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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  A recent study is comparing a diet soda habit to crack cocaine use when it comes to damage to your teeth.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Today from 11AM-7PM the Key Club is hosting a Hair Drive to collect donated hair for an organization called Children with Hair Loss.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Interlochen has officially announced their line up for the 2013 Summer Arts Festival.There will be more than 30 major performances starting June 25 and will go on for over two months.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Ms. Guesno's Spanish class at Grand Traverse Academy has been putting in quite a bit of extra time perfecting their Spanish as well as their dancing.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage; says kids raised that way do just as well

Monday, February 25, 2013  This Classroom Salute goes to Mrs. Klooster's 5/6 grade class at NW Academy in Charlevoix.

Friday, February 22, 2013  7&4 News made a visit for our classroom salute segment to Ms. Teucher's 3rd/4th grade class at the NW Academy in Charlevoix.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Meteor falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 500 injured by explosions

Friday, February 08, 2013  Storm team meteorologist, Joe Charlevoix visited Mrs. Gohs' pre-school, kindergarten and first grade class at Northwest Academy in Charlevoix.  A viewer emailed the 7&4 newsroom and nominated the classroom to be featured in Classroom Salute during 7&4 News Today.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  $15.2 million will be used to fund the training of 107 troopers at the Michigan State Police Training Academy.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  7&4 News Classroom Salute- Mr. Eanes 7th/8th grade social studies class at NW Academy in Charlevoix.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Grand Traverse Academy seniors are heading out this weekend to Washington, D.C. to see the Presidential Inauguration in person Monday.Nineteen students having been saving up for the trip since they were in seventh grade.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards were announced and Lincoln has topped the list with 12 nominations.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: "Amour"; "Argo"; "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; "Django Unchained"; "Les Miserables"; "Life of Pi"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; and "Zero Dark Thirty."

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  'Lincoln,' 'Les Miserables, 'Life of Pi' lead nominations for British Academy Film Awards.