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  • Homeless man gunned down in Detroit street

    Police say the man was approaching Plymouth and Evergreen when a group of men standing on the corner began to taunt him. Suddenly, the group attacked the man. The man tried to defend himself, but was overpowered by the group. The violent attack moved onto the busy ...

  • Detroit Pistons Relieve Lawrence Frank Of Head Coaching Duties

    D. Clarke Evans (NBAE/Getty) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that Lawrence Frank will not return as the team's head coach. "We thank Lawrence for his hard work and dedication, but we feel it is in the best interest of the franchise to make a change at this time," said Dumars. "Decisions like this are never ...

  • Detroit Pistons Add Coors Light to Sponsor Roster

    CHICAGO (April 3, 2013) - Coors Light, The World's Most Refreshing Beer, has finalized a multi-year deal to become a sponsor of the Detroit Pistons. The partnership features the following assets for Coors Light: Sponsorship of the Pistons annual draft day party and consumer promotions related to the draft. A special ticket packaging program for all of Pistons' Tuesday home ...

  • Patterson apologizes on Twitter for comparing state House speaker to Hitler

    Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson appeared Friday on public television's 'Off the Record,' where he called Speaker of the House Jase Bolger 'Adolf Bolger.' / ...

  • Beverly Hills man gets 137 years for role in arson ring

    The leader of an arson ring was sentenced today to 137 years in prison for running a scheme that involved burning down houses and businesses for money, scamming more than $5 million from insurance companies through phony claims.Ali Darwich, 31, of Beverly Hills was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland, who oversaw his trial that ended in December with him convicted of 33 counts of ...


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School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

In recent years, Billy Bob Thornton has been banking his career on playing a series of amusingly likable jerks, most notably (and hilariously) in Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa (2003) and then again in Richard Linklater's limp 2005 remake of Bad News Bears, where he reimagined ... ...

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