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  • Officials to kick off Michigan seat belt campaign

    Detroit - Law enforcement officials across Michigan will be enforcing federally funded safety belt enforcement zones through the coming Memorial Day travel weekend. Safety belt enforcement is to be the topic of a news event scheduled for Monday in Detroit. Speakers at the event at Henry Ford Hospital are to include Kathy Farnum, section chief of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning; ...

  • Police get high-priority tips in search for Norton Shores gas station clerk

    Norton Shores - Police looking for a 25-year-old woman who disappeared from her job at a West Michigan gas station last month say they're investigating high-priority tips received over the weekend. Details aren't being released. Norton Shores police Chief Dan Shaw tells the Muskegon Chronicle that "every piece of information we get is beneficial." Shaw says there are a ...

  • Detroit Gold Cup races have new presenting sponsor

    DYC Detroit APBA Gold Cup races in July will be presented by Jarvis Property Restoration -- with the Detroit Yacht Club as the title sponsor of the two-day event on the Detroit ...

  • Michigan man dies in crash just 1 day after his wedding

    Jordan Costa died Sunday in a crash on Interstate 77 in Jefferson Township, Ohio. He and his new bride, 21-year-old Heather Favazza-Costa were on their way south for their ...

  • Brady Bunch reunion brings memories to Kings Island

    Introducing Cindy Brady at Kings Island: Greg Brady, Barry Williams, introduces Cindy Brady, Susan Olsen, at Kings Island during a visit to Kings Island recalling the taping of a "Brady Bunch" episode 40 years ...


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Movie Review

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) [DVD]

Coming-of-age stories are always tricky, bordering as they do on triviality and tunnel-vision melodrama, which is what makes Lasse Hallstrms My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv son hund) all the more astonishing. Taking place in Sweden in the late 1950s, it chronicles a year in the life of precocious 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius), who is sent to live with his relatives in an eccentr ... ...

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  • Department of Human Services worker pleads guilty in welfare fraud case

    A Belleville woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she fraudulently obtained state cash assistance while she worked for the Department of Human Services. Dawn Simmons, 46, pleaded guilty to one count each to false pretenses ($1,000 to $$20,000), and fraudulent access to a computer, both five-year felonies, on Wednesday before Judge Archie C. Brown in the 22nd Circuit Court in Washtenaw ...

  • New movie theater coming to Troy

    This new project, located at the southeast corner of Maple Road and Livernois in the City of Troy, will house 16 screens with 3,200 seats in 74,000 square ...

  • Man charged for firebomb to Art Van family home

    A 20-year-old man, accused of firebombing the suburban Detroit home of an heir to the Art Van Furniture business, appeared in court. Charles Patterson Kay of Grosse Pointe Park was charged for allegedly firebombing the home of Gary and Janet Van Eslander. Friday, at 3:30 a.m. a "Molotov cocktail" was thrown through the side window of the home of the home located on the 700 block of ...

  • Students return to school after Michigan district shutdown

    Teachers and students in the financially troubled Buena Vista Schools district are returning to the classroom after the district shut earlier this ...

  • Detroit roars back after years of quality issues

    Detroit automakers such as Chrysler are enjoying improved reviews and ratings -- a sign that Motor City may be catching up with imports. Isaac Davis, a salesman from the Detroit suburb of Southfield says he would love to buy a car from his home state. "But," he lamented, "I just don't think the quality is there."Davis isn't alone. In recent decades, millions of ...

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