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  • Invasive Asian stink bugs threaten fruit crops in Michigan

    An invasive insect from Asia first spotted in Michigan two years ago could pose a major threat this year to fruit growers, officials say. The brown marmorated stink bug was reported in 12 counties last year, The Detroit News reported Saturday. While it has not yet been seen in Macomb County, just north of Detroit, growers there are apprehensive. Paul Blake grows strawberries, peaches, cherries ...

  • Game thread Tigers lineup for tonights game vs. Rangers

    Avisail Garcia is back in the lineup as the centerfielder as the Detroit Tigers play on against the Texas Rangers in their 4-game series in Arlington.Right-hander Anibal Sanchez (4-3, 2.05 ERA) goes against right-hander Justin Grimm (2-3, 4.28) at 8:05 p.m.The two teams split the first two games of the series after the Tigers took Friday ...

  • Groceries for Guns gun surrender held in Detroit

    The Groceries for Guns event aims at making local neighborhoods safer by getting more guns off the street. For every gun turned in Saturday, participants received a $50 Meijer gift card to buy groceries. The Wayne County Sherriff's Department was on hand to safely collect the guns during the ...

  • Red Wings take flight in Game 2

    Detroit Red Wings' Justin Abdelkader (C) is hit by the puck as he screens Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (R) with Duncan Keith during the first period during Game 2 of their NHL Western Conference semi-final playoff hockey game in Chicago, Illinois, May 18, 2013.(JIM ...

  • Vicious killers who tossed bound man into Detroit River elude justice for three decades

    Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal ...

Movie Review

Stigmata

In "Stigmata," Patricia Arquette plays Frankie Paige, a carousing atheist hairdresser who is suddenly afflicted with the titular experience, which involves her physically manifesting the five wounds of Christ--nail holes in the wrists and feet, whip lashes on the back, cuts from the crown of thorns on the scalp, and a spear-inflicted wound in the side. The movie's general idea of suspense is to m ... ...

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  • Hoge Door Opens For Red Wings After Poor Effort By Blackhawks

    UNITED CENTER (CBS) The Blackhawks said they would be ready for a stronger, faster Red Wings team in Game 2. They just didn’t play like it. In fact, Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Red Wings was their worst effort since their 24-game points streak ended in Colorado Mar. 8. Every other loss this season was by two goals or less. ';Across the board we should all assume some ...

  • Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.

    Detroit - Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker, a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.Hussain Al Kwawahir appeared for a brief hearing at 1 p.m. in federal court on charges he allegedly used an altered passport and lied to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent about the pressure ...

  • Blackhawks not happy with loss vs. Wings but know its one game

    CHICAGO — This lockout-shortened season has been an easy ride for the Chicago Blackhawks.It took nearly two months for them to suffer a loss as their first defeat came after starting the season 21-0-3.They went on to easily capture the Western ...

  • Detroit church hosts Groceries for Gun surrender event

    The Groceries for Guns event aims at making local neighborhoods safer by getting more guns off the street. People who came out and turned in a gun received gift a Meijer card to buy ...

  • Powerball fever sweeping Detroit

    So what would you do with all that money? "I would go buy me a house way out in the country, get a dog live in the mountains with me and my woman," LeRoy Hill from Highland Park. The two dollar tickets are selling fast everywhere including at the BP on Nine mile and Hilton. "It's been busy, we were really bust yesterday. We sold over 400 tickets just on our shift," said ...

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