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  • Judge wont allow hearing in lawsuit to void Detroit EM Orrs appointment

    Mason - Ingham County Judge William Collette refused Wednesday to allow an evidentiary hearing to compel testimony from top state officials in a lawsuit seeking to void the appointment of Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. Andrew Paterson, an attorney for union activist Robert Davis, had sought the hearing after the state Court of Appeals overturned Collette's earlier ruling that Orr and ...

  • Detroit building director resigns to take private sector job

    Detroit - Building and Safety Engineering Director Nathan Ford has resigned to take a new job in the private sector, Mayor Dave Bing announced Wednesday. Ford is credited with establishing new policies and procedures to create efficiencies in his department. The mayor's office said the department has also been more responsive to public safety concerns, development activities and eliminating ...

  • AAA About 1.1M in Michigan plan holiday travel

    Dearborn - AAA Michigan says about 1.1 million residents of the state will travel 50 miles or more on vacation during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. The auto club announced Wednesday travel in Michigan during the Thursday to Monday period is projected to be nearly on par with last year. AAA Michigan says nearly 92 percent in the state will travel by personal vehicle, slightly more than last ...

  • Federal grant targets Detroit brownfield sites

    Detroit - The region's Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has received a $600,000 federal grant that will be used to assess more than 30 sites around Detroit that have been impacted by contaminants from commercial industrial uses. Mayor Dave Bing in an announcement this week said the grant money is the first step toward reclaiming land in the city that has been overused and ...

  • Service set for youth minister killed day after his wedding

    BY GOING TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM, AND THEN CLICKING THE WEATHER TAB THERE. Ruth: IT WAS A STORYBOOK WEDDING FOR A COUPLE FROM WAYNE. THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER CAME TO A TRAGIC END ON A HIGHWAY IN OHIO. Devin: A YOUTH PASTOR AND HIS WIFE TRAVELING ON THE WAY TO THEIR HONEYMOON WHEN A TERRIBLE CRASH HAPPENED, TAKING HIS LIFE AND LEAVING HIS NEW BRIDE A WIDOW. Ruth: WILL JONES JOINS US LIVE FROM ...


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The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

Lucio Fulcis The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) was released near the end of a particularly prolific period for the Italian director, who had, after several decades of directing projects in a wide variety of genres including co ... ...

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  • Woman charged with false rape claim due in court

    Ylen is scheduled to appear Wednesday in St. Clair County court. Authorities say she falsely accused a man of rape last year and used makeup to create what looked like bruises. She knew the man through a church in the Lexington ...

  • Abortion opponents petition drive could bypass statewide vote potential governor veto

    LANSING — Abortion opponents will embark on a petition drive to ensure that Michigan residents have to buy an optional rider on their health insurance to cover abortions.And unlike most petition drives, if they get at least 258,088 valid signatures, and the state Legislature approves the issue, it will become law without a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder, who has already vetoed the bill ...

  • Judge denies request for testimony in Detroit emergency manager lawsuit

    MASON — An Ingham County judge, citing a recent Michigan Court of Appeals opinion, refused today to call an evidentiary hearing in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the appointment of Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr.Circuit Judge William Collette also said he knows of no court rule that provides for an evidentiary hearing during the discovery process of a lawsuit, as requested by attorney ...

  • Tiger Woods Fried chicken comment from Sergio Garcia was hurtful

    Sergio Garcia, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the third round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. / Associated ...

  • Man arrested during Grosse Pointe Park strangulation investigation faces drug charges

    A man who was arrested during the investigation into the strangling death of a Grosse Pointe Park woman is being charged with drug offenses.Myron Tyrone Williams, 42, is to be arraigned at 11:15 a.m. today on charges of marijuana possession, marijuana delivery and intent to deliver marijuana, according to the Wayne County ...

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