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  • WWE ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan takes time for fan with cancer at Detroit Comic Con

    WWE wrestling legends were on hand. Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine weren't about to let the massive crowds and angry attitudes get the best of their day. The Detroit Celebrity Examiner was there to witness the events. The two sat side-by-side fielding questions from fans while posing for photo opportunities and signing ...

  • Red Wings Babcock having the most fun hes had in a couple of years

    Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, top, directs his team during the first period of Game 1 against the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. / Associated ...

  • Stilt walker finishes 354-mile Michigan trek

    JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Three-hundred-fifty-four miles and thousands of donated dollars later, the "Michigan Stilt Walker" has wrapped up his latest trek across the ...

  • Sterling Heights eyes 2.5-mill tax increase for police fire roads

    The Sterling Heights City Council on Tuesday is to consider putting a millage proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot to levy a special 2.5-mill property tax for police and fire and for road improvements.The portion of the millage to preserve police and fire protection would be 1.7 mills and 0.8 mills would be for road repair and reconstruction, allowing the city to invest more than $30 million in ...

  • Tornadoes hit Kansas Oklahoma no injuries reported

    TOPEKA, KAN. — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials ...

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Twilight

Twilight

I am usually attuned to significant trends in popular culture, whether they be on disc, in print, or on screen, which is why I was surprised to learn not too long ago that I had somehow completely missed the arrival and growing popularity of Stephenie Meyers series of teen-pulp gothic novels a ... ...

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  • U-M MSU other Big Ten football assistant salary database

    Here is the 2013 salary of every Big Ten assistant coach, other than coaches from Northwestern (private) and Penn State (doesn't have to obey open-records laws). These salaries do not ...

  • Thousands flock to Flower Day at Eastern Market

    Tricia Barnes, left, of Detroit shops using rented carts with her best friend Flarenda Meredith during the 47th Annual Flower Day at Eastern Market in Detroit Sunday, May, 19, 2013. 'I am a first time planter' says Barnes. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free ...

  • Game thread Tigers lineup for primetime game vs. Rangers

    The Detroit Tigers look to even the 4-game series against the Texas Rangers tonight in Arlington.Game time is set for 8:05 p.m. on ESPN.Doug Fister (5-1, 3.06 ERA) takes the mound for the Tigers. He threw seven innings of 2-run ball against the Houston Astros in his last start, a 6-2 win. Adrian Beltre is 6-for-14 against him lifetime, while Nelson Cruz is 7-for-16 with a home run.Left-hander ...

  • 6 Weeks Key to Deciding Detroits Fate

    Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit's emergency financial manager tries to meet a self-imposed, six-week deadline to decide whether the city can get through its financial crisis without a bankruptcy filing.Kevyn Orr, a former bankruptcy lawyer, in his first report to the state of ...

  • Struggling with urban decay Detroit now has a mountain of unwanted coke - thanks to anti-environmentalist Koch brothers

    The vistas in struggling Detroit are not always beautiful. Once-grand commercial buildings stand open to the winds while wild grasses strangle those swathes of the city where abandoned homes have been razed. And now residents must deal with an enormous and fast-growing mountain of pitch-black ...

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