Provides the latest RSS feeds for Michigan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Detroit News.net http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/cat/9e75b1ce4082dd57/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:45 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:45 -0400 30 General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report. The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua. GM has been investigating ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709698/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:30:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709698/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Republican-led conference committees approved the community college and higher education budgets Thursday. The education budget proposals now head to the House and Senate floor for final ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723787/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:52 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723787/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan says that the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate is down 0.6 percentage points statewide and in most major labor ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723788/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:52 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723788/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Mike Duggan passes by the press as he files his paperwork to run for mayor at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. / Kathleen Galligan/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723529/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723529/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan football coach Brady Hoke may not be a fan of Ohio State, but he has no problem with the State of Ohio itself.The footballs U-M receiver Bo ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723530/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:01 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723530/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates are wearing Penguins hockey jerseys on their road trip to Milwaukee and Detroit that begins with a flight tonight, but former Detroit Tigers infielder and alleged Red Wings fan Brandon Inge might have trouble getting through airport security.Inge took the support for ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723531/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:00 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723531/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Germain (Fabrice Luchini) is a high school literature teacher frustrated by his ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723532/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40:58 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214723532/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 "Big Gas Savings" is the sequel to the super successful "Ship My Pants" from DraftFCB/Chicago and client Kmart. Suddenly genius is busting out all over at DraftFCB/Chicago. The agency several weeks ago debuted a new Kmart commercial "Ship My Pants" that had people instantly laughing hysterically. And just a few weeks later, that spot has apparently become the 11th most ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722806/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:36 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722806/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214721635/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:38 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214721635/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan's Democratic senators announced their support by email to supporters on Thursday. Peters announced earlier this month that he is running to fill the seat opening up with Levin's retirement next ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722286/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:11 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722286/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 came out of left field and dropped a contender for funniest ad of year with ';Ship My Pants.'; Like that ad, Kmart’s new ad ';Big Gas Saving'; makes use of a language trick to make the innocent sound a bit salty. Man, those sure are some big gas savings. The ';Ship My Pants'; ad currently boasts over 17.3 million views on YouTube. I think you can call that a ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214721360/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:08 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214721360/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Phil Jackson sits courtside at game between the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden. / Jim O'Connor / USA TODAY ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722003/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:34 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722003/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The high school senior who asked Kate Upton to his prom didn't get that wish to come true. But his backup date isn't too shabby.Jake Davidson, the high school senior who asked Kate Upton to his prom, didn't get his wish. After first saying she'd have to check her schedule, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl finally turned him down.No worries. The Sherman Oaks, Calif., ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722002/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:33 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722002/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT — The incident forcing the partial evacuation of Detroit Metropolitan Airport for hours one day last month was triggered by law enforcement ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722004/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:30 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722004/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Jerrod Hart said today that a call came in from a home in the Novi Meadows trailer park off Napier near 12 Mile just after 3 p.m. Sunday. The family reported their 7-month-old daughter was ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722005/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:14 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722005/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Neighbor is shocked by death of Harry Berkowitz: Nancy Katzman, 52, and other neighbors said they were shocked to learn of the death of Harry Berkowitz in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722006/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:50 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214722006/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit - New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials. But they are being interpreted differently. In March, state Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, walked on to the property in southwest Detroit where the massive piles of pet coke are stored and collected several samples of the black, rock-like material. ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720363/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:41 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720363/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan soldier who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan addressed the state Senate on Thursday during a ceremony honoring the nine state residents who died while serving in the armed forces over the last ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720662/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720662/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT (AP) -- Thickly wrapped in newspaper and duct tape, several packages stowed in a man's luggage as he passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport security last month had local and federal law enforcement officers believing they'd detected an explosive. As the terminal was partially evacuated and a bomb squad called, officers' suspicions grew because the man became agitated, ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720661/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720661/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick makes his way down Fort Street outside Federal Court in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720365/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:23 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720365/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford throws during organized team activities Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Allen Park. / Andrew Weber / USA TODAY ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720368/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:21 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720368/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wings want to 'stick to it' in Game 4: The Detroit Red Wings are focused on building a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks. Video by Helene St. James / ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720367/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:21 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720367/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Starting pitcher Justin Verlander #35 of the Detroit Tigers runs off the field in a downpour just after officials called a rain delay during the fifth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on May 22, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. / Jason Miller/Getty ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720369/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:43 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720369/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING, MICH. — There are nearly 4,000 missing people in Michigan that the FBI counts on a statewide list it has been maintaining for nearly 40 years.John Broad, president of Crime Stoppers of ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720370/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720370/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 GAINES TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Authorities say a second teenager has died following a rollover crash last week in Michigan.State police say 16-year-old Brandon Anderson, of Byron, died Wednesday and 16-year-old Matthew VanKuren, of Swartz Creek, was pronounced dead at the scene of ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720372/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:38 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720372/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Family members hope an ad a going up Monday along Interstate 75 will help a Hartland Township woman seeking a kidney donation and the thousands of Americans just like ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720371/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:38 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214720371/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Kilpatrick told a judge Thursday that his relationship with James Thomas deteriorated long before his conviction two months ago on corruption ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214719089/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214719089/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida's top leaders as the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718457/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:57:20 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718457/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan State's A.J. Troup and Juwan Caesar, left, celebrate Troup's game-winning touchdown reception during the spring game April 20, 2013, in East Lansing. / Associated ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718798/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:30 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718798/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 cup reduced-fat or fat-free mayonnaise ■ 3 to 4 ounces brie cut into 8 slices ■ 4 thin sandwich buns or bun of choice ■ 4 pieces green leaf lettuce ■ 4 slices ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718797/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:28 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718797/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 A Novi man accused of killing his wife and two children before fleeing to India in 2008 is scheduled to return to face his charges on Saturday.Lakshminivasa Nerusu waived legal proceedings in India on April 22, helping to speed the extradition, which could have taken years if Nerusu had fought the process, according to a news release from the city .He is being charged with three counts of ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718796/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:24 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718796/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Drivers survive Orion Township truck crash: Tow crews upright a heavy duty landscap truck and clean up after two landscape trucks crashed head-on, sending one into an SUV and flipping off the roadway. Tammy Stables ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718799/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:13 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718799/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Classes are canceled at Walled Lake Consolidated Schools today after a quarter of the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718800/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:50:58 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214718800/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it would stop making cars in Australia within two years because high costs and low volumes mean it cannot compete with imported vehicles. Ford Australia chief Bob Graziano said that closing its plant in Melbourne and the other 60 kilometres further south-west in Geelong would see 1,200 workers laid off by October 2016. "Our costs are double ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214716312/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:50 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214716312/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 petition approved. If they can get 258,088 valid voter signatures, the law could either be adopted by the Legislature or be on the voter ballot in 2014. The proposal would require women to purchase optional riders to cover a ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717450/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:47 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717450/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DENVER-In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses-not just the currently exempted religious ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717192/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717192/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Three City Council members in Michigan have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717451/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:24 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214717451/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Police responded to Sharon near West Vernor Thursday morning just before 7:00 a.m. where they found a male teen laying in the street. He had been shot in the heart. Emergency crews rushed him to the hospital where he later ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715672/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715672/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Pharmaceutical Business Review today. Most of the day is dedicated to geeky drug R&D stuff, but Joaquin Duato started of the morning with a run-down of how J&J's pharmaceutical division is doing in terms of cold, hard sales. Two J&J drugs of ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715890/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:32 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715890/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 During the presentation, Dantonio gave folks a glimpse into the professional mindset he has of being a no-frills, no-nonsense leader. Surrounded by individuals interested in business and those hoping to be future leaders in the economy, ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715891/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:45 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715891/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 25: Marijuana plants grow at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary, which opened in 2006, on July 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715892/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:54:41 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715892/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The Mason County sheriff's department says the bone was among a group of 12 bones found Friday in Riverton Township, near Ludington. The department says a review Wednesday by a forensic anthropologist determined that the other bones found weren't ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715893/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:28 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715893/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 butchering a soldier to death on a London street before spouting extremist slogans to bystanders were part of a early security services investigations for possible terror links, according to a government British official.The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation, said he could not provide other details because the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715673/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:03 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715673/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Earlier this week Rivals.com updated their individual player rankings and Michigan State saw a bump up the national recruiting rankings. The Spartans are now ranked 20th in the nation for the class of 2014. Michigan State shares that ranking with the University of Oklahoma. Both the Spartans and the Sooners currently have 8 players verbally committed. As far as the Big Ten, the Spartans rank 5th ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715674/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715674/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The teen birthrate in 2011 set another new record low, according to the latest federal data, released Thursday. The numbers reflect a continued trend downward for teens having babies.The new rate, 31.3 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, is about half the 1991 rate of 61.8 births per 1,000 teens, which was an all-time high, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.The teen birthrate ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715675/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:00 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715675/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 AAA Michigan, the Michigan State Police and the Detroit Tigers are teaming up to promote teen-driving safety with an event at Comerica Park in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715894/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:24:01 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214715894/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Jerry Millen of Livingston County's Hartland Township is seeking a potential donor on behalf of Virginia Millen, his mother. The message is to run for a week starting Monday near the northbound exit to 12 Mile Road in the Detroit suburb of Madison ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714488/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:20 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714488/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 A 17-year-old selling marijuana was robbed of his pot, cash and other items by two potential customers armed with a sawed-off shotgun, according to police in Waterford Township.The Waterford teen at first told police he was robbed by two men of his wallet, cell phone, basketball jersey and shoes while he was skateboarding in the 3000 block of Herbell at 11:29 p.m. Tuesday, according to a report ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714285/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:14:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714285/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Lions defensive line coach Kris Kocurek talks with Detroit Lions defensive end Willie Young (79) during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. / Rick ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714286/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:13:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714286/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Lansing - A Michigan lawmaker wants to create a new state office with the goal of helping small businesses get started and thrive. Democratic Rep. Collene Lamonte of Montague introduced a bill this week that would establish an Office of Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship Services in the state's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. It would coordinate programs for ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214712219/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:37 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214712219/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Lansing - A Michigan soldier who lost all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan is set to address the state Senate. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Senate's 19th annual Memorial Service in Lansing. The ceremony remembers and honors Michigan residents who died while serving in the armed forces during the previous year. In a statement, Sen. Mike ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713130/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:37 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713130/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The figures show Detroit lost residents between 2011 and 2012, but the decline was at a slower pace than in previous years. Most of the nation's largest cities posted strong population growth, but Detroit fell 0.7 percent, or 4,726 residents, to an estimated 701,475 as of last ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713131/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713131/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 CROTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan man's home is no longer habitable after flooding along the Little Muskegon River took a big bite out of his ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713132/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:47 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713132/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by unmanned aircraft in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214712671/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:17 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214712671/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Dow Corning , a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today announced that it will have a major presence at IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference 2013 (ECTC), where it will present a paper on an advanced new temporary bonding breakthrough and introduce two new high-end thermally conductive compounds for the semiconductor ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713133/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:10 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214713133/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu May 23, 2013 6:59am EDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. Jansen's next vaccine success could come by taming the superbug ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714489/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:58 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214714489/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The Detroit News and The Flint Journal report many of the schools will be in urban areas where charter schools are already prominent, such as Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The Detroit suburbs of Novi and Beverly Hills are expected to get their first such ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214711878/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:08:22 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214711878/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 22: Andy Dirks #12 celebrates with Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers after both scored on a home run hit by Cabrera during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on May 22, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214711741/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:18 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214711741/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 CHICAGO — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher is calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.The eight-time Pro Bowl player announced his retirement on his Twitter account Wednesday. In a statement, he ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214710778/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:44:24 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214710778/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The leading Jewish civil rights group in the U.S. slammed anti-Semitic comments made in a Detroit church by Minister Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam. The Anti-Defamation League is also calling upon Detroit leaders who invited Farrakhan and hosted his talks last week in Detroit to condemn his ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214710779/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:44:22 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214710779/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch as singer-songwriter Carole King performs after being presented the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room concert honoring King Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709056/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:21 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709056/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 On the first day of a joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that was signed by 11 countries in February. ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709068/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:38:07 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709068/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Neighbor is shocked by death of Harry Berkowitz: Nancy Katzman, 52, and other neighbors said they were shocked to learn of the death of Harry Berkowitz in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709642/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:50 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709642/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Entering his 10th year with the Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving team, Head Coach Nate Kellogg has established quite the legacy. Appointed as the interim coach in the fall of 2004, Kellogg quickly proved to be more than capable of leading a program. The Eagles have re-written the school record books during his tenure, breaking a whopping 54 marks in nine ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709643/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214709643/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 WASHINGTON — A soldier at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been charged with crimes for taking nude photos of female cadets without their consent, extending the military's sex-scandal crisis to the hallowed ground of its premier training academy, the Army announced Wednesday.It is the latest in a steady stream of sex scandals to hit the military this month as it grapples ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708595/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:59 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708595/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Voters in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools and Livonia Public Schools said yes today to technology upgrades, school renovations, school bus purchases and other projects.All but one of the eight school-related proposals on the ballot passed tonight, with the exception being a $12.9-million bond proposal in Richmond Community Schools in Macomb County.■ Election ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708597/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:23 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708597/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 You pick the winner! Cast your vote for your favorite entry in our cartoon caption contest on the IRS and the Tea Party! You have until Thursday at 3 p.m. to vote. Look for the winning reader submission/rough sketch combo on Friday right here online and in the Friday print edition of the Detroit Free Press. Good luck to our finalists!Become a fan of Mike Thompson ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708598/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:16 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214708598/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Lois Lerner appears Wednesday before a House panel hearing into the targeting of conservative groups by IRS agents under her supervision. She refused to answer questions after denying she broke laws or lied to Congress. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707907/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:36 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707907/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit - A former aide for a state lawmaker says the representative forced him to have sex and gave him a raise in an attempt to forge a romantic relationship. Tramaine Cotton, 29, is making his allegations against freshman state Rep. Brian Banks, D-Harper Woods, in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court. In his complaint Cotton also says he was subjected to a ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707294/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:34 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707294/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Lansing - Animal rights activists are considering putting two questions before voters in 2014 about whether wolf hunting should be legal after the Legislature effectively rendered their first referendum meaningless. A planned hunt of gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula has been put on hold - for now - after the law authorizing the harvest was suspended Wednesday pending a statewide vote next year. ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707908/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:34 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707908/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Under state law, the only time the public gets to peek inside the inner workings of the Governor's Office is when its staffers send emails to employees of other state agencies, which are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Records obtained by The Detroit News through an FOIA request to the Department of Technology, Management and Budget included the correspondence of Gov. Rick ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707909/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:33 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707909/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The former United Way building at 1214 Griswold was bought earlier this year. The state approved a $6 million loan for the historic building. (Steve Perez/The Detroit ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707674/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:23:15 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707674/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Candi Lee, 20, of Troy blows circles while hanging out with friends at Mist Hookah Lounge in Troy, Mich. on Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Troy City Council amended an ordinance on Monday that forces all hookah lounges in the city to close at midnight. For hookah bars like Mist, the move forces them to turn away customers who normally arrive at their lounges late at night. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707677/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:56 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707677/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Tethers contain radio transmitters that allow the Sheriff's Office to locate the individuals around the clock. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707678/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:55 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707678/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 After a Game 3 win, Game 4 looms as the Wings' most important game of the season. Detroit leads Chicago in the Western Conference semifinals, 2-1. / Gregory Shamus/Getty ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707679/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:53 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707679/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Former Michigan State defenseman Torey Krug of Livonia is the talk of hockey in Boston after scoring goals in each of his first two playoff games for the Bruins as an emergency call-up.Krug, 5-feet-9, had played in three NHL games before being an emergency call-up from the American Hockey ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707680/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:52 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707680/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Charlie Batch, left, was among 20 current and ex-NFL players who took part in a media boot camp last week in Toledo. / Carlos Monarrez/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707681/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:51 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707681/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 2013 Jaguar XF 2.0-liter Turbo review: The 2013 Jaguar XF has a fuel-efficient new engine and glorious interior highlight luxury sedan, but Free Press Auto Critic Mark Phelan says controls and voice-recognition need work. Mark Phelan/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707682/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:50 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707682/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Automakers, whose products were just as fragile as houses, schools and offices in the path of this ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707683/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707683/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Trailer: 'Epic': A teenager (Amanda Seyfried) finds herself transported to a deep-woods world where there's a battle raging between those who want to keep the natural world alive and evil forces who wish to destroy ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707685/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:46 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707685/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Grilled herbed chicken thighs with honey lemon glaze, grilled Caesar salad with grilled baguette slices, grilled avocado with blistered tomato salsa and grilled potato planks with lemon aioli. Cooking everything for a meal on the grill, Monday, May 20, 2013. / Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707686/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:45 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707686/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn: My husband has been unhappy in his job for more than five years. He refuses to take any of my advice about changing ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707688/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:43 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707688/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Clockwise from top left: Double Chocolate Grasshopper S'more, Toasted Mocha S'more, Sesame Caramel S'more, Salted Oatmeal S'more. / Matthew Mead/Associated ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707687/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:42 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707687/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 If you want to know why so many Detroit schools have been allowed to fail for so long, look no further than the heated efforts by some politicians and their allies to kill the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan (EAA) an innovative new approach to education in Detroit that is showing promising results.The most dishonest part about their campaign is their use of misrepresentation and, in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707689/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:41 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707689/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 I think any official in any organization should take the high road and say that until the state economy turns around we will not take more when so many are getting little or nothing.Mark Andreottivia Facebook commentsThey ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707690/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707690/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 At Bridge Magazine, a content partner of A Better Michigan, former House of Representatives fiscal analyst Mitch Bean says many local woes are attributable to state policy. Among his accusations: ■ The state has reduced revenue sharing by more than $4.4 billion since 1998, and only fully funded the program in one year, 2001. ■ The state continues to limit ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707691/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707691/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Multiple-time Detroit mayoral candidate Tom Barrow tried to get rival Mike Duggan off the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707692/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:16:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214707692/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has set a six-week deadline--until the end of the current fiscal year--to decide whether to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Detroit would be the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy.Orr is using the threat of imminent bankruptcy--much like the Democrats and Republicans used the manufactured "fiscal cliff"--to force through sweeping concessions ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706644/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:55 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706644/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Dane Slater basks in the noise of his crowded victory party after being elected mayor of Troy in a special election today. / Bill Laitner/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706647/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:06:19 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706647/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Two out of three Michigan communities experienced population declines from 2011 to 2012, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Statewide, total population increased by a marginal 0.07% - 6,559 people - during the same time period. • ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706648/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:05:59 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214706648/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Rain falls on a car at a Ford dealership in Sydney on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ford Motor Co. said it was closing its two Australian auto plants and ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. (AP Photo/Rick ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705096/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:33 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705096/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP — A judge has set a $765,000 bond for a suburban Detroit man ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705525/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:02 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705525/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Speaking in a Detroit church Friday night, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam said that he plans to visit former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in prison Saturday as he tried to portray him as a victim of white ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705526/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:01 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214705526/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 University of Michigan researchers have used a 3D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for a baby boy, they reported today in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.The baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, had a rare disorder in which one of the airways in his lungs collapsed when he exhaled. The problem caused him to stop breathing and turn blue when he was 6 weeks old. Even with a ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214704600/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:45:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214704600/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has taken to the House floor to criticize the storage of piles of an oil-refining byproduct known as petroleum coke along the Detroit ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214704601/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:44:45 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214704601/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703491/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:54:15 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703491/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT (AP) -- A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703724/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:12 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703724/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Labor activist Robert Davis urged the state's top elections official to step in on a controversy over whether Mike Duggan was a Detroit resident long enough when he filed to become an official candidate. / Patricia Beck/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703492/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:09 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703492/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit-area Catholic schools are getting a new superintendent.Brian Dougherty, who resigned Friday as superintendent from the cash-strapped Pontiac public schools, was appointed Wednesday by Archbishop Allen Vigneron to oversee 96 grade schools and high schools in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, St. Clair and Lapeer counties.Dougherty of Lake Orion was once a Catholic school teacher and ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703493/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:07 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703493/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Justin Verlander's fast start to the 2013 season seems like ages ago. Now he tries to get back on track against the same Indians team who started to batter him May 11.The Tigers ace is 4-4 with a 3.17 ERA, but had a 1.55 ERA as of two start ago. Since then, he's given up 11 earned runs on 12 hits and seven walks in 7.2 innings against the Indians and Rangers, both losses.Ubaldo Jimenez ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703494/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:06 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703494/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING — The ongoing battle over hunting gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703495/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:36:16 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703495/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 GM HAS MADE CHANGES TO ITS SUMMER SHUTDOWNS BUT HAS NOT ELABORATED. Carmen: THERE'S GROWING CONCERN TONIGHT ABOUT A GROWING CRIME WAVE IN ONE WASHTENAW COUNTY COMMUNITY. Devin: POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECENT HOME INVASIONS AND THE CRIMES HAVE STIRRED UP FEARS AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK THERE. Lauren: ON A TYPICAL DAY, KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE OF THIS WHITMORE LAKE DAY CARE ALL DAY ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703725/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:36 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214703725/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory.GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles.Dealers will ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702392/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:02:56 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702392/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money - a financial meltdown that could mean employees don't get paid, retirees lose their pensions and residents endure even deeper cuts in municipal services. If Detroit cannot avert disaster by reducing its debt payments, the only remaining option appears to be ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702670/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:32:53 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702670/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 M1 Concourse proposed for former GM Pontiac site: An entrepreneur is proposing to build a major automotive-themed destination called M1 Concourse at a former General Motors property in Pontiac. Nathan Bomey/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702402/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214702402/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Red Wings left wing Drew Miller (20) celebrates his 2nd period goal with teammates as Chicago Blackhawks defencemen Johnny Oduya (27) and Chicago Blackhawks defencemen Michal Rozsival (32) reacts during Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference semifinals game in Detroit, Michigan May 20, 2013. (REBECCA ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700985/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:13 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700985/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The Detroit Three auto makers learned a valuable lesson during the Great Recession: too much assembly capacity is deadly.Now, with the U.S. market bouncing ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700986/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:13 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700986/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Police are investigating whether Rev. Edward Belczak, the longtime pastor of a Catholic church in Troy, might have embezzled or mismanaged more than $400,000. / Archdiocese of ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700989/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:12 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700989/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The new touch-screen interface features new simpler graphics and controls that are easier to use. Customers will experience significantly faster touch-screen response times, one of the top requests from owners. ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700990/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:11 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700990/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Waterford police are hoping someone will recognize a robber shown on surveillance video slamming a hammer onto the counter during a gas station heist early this morning.The man, armed with a claw hammer, entered the Speedway Gas Station at 4960 Dixie Highway at 3:38 a.m., according to a news release. He demanded money from the cash register, and the clerk complied after the man struck the counter ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700991/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:04 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214700991/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.In the case of Kaiba (KEYE'-buh) Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to spare. Because of a birth ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699203/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699203/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 When the Hon. Vicente Sanchez-Ventura, Consul of Mexico in Detroit, leaves his post in June after seven years of service, his departure will be felt not only by the thousands of Mexicans in Michigan, but also by diplomatic colleagues, government officials, and organizations around the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699907/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:46 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699907/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste storage project. For the past decade, Ontario Power Generation has been carrying out plans for a deep geologic repository - a massive underground storage vault for low- to medium-level nuclear waste - in the municipality of Kincardine. While ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699379/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:13 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699379/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699908/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:27 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699908/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT - Joel Quenneville has accomplished a lot in the NHL, hoisting the Stanley Cup once and with as many postseason victories as any active coach.The Chicago Blackhawks coach, though, has never gotten past the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs.Quenneville is 0-5 as a head coach against the Red Wings in postseason series, getting eliminated by them in 2009 to end his first season in Chicago, ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699609/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:53 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699609/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Lions at OTAs: The Detroit Lions held OTA's Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the practice facility in Allen Park. Rookies and veterans took part on the practice. Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699610/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:10:54 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699610/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder is planning a trip to Israel in June, his office confirmed today.Details of the trip are still being finalized, spokeswoman Sara Wurfel told the Free Press.Snyder has made trade missions to Asia and Europe. This will be his first trip to Israel as governor.Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm visited Israel in 2008 and signed an agreement with the country establishing a ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699611/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:10:14 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699611/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 "Children need this school," said Northwestern High School alumni president. "This school means a lot to the whole community. To take this public school away and put in a self-governing charter school with an application process will be something ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699612/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:09:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214699612/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Auburn Hills-based Reliance One is hiring 400 test drivers to meet a growing demand from local automotive ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698545/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:38 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698545/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The former chief administrative officer of the Detroit Public Library has been charged with taking more than $1 million in kickbacks from contractors. Tim Cromer, who served as the library's chief administrative officer, and two contractors were charged Tuesday in a 21-count indictment, The Detroit News reported. Cromer, who was fired in February, had been suspended with pay after a raid on ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697757/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:25 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697757/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Labor activist Robert Davis urged the state's top elections official to step in on a controversy over whether Mike Duggan was a Detroit resident long enough when he filed to become an official candidate. / Patricia Beck/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698243/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:42 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698243/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London on Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. / Alastair ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698242/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:41 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698242/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Red Wings' Daniel Cleary, right, and Chicago Blackhawks' Michal Rozsival battle as they wait for the puck May 15, 2013. / Associated ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698241/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214698241/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Eric Leininger is the executive director of the Kellogg School's new CMO program. It's called burnishing your image. And Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management already known for its strength in the training of business marketers hopes to bolster that reputation with the launch this week of an executive development program designed, as the school's marketing ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697588/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:49:06 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697588/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) - ACO Home, Garden & Hardware say the company is closing 14 underperforming stores as they work to improve and strengthen the company's financialposition. As part of the process, ACO will conduct a "Total Inventory Blowout Sale" at each of the affected locations. The sales will being on Thursday, May 23. The affected stores are: 13400 E. Eleven ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697090/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:11 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697090/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 TRENTON, N.J. - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. plans to try to sell its controlling stake in its former animal health business, Zoetis Inc., through a voluntary stock exchange with Pfizer shareholders.Pfizer, the world's second-largest drugmaker, said Wednesday that its shareholders will be able to trade their Pfizer holdings for Zoetis shares at a discount expected to be about 7 percent. The ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697078/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:23 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697078/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 2013 NBA Draft Lottery with a slim chance of moving up into the top three. It seems quite likely they would be picking seventh when the actual event rolls around. Then, something improbably happened. No, the Pistons didn't move up. Instead, a team with even worse chances of getting a top three pick, the Washington Wizards, moved up, meaning the Pistons will be drafting ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697091/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:16:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697091/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Lansing - A planned hunt of gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula has been put on hold - for now - after the law authorizing the harvest was suspended Wednesday pending a statewide referendum vote in November 2014. The Board of State Canvassers determined Wednesday the group Keep Michigan Wolves Protected turned in more than the minimum 161,305 signatures required to get the issue on the ballot. The ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696838/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:16:14 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696838/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Vice Adm. Kevin M. McCoy, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, will preside over the change of command ceremony and give the keynote speech ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697082/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:34 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214697082/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 'Oakland,' the Peregrine Falcon named by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, makes a lot of noise as he and his brother named 'Wayne' were banded indoors at the Old Macomb County in Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. / Eric Seals/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696843/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:11 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696843/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Louis Delmas is not taking part in Organized Team Activities this off-season as he continues to rehab from knee injuries that cut short his last two seasons.Delmas was one of two players on the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696844/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:10 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696844/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Evidently, Mo Cheeks impressed someone during a recent phone interview with the Detroit Pistons.The Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach and former head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers will have second interview with the Pistons today, according to two people with knowledge of the ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696842/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:09 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696842/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, where the Model T was invented, was the site of the announcement of new auto-related tours in Detroit and Windsor. / Ellen Creager/Detroit Free ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696845/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:06 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214696845/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 DETROIT (WXYZ) - The Detroit Fire Department is on the scene of a large fire at a commercial building in southwest Detroit. Michigan State Police has been asked to block traffic near I-75, around South Deacon and ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695283/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:33 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695283/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 East Lansing police are continuing the search to find the man responsible for two sexual assaults and an attempted sexual assault, the most recent occurrence taking place about 8 p.m. May 16 at the Abbott Pointe Apartments, 204 E. Pointe Lane. Officers now are looking for a witness that possibly saw the suspect leave the scene while walking his dog on the Northern Tier Trail near Abbott Pointe ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695591/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:21 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695591/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Kinshasa, May 22 (Presa Latina) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began a 48-hour visit today to ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694769/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:23 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694769/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in southeast London Wednesday today. LONDON - Two suspected Islamist terrorists have been shot after a soldier was allegedly beheaded in south east London today.The victim – who was wearing a Help For Heroes t-shirt – was said to have been attacked by men armed with knives, including a meat cleaver.One of the alleged killers said after ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695118/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:22 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695118/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Washington - The Senate has rejected a Republican amendment to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify. It cost $78 billion last year, more than double what it cost in 2008. The amendment by Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., to a wide-ranging farm ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694450/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:29 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694450/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 File photo. In this Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, a pedestrian walks past neon sign advertising a medical marijuana provider along a street in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694503/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:58 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214694503/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 With every day that passes, Michigan appears less likely to add a transfer quarterback for this fall.There have been only a few players briefly associated with U-M, and both have chosen other schools. Florida ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695288/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:09 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695288/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appeared with Prince Charles, left, and his wife, Camilla. It was Kate's first public engagement in a couple of weeks. / WPA Pool/Getty ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695289/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:08 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695289/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 WASHINGTON — Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik of Plainville, Mass., has won the 2013 National Geographic Bee.Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center to clinch the title. Thirteen-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Ill., finished second.Sathwik led throughout the final round of the 25th annual ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695290/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:05 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695290/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Wednesday said he had accepted the resignation of Nathan Ford, the city's director for the Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695291/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:09 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214695291/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 These Republicans want to move ahead despite recent court decisions that have struck down similar state laws. The GOP lawmakers also are taking on their own leadership, which has shown little desire to hold votes on contentious social ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693242/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59:50 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693242/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Mason - Ingham County Judge William Collette refused Wednesday to allow an evidentiary hearing to compel testimony from top state officials in a lawsuit seeking to void the appointment of Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. Andrew Paterson, an attorney for union activist Robert Davis, had sought the hearing after the state Court of Appeals overturned Collette's earlier ruling that Orr and ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214692978/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:49:12 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214692978/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Dearborn - AAA Michigan says about 1.1 million residents of the state will travel 50 miles or more on vacation during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. The auto club announced Wednesday travel in Michigan during the Thursday to Monday period is projected to be nearly on par with last year. AAA Michigan says nearly 92 percent in the state will travel by personal vehicle, slightly more than last ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693629/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:49:05 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693629/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Education says a Grand Rapids-area school district failed to properly investigate allegations by two female students that they were sexually assaulted at their high ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693885/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:48 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693885/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan child-care providers who sued to try to recover union dues have failed to persuade an appeals court to revive their ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693886/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:47 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693886/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Detroit’s Democratic state House Caucus is laying out an effort to change Michigan’s auto insurance policies. The package of legislation was revealed during a news conference in Detroit. Republicans control the state Legislature. Under the proposal, insurance companies couldn’t use credit history, education or occupation in determining a person’s premium. It would also ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214692881/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:10 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214692881/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 LANSING — Abortion opponents will embark on a petition drive to ensure that Michigan residents have to buy an optional rider on their health insurance to cover abortions.And unlike most petition drives, if they get at least 258,088 valid signatures, and the state Legislature approves the issue, it will become law without a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder, who has already vetoed the bill ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693635/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:40 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693635/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 MASON — An Ingham County judge, citing a recent Michigan Court of Appeals opinion, refused today to call an evidentiary hearing in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the appointment of Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr.Circuit Judge William Collette also said he knows of no court rule that provides for an evidentiary hearing during the discovery process of a lawsuit, as requested by attorney ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693634/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:39 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693634/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Sergio Garcia, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the third round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. / Associated ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693638/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:37 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693638/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 A man who was arrested during the investigation into the strangling death of a Grosse Pointe Park woman is being charged with drug offenses.Myron Tyrone Williams, 42, is to be arraigned at 11:15 a.m. today on charges of marijuana possession, marijuana delivery and intent to deliver marijuana, according to the Wayne County ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693636/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:37 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693636/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 It's not a pretty picture.But that didn't stop Jesse James, 44, from sharing it with fans and followers.The motorcycle customizer and former husband of Sandra Bullock cut off the top of his right pinky finger in a shop accident in his Austin garage on Monday.With ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693637/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693637/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Michigan is more than Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island.While those iconic and worthy spots shape our ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693639/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:34 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693639/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 ALDEN, MICH. — Authorities investigating a domestic assault complaint in ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693641/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20:19 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693641/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed May 22, 2013 11:56am EDT May 22 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it will spin off its majority stake in animal health business Zoetis Inc to shareholders by allowing them to swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis shares at a 7 percent discount. Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, sold Zoetis shares in an initial public offering in February that raised $2.2 billion. Pfizer retained an 80 percent ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693887/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:41 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214693887/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ... http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214691601/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:36 -0400 http://www.detroitnews.net/index.php/sid/214691601/scat/9e75b1ce4082dd57