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  • Neighbor of slain Grosse Pointe Park woman arraigned on drug charge

    Grosse Pointe Park - A Grosse Pointe Park man who lives next door to a woman found last week strangled in her home is being held on an unrelated drug charge. Myron Tyronne Williams, 42, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana. He was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Carl F. Jarboe in Grosse Pointe Park Municipal Court and ordered to remain in custody in lieu of $250,000 ...

  • Macombs baby peregrine falcons dubbed Oakland Wayne

    Mount Clemens - Wayne and Oakland are the new names for two peregrine falcon chicks born in a nest high up on the Old Macomb County Building. The names bestowed Wednesday on the 21-day-old chicks are in honor of Macomb's partnership with its neighboring counties, County Executive Mark Hackel said. Also at the ceremony on the 11th story of the building, officials with the Michigan Department ...

  • Port Huron area woman arraigned in fake rape case

    Port Huron - A woman in the Port Huron area has made her first court appearance on a charge of falsely reporting a rape. It's one of two criminal cases for 38-year-old Sara Ylen. She's also accused of fraud by claiming for years she had cancer. Ylen was silent during Wednesday's arraignment in St. Clair County District Court. Not-guilty pleas were entered on her behalf. ...

  • Peters urges probe of Detroit waste storage

    U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has taken to the House floor to criticize the storage of piles of an oil-refining byproduct known as petroleum coke along the Detroit River. The Bloomfield Township Democrat failed to win approval for an amendment to legislation on the Keystone Pipeline requiring an investigation of the storage. He said Wednesday that Congress needs to act to protect "families and ...

  • Best new car deals for Memorial Day

    The vehicles listed below are considered Best New Car Deals, meaning there are notable discounts on these models that meet Consumer Reports criteria to be ...


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Movie Review

Pina [Blu-Ray]

Pina [Blu-Ray]

German director Wim Wenders had wanted to make a documentary about the expressionistic dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch for more than two decades. His first exposure to Bausch came in 1985 when he was taken to a performance of Caf Mller, her most famous work of tanztheater (dancer-th ... ...

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  • Former top library official in Detroit charged with kickbacks

    The former chief administrative officer of the Detroit Public Library has been charged with taking more than $1 million in kickbacks from contractors. Tim Cromer, who served as the library's chief administrative officer, and two contractors were charged Tuesday in a 21-count indictment, The Detroit News reported. Cromer, who was fired in February, had been suspended with pay after a raid ...

  • Robert Davis wants secretary of state to weigh in on Mike Duggan residency issue

    Labor activist Robert Davis urged the state's top elections official to step in on a controversy over whether Mike Duggan was a Detroit resident long enough when he filed to become an official candidate. / Patricia Beck/Detroit Free ...

  • One dead after machete attack on London streets

    A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London on Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. / Alastair ...

  • Helene St. James Cleary a pest but Wings love him for it

    Detroit Red Wings' Daniel Cleary, right, and Chicago Blackhawks' Michal Rozsival battle as they wait for the puck May 15, 2013. / Associated ...

  • Kellogg School debuts new CMO program

    Eric Leininger is the executive director of the Kellogg School's new CMO program. It's called burnishing your image. And Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management already known for its strength in the training of business marketers hopes to bolster that reputation with the launch this week of an executive development program designed, as the school's marketing ...

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