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22 hrs ago | The Detroit News

Dearborn Heights man accused of planning to kill prosecutor

Detroit -- A Dearborn Heights man put a contract out on the life of a Wayne County assistant prosecutor who was investigating him for mortgage fraud, according to federal court records unsealed today.

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Related Topix: Dearborn Heights, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Prosecutor: Shooting suspect to be released

The 18-year-old suspect in Tuesday's shootings of seven teenagers was to be released from custody today because there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with a crime, said county Prosecutor Kym Worthy.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

The View

Wayne County officials dole out funds for non-profits

Four area non-profits received Wayne County Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant funds to assist victims of domestic violence, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano recently announced.

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Related Topix: Dearborn, MI, Taylor, MI, Redford, MI, Dearborn Heights, MI, Inkster, MI

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Wayne County news briefs: Department to curb blight is back

The Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to restore the Department of Administrative Hearings that adjudicates hearings for blight violators in the city.

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Related Topix: Livonia, MI, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Highland Park, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WXYZ

Keeping the Bad Guys Out

More homes are broken into during the summer than any other time. So how can you protect your property? JoAnne Purtan has this consumer investigation so you dona t waste your money: It takes just seconds for an intruder to kick in a door and get inside your home.

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Related Topix: Dearborn Heights, MI

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Dingell: Armed for 'fresh fight' against health costs

As national health care reform legislation takes shape, Congressman John Dingell left a meeting today with community health providers in Inkster saying he was armed for a "fresh fight." The Dearborn Democrat warned that in a few decades, the nation's health care costs will exceed the country's gross domestic product.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell, Inkster, MI, Dearborn, MI

WLUC-TV Negaunee

Mich. gets $14 million for public transit projects

Six Michigan communities are getting $14 million in federal stimulus money for public transportation system upgrades.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Flint Metro, Port Huron, MI, Detroit, MI

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Wayne County news briefs: Trial set in pedestrian's death

An Aug. 10 trial date has been set for a Livonia man charged with killing a pedestrian in Westland while driving drunk.

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Related Topix: Livonia, MI, Westland, MI, Cell Phones, Electronics

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Detroit News

Editorial: Wayne County shortchanged on federal stimulus funds

The $787 billion in federal stimulus money is supposed to spark the nation's swooning economy and help distressed states like Michigan.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Jennifer Granholm, US Governors, Opinion

Fri Jun 26, 2009

State of Michigan

M-14 bridge repair expected to begin in Wayne County after Independence Day holiday

June 26, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation today announced that bridge crews will be mobilizing to begin an important safety upgrade to the bridge that carries eastbound and westbound M-14 over the Rouge River, located east of Sheldon Road, in Plymouth.

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Related Topix: Plymouth, MI

Detroit Free Press

Man found dead in Ecorse bar identified

The man whose bloody body was found in an Ecorse bar Wednesday had been stabbed, according to Ecorse Police.

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Related Topix: Ecorse, MI

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Wayne County news briefs: Dead man found in blood at bar

The body of a man believed to be a bar employee was discovered at the Little Joint bar in Ecorse on Wednesday morning.

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Related Topix: Ecorse, MI, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Jun 23, 2009

State of Michigan

MDOT to hold open house regarding M-153 improvements in Wayne County

WHAT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is hosting an open house-style meeting to discuss the proposed intersection improvements at M-153 and US-24 in Dearborn Heights.

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Related Topix: Dearborn Heights, MI

Detroit Free Press

Wayne County news briefs: Man sought in sex assault in SUV

Police are looking for the man they say carjacked and sexually assaulted a woman Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, US News, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Sun Jun 21, 2009

NewsCenter 25

Miss Wayne County wins Miss Michigan title

Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. An Oakland County woman who is the reigning Miss Wayne County has been named Miss Michigan for 2009.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Oakland County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

WXYZ

Washtenaw County Deputies Nab Drunken, Naked Man

Authorities say a drunken, naked Michigan man jumped into a stranger's car and later laid down in the middle of a road before being taken into custody by sheriff's deputies.

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Related Topix: Washtenaw County, MI, Ann Arbor, MI, Detroit Metro

Freep.com - RSS - Business

Wayne County home sales

Michigan man not long-lost boy No story had Michigan talking like the case of John Robert Barnes.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Sat Jun 20, 2009

WLNS-TV Lansing

Flat Rock resident charged with 2nd-degree murder

A Flat Rock man is jailed without bond after being charged in the strangulation and drowning of a man whose body was found by a creek near the victim's home.

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Related Topix: Flat Rock, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

WILX-TV Lansing

Lawyer Asks to Have Hitman's Confession Tossed

A Michigan man accused of killing eight people as a hired hit man talked freely -- even laughed -- when he confessed to police, officers testified Friday as a judge considered whether to toss the statements.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Fri Jun 19, 2009

MyFoxDetroit

New Trial Sought in Beheading Case

The lawyer for a Detroit-area 19-year-old serving a life sentence for beheading and burning a man says testimony excluded at his 2008 trial could have changed the jury's verdict.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Plymouth, MI, River Rouge, MI

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