Updated: 5:45 PM As many in Madrid struggle with the aftermath of the most deadly terrorist attack in Spain's history, those here in mid-Michigan are also trying to understand why it happened and wondering if their family and friends are safe.

Updated: 4:41 PM America's obesity epidemic has triggered a boom in cosmetic surgery.

Updated: 4:02 PM Ten Years ago, Proposal A changed the way schools were funded throughout the state. But a decade later, educators are still questioning the system that relies heavily on the economy.

Updated: 11:39 PM Lansing based BioPort Corporation is the producer of the only FDA approved and licensed anthrax vaccine in the United States. In the future, that could change.

Updated: 1:17 PM Teachers and supporters of Monday's special election regarding Ingham County's Regional Enhancement Millage met Sunday to make last minute phone calls inviting voters to the polls.

Updated: 1:08 PM A California hospital brings new meaning to bedside manner. Sharp Coronado is one of about 80 hospitals nationwide that pampers patients with free spa services.

Updated: 9:11 PM While state lawmakers push to keep an automotive plant here in mid-Michigan, others are continuing to pledge their support for Clinton County's Federal Mogul.

Updated: 9:13 PM East Lansing Police say a shooting that left two men dead is a murder-suicide.

Updated: 1:19 PM Researchers are putting a handyman's cure-all to the test in hopes of finding a better and less painful way to eliminate warts.

Updated: 7:24 PM Two men were found shot to death in an East Lansing martial arts studio. Police are still looking for suspects.

Updated: 6:05 PM In Jackson, a 12-year-old girl is sent to Foote Hospital and another 12-year-old girl spends time in Jackson Police custody. All this after a stabbing at the Middle School at Parkside.

Updated: 5:29 PM Artists picked up their fiberglass cars early Wednesday. The cars will be sculptures in downtown Lansing all summer.

Updated: 8:14 AM Michigan has a lot to offer and a lot to gain if a recent report on traveling holds true. Tourism researchers at Michigan State University are projecting an increase of three to four-percent over last year. Traveler spending is also expected to rise.

Updated: 9:34 PM The Michigan Association of Public and Private Broadcasters launched a campaign to inform consumers about digital television.

Updated: 9:26 PM A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on an altered measure that would allow the death penalty here in Michigan. The families of two murdered police officers attended.

Updated: 4:18 PM A kick-off of construction event for the Delta Township Assembly Plant was held at the Lansing Regional Stamping Plant.

Updated: 2:04 PM These days, when we ask: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" we're likely to hear, "you could use a touch up around the eyes."

Updated: 2:07 PM If you look through medical books, you'll see headaches can be a symptom in thousands of different conditions. Most severe headaches are migraines - they're severe, but they eventually go away.

Updated: 11:26 PM You often hear about the struggles small business owners and contractors face, factor in diversity and some say you have another issue altogether.

Updated: 4:00 PM Central Michigan University (CMU) has given Lansing’s Walter French Academy one more year to improve, or the charter school may no longer be authorized as a state school.

Updated: 4:00 PM A mentoring program in the Lansing School District is no longer struggling to stay alive.

Updated: 6:32 PM The Michigan Department of Agriculture begins cutting down some 13,000 ash trees in Eaton County. The destructive Emerald Ash Borer Beetle was found in some trees last summer.

Updated: 8:27 AM They were deployed, in February of 2002, for a year of service in Washington. At a ceremony in Owosso Sunday, close to 200 National Guard soldiers from the 144th Military Company were honored for their duty and dedication.

Updated: 1:27 PM More workdays are lost to back pain than any cause other than the common cold. The right treatment can make the difference between healing and a downward spiral of recurrent injury and pain. But for many people, there's a simple program that can erase the need for surgery or other less-than-ideal treatments.

Updated: 9:14 AM Juliana Routhier, J.J. as her friends called her, always had a love for horses. She rode every Sunday, little did she know that her ride last week would be her last.