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  • Former top Detroit library official charged with taking $1.4M in bribes

    Detroit - A former administrator with the Detroit Public Library has been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office on accusations he took more than $1.4 million in bribes and kickbacks from two contractors. Former Chief Administrative Officer Tim Cromer, 46, of West Bloomfield Township, was charged in a 21-count indictment Tuesday along with two library technology contractors, James Henley and ...

  • Trump to headline Oakland County GOP dinner tonight

    Novi - Donald Trump, the billionaire real-estate developer and entertainer who flirted with running for president last year, will be the keynote speaker Tuesday evening at the Oakland County Republican Party's largest fundraiser of the year. The challenge to recapture American greatness is the theme of Trump's message to the Lincoln Day dinner at the Suburban Collection Showplace in ...

  • Detroit Mower Gang to spend 24 hours mowing playgrounds

    A group known as the Detroit Mower Gang is inviting volunteers to join them for a 24-hour event to mow grass at the city's abandoned playgrounds. Detroit Mower Gang chief mower Tom Nardone, 43, said the first Motown Mowdown by Husqvarna will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at O'Shea Playground and will pause only for participants to camp out for the night in a Detroit park, organizers said ...

  • Tigers lineup Max Scherzer on mound to face red-hot Indians

    For the third consecutive year, the Cleveland Indians lead the AL Central in mid to late May.So far, the Detroit Tigers are 2-for-2 in brushing past the Indians and winning the division in September. But with manager Terry Francona running things in Cleveland, could things be different this year?Max Scherzer (5-0, 3.98 ERA) goes up against right-hander Corey Kluber (3-2, 5.40) tonight at ...

  • GM shifting Treasury jobs from New York to Detroit

    General Motors plans to move its office responsible for Treasury actions from New York to Detroit.The move carries weight as a symbolic shift of financial power for a company that has groomed many of its top leaders at its Treasury office. For example, former GM CEOs Rick Wagoner, Fritz Henderson and Jack Smith all worked in the office at one ...


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The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté) [DVD]

The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté) [DVD]

As cowriter Jean-Claude Carrire notes in a brief excerpt from a 2000 interview on the new Criterion Collection DVD of The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantme de la libert), master surrealist and provocateur Luis Buuel was essentially given free reign when making it ... ...

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  • Comic Con apologizes for long lines

    Hundreds of people wait in a line that wraps around the building to enter the Motor City Comic Con 2013 at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi on Saturday, May 18, 2013. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free ...

  • Chicago columnist Blackhawks season official in crisis mode

    Sometimes, it takes more than urgency and effort.Sometimes, a hockey team can pack all the sandpaper and abrasiveness coaches seek for a road trip into a hostile arena, and it still ...

  • GOP leaders back more money for roads schools

    LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican leaders in the legislature agreed to targets Tuesday for how to spend more than half a billion dollars in unanticipated revenue as they finalize the ...

  • Detroit summer school open to high school students outside district

    Detroit - Detroit Public Schools is opening its summer program to high school students outside the district, hoping to attract new families year round and reverse its declining enrollment. The new Summer School Academy, to run June 17-July 26, also will offer a pre-kindergarten transition program, weekly field trips and a social studies and science curriculum to target students who received low ...

  • Red Wings Take Game 3 And 2-1 Series Lead Over Blackhawks

    DETROIT (AP) -Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...

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