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  • Saginaw bus-van crash sends 4 to hospital breaks gas line

    Saginaw - A bus and a minivan crashed in Saginaw, sending at least four people to a hospital and forcing the evacuation of several houses because of a broken natural gas line. Radio station WSGW says two houses were damaged Friday morning when the bus hit them. The minivan landed on its top about 20 feet north of the intersection of Sheridan and Gallagher streets. Police say three people on the ...

  • Medical worker assaulted at Jackson prison facility

    A female physician's assistant, working inside the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, was found Wednesday evening on the floor of the healthcare ...

  • 800-pound bell stolen from church in Detroit

    Church maintenance man Dennis Felcyn said he arrived at the church on Russell Street at 7:30 a.m. Friday and noticed right away that someone had broken ...

  • Memorial Day weekend kicks music festival season into high gear

    Vampire Weekend performs on the Main Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Fields on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Indio, Calif. / Marilyn Chung/The Desert ...

  • Pioneering golf pro Ben Davis memorialized at Rackham Golf Course

    Ceremony attendees pose under the street sign marking Ben Davis Drive at Rackham Golf Course in Huntington Woods on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Davis was a prominent black golfer and golf pro at the golf course who died a month ago. / Julian H. Gonzalez /Detroit Free ...


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Movie Review

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

Now that VH-1's "Behind the Music" and other rockumentaries are an increasingly regular part of the cable TV landscape, Rob Reiner's directorial debut, the 1984 mock documentary "This Is Spinal Tap," seems even more dead-on in its parody of a group of aging, outdated British heavy metal rockers on their last American tour. Because there have been dozens of one-hour programs with aged rock sta ... ...

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  • Rescuers revive woman after Independence Township fire

    An 83-year-old Independence Township woman was in serious condition after rescuers pulled her unresponsive from a house fire in Independence Township on Wednesday.The fire was reported in the 6100 block of Clintonville Road near Waldon just after 7 a.m., according to a report released today by the Oakland County ...

  • Red Cross to hold blood drive in Southfield

    The American Red Cross and the city of Southfield will sponsor a Community Blood Drive on Friday, June 7 from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road at 10 Mile ...

  • LaMarr Woodley Jimmy King to participate in Golf Classic

    On Friday, July 19, the University of Michigan African American Alumni Council (UMAAAC) will host the Celebrity Athlete Golf Classic & Awards Banquet at the Arthur Hill-designed Pheasant Run Golf Club on 46750 Summit Parkway in ...

  • Movement Electronic Music Festival this weekend in Detroit

    The lineup includes a live set by the renowned producer Nicolas Jaar; French DJ and music producer Brodinski; as well as the legendary superstar duo and remix team Masters at Work - Kenny Dope and Louie ...

  • Ex-Detroit mayor Kilpatrick gets new attorney

    Kwame Kilpatrick dismissed his lawyer, a move that will likely delay his sentencing in a corruption case, court documents said. Thursday Kilpatrick dropped attorney James C. Thomas, who defended Kilpatrick through several scandals over five years, Tthe Detroit News reported Friday. Like Thomas, Kilpatrick's new court-appointed attorney, Harold Gurewitz, will be funded by taxpayers to ...

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