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Lake Michigans timber centuries old scientists

FAIRPORT, Michigan -- A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared in the 17th ...
Detroit Pistons 2.0 Mobile App for Android and iPhone Offers In-Game Seat Upgrade Option

April 15, 2013 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - It's 7:30 p.m. You're at tonight's Detroit Pistons game against the Charlotte Bobcats. You're sitting in the 200-level, but you see some open seats in the 100-level. Tonight - you can use the official Detroit Pistons Mobile App to upgrade your seats in the arena. The Pistons are the second team to provide the seat upgrade option on ...
Frank Langella to take on role of King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre

Frank Langella , the triple-Tony award winning actor who memorably portrayed Richard Nixon on stage and screen, is to take on King Lear for the Chichester Festival Theatre, it will be announced on Thursday.The role is often called the Everest of acting and has been played in recent years by Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse and Ian McKellen at the Royal Shakespeare Company.Langella has ...
Troubled Detroit court looking for other cuts to avert layoffs

Layoff notices have gone out to 80 employees who work at 36th District Court in Detroit in union and nonunion positions, but the majority of the layoffs could be averted with other cost-saving methods before they take effect in early July.Among the ideas proposed for cutting costs: 10% wage concessions, unpaid holidays and changes to health care, according to court and union ...
Obama seeks further cuts to U.S. Russia nuclear arsenals

BERLIN — Despite an uphill battle in Moscow and in Congress, President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to try to shrink the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, making the case for what he called ...

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The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: The 400 Blows, Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run [DVD]

In the early 1950s, with the help of noted film theorist and critic Andr Bazin, 20-year-old Franois Truffaut began writing regularly for the Parisian film journal Cahiers du cinma. He quickly gained a reputation as an uncompromising and often vicious critic with a clear-cut sense of what was great about the cinemahe openly took aim on such previously untouchable French masters as Marcel Car ... ...

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Commemorative walk is call to action echoing MLKs historic 1963 march

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom in Detroit on June 23, 1963. With him are, from left, Walter Reuther, Benjamin McFall, Cmdr. George Harge and Rev. C.L. Franklin. / Tony Spina/Detroit Free ...
Jeff Seidel Imagine what a new arena could do for Detroit

a proposed $650-million hockey arena could be built for the Red Wings.The 18,000-seat arena would be within walking distance of Ford Field, Comerica Park and the Fox ...
Mitch Albom Game 7 to show whos toughest of all in NBA finals

LeBron James of the Miami Heat reacts while taking on the San Antonio Spurs during Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals at AmericanAirlines Arena on June 18, 2013 in Miami, Florida. / Getty ...
Mark Phelan Chevy Spark integrates with smartphones at affordable price point

Front-wheel drive four-passenger hatchback minicar Price as tested: $15,085 (excluding destination charge) Rating:★★★ (out of four stars) Reasons to buy: Price, features, fuel economy, passenger room, easy to park Shortcomings: Acceleration, performance of air conditioning, interior fit and finish, interior ...
Former metro Detroiter at the helm of Monsters University

Monster Premiere for French Animation Festival: Disney-Pixar's 'Monsters University' is screened in a world premiere at the Annecy animated film ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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US Names New Envoy to Africa's Great Lakes

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region.

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and humanitarian crisis involving militia and rebel groups, some from neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.

Kerry said that stabilizing the region and disbanding the preeminent rebel group M23 are high priorities for the Obama administration.

"We are convinced that we have to help the parties find a path to a lasting peace, to a permanent cessation of hostilities, and to the disarmament and demobilization of M23," he said.

The DRC government has accused Rwanda and Uganda of supporting M23, which took over the city of Goma briefly last year. Rwanda and Uganda deny the accusation.

Kerry said Feingold - who is 60 years old and served three terms as a senator from the state of Wisconsin - was known as the Senate's leading advocate and expert on Africa.

The appointment was quickly applauded by activist group The Enough Project, which works to end crimes against humanity in Africa. ...