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As Detroit sinks deeper into debt entrepreneurs offer hope

Despite the gloom and doom, there are a number of innovative companies expanding in the area, sparking hope of economic recovery. The D-Hive puts on events such as this Failure Fest which gives entrepreneurs a chance to hear stories of failures from currently successful business people in Detroit on March 18, 2013. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and ...
Jury cant reach verdict in Detroit cops trial

Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley testifies during his trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Weekley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones. She was killed during a chaotic police raid to find a murder suspect at a ...
Extradition to begin after Lexington murder suspect appears in Michigan court

A man is scheduled to appear in court in Michigan Wednesday to start the process to bring him back to Lexington, where he is charged in a 2010 homicide.Terrence Sims, 43, is charged with fatally shooting Stephen Kavanaugh Jr., 33, on June 4, 2010 on Elsmere Alley near Sixth Street. According to Herald-Leader archives, Lexington police got into a foot chase with a man they thought was involved in ...
Red Wings Make Risky Gamble With Pavel Datsyuk Extension

Pavel Datsyuk has signed an extension that will keep him in Detroit through 2016-17. Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most exciting players and, I would argue, the league's best offensive talent over the last decade. The Red Wings seem to agree, as it was announced today that they have rewarded the Russian center with a three-year, $22.5 million extension that will keep him in ...
Experts search Lake Michigan for 17th century shipwreck

French and U.S. experts are searching for a 17th century ship they believe sank in Lake Michigan in 1679. Three French underwater archaeologists are diving at a site near Poverty Island, where expedition leader Steve Libert believes the Griffin sank. He discovered a wooden beam jutting from the lake bottom in 2001. Scientists say the beam appears to have been there for centuries, an important ...

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Louisiana Story [DVD]

Robert Flaherty was never a conventional documentary filmmaker, and his films, although routinely referred to as documentaries, were often highly fictionalized works that used real-life settings and people for the purpose of evoking deep, primal mythologies. Although they often appeared spontaneous, his films are thoroughly constructed to achieve exactly what Flaherty wanted. To a journalistic pu ... ...

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Mich. lawmakers OK $1 surcharge on electric bills

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan regulators could add up to a $1 monthly surcharge to utility bills to help poor customers with their heating bills under legislation headed to Gov. Rick ...
Watch Slimy Substance Closes Lake Michigan Beaches

It was do we gooey sticky and silver. Spotted in Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon sticking to swimmers who are on Porter beach in Indiana. -- -- -- -- Water divers and everybody in squad -- at and ...
Mysterious Substance on Lake Michigan Prompts Investigation

Swimmers have been ordered to stay out of Lake Michigan in parts of northwest Indiana after a mysterious, slimy substance showed up in the water on June 17, ...
Chrysler reaches agreement with NHTSA issues recall for 2.7 million Jeep SUVs

A Chrysler Dodge pick-up truck drives past the headquarters of Chrysler LLC in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, April 30, 2009. / Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg ...
Johnson Controls weighs sale of automotive electronics unit

Johnson Controls, which is trying to sell its automotive electronics business, has opened talks with private equity firms after other suppliers expressed interest in parts but no the entire unit.The Milwaukee-based company, which announced earlier this year that it would seek to divest the business, could still sell pieces of its electronics business to other suppliers. Most of the the ...

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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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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Ford Motors to increase car exports out of India: CEO

Global automobile major Ford Motor Company considers India as a major market for it to grow as well as ship out more cars to other markets even as it is bringing down production in line with the demand in Europe, said a top company official.

Betting big on the 'B' or compact car platform/chassis, the company also hopes to generate higher sales volume from the Asia Pacific region in few years time from the current levels, president and CEO Alan Mulally told reporters here Monday.

"Ford will be exporting Figo and EcoSport models out of India. The Indian plants will support the market here and also other markets," said Mulally, who was here to flag off the company's new small sports utility vehicle (SUV) EcoSport at its Indian plant near here.

India is one of the third of the five plants globally where EcoSport will be produced. Ford has invested around $142 million at its plant near here to roll out the SUV.

The production line is now capable of producing six different car bodies on one line and ten variants of EcoSport.

Currently Ford rolls out EcoSport at its plants in Camacari (Brazil) and Chongoing (China). Production will also start subsequently at Rayong (Thailand) and Tatarstan (Russia). ...