A quick look at Mich. ArtPrize competition that beings Sept. 23, top art piece wins $250,000

October 14th, 2009 Mourning Utah band wins competition after crashPROVO, Utah — Days after a bus crash that killed one of their teachers, students in the American Fork High School marching band swept the awards in a competition at Brigham Young University. The school band issued a statement in remembrance of Heather Christensen.

October 8th, 2009 NYC artist is $250K winner of art competitionGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Brooklyn, N.Y., artist has won the $250,000 top prize offered in a new art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich.

October 8th, 2009 $250K winner of art competition to be announcedGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A new art competition that for more than two weeks filled lobbies, streets and even a river with hundreds of works of art and attracted thousands of people to Grand Rapids, Mich., is winding down.

October 8th, 2009 $250K winner of Mich. art event to be announcedGRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

September 24th, 2009 FBI paying wrongly detained Egyptian man $250,000NEW YORK — The FBI has paid $250,000 to an Egyptian man detained when a pilot's aviation radio was found after the Sept. 11 attacks in his hotel room overlooking the World Trade Center.

September 15th, 2009 $250K top prize up for grabs in Mich. art eventGRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

August 31st, 2009 'Man in a van' collecting stories of recessionPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The beat-up 1989 Dodge van carries a sign with a question: "How has the recession affected you?" Along the side, a request: "Tell me your story." Scrawled in marker across the orange paint are hard-luck tales: "My grandma lost her house and my dad is working less hours," signed Peoria, AZ.

August 14th, 2009 Hallelujah! Mich. church wins $70,000 in lotteryHASLETT, Mich.

August 6th, 2009 Oregon man wins national Scrabble competitionDAYTON, Ohio — An Oregon man is $10,000 richer after winning the 2009 National Scrabble Championship in Ohio. Dave Wiegand of Portland, Ore., took first place Wednesday with 25 wins and six losses in the 31-game competition.

June 13th, 2009 'Dark Knight' wins 8 Key Art Awards, best posterLOS ANGELES — "The Dark Knight" has taken eight Key Art Awards, including best theatrical poster and best TV spot, in the annual competition to honor the best in movie promotions in all mediums. The awards show was held Friday night at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.

June 10th, 2009 Police say holdup man left address, name at sceneKENTWOOD, Mich. — Police in Michigan say a man who held up a gas station left behind a major clue — a piece of paper bearing a name and address.

June 3rd, 2009 Mich. teen gets probation for burning man's groinPONTIAC, Mich. — A teenager in suburban Detroit has apologized for lighting a man's pants on fire and causing a third-degree burn to the man's groin.

May 9th, 2009 Browne, Meyerhoff win US 25K championshipsGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Dan Browne has won his third U.S.

April 23rd, 2009 Grand Rapids art contest to offer $250K 1st prizeGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Members of the public will use mobile devices and the Web to choose the winner of one of the largest art prizes ever offered at a new, annual event scheduled to be announced Thursday.

April 23rd, 2009 Mich. art contest to offer $250K 1st prizeGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Members of the public will use mobile devices and the Web to choose the winner of the first ArtPrize, which offers a top prize of $250,000.