Flap over using 'America' in Michigan schools gets widespread attentionhttp://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/News01/60529005 http://tinyurl.com/lpvo9 May 29. 2006 3:01PM By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer LANSING — A judge and former state school board member is convinced the state was on track to erase the words "America" and "American" from Michigan social studies classes in favor of "United States" until he raised the alarm. "I feel vindicated in the department's reaction in making a complete about face and abandoning this direction. Hopefully it will put all this to bed," Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michael Warren said Friday. But state Superintendent Michael Flanagan...