Current State #308 | May 1, 2014

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Published May 1, 2014 at 1:44 PM EDT

Today on Current State: attracting foreign investors and workers to Michigan; author Christopher Moore; Michigan man gets a bionic eye; reviewing Kurt Vonnegut's novels from 1976-1985; and MSU Paleontologist Dr. Mike Gottfried.

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