Weeding out the issue
Updated Mon 11:12pmWhen Josh Sattler gets the munchies, he views it as a medicinal property of smoking marijuana, not a fattening side effect of getting high. The hospitality business junior has Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory ailment of the digestive system that causes ulcers in the bowels and can lead to drastic weight loss.
Dow drops 800 points, closes 370 points down
Updated Mon 11:14pmWall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
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Ex-MSU student breaks $100K fraud probation
Updated Mon 11:17pmAn ex-MSU student could face prison time for a probation violation in a 10-month-old fraud case, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings said.
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Female student assaulted at 2 a.m. on north campus
Updated Mon 11:17pmA 19-year-old MSU student on Monday reported being assaulted, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. MSU police issued a crime alert to students at about 2 p.m. Monday about a late-night assault on campus.
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Spartans triumph in final period of exhibition game
Updated Mon 11:20pmWhen the Spartans scored three unanswered goals in the first period, it seemed to be time for the Western Ontario Mustangs to start warming the bus. The Mustangs weren’t ready to call it a game yet though, as they exploded in the second period and scored three unanswered goals to tie the game.
Police Brief 10/07/08
Updated Mon 11:15pmA 19-year-old student’s purse was missing after she rode Capital Area Transportation Authority Bus 25 on Thursday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.



