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  • Making A Difference Everyday Hero Rev. Gloriane Hymon Wiley

    For the past several months, Reverend Gloriane Hymon Wiley, or as most folks call her, Gloria, has been serving as the Interim Executive Director of the Friendship House in Hamtramck. Friendship House is an 83-year-old organization that has served as a community resource center for more generations than it can count. It is a busy bee hive daily with individuals going and coming. Situated in the ...

  • Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida

    (Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on ...

  • Man arraigned in church break-in

    A man allegedly spotted scaling a pole just before breaking in a church was arraigned Friday on an unlawful entry charge.Paul Edward Murray, 45, was arrested Monday after officers found him in the basement of Good Shepherd Church at 814 N. Campbell in Royal Oak, according to information from Royal Oak police. Police went to the church after a 911 caller reported seeing a man climbing a pole ...

  • Ann Arbor doctor killed in crash on I-94

    An Ann Arbor doctor was killed this morning in a fiery crash along I-94 west of Ann Arbor.Dr. Steven Ernst Gradwohl, 51, an internal medicine doctor with the University of Michigan Health System, was killed in the crash, the Michigan State Police said in a news release.About 9:30 a.m., a red Volkswagen Cabrio started to drift across the three lanes of eastbound I-94 near Zeeb Road. The vehicle ...

  • John Carlisle Church halts Martas Fine Foods bid for a liquor license

    Marta Parilli sits in her small restaurant Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Oshtemo. Parilli has applied for a liquor license but was rejected because of nearby Oshtemo United Methodist Church's challenge. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ...


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Chicago 10 [DVD]

Chicago 10 [DVD]

Give due credit to Brett Morgen: He has taken an already well-trodden piece of recent American history and not only made it vibrant and new, but also painfully, strikingly relevant. Chicago 10, a bravura documentary-cum-polemic about the circus trial of eight (later seven) defendants ... ...

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  • Red Wings draw level Sharks get one back

    The Detroit Red Wings squared their NHL Western Conference semi-final series with the Chicago Blackhawks at 1-1 on Saturday.The Red Wings earned a come-from-behind 4-1 triumph on away ice at the United Center, scoring twice in each of the second and third periods.Patrick Kane put Chicago ahead in the final six minutes of the opening stanza, but Damien Brunner had the quick reply in the second ...

  • Sanchez struggles in Detroits loss to Texas

    Texas Rangers Elvis Andrus, left, stands on third base with Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera (24) after Andrus' triple scored teammate Avisail Garcia, not shown, during the second inning of the baseball game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM ...

  • State boating rules tightened safety promoted as season starts

    Harrison Township - Greg Murray was busy Friday at Belle Maer Harbor, getting his 1990 Sea Ray Amberjack ready for a season on the water. "You go through a checklist, make sure you have an inspection, your safety equipment is working, you know, making sure it floats," said Murray, a longtime boater from New Baltimore. "I make sure there's life jackets on for everybody. I make ...

  • Donna Terek Corktown course offers miniature golf with an urban twist

    Roosevelt Par miniature golf: Roosevelt Par, Detroit's miniature golf course is next door to the Imagination Station on 14th St. at Dalzelle, near the Train Station. Steve Coy, and his Lawrence Inst. of Tech, students made creating it a sculpture class ...

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