Barack Obama held a rally on Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday morning: Open slideshow in larger window | YouTube version…

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Open slideshow in larger window GRAND RAPIDS — The face-lift of a nearly century-old park is almost complete. A $350,000 renovation project of Grotto Park, next to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, will be finished next month. A…

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Reporter Chris Knape was among 30 members of the media and VIPs who made the controlled descent down the nearly complete River House building. A charity event Saturday will allow others the chance for $1,000.
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In many homes in West Michigan, Obama’s speech bore the unmistakable stamp of history as the first black candidate of either major party launched his a bid for the White House.
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All Saints Academy librarian Linda Kozminski, left, and receptionist Judy Hardy look over school items no longer needed after four Catholic elementaries merged to form the academy on Diamond Avenue NE. (Press Photo/Rex Larsen)
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