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Chinas role in NSA snoopgate leak questioned by GOP politician

Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers said that China's role is questionable in light of Edward Snowden's leaking NSA secret intelligence and his subsequent fleeing to Hong Kong despite its extradition treaty with US. Defending the NSA spy programme as an essential and life saving tool in the war on terrorism, Rogers said that Snowden is a traitor and not a hero, Washington Times ...
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 ...
Search for Hoffas remains to continue Tuesday

Federal investigators concluded their first day searching property Monday in Oakland Township for the body of legendary Detroit labor leader James R. Hoffa. The search ended just as a severe thunderstorm warning sounded at the northeast Oakland County site of the dig, which was prompted by a tip from a former high-ranking alleged member of the Detroit area La Cosa Nostra. The FBI believes a tip ...
MLB Detroit 5 Baltimore 1

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...
Students savor memories at merging Bloomfield Hills schools

Lahser High School senior Jourdan Paige, 18, of Bloomfield Hills fills out a final senior survey as she and classmates rehearse Thursday for graduation. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ...

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Jack Goes Boating [Blu-Ray]

For his directorial debut, it is not particularly surprising that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman decided to helm a screen adaption of Jack Goes Boating, the 2007 off-Broadway play by Robert Glaudini, himself a veteran character actor, which Hoffmans production company stag ... ...

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In Embattled Detroit No Talk of Sharing Pain

Kevyn Orr Detroit's emergency manager, estimated the embattled city's shortfall on pension liabilities is around $3.5 billion, not $644 million as estimated ...
Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was ...
National Briefing | Midwest Michigan Search for Hoffa’s Remains Is on Again

F.B.I. special agent, said the agency and its partners had a sealed search warrant allowing them to dig in the field. Mr. Hoffa was supposed to be meeting with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia captain when he disappeared in 1975 from a Detroit-area restaurant. In February, a reputed Mafia captain, Tony Zerilli, told WDIV, a Detroit television station, that he knew where Mr. Hoffa ...
Could this be the Jimmy Hoffa dig that finally unearths missing Teamsters boss

Crews digging for Jimmy Hoffa's remains in Oakland...: The FBI is digging in Oakland Township, looking for the body of Jimmy Hoffa. Tammy Stables ...
Bob Seger to perform on The Voice season finale Tuesday

"The Voice" will come with a big Detroit sound Tuesday night.Bob Seger has been enlisted for the season finale of the NBC singing competition, his manager confirmed this evening. The Detroit rocker will perform with the Swon Brothers, the Oklahoma duo who drew acclaim -- and a Top 10 iTunes showing -- for last week's performance of Seger's "Turn the Page."It's ...

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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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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). ...