Bloomfield Hills, Mich., company said closings dropped 28 percent to 3,633 during the quarter and the average price fell 1 percent to $248,000. But last year’s results were boosted by a tax credit for first-time buyers.
SPORTS:
FBN--LIONS-SCHWARTZ
ALLEN PARK — Late last year, Jim Schwartz felt he had to defend his Detroit Lions following a 2-10 start that looked all too familiar for the troubled franchise. Now, Schwartz is trying to shield his team from some different expectations. Detroit is considered a team on the rise in the NFC, and the third-year coach doesn’t want the Lions to get ahead of themselves. By Sports Writer Noah Trister.
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