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US Names New Envoy to Africas 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 ...
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General Motors recalls 231000 SUVs over fire risk
US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported ...
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Red Wings Detroit officials plan new $650-million home for NHL team
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2012, championship banners and retired numbers of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team hang from the rafters above the ice at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The Red Wings and city official announced Wednesday, June 19, 2013, a $650 million plan for a new arena for the NHL team in the city's downtown entertainment and sports district. Red Wings and Tigers owner Mike Ilitch ...
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Detroit Labor Groups Butt Heads With Bondholders Over Citys Debt
Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager says the city is bankrupt and the fight over who will get what is heating up. In the next month, Kevyn Orr will try to wring concessions out of the city's creditors before he decides whether to take the whole mess to bankruptcy court. Orr's plan proposes "shared sacrifice among all creditor groups." But in reality, that pits ...
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General Motors is 1 in quality
It was a significant accomplishment for a company whose questionable vehicle quality in the past was part of what put it on a path of steady market share declines, financial losses and eventually a 2009 bankruptcy and federal ...
Movie Review
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Solaris (2002) [DVD]
Steven Soderbergh's film of Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem's Solaris was advertised as a romance during its theatrical release, which is not entirely inaccurate, depending on what your definition is of a romantic movie. Solaris is a love story, but it's not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy. Rather, it is a difficult and enigmatic exploration ... ...
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College Students Body Found in Lake Michigan
A body found in Lake Michigan has been identified as missing Chicago student Austin LaPore, investigators said. "The family of Austin Hudson LaPore positively identified his body earlier today," an official with the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office told ABC News. Authorities pulled the body of LaPore, 20, out of Lake Michigan this morning after he ...
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Photo gallery Memorable moments at Joe Louis Arena
With news that the Detroit Red Wings likely are going to get a new arena near I-75 and Woodward, here's a look back at some of the seminal moments at Joe Louis Arena. On a mobile ...
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$650-million Red Wings arena proposed near Woodward and I-75
The site is a multi-block area on the west side of Woodward just north of I-75, not far from Comerica Park where the Ilitch-owned Detroit Tigers play. / Brian Kaufman/Detroit Free ...
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Get set MSU Extension advice for blueberry crop
Michigan State University is offering residents advice on what to do when the ...
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Watch live now Opening statements for Mitchell Young in Cipriano murder case
Court has concluded for the day. Opening statements are underway this afternoon in the murder trial of Mitchell Young, charged with killing a Farmington Hills man with a baseball bat and nearly killing the ...