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  • Man 28 arrested in theft of electronic gear from Lake Orion school building

    Lake Orion - A Lake Orion man has been arrested and charged with stealing several electronic devices from the Lake Orion Schools. Drew Harrell, 28, was arraigned Thursday in 52-3 District Court on a charge of breaking and entering with intent. Magistrate Melinda Balian set a $10,000 cash/surety bond, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said video surveillance ...

  • Tigers bats hot in win over Minnesota

    Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday ...

  • Main Beach in New York tops Dr. Beachs annual survey of best beaches

    Main Beach in East Hampton, N.Y., is number one on the 2013 list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as 'Dr. Beach,' director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. / KKM Photo/Associated ...

  • 1 killed 3 injured at Saginaw pre-prom gathering

    Clothes litter the parking lot where four people were shot during a pre-prom gathering for Saginaw High School near the Florence Event Hall, 110 Florence in Saginaw, Thursday, May 23, 2013. A 17-year-old girl died. Three other women, ages 18, 19 and 39 were injured during the shooting and were receiving treatment at a local hospital. / Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw ...

  • Report Toyota tops BMW as worlds top auto brand

    Toyota has passed BMW in a ranking of the world's most valuable brands.The list was put together by a keeper of such scores called Brandz.But it's no time for celebration if you're in the auto industry. Auto brands lag far behind other sectors, especially technology, on the Brandz Top 100 list. For instance, the top three places on the list belong to tech companies -- Apple, ...


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Movie Review

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [Blu-Ray]

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [Blu-Ray]

Following on the heels of the grandly operatic Star Trek II: The Wrath of the Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock feels like its practically crawling. While in no sense a bad movie, Star Trek III is, nonetheless, something of a let-down, a longwi ... ...

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  • Memorial Day travelers warned to buckle down on buckling up

    Travelers this weekend should buckle up or face fines of up to $162 on Memorial Day weekend during the national Click It or Ticket campaign to boost seat belt use.The annual campaign, which ends on June 2, has state and local law enforcement agencies across the country cracking down on motorists who aren't wearing seat belts.Over the past five years, police have written more than 3 million ...

  • 3 Allen Park schools on lockdown for police situation

    Allen Park - Three schools have been put on lockdown Friday for a police situation in a neighborhood, according to the Allen Park superintendent's office. Lindemann Elementary, Allen Park Middle School and the Riley Education Center have been on lockdown since 10:30 a.m. as a precaution. Allen Park police say officers came across four men inside a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of ...

  • Tips dwindle in Nevaeh Buchanans kidnapping slaying

    Monroe - Investigators say the number of tips is dwindling in the kidnapping and slaying of a 5-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared four years ago and was found buried near a Michigan river. Detective Joseph Hammond of the Monroe County sheriff's department tells the Blade of Toledo, Ohio, that a hotline set up for the Nevaeh Buchanan case gets about one tip a month. Hammond was part of ...

  • Detroit City Council OKs $1B budget with some changes

    "The mayor gave us a budget that was fundamentally flawed. It did not address the deficit, for one. It did not address eliminating any non-essential services," he said. "For those reasons, I thought we should have been able to find at least $76 million to put into an appropriations to pay down the deficit. We weren't able to do that and I voted ...

  • Two-minute drill Updates on Wings Tigers Pistons ... its all good

    Welcome to the two-minute drill, which will give you a snapshot of what's going on with the Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, Spartans and Wolverines each ...

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