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  • Large building fire in southwest Detroit

    DETROIT (WXYZ) - The Detroit Fire Department is on the scene of a large fire at a commercial building in southwest Detroit. Michigan State Police has been asked to block traffic near I-75, around South Deacon and ...

  • 62 to pay Michigan $960000 for jobless aid fraud

    The state says 62 former employees of a food products company have pleaded guilty and will make $960,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits while continuing to ...

  • ACO closing 14 stores in Michigan

    ACO Home, Garden & Hardware, Michigan's largest independent hardware retailer, has announced it's closing 14 "underperforming" stores in an effort to improve and strengthen the company's ...

  • Cedar Point offers free admission to military for Memorial Day weekend

    is paying a special tribute to men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces with free admission for all active, retired and honorably-discharged members of the military with valid ID. Additional tickets for immediate family members may be purchased at the gate for $39.99 ...

  • U-M adding a QB transfer Not looking likely

    With every day that passes, Michigan appears less likely to add a transfer quarterback for this fall.There have been only a few players briefly associated with U-M, and both have chosen other schools. Florida ...


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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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  • Duchess Kate brightens queens annual garden party

    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appeared with Prince Charles, left, and his wife, Camilla. It was Kate's first public engagement in a couple of weeks. / WPA Pool/Getty ...

  • Sathwik Karnik of Massachusetts wins National Geographic Bee

    WASHINGTON — Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik of Plainville, Mass., has won the 2013 National Geographic Bee.Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center to clinch the title. Thirteen-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Ill., finished second.Sathwik led throughout the final round of the 25th annual ...

  • Director for Detroits building dept. resigns

    Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Wednesday said he had accepted the resignation of Nathan Ford, the city's director for the Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department ...

  • 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 ...

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