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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Struggling Detroit unable to bury its dead

The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroits central mortuary, like discarded shoes in the back of a wardrobe. Some have lain here for years, but in
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Strip club proposal to land in lap of new Detroit council

Detroit --The City Council delivered an early holiday present to strippers today, taking no action on proposed rules to require them to wear pasties and keep their distance from patrons. Members voted down efforts to take up the measure today, the last
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:00 GMT

Comcast and Detroit, V-me and RCN, Lou Dobbs and Telemundo

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT

READERS RESPOND - on Mandatory Continuing Education in B.C., Windsor-Detroit Crossings

Related Items Topics Engineering VIDEO PICKS Following are responses received to articles posted on 's Headline News during October. The responses have been edited for length. Re. 'B.C. Engineers vote not to accept mandatory continuing education,' posted
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT

Detroit-Windsor ferry closed until February

The Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry will close Monday to make way for an $8.8M upgrade. (Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry) The Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry will cease operations temporarily on Monday as construction begins on a new $8.8-million facility. Trucks
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:00 GMT

Detroit faces future without BBDO

As storied advertising shop closes, 485 look for local work, seek jobs out of Motown Last Monday morning, the 485 employees of BBDO's Detroit office received an e-mail telling them to make a five-minute drive to a conference center that had been host to
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:00 GMT

Bing talks jobs with mayors of Dearborn, Southfield

Dearborn --The mayors of Detroit, Southfield and Dearborn today said they're working hard to attract new industries and development, and improve education, despite the economy. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence and Dearborn Mayor
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:00 GMT

6 proposals: Ann Arbor leaders must decide between development and open space

Ann Arbor officials will have their pick between polar opposites - a new high-rise development or an urban park - when they decide the fate of the Library Lot downtown. Six competing proposals have emerged in response to a request......
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:00 GMT

MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'MOTOWN 25' GLOVE FOR SALE: 'Holy Grail' of MJ memorabilia headed for auction in NY.

*The white glove worn by Michael Jackson as he moonwalked his way into pop culture history at the 1983 Motown 25 television special will go on the auction block Saturday in New York. 'There is no question it is the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson,' said
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:00 GMT

Bobb sues four who refuse to testify on Detroit Public Schools' land deals

Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced today that he will file suit in Wayne County District Court against four people refusing to testify at his investigative hearings. Those named are: the former deputy to ex-mayor
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:00 GMT

Ann Arbor news roundup: Nov. 20

AnnArbor.com's daily roundup offers you a look at some of the stories on our site today, as well as other content about Ann Arbor around the Web. William Fink, professor and curator director of the Museum of Zoology, opens one......
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Detroit Boat Show announces dates

LIVONIA, Mich. ' The 52nd Annual Detroit Boat Show is scheduled for Feb. 13-21, 2010, at Cobo Center in Detroit, organizers reported this week. The show will offer hundreds of boats from 10 to (an expected) 45 feet for fishing, cruising, skiing, tubing
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Amber Alert canceled for Dearborn Heights baby

Dearborn Heights -- Police have canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl reported missing and suspected to be in the custody of her mother, who suffers from mental issues. The alert was issued for McKenzie Grace Tardiff because Dearborn Heights
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Detroit police rang her bell

Category: Detroit Police Department Residents have long complained that when they call Detroit Police, no one shows up or they're extremely late. So how would you respond if the police called you? If you're Liz Blondy, owner of Canine to Five Dog Care on
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:00 GMT

Victor Mercado tells new bosses he's glad they're not the Detroit council

Category: City officials Is Victor Mercado a Phil Collins fan? Because, like the '80s schmaltz-rock king, Victor has said "Hello, I Must Be Going!" yet again to the D. The City Hall Insider's big brother, Political Insider, reported Oct. 15 that Mercado
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:00 GMT

Detroit Tigers CF Granderson Will Guide Viewers On 'Authentic' Stadium Tour

Detroit Tigers centerfielder Curtis Granderson will take viewers behind the scenes in a number of America's famous stadiums. Granderson, who has signed an exclusive agreement to develop and host video content for TV, the Internet and mobile devices with
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT

BBC Two Commissions Doc on Detroit Auto Industry

LONDON: BBC Two has commissioned Requiem for Detroit?, a ry about the rise and fall of the city's automotive industry, from Films of Record, a Ten Alps company. The city of Detroit, Michigan, was once thriving with the business of the "Big Three"
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:00 GMT

Detroit Tigers CF Granderson Will To Viewers On Authentic Stadium Tour

Detroit Tigers centerfielder Curtis Granderson will take viewers behind the scenes in a number of America's famous stadiums. Granderson, who has signed an exclusive agreement to develop and host video content for TV, the Internet and mobile devices with
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:00 GMT

$275M sale finalized for Ann Arbor's HandyLab

The deal for Ann Arbor medical devices firm HandyLab, a promising technology company often held up as a bright spot in the local economy, has been finalized by New Jersey-based medical devices manufacturer Becton, Dickinson and Company. BD paid $275
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Report: Local company bid $22 million for Pontiac Silverdome, planned to make recycling center

File PhotoThe Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome -- built by the city in 1975 for $55.7 million and sold this week at auction for $583,000 -- could have been a dump. A high-tech dump. The Oakland Press reports that a Bloomfield Hills-based group
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Meet your neighbor: Nedra Downing, Flint

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Son carries on at Flint's Faith Temple Church of God in Christ

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Detroit's New Cannabis College Raises Hopes For Higher Value Jobs

A new industry has taken root in Detroit with the opening of the city's new 'MedGrow Cannabis College'. Here students learn how to grow marijuana professionally, debating the 'finer points of inhaling' and which plants 'give the biggest hit'. And
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:00 GMT

How Can We Keep People From Leaving The State?

How has the loss of Michigan residents to other states affected you? Has a friend, family member, or neighbor moved away in recent years to find work? We'll talk about our state's depopulation problem in human terms during the first hour of today's show.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:00 GMT

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MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'MOTOWN 25' GLOVE FOR SALE: 'Holy Grail' of MJ memorabilia headed for auction in NY. Black Entertainment Black News Urban News Fri, Nov 20, 2009 Newsletter Sign-up: News on , 50 Cent, Beyonce & More EURweb MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'MOTOWN 25'
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT

Tanner Friedman & Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Recognized in National Nonprofit Awards

The one-of-a-kind 'Broadcasting for Jobs' campaign implemented earlier this year by Tanner Friedman and Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit was one of only seven marketing programs recognized nationwide by PR News in the publication's Nonprofit PR
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Detroit students learn how to grow marijuana at new school

Students taught how to grow marijuana in Detroit's new cannabis college Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicine It goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT

Children in Need goes Motown

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The Eastenders actress, Laurie Brett talks about Children in Need. She teamed up with the Shepherd's Bush Community Project. The centre is a mainstream nursery for low-income families. Laurie
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Why Detroit finally went on a diet

GM, Ford and Chrysler have long been seen as Toyota's flabby, out-of-shape siblings -- but industry experts say the Big Three are finally embracing lean manufacturing principles. All three companies have slashed the number of labor-hours required to
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Windsor's Anne Jarvis: Catalina flouts the law

On a cold day last March, former employees of Aradco and Aramco, whose jobs vanished overnight when the auto parts suppliers suddenly closed, stormed one of the shuttered factories and barricaded themselves inside. In a desperate attempt to get money
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:21:00 GMT