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  • Datsyuk Red Wings agree on $22.5M 3-year deal

    FILE - In this March 24, 2013 file photo, Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk, of Russia, skates with the puck during the first period of their NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim, Calif. Datsyuk and the Red Wings have an agreement on a three-year contract. The Red Wings said Tuesday, June 18, 2013, they had agreed to terms on a deal to keep Datsyuk through the 2016-17 ...

  • State appeals court keeps Mike Duggan off Detroit mayoral ballot

    A three-member panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision last week that removed Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan from the Aug. 6 ballot. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit ...

  • Judge declares mistrial in case of Detroit cop accused in Aiyanas death

    Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley on Tuesday as Wayne Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray instructs jurors to continue their deliberations. (John T. Greilick/The Detroit ...

  • 2 rescued from Lake St. Clair after storm capsizes boat

    911 call from Madison Heights couple rescued from ...: 911 call from Madison Heights couple rescued from Lake St. Clair Monday evening after their fishing boat was swamped by a large wave cause by a storm ...

  • Help a local teacher who is battling cancer

    Currently, he is seeking acceptance to a clinical trial in Bethesda, Maryland. His oncologist refers to this as "The Miracle He Has Been Waiting For." But, his family needs help covering their medical ...


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Movie Review

Where the Heart Is [DVD]

Where the Heart Is [DVD]

"Where the Heart Is" is a shamelessly contrived melodrama with so many bizarre plot twists and tragic occurrences--desertion, child abuse, child kidnapping, a killer tornado, insanity, alcoholism, a character 's legs being cut off by a train--that it could conceivably rank up there with the ultimate of all high-pitched melodramas, "Kings Row" (1942), which also plays like a laundry list of terrib ... ...

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  • Mistrial declared in Detroit police officers manslaughter trial when jury cant reach verdict

    Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley stands in Judge Cynthia Hathaway's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as the judge instructs jurors to continue to work toward a verdict after they sent her a note saying they are "stuck". The judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial. Weekley ...

  • Burke to Pistons says ESPNs Chad Ford in new NBA mock draft

    ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford has Trey Burke staying in the state of Michigan in his new mock draft.With the draft just nine days away and ...

  • Dan Gilbert buys two more Woodward Avenue buildings

    630 Woodward in Detroit as seen in 2006. The structure has become the latest purchase of businessman Dan Gilbert. / Heather Rousseau/Specidal to the Free ...

  • 80 off at Linda Dresner in Birmingham

    Givenchy, Dries van Noten, Comme des Garcons at 80% off?Yes!Linda Dresner, the ultra high end boutique for women, is having a huge sale starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20.It plans to mark down past season designer merchandise, including shoes, to 80% off regular prices.It also plans to mark down its spring and summer merchandise to 50% off.Sale hours: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. June 20; 10 a.m. - 6 ...

  • Detroit man sentenced for wifes murder

    The man who confessed to shooting his wife to death in March was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 40 years in prison on the charge of second degree murder. Anthony Eugene Stanford, 46, also received an additional two years for a felony firearms charge. Police said Stanford walked into a precinct in March to turn himself in after his wife was found dead in their home on Bedford Street near Windsor. He ...

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