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  • Ford Motors to increase car exports out of India CEO

    Global automobile major Ford Motor Company considers India as a major market for it to grow as well as ship out more cars to other markets even as it is bringing down production in line with the demand in Europe, said a top company official. Betting big on the 'B' or compact car platform/chassis, the company also hopes to generate higher sales volume from the Asia Pacific region in few years ...

  • Search for Hoffas remains to continue Tuesday

    Federal investigators concluded their first day searching property Monday in Oakland Township for the body of legendary Detroit labor leader James R. Hoffa. The search ended just as a severe thunderstorm warning sounded at the northeast Oakland County site of the dig, which was prompted by a tip from a former high-ranking alleged member of the Detroit area La Cosa Nostra. The FBI believes a tip ...

  • Couple rescued after boat takes on water in Lake St. Clair

    tore across Macomb County with heavy rain, hail and high winds. It was exactly like what Mark Ralph and his wife got caught in Monday afternoon out on the lake. "Big waves started coming and the hail and the rain and the wind, and the first big wave over the bow took us down and the second one just filled the boat," he ...

  • MLB Detroit 5 Baltimore 1

    Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

  • Students savor memories at merging Bloomfield Hills schools

    Lahser High School senior Jourdan Paige, 18, of Bloomfield Hills fills out a final senior survey as she and classmates rehearse Thursday for graduation. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ...


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The Thin Red Line [Blu-Ray]

The Thin Red Line [Blu-Ray]

After spending 20 years in self-imposed cinematic exile following his two critically acclaimed, visually elegant films from the 1970s, Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), Terrence Malick returned with The Thin Red Line, a nearly three-hour visual poem ab ... ...

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  • In Embattled Detroit No Talk of Sharing Pain

    Kevyn Orr Detroit's emergency manager, estimated the embattled city's shortfall on pension liabilities is around $3.5 billion, not $644 million as estimated ...

  • Could this be the Jimmy Hoffa dig that finally unearths missing Teamsters boss

    Crews digging for Jimmy Hoffa's remains in Oakland...: The FBI is digging in Oakland Township, looking for the body of Jimmy Hoffa. Tammy Stables ...

  • Bob Seger to perform on The Voice season finale Tuesday

    "The Voice" will come with a big Detroit sound Tuesday night.Bob Seger has been enlisted for the season finale of the NBC singing competition, his manager confirmed this evening. The Detroit rocker will perform with the Swon Brothers, the Oklahoma duo who drew acclaim -- and a Top 10 iTunes showing -- for last week's performance of Seger's "Turn the Page."It's ...

  • Body of missing Oxford teen found near school no foul play suspected

    A 15-year-old girl who disappeared Friday from Oxford High School was found dead Sunday morning, a family member said.The body of Megan Abbott, a freshman at Oxford High School in northern Oakland County, was found in a wooded area near the school. Lapeer city police, who announced the discovery on the ...

  • Severe thunderstorms packing hail move into Oakland County

    The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeast Oakland County. Included in the warning area is the Oakland Township site where investigators are searching for the long missing body of Jimmy Hoffa. Severe weather warning sirens could be heard from the site of the dig as FBI and Oakland County authorities ended their first day of the search. A series of ...

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