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Will an Andretti reign at Indy 500 again
INDIANAPOLIS — Mario Andretti was hanging out in the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Carb Day on Friday, speaking fluent Italian to a stoutly built friend in the front of the room.Indy is a place Andretti both loves and hates but respects for its ability to lure you in and devour you just when you think you have the track beaten.Andretti won only one Indianapolis 500 in ...
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Lions safety Silva working on strength speed
Ricardo Silva heard the whispers.Silva started six games at safety for the Lions midway through last year after being signed off the practice squad, but by the time the season ended he was inactive and on the bench.He was a step too slow or maybe ...
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Red Wings look to eliminate the Blackhawks in Game 5
The Red Wings are looking to eliminate the Blackhawks in game five of the playoff series Saturday in Chicago. The Wings lead the series 3-1. To see all of the action, tune into Local 4 for the pre-game show at 7:30 p.m. The game immediately follows at 8 p.m. Jamie Edmonds will be live from Chicago for the postgame ...
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Wings forward Millers return helping penalty kill deliver at right time
Wings want to 'stick to it' in Game 4: The Detroit Red Wings are focused on building a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks. Video by Helene St. James / ...
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A bad night for Twins Team suffers 10th straight loss
Tigers' Anibal Sanchez talks about near no-hitter: Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez talks about his near no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night at Comerica ...
Movie Review
Payback
About the only mean thing Mel Gibson doesn't do to prove his badness in "Payback" is steal candy from a baby. In the first five minutes alone, he brusquely pushes apart a loving couple holding hands, steals money from a homeless Vietnam veteran, stiffs a waitress on her tip, snatches a businessman's wallet, and proceeds to use the driver's license to take money from the man's bank account and the ... ...
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Royal Oak dangerous dog law requires $1M insurance policies
Royal Oak officials said they hope that a new ordinance will prevent vicious attacks by dogs like two incidents reported by police last year.In October, an attack by a Doberman pinscher outside a Royal Oak grocery store left a Warren man with a broken nose and impaired breathing that required surgery. And in December, a police officer shot two pit bulls after the unlicensed dogs fatally mauled a ...
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Pontiac schools in danger of missing payroll state warns
A report released by the state this week paints a bleak picture of the Pontiac School ...
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Fed furlough day after cuts hampers IRS HUD services
Washington - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5percent of the federal workforce - 115,000 people at six major agencies - were told not to show up as the government dealt with the continuing ...
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MSU law professor plans AG bid
Lansing - A Michigan State University law professor is laying the groundwork to seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general next year and challenge Republican Bill Schuette. Mark Totten, a 39-year-old attorney from Kalamazoo, created a campaign committee this week with the Secretary of State's Office and plans to kick off an official campaign next month. "I do plan on ...
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Job market improving for Michigan veterans
As the nation pauses this weekend to honor fallen service members, businesses and job organizations are stepping up to help former soldiers and sailors find civilian jobs that will help them merge back into mainstream America. The unemployment rate among America's veterans of all ages was 6.2 percent in April, compared to 7.5 percent for America as a whole. Among Michigan's 680,417 ...