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Current State #153 | September 6, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published September 6, 2013 at 12:44 PM EDT

Today on Current State: China expert Tom Watkins on Gov. Rick Snyder's investment trip to Asia; Edgewood Village opens a new "network center;" author Gordon Young on his book "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City;" a Dearborn Heights fast food restaurant bucks the minimum wage trend and a preview of the fall film season.

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