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Emergency financial manager considers selling off Detroit Institute of Arts collection

The Woodward Avenue faade of the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit's unelected emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr, has asked for an appraisal of the collection held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to determine whether the city could sell off the art works to help pay off Detroit's $15 billion in long-term debt. This outright provocation comes in the wake of Orr's ...
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Two men are facing federal charges in Flint after authorities say they headed a retail fraud operation that bilked Home Depot stores in 13 states out of more than $300,000. In federal complaints unsealed in Flint U.S. District Court Tuesday, May 22, authorities detail a scheme that stretched from Florida to Michigan and involved more than 100 Home Depot stores. Neither man has been indicted or ...
Detroit bankruptcy could make DIA artworks vulnerable

TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND CLICKING ON THE WEATHER TAB.8+f WELL, DETROIT'S EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS ALERTED THE DIA THAT COLLECTION WOULD HANG IN THE BALANCE IF THE CITY HAS NO ALTERNATIVE BY A CHAPTER 9 BANKRUPTCY FILING. TONIGHT THE MUSEUM SAYS THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUT DID THEY MISS A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. LET'S GO TO MARA McDONALD TONIGHT. NO ONE WANTS ...
MLB Detroit 6 Minnesota 0

Anibal Sanchez came within two outs of throwing the year's first no-hitter in the major leagues Friday, carrying Detroit to a 6-0 win over ...
Thieves swipe large bell from historic Detroit church

Dennis Felcyn and his son walked the grounds of Sweetest Heart of Mary parish in Detroit on Friday morning, collecting paper scraps and other bits of trash before they mowed the lawn.Felcyn spotted a pair of bolt cutters on the ground. Then, a lock.He looked to his left, and saw that the brick and concrete platform that held a piece of the ...

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Payback

About the only mean thing Mel Gibson doesn't do to prove his badness in "Payback" is steal candy from a baby. In the first five minutes alone, he brusquely pushes apart a loving couple holding hands, steals money from a homeless Vietnam veteran, stiffs a waitress on her tip, snatches a businessman's wallet, and proceeds to use the driver's license to take money from the man's bank account and the ... ...

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Kid Rock says hes in the scalping business just like many other artists

NEW YORK — Kid Rock is a scalper.The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said ...
Dow Chemical to Pay Off Up to $2 Billion of Debt

The Dow Chemical Co. said Friday that it plans to use part of its recent payment from Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait to pay off up to $2 billion in debt this year. Earlier this month, Dow received $2.2 billion from that company to cover damages stemming from its 2008 withdrawal from a $17.4 billion joint venture with Dow days before it was set to launch. The Midland, Mich.-based chemical ...
NSBE showcases first Detroit Alumni Extension STEM scholarship recipients

The National Society of Black Engineers Detroit Alumni Extension hosted its first Scholarship Program Wed., May 22, 2013 in Southfield with guest speaker, Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame recipient, Pat Walker ...
HEADED FOR AUCTIONDetroit Museums Art May Be Sold to Cover City Debts

Could the Detroit Institute of Arts' billion dollar collection, including works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse, be headed for the auction block to satisfy creditors of the financially troubled city? Bill Nowling, a spokesman for state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, ...
17 rescued dogs recovering at Rochester Hills shelter

Michigan Humane Society Rochester Hills Center for Animal Care Shelter Manager Marcelena Mace plays with one of the rescued dogs from an alleged puppy mill in Missaukee before taking it to be examined by a doctor on Friday, May 23, 2013 in Rochester Hills. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free ...

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DR Congo: In Goma, Secretary-General hails regional accord as best chance for peace in years'

23 May 2013 150 Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country.

"We have the best chance in many years to bring peace and calm to the region," the UN chief said in Goma, eastern DRC's main city, in proximity since Tuesday of renewed fighting between Government troops (FARDC) and rebels from the 23 November Movement (M23).

"We are here to support the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region," the Secretary-General said in remarks to the press following a visit to the Heal Africa hospital, which treats victims of sexual violence. He was referring to landmark UN-brokered 11-nation accord that has been dubbed "the framework for hope" by Mary Robinson, Mr. Ban's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes.

He said that the framework aimed to address the root causes of the violence. In addition, the newly-deployed intervention brigade within the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the country (MONUSCO) is designed to bring added stability and protect civilians. ...