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  • FBI busts prostitution ring in Southfield hotel

    The FBI made a sex trafficking bust after a woman says she was held against her will in a Southfield hotel and forced to have sex with men. The clerk inside the Victory Hotel in Southfield said when Deante Brown checked in, he was friendly and polite. Federal investigators call Brown a brutal sex trafficker and Friday they put an end to his alleged prostitution ...

  • Democratic nomination for governor is now Mark Schauers for the taking

    Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, is close to becoming a candidate for governor. Picture taken at a Lansing coffee shop on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. / Kathleen Gray/Detroit Free ...

  • 17 dogs rescued from unlicensed facility reach metro Detroit

    Michigan Humane Society Rochester Hills Center for Animal Care Shelter Manager Marcelena Mace plays with one of the rescued dogs from an alleged puppy mill in Missaukee before taking it to be examined by a doctor on Friday, May 23, 2013 in Rochester Hills. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free ...

  • Sad day in Warren One of two peregrine falcon chicks dies

    Image from Campbell Ewald from May 6, 2013. One of two peregrine falcon chicks living atop the Campbell Ewald building in Warren has died, the staff discovered this morning. / Campbell Ewald live ...

  • Dearborn paid Christian group $300000 to settle lawsuit record shows

    Wayne County Police Officer Jason Matthews smiles as Sadeq Shohatte, 16, Hussein Al Maleki, 12 and Radwan Shohatte, 13, all of Dearborn pet police dog Abby on Saturday, June 16, 2012 on Warren Avenue during the 2012 Arab International Festival in Dearborn. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free ...


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Movie Review

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

Now that VH-1's "Behind the Music" and other rockumentaries are an increasingly regular part of the cable TV landscape, Rob Reiner's directorial debut, the 1984 mock documentary "This Is Spinal Tap," seems even more dead-on in its parody of a group of aging, outdated British heavy metal rockers on their last American tour. Because there have been dozens of one-hour programs with aged rock sta ... ...

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  • Laptops other electronics stolen from academy in Detroit

    DEAD, SHOT AT A PRE-PROM PARTY. Devin: AND THIS IS THE SCENE OF AN OVERNIGHT CRIME. Karen: AND IT HURTS THE CHILDREN TRYING TO GET AN EDUCATION. Devin: SOMEONE BROKE INTO PIERRE TOUSSAINT ACADEMY AND TOOK OFF WITH SEVERAL LAPTOPS. Bisi: THE ACADEMY WAS BROKEN INTO SOMETIME OVERNIGHT AND THIEVES GOT AWAY WITH COMPUTERS, CAMERAS, AND POSSIBLY MUCH MORE. THE SECURITY ALARM INSIDE THE ACADEMY ...

  • Saginaw bus-van crash sends 4 to hospital breaks gas line

    Saginaw - A bus and a minivan crashed in Saginaw, sending at least four people to a hospital and forcing the evacuation of several houses because of a broken natural gas line. Radio station WSGW says two houses were damaged Friday morning when the bus hit them. The minivan landed on its top about 20 feet north of the intersection of Sheridan and Gallagher streets. Police say three people on the ...

  • Medical worker assaulted at Jackson prison facility

    A female physician's assistant, working inside the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, was found Wednesday evening on the floor of the healthcare ...

  • 800-pound bell stolen from church in Detroit

    Church maintenance man Dennis Felcyn said he arrived at the church on Russell Street at 7:30 a.m. Friday and noticed right away that someone had broken ...

  • Memorial Day weekend kicks music festival season into high gear

    Vampire Weekend performs on the Main Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Fields on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Indio, Calif. / Marilyn Chung/The Desert ...

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