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Thousands attend Race for the Cure in Detroit
Saturday's event raised funds in the fight against breast cancer. It featured a 5K run/walk and a one-mile walk. The Komen race honors those who have fought breast cancer as well as their families and friends. Attendees gathered near the Detroit Tigers' ballpark downtown in a sea of pink. The color represents breast cancer awareness. Mayor Dave Bing was on hand and said ...
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Lions Tulloch thankful to be named among NFLs top 100
In this Oct. 10, 2011, file photo, Detroit Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch celebrates after breaking up a pass by Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. / Associated ...
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Novi infant found unresponsive on Mothers Day autopsy planned
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 ...
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Birmingham teacher Harry Berkowitz shot at least 3 times sources say
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 ...
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Powerball jackpot at $600M Mega Millions jackpot won
Powerball hopefuls have secret to winning: As the Powerball jackpot climbs, hopefuls flock to the store to buy tickets, each one claiming they have the secret to winning it ...
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Fed up with frugality more Americans eating drinking out
Americans seem to be fed up with frugality.As the recession ever so slowly recedes, an increasing number of Americans say they are less frugal than they were a few years ago. At the same time, sales at restaurants are at an all-time high and at least one survey says consumers expect to spend more eating out as soon as their pocketbooks allow.Sales at eating and drinking places in April reached ...
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Michigan man drove farm tractor drunk sheriff says
Sheriff's deputies arrested a southwestern Michigan man after finding him driving a farm tractor on a county road while drunk.The Van Buren County sheriff's office says the 49-year-old Paw Paw man was taken into custody around 5 p.m. on Friday in Decatur Township.The deputies spotted the man driving the John Deere tractor in both the northbound and southbound lanes of County Road ...
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A three-storey mound of Canada’s oil waste grows in Detroit
A three-story pile of petroleum coke along the Detroit River in Windsor, Ont., on April 20, 2013. Residents on both sides of the river are concerned that the coke mountain is both an environmental threat and an eyesore. (FABRIZIO ...
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Rockford field for children with disabilities
ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) -- A groundbreaking has been held for a ball field in Rockford that will hold games for children with physical and mental ...
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Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation
A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...
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Beyonce cancels show due to dehydration and exhaustion pregnancy rumors swirl
statement that she had "been advised by her doctors to rest as a result of dehydration and ...
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Truck drivers quick thinking avoided tragedy in Orion Township crash police say
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 ...
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Walled Lake cancels classes after bus drivers call in sick
Classes are canceled at Walled Lake Consolidated Schools today after a quarter of the ...
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Torah walk Sunday in honor of late Pistons owner
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- A Torah walk planned for Sunday in Farmington Hills will honor the memory of former Detroit Pistons owner William ...
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Stink bug threatens Mich. fruit vegetable crops
The brown marmorated stink bug's presence in Michigan has growers and agriculture experts concerned because there are no state or federal eradication ...
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Emma Watson Not a pro stripper pole dancer
The actress says she's not about to buy a pole for herself. CANNES -- Harry Potter star Emma Watson shows off a new celeb-obsessed personality and a specific Los Angeles accent in The Bling Ring.But her fans will be interested to see that Sofia Coppola's new film features a fully-clothed Watson performing a brief but memorable show on Paris Hilton's stripper pole dance floor.The ...
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
conservative groups . The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, ...
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Work done at ex-brownfield site on Detroit River
Wayne County, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and more than 100 partners have been working for nine years on the restoration of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Gateway in ...
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Michigan DTE customers oppose fees to refuse power meters
A small but outspoken group of residential customers vows to continue battling Michigan's largest utility company over the freedom to opt out of having "smart" meters installed outside their homes.State regulators' days-old decision to approve an opt-out ...
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Grand Rapids club closes stairwell where 3 died
On April 14, Zachary Bunting of Grand Ledge was trying to slide down a railing when he lost his balance and fell to his death in the stairwell. And Tyler Usher of Dorr was celebrating his birthday at the club in 2009 when he ...
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Grand opening set for Model A museum in Michigan
Fashioned after a Ford dealership from 1928, the 12,000-square-foot museum sits on the Gilmore Car Museum campus in Hickory Corners, about 115 miles west of ...
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3 in Michigan win $250000 in Mega Millions lottery
Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. / Associated ...
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National Safe Boating Week begins today states crack down on drunken boating
This sign is posted at a boat launch on Lake Lanier where boating accidents claimed the lives of three children last summer in Buford, Ga. / David Goldman / Associated ...
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Charles Woodson talks Jabrill Peppers Michigan football and Lions
Charles Woodson was happy to hear that high school cornerback Jabrill Peppers wants to be better than he ...
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Lions Stephen Tulloch hopes Titus Young can get the mental help he needs
About a week before he was arrested for the first time, Titus Young happened to be on the same flight from Miami to Detroit as Lions linebacker and former teammate Stephen Tulloch.Tulloch, who was honored as the ...
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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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