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February 9th, 2010
A Midland contractor was beaten several times, a car salesman was attacked after testifying before a federal grand jury and others were threatened in a loan sharking racket headed by a Saginaw businessman. Those were allegations made in U.S. District ...
February 8th, 2010
Joe Dumars has proven in his time as an NBA head man to be a shrewd negotiator when it comes to trades. He tends to lurk in the shadows until a desperate team meanders by and agrees to do business with him. As a result, he managed to get Ben ...
February 5th, 2010
Detroit -- The Detroit City Council approved a settlement Thurday with Greektown Casino that gives the city $13.1 million and also supports the gaming hall's court-appointed plan to exit bankruptcy. The settlement will "resolve all open disputes ...
February 4th, 2010
Robert Mueller "The reasons I do things come from an inspiration to do them-- I really feel that I want to do these things," says Ernie Krivda. Last year, he won a Cleveland Arts Prize. Now he's jamming with a band called the Detroit Connection. The ...
February 4th, 2010
The Detroit City Council today approved a settlement clearing one of the last two remaining hurdles for Greektown Casino Hotel to emerge from bankruptcy. Under the deal, the city of Detroit lifts its objections to a development agreement which needs ...
February 5th, 2010
Though still hundreds of millions of dollars in the red, the City of Detroit got two pieces of good news for its bottom line Thursday. First, the Detroit City Council voted 6-3 to approve a $16.1-million settlement for the city that would transfer ...
February 3rd, 2010
The school dropout rate in the Detroit Public School system is 75 percent. But two Detroit schools I visited today buck that statistic. The Detroit Cristo Rey High School, a private Catholic school on the city's southwest side, draws from students ...
February 4th, 2010
AP File Photo Pittsburgh has great fans, but an NBA team might be too much to handle for a market with half the population of Detroit's metro area. A couple weeks back Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp floated the suggestion the Detroit Pistons ...
February 5th, 2010
While others can't wait to leave Michigan and its vast economic challenges, Justin Verlander's staying. He's got 80 million reasons for sticking around. MORE: Photo gallery: A look back at Justin Verlander's no-hitter in June of 2007 . That's an ...
February 7th, 2010
Probable Starters : DET - G: Rodney Stuckey, Rip Hamilton; F: Tayshaun Prince, Jonas Jerebko; C: Ben Wallace. NJ - G: Devin Harris, Courtney Lee; F: Chris Douglas-Roberts, Yi Jianlian; C: Brook Lopez. Notes : What could possibly be worse than ...
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