Current State # 138 | August 7, 2013

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Published August 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Lansing city council candidates O'Dell and Canfora; baby-boomer suicide rate; Coolio; the Firecracker Project; and the World Dwarf Games at MSU.

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