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  • Emergency Meeting A workers program to answer the crisis in Detroit

    Jobs, utilities, education, health care, and pensions are social rights! I call on all workers--young and old, employed and unemployed, in the city and throughout the Metro area--to attend an emergency meeting on the crisis in Detroit. Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has now submitted his economic plan--a slash-and-burn program to force the population of Detroit to pay back bondholders, while ...

  • McCree says he lusted after woman in his court

    Ann Arbor - Embattled Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree testified Tuesday that his extramarital affair with a woman who had a case before him "surprised and thrilled him." "I lusted after this woman," he said of Geniene La'Shay Mott, a litigant in a child support case assigned to him. "I'm in my middle 50s and she's a double dozen years my ...

  • Detroit council OKs top lawyer appointment but not pay raise

    Detroit - The City Council on Tuesday approved the appointment of Portia Roberson as Detroit's new top lawyer, but rejected a recommendation to hike the pay scale for the position. Before voting 8-0 against the compensation increase, City Council members said it would send a "bad message" when the city is under emergency management and faces potential bankruptcy. Roberson, who ...

  • Saturday memorial planned for newlywed minister

    A memorial service for Jordan Costa is planned for Saturday at the church where he married his wife, Heather, the day before he died. (Connection ...

  • Trump Immigrants wont vote for GOP

    Donald Trump, left, Gov. Rick Snyder and Lincoln Club President David Trott were among the 2,300 attendees of the Lincoln Day dinner on Tuesday in Novi. (Ricardo Thomas / The Detroit ...


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Movie Review

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Blu-Ray]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Blu-Ray]

As the kick-off film for the summer of 1989, which turned out to be one of the biggest in Hollywood history up until that point, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was a conscious and deliberate throwback to a simpler, more crowd-pleasing formula ... ...

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  • Traveling display in Royal Oak memorial to Michigans Vietnam fallen

    Oak Park veteran Clifford Tatum, who served two tours in Korea and two in Vietnam, looks at the names of Michigan residents killed in action during the Vietnam War. The Michigan Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial will be displayed in Royal Oak through Friday. (Daniel Mears / The Detroit ...

  • State treasury examining Pontiac schools finance report

    The Michigan Department of Treasury is analyzing a final report on whether a financial review team should be sent to the Pontiac School District to determine whether the district is in a financial emergency. On Monday, state Superintendent of Instruction Mike Flanagan sent the department his final report on the Oakland County school district, which is struggling with an accumulated $37.7 million ...

  • Metro Detroit storms possible then a dry Memorial Day

    Showers and thunderstorms are in the picture Wednesday and Thursday, but things will dry off for the holiday weekend. After making one more run into the 80s Wednesday, temperatures will turn more seasonable Thursday and remain that way through Memorial Day, according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday is expected to reach a high of 83 with a 70 percent chance of rain, including ...

  • Grand Rapids residents complain state police helicopter patrols too loud intrusive

    Grand Rapids - State police helicopter patrols over Grand Rapids as part of an effort to curb violent crime have prompted complaints from area residents. David Lubbers said he tried to host a dinner party for seven people on his back porch Saturday night, but a helicopter made it impossible to enjoy the evening. He said it was enough of an annoyance he signed an online petition seeking to stop ...

  • Intern for Romney Ryan campaign faces federal cyberstalking charges

    Detroit - A 2012 Republican presidential campaign intern who worked for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan made a brief appearance in federal court Tuesday on charges he cyber-stalked 15 women and extorted them into sending nude photos. The FBI says Adam Savader, 21, of Great Neck, N.Y., obtained nude photos of women by hacking into online accounts and threatening to release the pictures unless they sent ...

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