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Detroit officers to take promotional exam (Detroit Free Press)

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:33:56 GMT

Some 1,600 Detroit Police officers will take their promotional examination Sunday, despite a weeks-long stalemate between Detroit Police officials and representatives from two police unions that threatened to delay the exam.

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Council nips at mayor's power DETROIT (Detroit Free Press)

Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Detroit City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to ask voters to change the city charter to give the council -- and not solely the mayor -- the power to hire and fire the city's top lawyer and to allow it to appoint members to the Board of Police Commissioners.

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Hospital for kids to grow in Detroit (Detroit Free Press)

Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit announced plans Thursday to build a $34-million outpatient pediatric center across from the hospital, on land occupied by an abandoned nursing home and a small city park. It will be the first new building in 30 years constructed on or adjacent to the campus of the Detroit Medical Center, the hospital's parent company.

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A Hon in Detroit (Random Rodricks)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:33:25 GMT

Today's contributing correspondent is Susan Moscareillo, a Baltimore hometown girl who loves her Utz potato chips, Ravens and Natty Boh, but who moved to Michigan two years ago to become executive director of a charity there. "Before I moved to the metro Detroit area," Susan writes, "I knew it would be similar to Baltimore in many ways, with its large Greek, Polish and Hispanic communities....

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Many inmates in state suffer greater injustices than LeFevre - Detroit Free Press (NC Mental Hope News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Commentary: Jeff Gerritt I spend more time in prisons talking to inmates than any journalist in Michigan. But I won't join the mob of media lining up to interview Susan LeFevre, who was brought back from California on Tuesday and is now at Robert Scott Correctional Facility in Plymouth. It's not because I don't find LeFevre's story interesting. Or that I don't fully support her bid for freedom,...

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Calling Detroit reporter 'sweetie' gets on YouTube (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Sweetie: a term of endearment, or an overly familiar and offensive nickname? When it comes to news media relations for candidates, it's best to play it safe and avoid the word.

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DETROIT: Land deals near final OKs (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:25:00 GMT

The Brodhead Armory is among $19 million in proposed sales of City of Detroit-owned property moving toward final approval in order to balance the 2007-08 budget.

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[Cool] Michigan girl sells 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Detroit prepares for yet another year as the nation's fattest city (Fark.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:07:24 GMT

Ease up there, kid. 15 is awful young to blow your whole ambition load. And, FTFA: The cookie program has helped push Jennifer out of her shell, Pam Sharpe said."It's made her really confident," she said. "I remember when she first started selling, she was very shy and quiet and you had to push her out to talk to customers, but now she's right out there, first to the door."The mom seems to be oblivious...

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DETROIT: Former Detroit deputy chief to run for council (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:51:00 GMT

Former Detroit Police Deputy Chief Gary Brown says he's running for City Council in 2009 and not worried about having to work alongside Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. "He'll be gone by then, one way or the other," Brown, 54, of Detroit said with a chuckle Wednesday.

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Detroit Police want to question man in shooting (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:38:00 GMT

Detroit Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man they want to question in an attack that ended with the death of a 33-year-old van driver.

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DETROIT: Mayor speaks after council's removal vote (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

In his first public appearance since Detroit City Council approved an effort to remove him from office, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick made light of his predicament. At the grand opening Wednesday night of the Detroit Police Department's new Central District station, Kilpatrick told the assembled crowd of neighborhood residents, police officials and others that they probably had a better day than he had.

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A jewel polished and preserved Detroit (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The leaky roof, cracked and crumbling plaster and overgrown landscape would have been enough to turn any potential homebuyer away from the 1917 mansion in the Boston-Edison Historic District in Detroit.

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DETROIT: Sheffield's House race could end soon (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Rev. Horace Sheffield of Detroit said Wednesday that his campaign against U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., may be short-lived, depending on whether a challenge of signatures supporting the House Judiciary chairman's run for a 23rd term is filed and succeeds.

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DETROIT: Council members face recall petitions (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

About the same time Detroit City Council members were quizzing the chief judge of 36th District Court about her decision to not recuse her court from hearing the case against the mayor and his former chief of staff, a Detroit woman was filing recall petitions Wednesday against the five members who voted Tuesday to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

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DETROIT: Officials to ask public to help cut metal thefts (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Officials to ask public to help cut metal thefts Metro Detroit sheriffs and area utility companies are expected to announce today that they are turning to the Crime Stoppers program for help in nabbing scrap metal thieves.

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Dan Thomas: Detroit Techno music fest aims for business, art fusion - MLive.com (Entertainment Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:10:38 GMT

MLive.com Dan Thomas: Detroit Techno music fest aims for business, art fusionMLive.com, MI - 10 minutes agoMovement 2008 - Detroit Electronic Music Festival, the international techno music event held annually at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Memorial Day …

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my port of entry - touchdown detroit! - Detroit, Michigan, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:09:15 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Detroit, Michigan, United States thank God i reached Detroit whole! i am glad at the same time sad that it is an affirmation that i really am away from my loved ones. it was also one memorable experience. there was a lovely old couple who were with me the whole trip to detroit. they kept me company and consoled me during the long flight....

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Photo gallery: Olympian Michael Phelps (Detroit Free Press)

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:57:12 GMT

See photos of Michigan-trained Michael Phelps at the Santa Clara International Invitational

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Pros and cons of the Red Wings' lead in the conference finals (Detroit Free Press)

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:41:20 GMT

We're confident the Wings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals. But with Game 5 still a day away, we need to discuss some nagging doubts. Here's a plus/minus look at the Wings' 3-1 series lead: PLUS MINUS Dallas goalie Marty Turco is 0-9-2 at Joe Louis as a pro. He's due for a win then. The Wings have only allowed seven goals in the series. But it's a bad pattern: one goal each in Games 1 and 2, two...

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FBI agent denies bullying witnesses in Fieger case (Detroit Free Press)

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:41:20 GMT

The FBI agent in charge of the campaign finance probe of Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger denied today that he tried to bully witnesses to provide damaging evidence against Fieger.

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