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  • WMU student completes 216-mile kayak trip for fundraiser

    Muskegon - A Western Michigan University student has completed a six-day, 216-mile kayak trip down the Muskegon River to raise money for Parkinson's disease research, education and advocacy. Cody Ledsworth paddled to the finish line at a boat launch on Muskegon Lake on Tuesday. The Muskegon Chronicle reports that 20-year-old's trip was in honor of his grandmother, Marguerite Ledsworth, ...

  • Baby girl injured in Detroit house fire

    Detroit - Two children were reportedly injured in an early morning house fire on the city's east side. The injured included a baby and a 7-year-old girl. An elderly woman was also pulled from the home but her condition is unknown at this time. According to WDIV-TV (Channel 4), the blaze broke out at a home in the 800 block of Navaho Street in an area south of E. Jefferson Avenue and west of ...

  • Flint man accused of lawmaker threats ruled incompetent

    Flint - A Flint man who authorities say threatened to kill three lawmakers from Michigan has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. The Flint Journal reports U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith made the determination Tuesday about 54-year-old Randall Dellinger. Dellinger's lawyer, Elias Escobedo Jr., says the ruling followed a review by a psychologist, and Dellinger likely will be ...

  • Whole Foods ready to show itself off in Detroit

    "This was a vision I had years ago," said store manager, Larry Austin. "I wanted our stores in cities like Chicago and Detroit, and seeing this all come to life is a ...

  • Missing woman posts help message on Facebook

    Family members says the only communication they have had with Kelley since then was in the form of a Facebook post that read, "I need help.I'm stuck in Detroit.This guy won't let me out of his house I'm locked in the basement.I have to hide my ...


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Movie Review

Ordinary People [DVD]

Ordinary People [DVD]

Robert Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, is a solemn, studied portrait of a well-to-do American family coming apart from the inside after the tragic death of a son. Based the popular 1976 novel by Judith Guest, its central idea is that all families have inner crises that remain unspoken until something forces them out into the open, which is the true test of the family's streng ... ...

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  • Police release sketch of Wixom apartment robbery suspects

    Police in Wixom are asking for help identifying two teens who robbed and attacked a resident on Monday.Investigators released sketches of two teens wanted in the 11 p.m. incident Monday at the Village Apartments on Thornwood Street. The two teens forced their way into the apartment and demanded money. When the victim said he did not have any money, the pair attacked him before a third man armed ...

  • Detroit Country Day 6th grader among finalists in geography bee

    WASHINGTON — Ten young geography experts will field questions about history, cultures, landmarks and climates ...

  • 2 children 1 woman rescued from Detroit house fire

    Detroit Fire Chief Robert Zygmontowicz said when firefighters arrived at the scene in the 800 block of Navahoe Street, a baby had already been rescued from the fire but had suffered ...

  • Financially troubled district recalls more workers

    Buena Vista School District Superintendent Deborah Hunter-Harvill, left, speaks during a May 9 Buena Vista School District Board of Education meeting. / Colleen Harrison/The Saginaw News/Associated ...

  • Arraignment set in fake rape case in Port Huron

    Sara Ylen, 38, who gained sympathy after a 2002 rape and then rallied people when her cancer diagnosis became pubic, faces fraud charges after state police found no doctor who diagnosed cancer. / Wendy Torello/Times ...

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