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  • Animals rescued from Warren shop are under close watch at hospitals

    Veterinarian technician Sheri Grace and Dr. Thomas Bankstahl care for an iguana at Parkway Small Animal and Exotic Hospital in Clinton Township. It was rescued from Greenwood Pets in Warren after a raid this week. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ...

  • Marine reunited with K-9 comrade

    Marine reunited with combat bomb-sniffing dog: Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach is reunited with Casey, a bomb sniffing dog he was deployed with to ...

  • Lions LB hopes Titus Young can get mental help he needs

    About a week before he was arrested for the first time, Titus Young happened to be on the same flight from Miami to Detroit as Lions linebacker and former teammate Stephen Tulloch.Tulloch, who was honored as the ...

  • NBA draft Work ethic took Oladipo from off radar to lottery pick

    CHICAGO — Not many were calling Victor Oladipo a potential top-10 draft pick when he was a freshman defensive specialist at Indiana.The general consensus was that he had to improve offensively to be considered an NBA prospect.Guess NBA teams already have an idea of ...

  • Are engineers too few or just harder to find

    What research showsThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers predicts that the shortage of skilled factory workers could reach 3 million jobs in the U.S. by 2015. A Boston Consulting Group study forecasts there will be 875,000 too few highly-skilled machinists, welders, industrial engineers and machinery mechanics by 2020. From January 2010 through September 2012, U.S. manufacturing employment ...


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Movie Review

Unfaithful

Following the immense difficulties of getting his last film, the beautifully provocative and unfairly maligned adaptation of Lolita (1997), distributed, it has been five years since Adrian Lyne directed a film. Perhaps it is because the commercial failure of Lolita shook his confidence, but with Unfaithful, Lyne has returned to his favorite subject, that which has provided hi ... ...

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  • Taking the Lead Lovio-George PR firm

    Christina Lovio-George is celebrating 30 years as one of the area's top veteran public relations executives. Lovio-George is shown at her firm Wednesday. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free ...

  • Tom Walsh Michigan stocks are on a roll

    If stock market returns are truly a leading economic indicator, Michigan appears poised for more prosperous times after a long, painful shakeout.With a gain of 50% over the past three years, stock prices of Michigan-based companies have outpaced the Standard & ...

  • Carolyn Hax Mutual friend uncomfortable being asked to play matchmaker

    Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn: One of my friends asked me to set her up with a guy friend of mine. I happen to know the guy friend is not looking for the same things she is looking for and will probably (though not definitely) wind up blowing her off, even if he seems interested at first (which he probably will). Is it my job to share this with her, or should I just set up ...

  • Amy Dickinson Mom seems oblivious to Dads cancer care

    Dear Amy: My father has cancer, along with other health issues. Though his prognosis is fine, my mother seems to be showing a complete lack of concern or involvement with his health care.He has gone to oncologist and radiologist visits by himself. He was recently hospitalized after a ...

  • Letters With AP scandal the buck stops with Obama

    President Barack Obama hired Attorney General Eric Holder, and is therefore responsible for the IRS scandal, a Free Press letter writer says. / Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty ...

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