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Drunk Man Rescued After Falling In Lake Michigan
A 31-year-old man was walking along the edge of the lake in the 1300 block of North Lake Shore Drive about 1:30 a.m. when he fell in, said police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines. Two passersby rescued him from the water, Gaines said. He was taken in "stable" condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Gaines ...
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Reports Michigan woman dies fighting in Syria
By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News LONDON -- A 33-year-old Michigan woman who converted to Islam was among Westerners killed in Syria while fighting alongside rebels, according to reports on Friday.The family of Nicole Mansfield of Flint were informed of her death by the FBI on Thursday afternoon, her aunt told Reuters.She was killed alongside a British man, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of ...
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Gandolfini wanted to reconnect with Italian roots
James Gandolfini: A tribute: Actor James Gandolfini's portrayal of a brooding and conflicted crime boss during six seasons of 'The Sopranos' made him a household ...
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Jackson returning to Lakers JUN 20
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak recently about the team and expects to have more moving forward. Jackson was careful not get into specifics of his conversation with Kupchak about ...
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War vet gets prison for robbery in Macomb County
A U.S. veteran who served in Iraq has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after a judge rejected pleas for probation and mental health ...
Movie Review
Rosetta [Blu-Ray]
The title character of Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardennes Rosetta is a young woman fighting on the margins of society, struggling against her unfairly appointed place in life with all of her might and getting nowhere. She is, in her own way, ferocious and relentless, but because the world is s ... ...
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Big pay day possible for ex-city clerk in tax flap
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- A western Michigan city could owe hundreds of thousands of dollars after the state appeals court ruled in favor of a former clerk who was fired over a property tax exemption on her ...
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$7000 St. Francis statue stolen in Grand Rapids
http://bit.ly/145ODGR ) that the statue was installed in October. Several statues have been placed along a walkway in a large wooded area. The walkway, named for Grand Rapids philanthropist Peter Wege (WEG'-ee), opened in 2011 after donors gave hundreds of thousands of ...
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Pistons 5050 Payday Raises More Than $200K in Donations
Non-Profit Partners and Winners Recognized Final Game of the Pistons Season AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons 50/50 Payday charity raffle has raised more than $200,000 during its inaugural Pistons' 2012-13 season, helping support non-profits throughout the State of Michigan, as well as the organization's Come Together Foundation in support of volunteerism, youth leadership ...
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Annual Concert of Colors celebrates Michigans musical ethnic diversity
Mick Collins of the Dirtbombs, right and Randy Jacobs, left on the guitar during rehearsal with an assortment of local musicians for a super jam session lead by Detroit producer Don Was at Concert of Colors on Friday, July 18, 2008 at the Arab American Museum in Dearborn. / Romain Blanquart / Detroit Free ...
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Study HPV vaccine reduces cancer virus in girls by 56
Lauren Fant, left, 18, winces as she has her third and final application of the HPV vaccine administered by nurse Stephanie Pearson at a doctor's office Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, in Marietta, Ga. / John Amis / Associated ...