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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 ...

  • Tigers team up for 2nd annual Pink Out the Park

    "Everyone knows someone touched by breast cancer," said Tom Brookens, Detroit Tigers third base coach. "Raising awareness of breast cancer to help prevent it, detect it early and develop new treatments has parallels to a winning baseball team: it takes hard work, persistence and ...

  • Kid Rock adds 8th date for August concerts

    He and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band will perform under the stars for eight special shows at the DTE Energy Music Theatre on August 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 at 7:30 ...

  • Feds warn public about cash at border following $59000 bra bust

    Federal agents are reminding the public that anyone entering the U.S. from another country must report cash exceeding ...

  • Snyder No U.P. casino relocation

    The governor's office says he was open to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's plan to close a casino near Marquette and open a larger one at the former county airport. But he says the tribe declined to discuss a broader deal under which it would continue sharing some revenue with the state even if gambling is expanded in ...


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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Most film scholars will tell you that there are two quintessential American genres: the Western and the gangster film. Because iconoclastic independent writer/director Jim Jarmusch has already deconstructed the Western in "Dead Man" (1995), it is only logical that for his next narrative film he would turn his sights on the gangster film. ...

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  • MSU tuition hike vote on Friday

    MSU had planned on a 4% tuition increase. A statement from the university says more money from state government is to credit for the reduction in the ...

  • Baltimore 5 Detroit 2 Tough day for Verlander

    Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander looks to home as Baltimore Orioles J.J. Hardy rounds the bases with hit two run home run in the fourth inning of their baseball game on Tuesday June 18, 2013. Julian H. Gonzalez /Detroit Free Press / Julian H. ...

  • Chrysler agrees to a smaller recall of 1.56M Jeep SUVs

    The Chrysler headquarters building is shown October 24, 2008 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Chrysler announced on October 24 it is going to cut 25 percent of its salaried workforce beginning in December. / Bill Pugliano/Getty ...

  • Records Tucker Cipriano has received several visitors $2415 for his jail account

    Tucker Cipriano has received several visitors over the past 13 months in the Oakland County Jail, including three young women and an uncle who has deposited $1,600 in his jail account, according to documents obtained by the Free Press under the Freedom of Information Act.Jail records show Cipriano, 20, has had a steady stream of visits since his arrest in the April 16, 2012, baseball bat attack ...

  • General Motors demands wage cuts from Australian workforce

    General Motors Holden (GMH) yesterday demanded that its Australian workforce accept further job losses, major wage cuts and productivity speed-ups by the end of August. Managing director Mike Devereux stated that unless workers agreed, GM would join Ford and cease car production in Australia. Last month Ford announced the closure of its assembly plants in Melbourne and Geelong in 2016, ...

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