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  • Eastern Market Flower Day kicks off planting season

    Detroit - Tens of thousands of area residents weaved among hundreds of colorful stalls in Eastern Market on Sunday to take advantage of wonderful weather and a kaleidoscope of flora that marks the beginning of planting season. Just a week removed from the last frost, would-be horticulturists finally feel safe to plant and many showed up for the 47th Flower Day sale to get the necessary burst of ...

  • Game thread Tigers lineup for primetime game vs. Rangers

    The Detroit Tigers look to even the 4-game series against the Texas Rangers tonight in Arlington.Game time is set for 8:05 p.m. on ESPN.Doug Fister (5-1, 3.06 ERA) takes the mound for the Tigers. He threw seven innings of 2-run ball against the Houston Astros in his last start, a 6-2 win. Adrian Beltre is 6-for-14 against him lifetime, while Nelson Cruz is 7-for-16 with a home run.Left-hander ...

  • 6 Weeks Key to Deciding Detroits Fate

    Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit's emergency financial manager tries to meet a self-imposed, six-week deadline to decide whether the city can get through its financial crisis without a bankruptcy filing.Kevyn Orr, a former bankruptcy lawyer, in his first report to the state of ...

  • Struggling with urban decay Detroit now has a mountain of unwanted coke - thanks to anti-environmentalist Koch brothers

    The vistas in struggling Detroit are not always beautiful. Once-grand commercial buildings stand open to the winds while wild grasses strangle those swathes of the city where abandoned homes have been razed. And now residents must deal with an enormous and fast-growing mountain of pitch-black ...

  • For Detroit in crisis next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate

    A plug is seen coming from the Chevrolet Volt electric car during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 13, ...


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Movie Review

8 1/2 [DVD]

8 1/2 [DVD]

Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 is inner turmoil externalized in a grand, rambling, fantastical succession of images. Often referred to as the greatest film ever made about filmmaking, it is a wonderfully self-indulgent meditation on creative blocks and personal crisesthe film director as tortured soul. The main character, Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), is often read as a cinematic surrogat ... ...

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  • Report State employees make more than peers in other states

    In a state lush with trees, Michigan foresters make a lot of green. Here, state-employed foresters earn an average $58,401. In Minnesota, they earn $34,264.Likewise, state-employed transportation engineers in Michigan earn more than in most other states. In Michigan, they make an average wage of $66,252; in neighboring Ohio, ...

  • Saginaw police 14-year-olds shot while sitting in car

    Saginaw - Saginaw police say two 14-year-olds were shot while sitting in a car. They're expected to live. Police spokesman Officer Reggie Williams tells MLive.com the shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Lt. Robert Ruth says a 16-year-old told police that the teens were passengers in his car. Ruth says the driver told police he'd pulled over when the shooting happened. Ruth ...

  • Plane flips pilot unhurt in crash near airfield

    Sheridan Township - Authorities in western Michigan say a pilot escaped without injury after a single engine plane crashed and overturned near a rural airfield. The Newaygo County sheriff's department says the accident happened about 2 p.m. Saturday near Fremont Municipal Airport. It's in Sheridan Township, about 20 miles northeast of Muskegon. MLive.com reports that the Federal ...

  • Pioneering golf pro Ben Davis memorialized at Rackham Golf Course

    Ceremony attendees pose under the street sign marking Ben Davis Drive at Rackham Golf Course in Huntington Woods on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Davis was a prominent black golfer and golf pro at the golf course who died a month ago. / Julian H. Gonzalez /Detroit Free ...

  • Rescuers revive woman after Independence Township fire

    An 83-year-old Independence Township woman was in serious condition after rescuers pulled her unresponsive from a house fire in Independence Township on Wednesday.The fire was reported in the 6100 block of Clintonville Road near Waldon just after 7 a.m., according to a report released today by the Oakland County ...

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