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  • High winds rain expected to roll through Metro Detroit

    The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 6 p.m. for Wayne County and parts of Lenawee, Washtenaw and Monroe counties as southeast Michigan braces for bad weather. The outlook for portions of southeast Michigan is rainy and windy Tuesday evening through Wednesday, with a line of thunderstorms moving through the region, the National Weather Service said. Strong ...

  • Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project

    Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste storage project. For the past decade, Ontario Power Generation has been carrying out plans for a deep geologic repository - a massive underground storage vault for low- to medium-level nuclear waste - in the municipality of Kincardine. ...

  • Wayne Co. commissioners fear rising jail tether costs

    Detroit - Wayne County Commissioner Ilona Varga is accusing the sheriff's department of unfairly favoring one of four vendors providing tethers to the Wayne County Jail in a funding shuffle that could cost taxpayers more than $320,000. Last year, commissioners approved a three-year contract for nearly $5 million for tethers and services. The contract was split among four firms, one of ...

  • Troy hotel owner to add shops restaurants amphitheater

    Troy - A development company that owns the land around the Met Troy Hotel plans to expand the site to include a retail center, amphitheater and restaurant. New California Hotels Corp. announced plans Tuesday to modify the 17-acre site to keep up with the improving Michigan market, according to a company news release. "We are excited about the recent upswing in the Detroit-area economy. Our ...

  • Ex-River Rouge school official gets 5 years for bribery mail fraud

    Detroit - A former River Rouge School District administrator was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday on bribery and mail fraud charges. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman handed down the sentence for Dolores Reid, 53, of Southfield. Reid was convicted by a jury in federal court about six months ago. Reid, who was the district's director of state and federal programs, pocketed ...


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Pina [Blu-Ray]

Pina [Blu-Ray]

German director Wim Wenders had wanted to make a documentary about the expressionistic dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch for more than two decades. His first exposure to Bausch came in 1985 when he was taken to a performance of Caf Mller, her most famous work of tanztheater (dancer-th ... ...

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  • TSA arrests man headed for Detroit with gun in carry-on

    A man was arrested Tuesday at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport with a gun in his bag, and he was minutes away from boarding a flight to ...

  • Thief apologizes for stealing beer

    Dee and Leo Samad frequently have backyard get togethers with friends and family. There's always a beer tap in the bar and cold beer in the fridge. They began to notice beer would go missing from their fridge. "There for awhile my husband kept saying,' I know I put a case of beer in there and there's only 5 or 6 cans left. But what are you going to do? We put locks on ...

  • Blackhawks Red Wings have 2 of NHLs top coaches

    DETROIT - Joel Quenneville has accomplished a lot in the NHL, hoisting the Stanley Cup once and with as many postseason victories as any active coach.The Chicago Blackhawks coach, though, has never gotten past the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs.Quenneville is 0-5 as a head coach against the Red Wings in postseason series, getting eliminated by them in 2009 to end his first season in Chicago, ...

  • Lions Suh ready to lead defensive line Schwartz says

    Detroit Lions at OTAs: The Detroit Lions held OTA's Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the practice facility in Allen Park. Rookies and veterans took part on the practice. Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free ...

  • Snyder to visit Israel in June

    LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder is planning a trip to Israel in June, his office confirmed today.Details of the trip are still being finalized, spokeswoman Sara Wurfel told the Free Press.Snyder has made trade missions to Asia and Europe. This will be his first trip to Israel as governor.Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm visited Israel in 2008 and signed an agreement with the country establishing a ...

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