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  • NHL Playoffs Red Wings Take 2-1 Series Lead

    DETROIT | Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round ...

  • Datsyuk Miller Nyquist score to help Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3-1 to take 2-1 series lead

    The Red Wings' Drew Miller reached past the Blackhawks' Johnny Oduya for the team's second goal in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals in Detroit on Monday. Detroit won 3-1 to take a 2-1 series ...

  • Former airport CEO Mullin alleges shes owed $90K more lawyer due more in fees

    Detroit - Turkia Mullin wants more money. Just weeks after praising an arbitrator who awarded her $712,328 in back wages for being fired after two months as CEO of the Wayne County Airport Authority, Mullin filed court papers last week alleging the arbitrator made mistakes that cost her and her attorney $113,000 or more. Mullin wants a judge to affirm the arbitrator's ruling and give her ...

  • Ex-girlfriend details affair at Wayne County Judge McCrees disciplinary hearing

    Ann Arbor - The woman Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree admitted to having an affair with while she had a case before him said he asked her to have an abortion when she told him she was pregnant. "He was initially shocked," Geniene La'Shay Mott testified Monday. "At times he appeared thrilled. Other times he pushed for a termination." Mott took the stand Monday ...

  • Laura Berman Chess club helps Detroit kids find their way forward one move at a time

    Azola Martin, 10, of Eastpointe plots his next move while playing chess Friday at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Groups play frequently at the DIA, under the direction of coach Kevin Fite. A former math teacher, Fite has coached for more than a decade. (Ricardo Thomas / The Detroit ...


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Movie Review

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Nemesis marks the 10th time the Starship Enterprise has "boldly gone where no man has gone before" on the big screen. It's been four years since the last installment, the poorly received Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and, if anything, Nemesis is a sure sign that the producers behind the franchise are searching for a way to reinvent it. Darkier, edgier, more viole ... ...

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  • Neighbors cite arrest in Grosse Pointe Park strangling death

    Grosse Pointe Park - Neighbors of a 35-year-old woman who was fatally strangled last week said police on Saturday arrested a neighbor and removed clothing and other items from his flat. Sabrina Gianino was found dead Thursday in the home she shared with her boyfriend in the 1300 block of Wayburn. The boyfriend, who called police around midnight to report finding Gianino after returning home from ...

  • Ferguson refuses to testify about finances wont get court-appointed lawyer

    Detroit - Bobby Ferguson refused to testify under oath about his finances Monday amid an ongoing search for cash tied to alleged criminal activity. Ferguson, a close friend of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, needed to testify or fill out a financial affidavit in order to receive a taxpayer-funded lawyer in a $12 million bid-rigging case in federal court. But Ferguson refused to testify or ...

  • Canton Township church mourns youth minister killed in Ohio crash on his honeymoon

    Canton Township - When Jordan Costa married Saturday, he was embarking on more than a marriage. A 21-year-old church youth minister who wanted to eventually begin his own ministry, he had his whole life in front of him. Less than 24 hours later, it was gone. Jordan and Heather Costa were driving to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for their honeymoon Sunday morning when their Ford Escape struck a freeway ...

  • Lawyer Saudis will pay bond for man arrested at Detroit Metro with pressure cooker

    Detroit - The Saudi Arabian government is supporting a citizen who was arrested May 11 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker in his luggage, the man's lawyer said Monday. The Saudi government has offered to post a bond for Hussain al-Khawahir, who contacted the consulate after he was arrested at the airport, defense lawyer James Howarth said Monday. In a court filing, ...

  • Feds dont think Adrian child porn suspect made graphic image

    Detroit - Federal prosecutors do not believe a cross-dressing child pornography suspect photographed what appeared to be a dead infant with a bag over her head and rope around her neck - a picture that was found in the man's possession. The U.S. Attorney's Office would not elaborate Monday but said the FBI is checking with law enforcement agencies nationwide to determine if the photo ...

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