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  • Metro Detroiters automakers support Oklahoma tornado relief efforts

    Two days into disaster relief efforts following the Moore, Okla., tornado, Metro Detroiters are increasingly mobilizing with fundraising, supply donations and at least one caravan of volunteers who are planning a cross-country road trip to aid in rebuilding. Among major donors announcing outreach plans are two of Detroit's Big 3. The General Motors Foundation has pledged $50,000 and is ...

  • Hunting of gray wolves in Michigans U.P. put on hold

    Lansing - A planned hunt of gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula has been put on hold - for now - after the law authorizing the harvest was suspended Wednesday pending a statewide referendum vote in November 2014. The Board of State Canvassers determined Wednesday the group Keep Michigan Wolves Protected turned in more than the minimum 161,305 signatures required to get the issue on the ballot. ...

  • Detroit employees union Well come to the table to talk about pensions

    Al Garrett, President of the AFSCME Council #25 confirmed the union received a letter on Monday from the law firm Jones Day, seeking its participation in a discussion dealing with retirees. Jones Day is under contract with the city to assist with its financial restructuring efforts. (Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit ...

  • Firefighters battle blaze at industrial building in southwest Detroit

    Detroit - Firefighters are battling a blaze Wednesday at a warehouse in an industrial area of southwest Detroit. The fire department was called to the fire around 1:38 p.m. at 600 South Deacon, officials said. The building is believed to be vacant. A real estate listing last updated this month shows the 20,000-square-foot building for sale for ...

  • Falcon chicks atop Macomb County building named Wayne Oakland

    'Oakland,' the Peregrine Falcon named by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, makes a lot of noise as he and his brother named 'Wayne' were banded indoors at the Old Macomb County in Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. / Eric Seals/Detroit Free ...


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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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  • Lions Delmas taking it easy not participating in OTAs

    Louis Delmas is not taking part in Organized Team Activities this off-season as he continues to rehab from knee injuries that cut short his last two seasons.Delmas was one of two players on the ...

  • Maurice Cheeks will have second interview with Pistons today

    Evidently, Mo Cheeks impressed someone during a recent phone interview with the Detroit Pistons.The Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach and former head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers will have second interview with the Pistons today, according to two people with knowledge of the ...

  • Michigan Traveler New tours on both sides of Windsor-Detroit border focus on Henry Ford

    The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, where the Model T was invented, was the site of the announcement of new auto-related tours in Detroit and Windsor. / Ellen Creager/Detroit Free ...

  • Large building fire in southwest Detroit

    DETROIT (WXYZ) - The Detroit Fire Department is on the scene of a large fire at a commercial building in southwest Detroit. Michigan State Police has been asked to block traffic near I-75, around South Deacon and ...

  • UK official Barbaric attack near London military barracks could be terror-related

    A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in southeast London Wednesday today. LONDON - Two suspected Islamist terrorists have been shot after a soldier was allegedly beheaded in south east London today.The victim – who was wearing a Help For Heroes t-shirt – was said to have been attacked by men armed with knives, including a meat cleaver.One of the alleged killers said after ...

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