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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 ...
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Detroit Red Wings level NHL playoff series against Chicago Blackhawks
Valtteri Filppula of the Detroit Red Wings collides with Michal Handzus of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on May 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph: Jonathan Daniel/Getty ...
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Tigers notes JV goes back to basics in bullpen session
Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander (35) reacts after walking Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus (1) during the third inning May 16, 2013. / Ron ...
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Appeals court Troy doesnt own land where transit center is being built
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a developer who says Troy must give back land the developer donated for a transit center because the city failed to get the project funded within the ...
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Detroit Pistons To Clean Up St. Hedwig Park In Detroit April 18 For NBA Green Week Presented By Sprint
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons are helping to clean-up St. Hedwig Park in Southwest Detroit today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., clearing debris, removing graffiti and painting the basketball court to celebrate NBA Green Week. Members of the Pistons organization, including Pistons Legend Earl Cureton, will join Detroit ...
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School for Scoundrels
In recent years, Billy Bob Thornton has been banking his career on playing a series of amusingly likable jerks, most notably (and hilariously) in Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa (2003) and then again in Richard Linklater's limp 2005 remake of Bad News Bears, where he reimagined ... ...
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50 to 60 people injured after car drove into Virginia parade
DAMASCUS, VA. — An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said Saturday that no fatalities have been reported.The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. ...
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Fans of comic book legend Stan Lee jam highways to see him at Motor City Comic Con
A chance to meet a comic book legend drew thousands of fans to the Motor City Comic Con in Novi on Saturday, with many enduring highway backups and long lines to get in just to get an autograph.Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and Iron Man, was the main draw at the convention, held at the Suburban Collection Showplace. It was ...
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4 incidents reported of man exposing himself to women in Troy Royal Oak
Four similar incidents have been reported in Troy and Royal Oak over the past week when women and girls were followed by a man who exposed himself and made lewd comments, police said.Troy police issued an alert about the incidents this afternoon, warning the community to be on the lookout for the man seen driving a red SUV. No one has been injured.According to police, the incidents ...
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Thousands of excited costumed fans descend on Motor City ComiCon in Novi
Novi - Just about any other day of the year, Alex Ellsworth is a graphic designer who works on tombstones. But on Saturday, he was a superhero. The Whitmore Lake resident turned heads at the Motor City ComiCon in his homemade Optimus Prime costume. He said he made it last year to wear for Halloween when he took his four-year-old cousin trick-or-treating. "It's all cardboard and hot ...
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Game thread Tigers lineup for tonights game vs. Rangers
Avisail Garcia is back in the lineup as the centerfielder as the Detroit Tigers play on against the Texas Rangers in their 4-game series in Arlington.Right-hander Anibal Sanchez (4-3, 2.05 ERA) goes against right-hander Justin Grimm (2-3, 4.28) at 8:05 p.m.The two teams split the first two games of the series after the Tigers took Friday ...
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He is the most evil, vile, demonic criminal. He is dead to me. There will be no visits, there will be no phone calls. He can never be Daddy again. I have no sympathy for the man.
Angie Gregg
Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas
Coming off Highway 45, about an hour's drive and 50 miles south of Houston, and as we approached Galveston my ...
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- Beverly Hills man gets 137 years for role in arson ring
- Detroit Red Wings level NHL playoff series against Chicago Blackhawks
- Tigers notes JV goes back to basics in bullpen session
- Appeals court Troy doesnt own land where transit center is being built
- Detroit Pistons To Clean Up St. Hedwig Park In Detroit April 18 For NBA Green Week Presented By Sprint