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  • Department of Human Services worker pleads guilty in welfare fraud case

    A Belleville woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she fraudulently obtained state cash assistance while she worked for the Department of Human Services. Dawn Simmons, 46, pleaded guilty to one count each to false pretenses ($1,000 to $$20,000), and fraudulent access to a computer, both five-year felonies, on Wednesday before Judge Archie C. Brown in the 22nd Circuit Court in Washtenaw ...

  • New movie theater coming to Troy

    This new project, located at the southeast corner of Maple Road and Livernois in the City of Troy, will house 16 screens with 3,200 seats in 74,000 square ...

  • Man charged for firebomb to Art Van family home

    A 20-year-old man, accused of firebombing the suburban Detroit home of an heir to the Art Van Furniture business, appeared in court. Charles Patterson Kay of Grosse Pointe Park was charged for allegedly firebombing the home of Gary and Janet Van Eslander. Friday, at 3:30 a.m. a "Molotov cocktail" was thrown through the side window of the home of the home located on the 700 block of ...

  • Students return to school after Michigan district shutdown

    Teachers and students in the financially troubled Buena Vista Schools district are returning to the classroom after the district shut earlier this ...

  • Detroit roars back after years of quality issues

    Detroit automakers such as Chrysler are enjoying improved reviews and ratings -- a sign that Motor City may be catching up with imports. Isaac Davis, a salesman from the Detroit suburb of Southfield says he would love to buy a car from his home state. "But," he lamented, "I just don't think the quality is there."Davis isn't alone. In recent decades, millions of ...


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Movie Review

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

Coming-of-age stories are always tricky, bordering as they do on triviality and tunnel-vision melodrama, which is what makes Lasse Hallstrms My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv son hund) all the more astonishing. Taking place in Sweden in the late 1950s, it chronicles a year in the life of precocious 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius), who is sent to live with his relatives in an eccentr ... ...

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  • New school center to specialize in math science and technology

    Warren Consolidated Schools is opening a specialized mathematics, science and technology center for middle school students in the fall.A group of 168 sixth-graders will take their math, science, technology and language arts education at the center, which school officials say is part of the ...

  • Violent fight interrupts peace rally in Detroit

    It was a rally for peace, a hope to stop the violence and bloodshed in Detroit. But the celebration Sunday took a horrific turn when it abruptly ended with a man wielding a knife and on the ...

  • Detroit girl 3 returned to family after overnight search

    Detroit - A 3-year-old girl taken by an unknown man while her mother was allegedly being assaulted by her father has been released to relatives. Police said the girl's father, Stacey Anderson, 29, gave the girl, Alonna Anderson, to family at 7:15 a.m. Monday at Grand River and Lahser. The child was unharmed. An Amber Alert was issued late Sunday night for Alonna, who was at her home in the ...

  • Michigan gas prices rise 10 cents over past week

    AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 10 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.88 per gallon.Michigan joins the rest of the country in reporting price jumps in the past week.The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66 nationally.Of the cities surveyed in the lower 48 states, Tucson, Ariz., has the ...

  • Billboard awards put on one impressive Vegas show

    Quick, name a Billboard Music Award winner. Yeah, we'd be hard-pressed to do it, too. As with most such shows, it's the performances that get people talking. USA TODAY recaps Sunday night's musical numbers.* * * * (out of ...

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