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  • Detroit council expected to vote on Bings $1.1B budget

    Detroit - The City Council is expected to vote Friday morning on Mayor Dave Bing's proposed $1.12 billion general fund budget with amendments that will spare $6 million in the upcoming fiscal year. Among the changes recommended are deeper cuts to the city council's department and divisions as well as the mayor's. The panel is also seeking to implement healthcare cost sharing ...

  • Michigan Muslim Capitol Day returns to Lansing next week

    Lansing - A coalition of organizations and individuals is planning a daylong event at the state Capitol during which Muslims from across Michigan can interact with state lawmakers and other leaders. Michigan Muslim Capitol Day is set for Tuesday. Participants are scheduled to attend state House and Senate sessions as well as meet with legislators. The event is organized by the Michigan Muslim ...

  • Fishing this weekend Remember new bait rules

    State wildlife regulators are reminding anglers that use of salmon eggs or minnows for bait is restricted in some waters to prevent the spread of a virus that's deadly to ...

  • Workers seize more than 150 dogs from alleged Missaukee County puppy mill

    Rescue workers took more than 150 dogs Thursday from a breeder in Missaukee County described by the Michigan Humane Society as ...

  • No one killed after Skagit River bridge collapses in Washington

    A portion of the Interstate 5 bridge is submerged after it collapsed into the Skagit River dumping vehicles and people into the water in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on Thursday, May 24, 2013. / Frank ...


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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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  • Amanda Bynes silent in arrest video

    This 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department shows actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. Bynes was been arrested in midtown Manhattan Thursday May 23, 2013 after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. / Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department / ...

  • Bill would let Michigan install red-light cameras

    Lansing - Michigan's local governments would have the option to put cameras at intersections to spot drivers running red lights under proposed legislation in the state House. A measure recently introduced by Republican Rep. Wayne Schmidt of Traverse City would give local communities the power to put cameras in place. Schmidt says in a statement that "local governments should be given ...

  • Metro Detroits Memorial Day weekend forecast cool and clear

    Central air off, furnace back on: Welcome to Michigan. Friday morning commuters are waking up to clear skies and 40-degree temperatures thanks to a Canadian cold front that washed over Michigan on Thursday afternoon. "That high-pressure system brought in unseasonably cold air," said National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Considine, working out of the White Lake Township station. ...

  • Police 1 dead 3 hurt in pre-prom party shooting in Saginaw

    Saginaw - A shooting in a parking lot during a party where hundreds of students and their family members gathered before a Michigan high school prom left a 17-year-old girl dead and three women injured, police said. The shooting happened about 6 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot at Florence Event Hall in Saginaw, about 85 miles northwest of Detroit. Police Sgt. Reggie Williams said there were ...

  • DIA artwork could be sold off if city goes into bankruptcy

    Inside the DIA and that is sparking fears in philanthropic circles - the Detroit art lover community and from tax payers helping fund the DIA to keep it viable. There are fears that the emergency ...

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