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  • GM recalls nearly 20000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs

    General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report. The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua. GM has been investigating ...

  • Kmart’s ‘Big Gas Savings’ Ad May Make You Ship Your Pants

    came out of left field and dropped a contender for funniest ad of year with ';Ship My Pants.'; Like that ad, Kmart’s new ad ';Big Gas Saving'; makes use of a language trick to make the innocent sound a bit salty. Man, those sure are some big gas savings. The ';Ship My Pants'; ad currently boasts over 17.3 million views on YouTube. I think you can call that a ...

  • Pistons Dumars has spoken with Jackson one or two times since Phil left town

    Phil Jackson sits courtside at game between the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden. / Jim O'Connor / USA TODAY ...

  • Kate Upton prom teen finds new model date

    The high school senior who asked Kate Upton to his prom didn't get that wish to come true. But his backup date isn't too shabby.Jake Davidson, the high school senior who asked Kate Upton to his prom, didn't get his wish. After first saying she'd have to check her schedule, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl finally turned him down.No worries. The Sherman Oaks, Calif., ...

  • Big Ben picture frame closed Metro Airport for hours report says

    DETROIT — The incident forcing the partial evacuation of Detroit Metropolitan Airport for hours one day last month was triggered by law enforcement ...


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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [DVD]

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [DVD]

By the seventh installment of the illimitable Friday the 13th franchise, it seemed that any hope for originality or innovation was long gone, if it had ever existed to begin with. As a new movie in the series had been released virtually every year since 1980, there just didn't seem to be that much more to add to the tried-and-true stalk-and-slash formula. They had already used the gimmick ... ...

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  • Novi infant found unresponsive on Mothers Day autopsy planned

    Jerrod Hart said today that a call came in from a home in the Novi Meadows trailer park off Napier near 12 Mile just after 3 p.m. Sunday. The family reported their 7-month-old daughter was ...

  • Birmingham teacher Harry Berkowitz shot at least 3 times sources say

    Neighbor is shocked by death of Harry Berkowitz: Nancy Katzman, 52, and other neighbors said they were shocked to learn of the death of Harry Berkowitz in ...

  • Man being brought back from India to face Novi family killings

    Novi - A man suspect of killing his wife and two children nearly five years ago is to be extradited from India this weekend to face charges in the October 2008 deaths. Novi Police Chief David E. Molloy announced Thursday that his department and the FBI are bringing Lakshminivasa Nerusu back under a program called "Project Welcome Home." Nerusu is accused of killing his 37-year-old ...

  • Details emerge behind Detroit Metro bomb threat that wasnt

    A bomb squad removes a piece of luggage after Detroit Metropolitan Airport was shut down by authorities who believed they had found an improvised explosive device in someone's luggage. (David Coates/Detroit ...

  • Mans car stolen in Detroit with wifes ashes in trunk

    Detroit - A man planning to take his deceased wife's ashes to a memorial service for her mother says his car and the ashes inside it were stolen in Detroit. WDIV-TV reports that Jim Meilenner parked his car Monday night in an eastside neighborhood and by the next morning the Pontiac G6 was gone. He was taking his wife's ashes - stored in a wooden box in the trunk - to his ...

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