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  • Michigan Avenue merchants fear theyll be the victims of robbery hoax

    The bizarre saga of a 68-year-old woman who said she was forced to hand over jewelry valued at more than $135,000 to a group of menacing young men on the bustling Magnificent Mile reverberated around the country.Some 36 hours later, police had discredited the woman's account, but the damage to Chicago's reputation as the glittering jewel by the lake had been done, according to some ...

  • Briefs Unemployment down in Michigan 39 other states

    Solid hiring helped push down unemployment rates in 40 states last month, the most since November. The declines show job markets are improving in most of the country. The Labor Department says unemployment rates only rose in Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged in seven states. California, New York and South Carolina all reported the largest declines in joblessness - 0.4 ...

  • Animals rescued from Warren shop are under close watch at hospitals

    Veterinarian technician Sheri Grace and Dr. Thomas Bankstahl care for an iguana at Parkway Small Animal and Exotic Hospital in Clinton Township. It was rescued from Greenwood Pets in Warren after a raid this week. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free ...

  • Marine reunited with K-9 comrade

    Marine reunited with combat bomb-sniffing dog: Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach is reunited with Casey, a bomb sniffing dog he was deployed with to ...

  • Lions LB hopes Titus Young can get mental help he needs

    About a week before he was arrested for the first time, Titus Young happened to be on the same flight from Miami to Detroit as Lions linebacker and former teammate Stephen Tulloch.Tulloch, who was honored as the ...

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30 Days of Night

30 Days of Night

No doubt, 30 Days of Night, which is based on an acclaimed three-issue comic book series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, has a great premise: a hoard of bloodthirsty vampires descend on a tiny town where the sun doesn't rise for a month. The story takes place in Barrow, ... ...

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  • NBA draft Work ethic took Oladipo from off radar to lottery pick

    CHICAGO — Not many were calling Victor Oladipo a potential top-10 draft pick when he was a freshman defensive specialist at Indiana.The general consensus was that he had to improve offensively to be considered an NBA prospect.Guess NBA teams already have an idea of ...

  • Are engineers too few or just harder to find

    What research showsThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers predicts that the shortage of skilled factory workers could reach 3 million jobs in the U.S. by 2015. A Boston Consulting Group study forecasts there will be 875,000 too few highly-skilled machinists, welders, industrial engineers and machinery mechanics by 2020. From January 2010 through September 2012, U.S. manufacturing employment ...

  • Taking the Lead Lovio-George PR firm

    Christina Lovio-George is celebrating 30 years as one of the area's top veteran public relations executives. Lovio-George is shown at her firm Wednesday. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free ...

  • Tom Walsh Michigan stocks are on a roll

    If stock market returns are truly a leading economic indicator, Michigan appears poised for more prosperous times after a long, painful shakeout.With a gain of 50% over the past three years, stock prices of Michigan-based companies have outpaced the Standard & ...

  • Carolyn Hax Mutual friend uncomfortable being asked to play matchmaker

    Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn: One of my friends asked me to set her up with a guy friend of mine. I happen to know the guy friend is not looking for the same things she is looking for and will probably (though not definitely) wind up blowing her off, even if he seems interested at first (which he probably will). Is it my job to share this with her, or should I just set up ...

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