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Another excessive-use-of-force allegation surfaces against Detroit cop who...
The Detroit police officer who shot and killed a 19-year-old last month after what officials say was a physical altercation has allegedly been involved in at least two other non-fatal shootings that...
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Trump wants to cut Great Lakes funding by 97 percent and people are not happy
It comes to no surprise that that the White House is going to cut funding from the Environmental Protection Agency since Scott Pruitt was appointed the Administrator of the department, a person who...
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Days left to comment on plan to store radioactive waste near Lake Huron
In the United States, we've become accustomed to thinking of Canada as sort of our responsible cousin. Despite the fact that both countries enjoy the tremendous defensive advantage of a North American...
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District Detroit: Want to sell a neighborhood that doesn't exist? No problem!
We thought we'd seen the limits of audacity in marketing.That was two years ago, when we first read the exciting copy regarding the neighborhoods falling under the District: Detroit umbrella. This was...
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Trump's America: Eastern Market plot "reserved for future internment camp”
A sign bearing a presidential seal has been posted on a fenced-off plot in Eastern Market designating the area the site of a “Future Internment Camp.” Printed in dull government hues and scrawled with...
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International bridge that hasn't been built yet wins prestigious award
Just the other day, we were laughing about a commercial designed to sell a neighborhood that doesn't exist. But, hey, maybe that's normal now. After all, we hadn't considered it much, but didn't...
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Who run the world — Girls: 36 local female-owned businesses to support on...
On Wednesday March 8, the world will celebrate the political, economic, and social achievements of women as they have for over 100 years. But, this International Women's Day is going to be a little...
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Michigan Democrats react to Trump's travel ban 2.0
As we're sure most of you have heard by now, President Trump signed another Executive Order on Monday that blocks citizens from six predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States for...
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Horoscopes (March 8-15)
ARIES (March 21- April 20): It's hard to know what to say to someone who's on the verge of changes that could be taking a million different forms, and could go a million different ways.…
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A St. Patrick’s Day primer for the uninitiated
Letters to a young sot We have a problem in this country.…
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A selection of St. Patrick’s Parade Day and St. Patrick’s Day parties
Party for Paddy Sunday, 3/12 Corktown’s 59th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Held the Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day, the annual parade draws thousands to Detroit’s original Irish enclave. Expect the...
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Feedback (Mar 1-7)
In response to last week's cover story ("Pipe dreams: Nexus wants to use eminent domain to ram a pipeline through Michigan and Ohio — and you to help pay for it," March 1), we recieved the following...
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Savage Love: Defining decency down
Q: My wife and I have a decent sex life. Pretty vanilla, but we're busy with work, chores, and life in general with two small kids, so I can't complain too much.…
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Is Detroit’s comeback a myth?
A few weeks ago I had dinner with John King, the owner and emperor of John K. King Used & Rare Books, the huge blue former glove factory that sits at the corner of Lafayette Boulevard and the...
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Stir It Up: Don’t scare the white people
A couple of years ago I was in the crowd gathered for the Nain Rouge parade out on Canfield Street. Shinola was open and I wandered in.…
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What's wrong with a pavilion design contest in Roseville?
Best known recently as the city where police ticket you for warming up your car in the driveway, Roseville is also the site of a new design competition. The town's DDA says it wants to enlist the help...
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Local 74-year-old law judge accused of creep-touching 33-year-old employee
Not to worry, pervs, it appears sexual harassment is still alive and well a day after International Women's Day. That's because an elderly male law judge has been charged with inappropriately touching...
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Inherit the wind: Climate change, DTE, and 1 million without power
DTE Energy called it the “largest weather event in its history.” Making matters worse, when the destructive winds were at their height yesterday, DTE’s online power outage map crashed, and some...
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