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  • GM recalls nearly 20000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs

    General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report. The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua. GM has been investigating ...

  • I-5 bridge collapses near Seattle throwing vehicles into water

    MOUNT VERNON, WASH. — The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed late Thursday, dumping at least a handful of vehicles and people into a river, the Washington State Patrol said. There were no immediate reports of deaths.The four-lane I-5 ...

  • Red Wings beat Blackhawks 2-0 take 3-1 series lead with 3rd straight victory

    Jakub Kindl #4 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his second period goal with Justin Abdelkader #8 while playing the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena on May 23, 2013 in Detroit, ...

  • Detroit Pistons Relieve Lawrence Frank Of Head Coaching Duties

    D. Clarke Evans (NBAE/Getty) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that Lawrence Frank will not return as the team's head coach. "We thank Lawrence for his hard work and dedication, but we feel it is in the best interest of the franchise to make a change at this time," said Dumars. "Decisions like this are never ...

  • Detroit Could Sell Its Art Treasures To Pay Its Bills

    The Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Detroit Institute of Arts is widely considered to be one of the nation's museum jewels. Its vast collection includes works by Rembrandt, Picasso, Sargent, and Van Gogh. Its centerpiece courtyard is framed with priceless automobile industry murals ...


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Movie Review

In America

In America

There are so many ways in which Jim Sheridans In America could have gone wrong. The intensely personal story of an Irish immigrant family trying to make it in New York City against all odds, it has all the elements of sappy sentimentalism, including a third act that takes place almost entirely inside a hospital and features not just one main character dying, but two others who are, at vari ... ...

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  • DIAs art collection could face sell-off to satisfy Detroits creditors

    The once unthinkable is suddenly thinkable.Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is considering whether the multibillion-dollar collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts should be considered city assets that potentially could be sold to cover about $15 billion in debt.How much is the art at the DIA worth? Nobody knows exactly, but several billion dollars might well be a low estimate.Even the ...

  • Burkes agent mulling over marketing opportunities for ex-Wolverine

    For Trey Burke, the next month is a lot of waiting.Between now and the June 27 NBA Draft, his routine will look a lot like his Thursday night, when he spent three hours signing autographs.Really slow.The Burke business was in full swing, first with a private signing for stores, then two hours with the general public at Farmington ...

  • Beverly Hills man gets 137 years for role in arson ring

    The leader of an arson ring was sentenced today to 137 years in prison for running a scheme that involved burning down houses and businesses for money, scamming more than $5 million from insurance companies through phony claims.Ali Darwich, 31, of Beverly Hills was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland, who oversaw his trial that ended in December with him convicted of 33 counts of ...

  • 150 dogs removed from northern Mich. unlicensed breeding facilities

    More than 150 dogs were being removed from two sites of an unlicensed breeding facility in northern Michigan, an anti-animal cruelty group said Thursday. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it is assisting the Missaukee County Sheriff's Office and the Roscommon County Animal Shelter to remove and shelter dogs from two sites in Lake City, an hour south of ...

  • Officials say Detroit bridge operator involved in freighter crash fired

    The operator of a Rouge River drawbridge that crashed down onto an ore carrier last week has been fired, Wayne County officials said. "We completed our investigation and she was terminated as a result," said Cindy Dingell, deputy CEO of Wayne County Department of Public Services, on Thursday. The woman had worked for the county 17 years, including 15 as a bridge operator, Dingell said. ...

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