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  • General Motors recalls 231000 SUVs over fire risk

    US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported ...

  • General Motors demands wage cuts from Australian workforce

    General Motors Holden (GMH) yesterday demanded that its Australian workforce accept further job losses, major wage cuts and productivity speed-ups by the end of August. Managing director Mike Devereux stated that unless workers agreed, GM would join Ford and cease car production in Australia. Last month Ford announced the closure of its assembly plants in Melbourne and Geelong in 2016, ...

  • SEP candidate in Detroit speaks with workers about attack on pensions

    Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has made it clear one of the primary targets of his plan to "restructure" Detroit" will be the decimation of city workers' pensions. By insisting that pensions are no more than an "unsecured debt," Orr is seeking to circumvent legal protections for pensions spelled out in the Michigan's state constitution and Detroit's ...

  • Michigan State proposes bigger tuition hike for upperclassmen

    For the first time at Michigan State University, upperclassmen could face a higher tuition increase than freshmen and sophomores. During a press briefing Tuesday, MSU officials outlined proposed tuition increases of 1.9 percent for freshmen and sophomores and 3.6 percent for upperclassmen in 2013-14. Trustees are expected to vote Friday on the increases. Meanwhile, resident undergraduates at ...

  • Orioles 5 Tigers 2 Why the Tigers lost on Tuesday

    At Comerica Park ■ WHAT HAPPENED: Justin Verlander fell behind 5-0 by the fifth as he allowed J.J. ...


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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Most film scholars will tell you that there are two quintessential American genres: the Western and the gangster film. Because iconoclastic independent writer/director Jim Jarmusch has already deconstructed the Western in "Dead Man" (1995), it is only logical that for his next narrative film he would turn his sights on the gangster film. ...

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  • Wayne Co. aims to salvage over-budget jail project with scaled-down effort

    The county today is set to consider hiring a consultant to determine how the jail project went over budget.Construction of the new Wayne County Jail on Clinton in Detroit was stalled two weeks ago. (John T. Greilick/The Detroit ...

  • Detroit man’s pictures on Facebook leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com

    -- A Detroit man who posted pictures of himself holding guns on Facebook got more than a ';like'; out of his posts: He got arrested. Unbeknownst to Oliver Weddington, court records show, a federal agent who was investigating him for federal gun crimes was combing his Facebook page and came across several pictures that raised red flags. For law enforcement, social networking is proving ...

  • Saginaw Valley State Universitys longest-serving leader announces retirement

    Eric R. Gilbertson, president of Saginaw Valley State University, announced this week his plans to retire.Gilbertson, who joined the university in 1989, intends to stay in his job until a replacement is chosen, according to a press release from the university.Gilbertson made the announcement during ...

  • Hamtramck council vote opens door for state EM to fix finances

    Abdullah al Audi, a resident of nearly 40 years, says the state taking over is a good idea. Taxes are higher, he says, but where the money goes is a mystery. / Regina H. ...

  • Saginaw Valley in-state tuition for undergrads goes up 3.7

    The Saginaw Valley State University Board of Control this week approved a budget that includes a 3.7% tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students.Taking 30 credits during the 2013-2014 school year will cost students from Michigan $8,422.50 in tuition and fees. Including the increase, Saginaw Valley ...

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