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  • Canton Twp. groom dies in traffic crash day after wedding

    Canton Township - A newly married youth minister has died in a traffic crash in Ohio while he and his wife were on the way to their honeymoon. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Jordan Costa died at the scene of Sunday's rollover crash in eastern Ohio's Tuscarawas County. The 21-year-old victim's wife, Heather Favazza-Costa, sustained minor injuries. The Costas were married ...

  • Ferguson due in court may decide on court-appointed lawyer

    Detroit - Bobby Ferguson could decide Monday whether he needs a taxpayer-funded lawyer to defend him in a $12 million bid-rigging retrial. Ferguson has a 2:30 p.m. hearing in federal court, his first appearance since complaining last month about his inability to hire a lawyer for the high-profile bid-rigging case. Last month, Ferguson, 44, balked at disclosing how much cash and property he owns, ...

  • Metro Detroit under severe thunderstorm watch as temps rise

    Patrick Lynch, left, from Plymouth plays disk golf with Shannon Slebodnick and other friends while enjoying a warm day Monday May 20, 2013 at the Hines Park disk golf course in Northville. (Bryan Mitchell/Special to The Detroit ...

  • Detroit lawmakers present no-fault auto insurance reform plan

    Detroit - Democratic state lawmakers from the Motor City announced their own auto insurance reform package Monday that seeks to drive down the rates that Detroiters pay as well as force transparency into a $14 billion fund for victims with catastrophic accident claims. The package of bills, which remain in draft form, would restructure the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to force it to ...

  • Mahjong jewelry is retro chic

    When I think of mahjong, I think of grandmas, Boca Raton and caftans.Retro? Of course.Which is what makes these bracelets from Detroit-based Gehazi Collections so fun.Made from bone, mahjong tiles and glass beads, the red Tournament Bracelet is $14.99. The blue sparkling lotus bracelet is $20.Both, along with mahjong earrings, necklaces, wine charms and more, are available ...


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Movie Review

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

Coming-of-age stories are always tricky, bordering as they do on triviality and tunnel-vision melodrama, which is what makes Lasse Hallstrms My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv son hund) all the more astonishing. Taking place in Sweden in the late 1950s, it chronicles a year in the life of precocious 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius), who is sent to live with his relatives in an eccentr ... ...

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  • Stephen Henderson Morouns pet coke hell

    A pile of petroleum coke sites on the edge of the Detroit River in Detroit, in this March photograph. The pile has grown since this photo was taken. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ...

  • Police Royal Oak Township man charged with attempted murder for throwing girlfriend out window

    A 52-year-old Royal Oak Township man is in the Oakland County jail, charged with attempted murder, after police say he threw his girlfriend out of a third story window at the Royal Inn on Eight Mile Friday night.The woman, 47, survived, and underwent surgery at a local hospital, according to a press release from the Oakland County ...

  • Detroits Shinola Brings Watchmaking To The Motor City

    founder Tom Kartsotis launched Shinola with the aim of restoring quality American manufacturing in the economically battered industrial capital of Detroit, my hometown. Shinola takes its name from the mid-20th-century American shoe polish that was popularized in the expression, "You don't know shit from Shinola." This no-nonsense Midwestern attitude also comes through in ...

  • GM launching summer program for Metro Detroit students

    General Motors Co. said Monday it is launching GM Student Corps, a new program that will provide paid summer internships to 110 Detroit-area high school students who will work on community service projects. They also will learn from mentors and hone career skills. The program, in the works for more than a year, is designed to help prepare teens for leadership and careers, as well as aid Detroit ...

  • Woman testifies Wayne County judge asked her to terminate pregnancy

    Judge Wade McCree with his attorney Brian Einhorn before Judge Charles Nelson at Washtenaw Circuit Court in Ann Arbor on Monday. (David Coates/The Detroit ...

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