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  • Kuroda Inspires Yankees Detroit Edge Rangers

    (Reuters) - Japanese ace Hiroki Kuroda pulled out his best performance of the season as the New York Yankees cruised to a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Kuroda (6-2) allowed just two hits in eight innings and lowered his ERA to 1.99 to keep the Yankees (26-16) on top of the American League East Division while ensuring the Blue Jays (17-25) remain rooted to the bottom. ...

  • The highly anticipated Powerball drawing kicks off Saturday

    The extremely enticing Powerball prize is now at a staggering $600 million. It's become the second largest jackpot in U.S. history. The only multi-state jackpot in the U.S. that was larger was the Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012, which reached $656 million before it was split by three winning ...

  • Teachers death and suspects standoff shock Oakland County

    Neighbor is shocked by death of Harry Berkowitz: Nancy Katzman, 52, and other neighbors said they were shocked to learn of the death of Harry Berkowitz in ...

  • Animals rescued from Warren shop are under close watch at hospitals

    Veterinarian technician Sheri Grace and Dr. Thomas Bankstahl care for an iguana at Parkway Small Animal and Exotic Hospital in Clinton Township. It was rescued from Greenwood Pets in Warren after a raid this week. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ...

  • Marine reunited with K-9 comrade

    Marine reunited with combat bomb-sniffing dog: Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach is reunited with Casey, a bomb sniffing dog he was deployed with to ...


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Movie Review

Unfaithful

Following the immense difficulties of getting his last film, the beautifully provocative and unfairly maligned adaptation of Lolita (1997), distributed, it has been five years since Adrian Lyne directed a film. Perhaps it is because the commercial failure of Lolita shook his confidence, but with Unfaithful, Lyne has returned to his favorite subject, that which has provided hi ... ...

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  • Lions LB hopes Titus Young can get mental help he needs

    About a week before he was arrested for the first time, Titus Young happened to be on the same flight from Miami to Detroit as Lions linebacker and former teammate Stephen Tulloch.Tulloch, who was honored as the ...

  • NBA draft Work ethic took Oladipo from off radar to lottery pick

    CHICAGO — Not many were calling Victor Oladipo a potential top-10 draft pick when he was a freshman defensive specialist at Indiana.The general consensus was that he had to improve offensively to be considered an NBA prospect.Guess NBA teams already have an idea of ...

  • Are engineers too few or just harder to find

    What research showsThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers predicts that the shortage of skilled factory workers could reach 3 million jobs in the U.S. by 2015. A Boston Consulting Group study forecasts there will be 875,000 too few highly-skilled machinists, welders, industrial engineers and machinery mechanics by 2020. From January 2010 through September 2012, U.S. manufacturing employment ...

  • Taking the Lead Lovio-George PR firm

    Christina Lovio-George is celebrating 30 years as one of the area's top veteran public relations executives. Lovio-George is shown at her firm Wednesday. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free ...

  • Tom Walsh Michigan stocks are on a roll

    If stock market returns are truly a leading economic indicator, Michigan appears poised for more prosperous times after a long, painful shakeout.With a gain of 50% over the past three years, stock prices of Michigan-based companies have outpaced the Standard & ...

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