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  • Ford Motors to increase car exports out of India CEO

    Global automobile major Ford Motor Company considers India as a major market for it to grow as well as ship out more cars to other markets even as it is bringing down production in line with the demand in Europe, said a top company official. Betting big on the 'B' or compact car platform/chassis, the company also hopes to generate higher sales volume from the Asia Pacific region in few years ...

  • Matt Scherzer Detroit Tigers Pitcher Improves To 10-0 Start Tigers Beat Baltimore Orioles 5-1

    Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul ...

  • Jeff Seidel Tigers Scherzer shows all his talent strength

    Detroit Tigers Max Scherzer after not getting a strike call to run the count fall with two outs in the fifth inning with Baltimore Orioles Chris Davis at bat in Detroit on Monday June 17, 2013. Julian H. Gonzalez /Detroit Free Press / Julian H. ...

  • Moderate leaders election in Iran stirs local hopes

    Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani expresses hope Iran can reach agreement with world powers on its nuclear program.Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani claps during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013. Rowhani expressed hope that Iran can reach a new agreement with major powers over its disputed nuclear programme, saying a deal should be reached through more transparency and ...

  • Thousands without power after storms roll across state Monday

    Sunshine and cooler temperatures will make for a pleasant Tuesday after series of powerful thunderstorms rolled across lower Michigan on Monday night, downing trees and knocking out power for thousands. Metro Detroit is expected to be mostly sunny Tuesday, with a high near 76; wind gusts will be up to 21 mph. as a cold front drops temperatures nearly 10 degrees, according to the National Weather ...


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61.1°F Light Rain
Winds: Calm
Wed
partlycloudy
77° 50°
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clear
73° 57°
Fri
clear
77° 50°
Last Updated on June 18, 1:52 AM EDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

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The Thin Red Line [Blu-Ray]

The Thin Red Line [Blu-Ray]

After spending 20 years in self-imposed cinematic exile following his two critically acclaimed, visually elegant films from the 1970s, Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), Terrence Malick returned with The Thin Red Line, a nearly three-hour visual poem ab ... ...

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  • No sign of Hoffa after 1st day of search for union boss remains in suburban Detroit field

    Investigators look over the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Monday, June 17, 2013, where officials search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos ...

  • Detroit Pistons To Clean Up St. Hedwig Park In Detroit April 18 For NBA Green Week Presented By Sprint

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons are helping to clean-up St. Hedwig Park in Southwest Detroit today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., clearing debris, removing graffiti and painting the basketball court to celebrate NBA Green Week. Members of the Pistons organization, including Pistons Legend Earl Cureton, will join Detroit ...

  • Message in a bottle Note written by Detroit girls surfaces a century later

    Selina J. Pramstaller Born Jan. 18, 1898, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Pramstaller. Lived at 377 Wabash in 1915. Had several occupations through the years, including stenographer at the Caille Perfection Motor Co. in 1917 and clerk at Standard Computing Scale Co. in 1921. Later in 1921, she worked with her older sister, Irene. Married Stanley L. Kellum, a switchman for the railroad, in ...

  • Many Michigan colleges do poor job preparing teachers for class study finds

    In Michigan, the top ranked programs were the undergraduate secondary program at Hope College, which received 3.5 stars, and the graduate secondary program at Oakland University, which received 3 stars. / 1999 Detroit Free Press file photo by Patricia ...

  • Pistons great Isiah Thomas using basketball to curb violence

    Isiah Thomas, former Detroit Piston signs a Sweet Repeat poster for Dominic Monea, 80, at the Grand opening of Ollies Bargain Outlet in Taylor Mich. The first 250 people recieved a ticket for a meet and greet with Thomas. 'It was a family team effort to wait in line for a ticket before the store opened' said Monea . Some people waited in line as early as 5:30 AM JESSICA J. TREVINO/ ...

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