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  • Nyquist and Millers 30-second burst gives Red Wings edge over Blackhawks

    Detroit Red Wings' Gustav Nyquist, of Sweden, and Chicago Blackhawks' Brandon Saad tangle during Game Three of the NHL playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. Photograph: Paul ...

  • Man plans walk across Upper Peninsula to support injured veterans

    Munising - A Michigan man plans to walk more than 200 miles across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of an effort to help fellow veterans. WHMI-FM reports that Joe Ostervik of Howell plans to begin "Joe's Operation Injured Soldier Walkabout" on June 6 in Munising to support Operation Injured Soldiers. The Vietnam War veteran says the trek should take about 20 days ...

  • Grand Rapids police helicopter patrols prompt complaints

    Grand Rapids - State police helicopter patrols over Grand Rapids as part of an effort to curb violent crime in the city and surrounding communities are prompting complaints from area residents. The Grand Rapids Press reports noise from the flights that started in April has been a concern. David Lubbers says he tried to host a dinner party for seven people on his back porch Saturday night, but a ...

  • Michigan man heads to trial in 2012 death of infant son

    Ionia - A Michigan man is standing trial on murder and child abuse charges in the 2012 death of one of his twin infant sons. Testimony began Monday in the trial of 28-year-old Keith Thibeault of Portland. The trial in Ionia County Circuit Court could last two weeks. Authorities say Everette Thibeault was brought to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing in March 2012 with injuries consistent with physical ...

  • Boats linked to 2010 Lake Huron oil spill being removed

    Cheboygan - Boats that officials have said were believed responsible for a 2010 Lake Huron oil spill are expected to be removed from the affected area this year. The Cheboygan Daily Tribune reports work is taking place to remove the tugboat William Hoey from Duncan Bay at Cheboygan. The Jenny Lynn sank, and plans call for it to be removed this summer. A third boat also was involved. The ...


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Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Nemesis marks the 10th time the Starship Enterprise has "boldly gone where no man has gone before" on the big screen. It's been four years since the last installment, the poorly received Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and, if anything, Nemesis is a sure sign that the producers behind the franchise are searching for a way to reinvent it. Darkier, edgier, more viole ... ...

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  • Charges sought after swastika carved into locker at East Lansing High

    East Lansing - Malicious destruction of property charges are being sought against three Michigan high school students after a Jewish classmate found a swastika carved into her locker, police said. School administrators, the girl's family and police agreed the best way to handle the incident was for her three classmates to be charged with the misdemeanor, East Lansing police Lt. Scott ...

  • Barricaded gunman found dead in Detroits Corktown

    Detroit - An effort to execute an arrest warrant ended in death early Tuesday morning at a home in the city's Corktown area. According to Detroit police, bail bondsmen were serving an arrest warrant at about 9 p.m. Monday at a home in the 1500 block of Elm Street, located near Trumbull Street and between Temple Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The warrant was for a 25-year-old man ...

  • Storms today high winds hail possible today

    The same storm system that spawned massive tornado in Oklahoma will bring showers and thunderstorms to metro Detroit today , according to the National Weather ...

  • U.S. stock futures tilt higher

    U.S. stock futures reversed direction to tilt higher this morning.Dow Jones industrial average index stock futures rose 0.07% to 15, 330, Standard & Poor's 500 index stock futures added 0.01% to 1, 664.80. Nasdaq 100 index stock futures rose 0.07% to 3,023.On Monday, the Dow fell 0.1% to 15,335.28. The S&P 500 0.1% to 1,666.29. The Nasdaq composite index fell 0.1% to 3,496.43.On ...

  • Ray Manzareks keyboards opened musical doors

    If ever there was a sonic siren that could compete with Jim Morrison's haunting vocals, it was the piercing, throbbing wail of Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek's Vox Continental organ.That sound has been silenced with Manzarek's death Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, where, according to the band's Facebook page, the 74-year-old co-founder of one of the 1960s' most ...

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