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  • Detroits creditors could target Detroit Institute of Arts collection

    A public spat over the fate of the Detroit Institute of Arts' collection erupted Friday as museum officials sparred with Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's office over whether its masterpieces can be sold in the event of a bankruptcy. DIA spokeswoman Pamela Marcil said earlier Friday the city is not allowed to sell off assets because of an agreement with the DIA that says the museum will ...

  • Davidson family members in legal battle over late businessmans foundation

    Billionaire William M. Davidson was founder of Guardian Industries and his holdings once included the Detroit Pistons and The Palace of Auburn Hills. On March 15, 2009, the seat of the Detroit Pistons owner at The Palace was adorned with a portrait of him and a rose after his death. (Clarence Tabb, Jr./The Detroit ...

  • Laura Berman Entrepreneurs urban tree farm is taking root

    Andy Williams, urban farmhand, and Mike Score, president of Hantz Woodlands, are sweating in the hot sun, attacking three vacant, overgrown lots with chainsaws and a backhoe. The men both work for John Hantz, a Detroit entrepreneur who earned his wealth from financial services and his notoriety trying to farm vacant land in Detroit. Five years after announcing his controversial plan to create ...

  • Frost possible in Metro Detroit as cold front brings in low temperatures

    Central air off, furnace back on: Welcome to Michigan. Cooler temperatures arrived for the start of Memorial Day weekend, and they're expected to linger for much of the three days, thanks to a Canadian cold front that washed over Michigan. There's also a chance of thunderstorms beginning Monday night as families wrap up holiday celebrations. "That high-pressure system brought in ...

  • Man charged in electronics thefts from school district

    Lake Orion A Lake Orion man has been charged with stealing several electronic devices from the Lake Orion Schools. Drew Harrell, 28, was arraigned Thursday in 52-3 District Court in the breaking and entering with intent case. Magistrate Melinda Balian set a $10,000 cash/surety bond, said the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said video surveillance cameras caught the theft of the ...


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Movie Review

Space Jam

As we drove home from the theater, a friend and I were having a heated discussion about the merits of the new Michael Jordan movie "Space Jam." Personally, I hated it. I saw it as shameless attempt by Warner Brothers to ransack the Looney Tunes by ripping them out of their environment and dropping them in the middle of a computerized live action/animation film whose main purposes is to advertise ... ...

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  • Retired Troy doctor killed in crash

    Brandon Township - A retired Troy physician was killed Friday in a three-vehicle crash on M-15 south of Wolfe Road, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reported. Dr. Nabil Awad El-Shamaa, 74, was pronounced dead at Genesys Hospital less than an hour after the 8:30 a.m. crash. According to the sheriff's office, El-Shamaa was northbound on M-15 (Ortonville Road) in a 2001 Acura 3.2 TL ...

  • Volunteers clean up Detroits parks

    John George cuts grass for the nonprofit Motor City Grounds Crew this week at Williams Park, on the ...

  • Afghan vet now an MSU student honors fallen Marines in documentary

    Logan Stark, 26, of East Lansing, a former Marine corporal and now a senior at Michigan State University, has produced a documentary about his time in Afghanistan. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ...

  • Some unions now fear health care overhaul will jeopardize benefits

    President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic in 2009 at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Some unions that initially backed Obama's health care overhaul are now angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan. / David Kohl/Associated ...

  • After vote on gay youths Boy Scouts facing more protests departures

    The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.Dismayed conservatives already are looking at alternative youth groups as they predict a mass exodus from the BSA. Gay-rights supporters pledged Friday to maintain pressure on the Scouts to end the still-in-place ban on gay adults serving as ...

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