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  • General Motors recalls 231000 SUVs over fire risk

    US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported ...

  • Read Mike Duggans letter to supporters

    Yesterday afternoon, the Michigan Court of Appeals removed me from the ballot as a candidate for Mayor. There is no campaign staff member or lawyer to blame for this. I read the charter myself before I filed. I read the language the same way ...

  • FBI No sign of Hoffa case remains open

    The FBI on Wednesday said it's wrapping up its search in Oakland Township for the remains of remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...

  • Video Search for Hoffa Mobsters tip led investigators outside Detroit

    The search for Jimmy Hoffa continues, and though no body has been found yet, ex-mobster Tony Zerilli insists he knows how Hoffa died and where he's buried. CBS News' Elaine Quijano ...

  • Opening statements expected today in Mitchell Young murder case

    Mitchell Young, 20 looks up at his defense attorney as he and Tucker Cipriano, 19 (not shown) appear in 47th district court for a preliminary exam, charged with murder and attempted murder for the baseball bat attacks on the Cipriano family before Judge Marla Parker in Farmington Hills, MI, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. / Kathleen Galligan / Detroit Free ...


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Movie Review

Crazed Fruit (Kurutta Kajitsu) [DVD]

Crazed Fruit (Kurutta Kajitsu) [DVD]

In the United States, the 1950s was the decade of the juvenile delinquent film. Although there were antecedents, the cycle was really kick-started by 1955s The Blackboard Jungle, which scandalized audiences not only with its depiction of rough, switchblade-wielding youth bucking au ... ...

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  • Mike Duggan wont appeal ruling ousting him from Detroit mayoral ballot

    Former Wayne County Prosecutor and Detroit Medical Center head Mike Duggan talks to the Detroit Free Press about his run for mayor of Detroit and what he would do if elected at the Bodman PLC law firm in Detroit on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free ...

  • GMC expects to sell more Sierra crew-cabs

    General Motors expects to increase the percentage crew-cabs versions of the redesigned 2014 GMC Sierra, because ...

  • Manufacturers feel pinch as more LME aluminium is stuck in Detroit

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:08am EDT * Face U.S. midwest premiums at record above 12 cents per lb * Spare aluminium unavailable in practice - stuck in Detroit * Wait for metal more than year long in Detroit sheds By Maytaal Angel LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Makers of products such as cans and packaging foils face record high aluminium surcharges in the U.S. Midwest as more of the metal gets sucked into ...

  • Billionaire Dan Gilberts 7.6 Million Square Foot Stake In Detroit

    Dan Gilbert, Chairman, Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans, speaks in Detroit. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Even as Detroit battles to stay fiscally afloat, billionaire Dan Gilbert continues to snap up property in the Motor City. On Tuesday, Gilbert's Rock Ventures confirmed that Gilbert has purchased two more buildings ...

  • MSUs ugly study Unattractive workers suffer more

    People who are considered unattractive are more likely to be belittled and bullied in the workplace, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University business ...

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