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Stateside: Partial collapse of uranium-contaminated site; new UAW president; Michigan folk songs
Today on Stateside , an old industrial site contaminated with uranium since the World War II has partially collapsed into the Detroit River. Plus, a group of West Michigan musicians have brought old Michigan folk songs once sung by sailors and lumberjacks back to life.