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  • World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region

    The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...

  • Property owners sue after Boardman River flooding in Lower Peninsula

    East Bay Township - Some property owners hit by flooding last year during a dam removal project in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula are suing. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports the lawsuit filed Friday says their property values dropped due to the Boardman River flooding. The suit names the Boardman River Dams Settlement Agreement Implementation Team and others as defendants. ...

  • NHL playoffs Red Wings get jump on Blackhawks take series lead

    Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard (35) stops a shot by Chicago center Jonathan Toews (19) during the second period of their game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. Detroit won 3-2. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) DETROIT -- Up and down. Quick as a minute. The compass was broken at Joe Louis Arena, and the game had only two directions: north and south. It was a track meet, a caffeinated pogo stick, all ...

  • Massive deadly tornado devastates Oklahoma at least 51 killed including 20 children

    Powerful tornado kills dozens in Oklahoma City: A powerful tornado sweeps through an Oklahoma City suburb, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials ...

  • Watch live Judge McCrees wife on stand in misconduct case

    Jude Wade McCree, who has been suspended from his job without pay, is accused of misconduct in office, according to a 20-page complaint filed by the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. A hearing, similar to a bench trial, began Monday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court.■ ...


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Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Before heading into Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth installment in the seemingly unstoppable video-game-based franchise, I had to remind myself that I had, in fact, seen two of the previous three installments, not just one. I had skipped out on 2007s ...

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  • Megatron still getting used to Lions new WRs coach

    Detroit Lions wide receivers coach Tim Lappano, foreground, instructs players during rookie minicamp at the team's training facility in Allen Park on May 11, 2013. / Associated ...

  • Microsoft expected to unveil next Xbox today

    Microsoft is hosting an event at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters today, where it is expected to announce the successor to the Xbox 360. An invitation sent to media outlets last month teases "a new generation revealed."Although few official details have emerged on the new Xbox video game console, industry experts such as Digital World Research analyst P.J. McNealy expect Microsoft to ...

  • Apple avoids billions in U.S. taxes Senate panel says

    Apple, the tech giant that has made a corporate bonanza by selling iPhones, iPads and iPods to consumers worldwide, has avoided tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on its income and profits, according to a Senate report summary issued Monday and swiftly challenged by the firm.The California-based firm has used a web of offshore ...

  • Brad Pitt No friends happy family odd condition

    Esquire magazine (on newsstands May 31) and says he's never "known life to be any happier."He also says he is convinced he has a condition known as prosopagnosia, or face blindness. In other words, he doesn't recognize people he has met."So many people hate me because they think I'm disrespecting them," he says. "So I swear to God, I took one year where ...

  • Oklahoma tornado How to help victims of the tragedy

    A woman carries her child through a field Monday near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. A tornado as much as half a mile wide, with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. / Sue Ogrocki / Associated ...

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