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SP cuts Detroit pension debt rating to D on default
June 18 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday lowered the rating on Detroit's pension obligation certificates of participation to D from CC in the wake of the city's decision to stop payments on the ...
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Mistrial declared in Detroit police officers manslaughter trial when jury cant reach verdict
Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley stands in Judge Cynthia Hathaway's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as the judge instructs jurors to continue to work toward a verdict after they sent her a note saying they are "stuck". The judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial. Weekley ...
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Burke to Pistons says ESPNs Chad Ford in new NBA mock draft
ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford has Trey Burke staying in the state of Michigan in his new mock draft.With the draft just nine days away and ...
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Dan Gilbert buys two more Woodward Avenue buildings
630 Woodward in Detroit as seen in 2006. The structure has become the latest purchase of businessman Dan Gilbert. / Heather Rousseau/Specidal to the Free ...
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80 off at Linda Dresner in Birmingham
Givenchy, Dries van Noten, Comme des Garcons at 80% off?Yes!Linda Dresner, the ultra high end boutique for women, is having a huge sale starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20.It plans to mark down past season designer merchandise, including shoes, to 80% off regular prices.It also plans to mark down its spring and summer merchandise to 50% off.Sale hours: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. June 20; 10 a.m. - 6 ...
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Court rules Duggan will remain off Detroit mayoral ballot
judge ruled last week that Duggan should not be on the primary ballot because he had not established residency in Detroit long enough to qualify under the City ...
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Detroit man sentenced for wifes murder
The man who confessed to shooting his wife to death in March was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 40 years in prison on the charge of second degree murder. Anthony Eugene Stanford, 46, also received an additional two years for a felony firearms charge. Police said Stanford walked into a precinct in March to turn himself in after his wife was found dead in their home on Bedford Street near Windsor. He ...
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As Detroit sinks deeper into debt entrepreneurs offer hope
Despite the gloom and doom, there are a number of innovative companies expanding in the area, sparking hope of economic recovery. The D-Hive puts on events such as this Failure Fest which gives entrepreneurs a chance to hear stories of failures from currently successful business people in Detroit on March 18, 2013. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and ...
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Extradition to begin after Lexington murder suspect appears in Michigan court
A man is scheduled to appear in court in Michigan Wednesday to start the process to bring him back to Lexington, where he is charged in a 2010 homicide.Terrence Sims, 43, is charged with fatally shooting Stephen Kavanaugh Jr., 33, on June 4, 2010 on Elsmere Alley near Sixth Street. According to Herald-Leader archives, Lexington police got into a foot chase with a man they thought was involved in ...
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Red Wings Make Risky Gamble With Pavel Datsyuk Extension
Pavel Datsyuk has signed an extension that will keep him in Detroit through 2016-17. Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most exciting players and, I would argue, the league's best offensive talent over the last decade. The Red Wings seem to agree, as it was announced today that they have rewarded the Russian center with a three-year, $22.5 million extension that will keep him in ...
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Experts search Lake Michigan for 17th century shipwreck
French and U.S. experts are searching for a 17th century ship they believe sank in Lake Michigan in 1679. Three French underwater archaeologists are diving at a site near Poverty Island, where expedition leader Steve Libert believes the Griffin sank. He discovered a wooden beam jutting from the lake bottom in 2001. Scientists say the beam appears to have been there for centuries, an important ...
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Mich. lawmakers OK $1 surcharge on electric bills
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan regulators could add up to a $1 monthly surcharge to utility bills to help poor customers with their heating bills under legislation headed to Gov. Rick ...
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Watch Slimy Substance Closes Lake Michigan Beaches
It was do we gooey sticky and silver. Spotted in Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon sticking to swimmers who are on Porter beach in Indiana. -- -- -- -- Water divers and everybody in squad -- at and ...
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Mysterious Substance on Lake Michigan Prompts Investigation
Swimmers have been ordered to stay out of Lake Michigan in parts of northwest Indiana after a mysterious, slimy substance showed up in the water on June 17, ...
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Chrysler reaches agreement with NHTSA issues recall for 2.7 million Jeep SUVs
A Chrysler Dodge pick-up truck drives past the headquarters of Chrysler LLC in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, April 30, 2009. / Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg ...
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Johnson Controls weighs sale of automotive electronics unit
Johnson Controls, which is trying to sell its automotive electronics business, has opened talks with private equity firms after other suppliers expressed interest in parts but no the entire unit.The Milwaukee-based company, which announced earlier this year that it would seek to divest the business, could still sell pieces of its electronics business to other suppliers. Most of the the ...
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Jimmy Hoffa flashback 2004 Was Hoffa killed inside northwest Detroit home
Editor's note: This story first ran in the Detroit Free Press on May 29, 2004.A deathbed confession by a Pennsylvania Teamsters official and scientific tests that may have detected blood in a house in northwest Detroit could help authorities solve the 1975 disappearance of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Or, maybe not. A biography due in bookstores Tuesday says Frank (The Irishman) Sheeran ...
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Jeff Seidel Detroit Tigers Max Scherzer shows all his talent strength
Detroit Tigers Max Scherzer after not getting a strike call to run the count fall with two outs in the fifth inning with Baltimore Orioles Chris Davis at bat in Detroit on Monday June 17, 2013. Julian H. Gonzalez /Detroit Free Press / Julian H. ...
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Illegal scrapping bills scrapped for now
LANSING — A package of bills strengthening laws against illegal scrapping of metal and the junk yards that buy the materials are going back to the drawing boards.A work group toiled for 18 months on the bills that would require scrap yards to take photos of the scrap metals ...
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Transcript of chat with U-M kicker J.J. McGrath
J.J. McGrath, who is graduating from Macomb Lutheran North and headed to kick at Michigan this fall, will be here at noon to answer your questions about himself, U-M, the upcoming MHSFCA East-West all-star game in which he's playing and more. What would you like to ...
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UPDATE 2-FBI widens hunt for Jimmy Hoffas body near Detroit
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:23pm EDT By Joseph Lichterman OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 18 (Reuters) - FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field on Tuesday for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by mobsters. FBI agents have been digging for Hoffa's remains since Monday when a ...
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Unelected Emergency Manager Preparing To Break Detroit’s Pension Promises
Detroit's unelected "emergency manager" wants to stiff the city's pensioners while repaying the large financial firms that hold the city's debts. Emergency manager Kevyn Orr unveiled the plan last Friday while announcing that the city ...
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Officials Unknown substance closed beaches
Coast Guard Seaman James Connor says a helicopter brought in from Traverse City, Mich., to look for the substance so far has spotted only pollen ...
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Detroit Center Datsyuk Agrees Three-Year Contract Extension
(Reuters) - Standout center Pavel Datsyuk has agreed to a three-year contract extension to remain with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, he said on Tuesday. Datsyuk, who has played his entire 11-season NHL career with the Red Wings, has one year left on his current contract and must wait until July 5 to sign and file with the league a contract that starts in the 2014-15 ...
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Jury in Weekley trial says they are stuck judge orders them to continue deliberating
Mother of Aiyana Stanley-Jones says she was told to sit on bloody couch where her daughter had been shot The jury in the Joseph Weekley trial sent a note to the judge today saying they are "stuck" and unable to reach a verdict. During a court session this afternoon, Judge Cynthia Hathaway ordered the jury back to deliberating and gave them additional instructions to do so. Joseph ...
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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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