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updated: Mon Jul 07, 2008 05:18 am

Detroit News

Local news for Detroit, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

1 hr ago | The Detroit News

2 teens in custody following shooting death

Police are investigating the weekend shooting death of a 40-year-old Van Buren Township man.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Detroit Metro, Blog News

5 hrs ago | WXYZ

Fight at Pool Leads to Deadly Shooting

Police in Van Buren Township say a fight at an apartment complex pool led to a shooting that killed a man and sent his wife and children jumping from a window to escape the bullets.

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Related Topix: Wayne County, MI, Detroit Metro

Sun Jul 06, 2008

ClickOnDetroit.com

Two Shot On Detroit's West Side

Get breaking news and daily headlines. Browse all e-mail newsletters POSTED: 5:02 pm EDT July 1, 2008 UPDATED: 5:18 pm EDT July 1, 2008 Detroit police said a 4-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man were shot ...

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ClickOnDetroit.com

Fire Destroyes Two Houses In Detroit

Detroit fire officials are trying to determine what caused two houses in Detroit to go up in flames on Saturday.

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Detroit Free Press

Woman attacked after photo shoot ploy

An 18-year-old woman lured to Hines Park by a photographer promising to pay her for pictures instead found herself handcuffed and nearly assaulted, Westland police said.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

Political Gateway

Group tries to save part of Tiger Stadium

Demolition of Tiger Stadium in Detroit began this week while the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy struggled to get funding to save part of the landmark.

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Contra Costa Times

Most Miserable U.S. City? Detroit more like Paris of Midwest

I saw it first by night. A metropolis unveiled in viewfinder snapshots through the smudged windows of an elevated train.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

ClickOnDetroit.com

Detroit Man Gets 13-20 Years For Road Rage

A Detroit man whose driver's license has been suspended 22 times has been sentenced to 13 to 20 years in prison in what authorities described as an extreme case of road rage.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Jackson County, MI, McBain, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

Engadget HD

Bright House adds 8 channels for Detroit, MI customers

Almost as good as the ongoing Tigers win streak is the news that Bright House is delivering a new pack of channels to its Motor City-area customers.

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Detroit Free Press

Fatal shooting at Detroit traffic light investigated

Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said investigators need to hear from those who saw anything when a 39-year-old man, waiting at a traffic light in his Jeep Wrangler, was shot and killed Tuesday ...

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Schoolcraft, MI

Detroit Free Press

FOX 2 anchor Fanchon Stinger suspended

FOX 2 Detroit has suspended anchor Fanchon Stinger amid the Detroit City Council scandal involving a multimillion dollar waste contract.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

Chicago Tribune

Detroit political scandals at a glance

The criminal charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty, and current FBI investigation into possible corruption by some city council members in a sludge recycling ...

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Detroit Free Press

Mayor threatens legal action if reports tie him to FBI investigation

The mayor today denied any involvement in the Detroit City Council scandal involving a multimillion dollar waste contract before he has been accused of anything.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

LivingstonDaily

STATE: ATM stolen from Harper Woods BP station

A BP gas station in Harper Woods sustained extensive damage early this morning when a couple of masked suspects attached a chain to an ATM inside the store and using a pickup truck on the other end drove away ...

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Related Topix: Harper Woods, MI, Detroit Metro, Eastpointe, MI

Detroit Free Press

Man claims 2006 assault by Eminem

PONTIAC -- A man has filed a lawsuit against Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club.

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Related Topix: Eminem, Rap, Detroit Metro, Royal Oak, MI

ClickOnDetroit.com

Teen Shot, Killed On Detroit's East Side

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near the intersection of Schenherr and Greiner on Detroit's East Side around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Mich. settles suit, agrees to reform foster care

Michigan will hire hundreds of workers to help more than 6,000 abused and neglected children who have languished in foster care find permanent homes after settling a class-action lawsuit filed by an advocacy ...

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

Detnews.com

Coleman A. Young Municipal Center reopening delayed

The re-opening of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center has been delayed at least until Wednesday so cleanup crews can continue to remove soot and the facility be declared safe.

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Detroit News

City-county building will not reopen Monday

The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center will not reopen on Monday as Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had said earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Wayne County, MI

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Battle Creek Enquirer

Ex-Canton Twp. teacher gets 3-15 years in sex case

A former Detroit-area Christian school teacher has been sentenced to three to 15 years in prison for having sex with a student.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Canton, MI, Wayne County, MI, Plymouth, MI

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