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Saudi man traveling with pressure cooker arrested in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — A Saudi man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents said he lied about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, according to a court documents filed Monday. Two […]
Bleak times for local sports fans
“And here’s to you, Los Angeles Kings; So-Cal turns its lonely eyes to you.” Why do the sports gods hate us? All the way back to last fall. A USC team that was a pre-season […]
Detroit adds watches to the list of stuff it makes
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit has a long history of manufacturing — cars, steel, even popcorn. Now, the city is home to a facility devoted to the production of an item not made at this scale […]
Judge rules Sammy Hagar’s memoir did not defame woman
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar filed by a former Playboy bunny who claims he fathered her child has been dismissed, and Hagar is pleased with the result, his attorney […]
Police: Man lived with corpse in trailer
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man lived with the decomposing corpse of a 72-year-old woman for about six months before court officers serving an eviction notice discovered her body moldering on a sofa in a Detroit-area trailer home, police said Friday.
Historic Motown Steinway piano back in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — An 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motown greats during the label’s 1960s heyday, and restored thanks to Paul McCartney, is back home in Detroit, officials announced Monday.
College sued for suspending writing student
DETROIT (AP) — A man suspended from a Detroit-area university after writing about his attraction to teachers in a class journal sued the school Friday for $2.2 million and four lost credits, claiming his free-speech rights were violated.
Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges and then sent to jail to await his prison sentence in yet another dramatic setback for a man who once was among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders.
Ex-Temptations singer Richard Street dies at 70
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died. He was 70. Street’s wife, Cindy, says her husband died early Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
Report: Cities have hundreds of empty schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of schools in the nation’s largest cities are sitting empty as education officials struggle to sell these potentially valuable properties that are a drain on school district finances, according to a study released Monday.



















