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Detroit police 3-year-old girl reportedly taken
Police say a man placed the child inside a green Jeep Cherokee while her 29-year-old father was assaulting the child's mother, and the father then fled with ...
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General Motors and Deloitte Touche in $303 million securities class action
A securities class action brought against General Motors (GM) by German’s DekaBank has led to a cash settlement of $277 million. In one of the biggest shareholder recoveries of 2008, the settlement will be paid to shareholders following an alleged misstatement of the auto company’s financials dating back to 2000. GM’s outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, is ...
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Ticker Stephen A. Smith not taking Knicks loss too well
Hey, at least your team made the playoffs, Stephen A. Smith.The outspoken ESPN personality took to Twitter on Sunday to mourn the loss of the New York Knicks, who were eliminated in six games by the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in the Eastern Conference ...
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Texas 11 Detroit 8 Miguel Cabrera blasts 3 HRs but Tigers fall
Miguel Cabrera hit three home runs and drove in five runs but the Tigers lost to the Rangers, 11-8, tonight in Arlington, Texas.David Murphy hit a three-run home run and Adrian Beltre had four hits and two RBIs as Texas scored four runs each in the fifth and sixth innings. The Rangers pounded out 18 hits to Detroit's ...
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Detroit Red Wings coach Mike 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 ...
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Driven
As an action movie, Renny Harlin's Driven isn't very good. It isn't very good as a human drama, either. But, as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of action star Sylvester Stallone, who both stars in and wrote the movie, it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential. Straight-out action fans might be wowed to a limited extent by the ... ...
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Detroit community project house stripped before resident can move in
George Bezenar, 62, of Detroit looks Tuesday at the damage scrappers caused when they broke into a house he still hopes to live in in Detroit's Brightmoor area. The furnace was stripped along with some copper. / Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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ACLU Oral Arguments to Be Delivered Friday in Lawsuit Against Michigan Department of Corrections
ACLU Says Inadequate Health Care Puts Prisoners Lives at Risk GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - August 7 - Two years after a 21-year-old man died in a Michigan prison because of a lack of medical and mental health care, the American Civil Liberties Union will deliver final arguments Friday in a lawsuit that seeks to force Michigan Department of Corrections officials to provide necessary mental health ...
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After 3 HR night many wonder if Miggy could win Triple Crown again
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — No player has ever won the Triple Crown in consecutive seasons. Is Miguel Cabrera really making a bid to do so?He ignited the question ...
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Detroit mayoral candidate D’Artagnan Collier campaigns at Eastern Market
D'Artagnan Collier, the Socialist Equality Party candidate for Detroit mayor, campaigned onSaturday at Eastern Market. Campaigners distributed Collier's statement, "Workers must rejectEmergency Manager's plan for Detroit." Collier spoke with workers and youth about the social conditions in Detroit and the politicalsituation more broadly. Issues raised included the ...
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