Washington Elementary students prepare for Earth Day by cleaning up their school (The Bay City Times)
Amanda Loman | The Bay City Times Darquirion Clemens, center, a third grader at Washington Elementary, rakes the front grass at the school along with fellow students as part of a school yard clean up to get ready for Earth...
Obama, Democrats lobbying hard for health vote (The Oakland Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining another precious “yes” 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.
Elderly woman swindled by scam artist who tricked state, cops say (Detroit Free Press)
FLINT -- Before he got a $9.1-million tax break for his new business this week, convicted embezzler Richard Short had swindled an 86-year-old Flint woman out of thousands of dollars, Flint law enforcement officials said Friday. Short was charged with 24 felony counts that could land him in jail for life as a habitual offender, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said.
As RASCO deal goes bust, convicted embezzler Richard A. Short faces up to life in prison for new fraud charges (The Flint Journal)
At the same time convicted embezzler Richard A. Short was working on snagging a multimillion-dollar tax credit from the state with the promise of bringing jobs to Flint, authorities say he was scamming thousands of dollars from an 86-year-old neighbor with dementia.