So now there's Google Video, where you can search free TV and other video. For example: Michigan video. Does anyone else get the feeling that Google won't stop until you can search the contents of your fridge??

Michigan Second to Last in Gender Pay Equity
The PR Newswire reports that Michigan women are further from pay equity each year. According to the Michigan Pay Equity Network, Michigan women earn just 67 cents for each $1 Michigan men earn. Michigan is 49th among the 50 states when men's and women's wages are compared and ranked. Nationally, women average 77 cents for every $1 men are paid.

Michigan Representatives Jetsetting on the Lobbyists Dime
The Lansing State Journal has a revealing story about a Gannett News Service review of records filed by members of mid-Michigan's congressional delegation for travel in 2003 and 2004. It showed trips taken by lawmakers and their aides to attractive destinations, all paid for by outside interest groups (common among lawmakers and allowed under House and Senate ethics rules).

Student Laptop Program May be Eliminated
Detroit Free Press technology writer Mike Wedland reports that Michigan's grand vision of equipping every sixth-grade student in the state with a laptop computer may be no more. The program (which educators describe as a huge success) will be eliminated if Gov. Jennifer Granholm gets her way.

University Student Use of Internet a Growing Concern
The Detroit Free Press reported Friday that although alcohol is often blamed for low grades on campus, it ranked last in a 2004 survey by the American College Health Association of the top 10 impediments to academic performance. Only 8% of students on 74 campuses said alcohol got in the way of their studies, compared to 13% who reported computer gaming and Internet surfing as a problem.

Mason Tract Drilling Appeals Filed
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that Tim Mason, grandson of George Mason, an automotive executive and legendary local outdoorsman, submitted a last-minute appeal (that the service lost for a time) to the U.S. Forest Service's decision to allow drilling near the Mason Tract. Six appeals were filed with the Forest Service regional office in Milwaukee, including objections from the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club, Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited and Anglers of the AuSable.

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