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Breaking Bad contest offers awesome fan rewards
Bryan Cranston Spills 'Breaking Bad' Series Finale...: "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston, who plays Walter White on the show, spills details about the series finale of the show, which premieres Aug. 11 on AMC. Cranston says the series will definitely have a big ending, unlike "The ...
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Magazine Kim Kardashian had delivery room drama
Baby name revealed for Kim Kardashian and Kanye We...: Reports claim that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have named their baby Kai Georgia Donda ...
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Free Press Test Kitchen recipe Strawberry Salsa
Michigan strawberries are ripe for the picking. And this week, we are celebrating the red beauties with a new strawberry recipe each day. ...
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Your Mike Vote for the winner of our cartoon caption contest on Tigers closer Jose Valverde
You pick the winner! Cast your vote for your favorite entry in our cartoon caption contest on Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde! 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 ...
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Skeptics forensic anthropologists arrive at Jimmy Hoffa search site
Zoom Law enforcement officials block the street to the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Monday, June 17, 2013 where officials search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. / Carlos Osorio / Associated ...
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MSU proposal splits tuition hike unequally among students
EAST LANSING — Michigan State University will get more money than anticipated from the state next year, and so its administration has proposed a smaller-than-expected tuition increase, about 2.8 percent on average.Only nobody will pay that average. The increase, part of the budget for the coming fiscal year that the ...
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Dawkins still dealing with loss of his son at MSU camp
Four years after the death of his youngest son, Lou Dawkins is coaching at Northern Illinois. Dorian Dawkins died from a rare heart condition in 2009 at age 14. / Courtesy ...
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State says tickets up during 4-day seat belt blitz
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities say 8,700 tickets were written during a recent four-day crackdown on seat belt use, a 6 percent increase over a similar effort a year ...
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Video Search for Hoffa Mobsters tip led investigators outside Detroit
The search for Jimmy Hoffa continues, and though no body has been found yet, ex-mobster Tony Zerilli insists he knows how Hoffa died and where he's buried. CBS News' Elaine Quijano ...
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Opening statements expected today in Mitchell Young murder case
Mitchell Young, 20 looks up at his defense attorney as he and Tucker Cipriano, 19 (not shown) appear in 47th district court for a preliminary exam, charged with murder and attempted murder for the baseball bat attacks on the Cipriano family before Judge Marla Parker in Farmington Hills, MI, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. / Kathleen Galligan / Detroit Free ...
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Mike Duggan wont appeal ruling ousting him from Detroit mayoral ballot
Former Wayne County Prosecutor and Detroit Medical Center head Mike Duggan talks to the Detroit Free Press about his run for mayor of Detroit and what he would do if elected at the Bodman PLC law firm in Detroit on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free ...
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GMC expects to sell more Sierra crew-cabs
General Motors expects to increase the percentage crew-cabs versions of the redesigned 2014 GMC Sierra, because ...
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Manufacturers feel pinch as more LME aluminium is stuck in Detroit
Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:08am EDT * Face U.S. midwest premiums at record above 12 cents per lb * Spare aluminium unavailable in practice - stuck in Detroit * Wait for metal more than year long in Detroit sheds By Maytaal Angel LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Makers of products such as cans and packaging foils face record high aluminium surcharges in the U.S. Midwest as more of the metal gets sucked into ...
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FedEx Trade Networks Opens Distribution Center in Michigan
has opened a new distribution facility in Romulus, Mich.The FedEx unit has offered customs brokerage and freight forwarding services in Romulus for several years, and with the new facility, now offers additional distribution and warehousing options."Romulus is a key point of entry for FedEx Trade Networks and one of our largest U.S. customs brokerage operations," said Fred Schardt, ...
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Billionaire Dan Gilberts 7.6 Million Square Foot Stake In Detroit
Dan Gilbert, Chairman, Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans, speaks in Detroit. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Even as Detroit battles to stay fiscally afloat, billionaire Dan Gilbert continues to snap up property in the Motor City. On Tuesday, Gilbert's Rock Ventures confirmed that Gilbert has purchased two more buildings ...
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Detroit-native Dennis Finley looks to join Michigan State Spartans brotherhood
-83.002601623535 "They told me they're going to redshirt me, so I can learn all the plays and get stronger,'' said Finley. "They want to put about 30 pounds of muscle on me, and then maybe as time goes by this season, I could work my way into games at the end of the season if I'm ready.'' Finley will be Michigan State's only offensive lineman in the ...
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Pfizer settles with patients who had suicidal behaviour
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files Drug maker Pfizer will pay $4.8 million in compensation to Canadians who tried to commit suicide after being prescribed a drug to treat seizures. The class-action settlement, announced Wednesday by law firm Siskinds, applies to patients who took Neurontin at any time prior to Aug. 5, 2004. Ontario Superior Court approved the settlement, which awards $150,000 for ...
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2 naval landing craft on auction block at Great Lakes
The auction of the LCM-8s, also known as Mike Boats, began Tuesday morning and runs through 4 p.m. Thursday on govliquidation.com — search for ';Illinois.'; Bids started at $25, but had reached $6,000 and $6,150 by Tuesday ...
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American Medical Association recognizes obesity as a disease
The American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization, decided Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease that requires a range of medical interventions for treatment and prevention.The decision was made at the group's annual meeting in Chicago.Experts in obesity have struggled for years to have obesity recognized as a disease that deserves medical attention and ...
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Lions Gab Detroit has best QB situation in the division
Detroit Lions quarterbacks, from left, Kellen Moore, Shaun Hill and Matthew Stafford throw during practice in Allen Park on June 4, 2013. / Associated ...
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Why is Kim Kardashian being silent on baby birth
In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, television personality Kim Kardashian poses for photographers at the red carpet during the 40th anniversary of Cosmopolitan magazine in Spanish in Mexico City. Kardashian reportedly gave birth to a baby girl in Los Angeles. / Marco Ugarte / Associated ...
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General Motors and Deloitte Touche in $303 million securities class action
A securities class action brought against General Motors (GM) by German’s DekaBank has led to a cash settlement of $277 million. In one of the biggest shareholder recoveries of 2008, the settlement will be paid to shareholders following an alleged misstatement of the auto company’s financials dating back to 2000. GM’s outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, is ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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ACLU Oral Arguments to Be Delivered Friday in Lawsuit Against Michigan Department of Corrections
ACLU Says Inadequate Health Care Puts Prisoners Lives at Risk GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - August 7 - Two years after a 21-year-old man died in a Michigan prison because of a lack of medical and mental health care, the American Civil Liberties Union will deliver final arguments Friday in a lawsuit that seeks to force Michigan Department of Corrections officials to provide necessary mental health ...
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Obama Lives have been saved by NSA programs
Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. "This is not a situation in which we are rifling through ordinary emails" of huge numbers of citizens in ...
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Detroit, the little motor city that could?
Detroit has been kicked in the face by the world economy, political scandals and budget deficits. But are things perhaps looking up for the automotive capital of the country?
Detroit has long been considered the US capital of car manufacturing, giving rise to its nickname, Motor City. In the 1950s the city was the fourth largest in the country, but a decline in fortunes and a changing economy has left the city with just half as many people it had in its heyday. Read more
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