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Detroit police have twice mistaken film crews shooting scenes involving weapons with criminals in recent months.
Stripper Tamara Greene has found more notoriety in death than she ever did dancing under the name "Strawberry" in dimly lit topless clubs and private parties around Detroit.
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied in court Monday that he made threats to a prosecutor during a jailhouse telephone call to his wife while he was serving time following a text-messaging sex scandal that led to his resignation.
A former school that is been being used as a movie house will host a new film festival next year that organizers hope will build on growing enthusiasm for the movie industry in Michigan.
Mayor Dave Bing has spent the past few months bringing stability back to Detroit City Hall.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing got a warm welcome from lawmakers Tuesday as he discussed Detroit's financial troubles and tried to build a more cooperative relationship between the state's largest city and state government.
A new Detroit-area newspaper says it will stop publishing until after Jan. 1.
Detroit Free Press newsroom employees will take a five-day furlough in exchange for no job cuts through March.
A judge has ordered an 11-month prison sentence for a man who helped authorities bring bribery charges against the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers.
Xavier Keeling scored 17 points and Eli Holman notched a double-double, leading Detroit to a 79-59 win over Alcorn State on Sunday.
The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.
Xavier Keeling scored 21 points to lead three players in double figures and Detroit beat Albany (N.Y.) 66-54 on Saturday night.
Thomas Kennedy scored 19 points and had four steals in Detroit's 71-59 win over Robert Morris on Friday.
An attorney for Compuware Corp. testified Tuesday that ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not sign a promissory note on a $240,000 loan until IRS and federal agents asked to see the documents.
Aisha Jefferson scored 16 points to help No. 10 Michigan State beat Detroit 71-62 on Sunday for its first win of the season.
A project to encase one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes in ice this winter to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region is moving forward and expanding.
Two veteran publishers said Friday they are prepared to launch a daily newspaper serving the Detroit area, where the two largest newspapers have reduced home delivery to survive in a struggling industry.
Theo Robertson scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half, hitting consecutive 3-pointers during a decisive run, and No. 13 California won for the 33rd time in its last 35 non-conference home games by beating Detroit 95-61 in the 2K Sports Classic on Wednesday night.
Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will skip appearances this month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as he recovers from a heart attack.
An audit shows Detroit Public Schools has cut its budget deficit by nearly $87 million.
Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing has been re-elected Detroit mayor.
The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city's fourth election in just over eight months.
A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
The financial manager for Detroit's public schools has enlisted — and received — the support of the city's mayor on an ambitious $500.5 million building plan expected to extend taxes for district capital projects through 2039.
For the five years that the wood bungalow next door has been empty, Darlene Banks has kept an eye on it as Halloween approaches. She wasn't expecting anyone to burn it weeks sooner.
Rumble seat journey leaves passenger sore, suingEASTPOINTE, Mich. — Kathy Kuhn didn't hit the jackpot in Las Vegas. She claims the plane ride from Detroit wasn't a winner, either. The suburban Detroit woman is suing Northwest Airlines, saying she injured her knee while trying to get settled in a middle seat
Flint stores bought food stamps from drug usersFLINT — Six Flint-area party stores and gas stations paid drug users for food stamps the retailers used to stock their shelves and, in some cases, buy steak and crab leg dinners, police said.
US Job Openings Fell to Record Low in JulyEmployers appear to be in no rush to hire back the millions who lost their jobs in the recession, despite signs of improvement in the economy. The U.S.
Stafford's heroics with no time left leads LionsMatthew Stafford tied a team record with five TD passes, the last one with no time left, as the Lions beat the Browns, 38-37, today at Ford Field.
New tale of Detroit's Woe: The 80,300-Seat Pontiac Silverdome just sold for $583,000Ever want to own a domed football stadium? The question was a plausible one Monday when it was announced that the Pontiac Silverdome — once home to the NFL's Detroit Lions — was sold for $583,000, or about 1 percent of the $55.7 million it took to build in 1975.
GM Plans to Repay U.S. Loan - WSJ.comGeneral Motors Co. plans to begin paying back a $6.7 billion loan it owes the U.S. government starting late this year, putting it on track to potentially repay the entire note by the middle of 2011, said a person familiar with the matter.
Curtis Granderson trade talk might be just that -- all talkBreath a little easier, Detroit. Freep Columnist Rosenberg makes some comforting observations about the alleged Granderson trade talks.
I have been a Detroit Lions fan all 53 years of my life and it's safe to say that they suck big time.
Equality's Ragged March for Same-Sex CouplesLast Tuesday's Election Day results showed how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
New Council Members Head To Meeting DETROIT -- Newly elected Detroit City Council president Charles Pugh and several other incoming candidates made their way to the City Council Chambers Wednesday, although their terms will not officially begin for a few months.
Hello, Where is Detroit?OK -- what happened to Detroit. I know they have been having their problems but to be left off of a map??
Push on to get voters to the polls in Detroit | freep.com | Detroit Free PressVoters are trickling in to the polls throughout southeast Michigan, with voter turnout predictions varying from 20% to 25% in Detroit to much less in other voting areas.
Jihadi Training Compounds, U.S.A. A battle in the war against radical Islam in Detroit was briefly waged on October 28 when the FBI engaged in a deadly shootout with an extremist imam refusing to be arrested.
Putting a vacant Detroit home on (in) iceA photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
Tax Auction Faces Scrutiny As Detroit Woes MountTo understand why critics say the market-based tax foreclosure system is failing in Detroit, drive up Desoto Street near the city...
Detroit house auction flops for urban wastelandDETROIT (Reuters) – In a crowded ballroom next to a bankrupt casino, what remains of the Detroit property market was being picked over by speculators and mostly discarded. After five hours of calling out a drumbeat of "no bid" for properties listed in an auction book as thick …
Isiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson over criticisms in new book - Ian Thomsen - SI.comSome drama from the basketball world. When he heard the criticisms from his former friend Magic Johnson in a soon-to-be-released book, Isiah Thomas said he'd had enough. And so he began to fight back.
Apparently, If You Cover A Car With Golf-Ball-Like Dimples It Gets Better Gas Milage (Why Hasn't Detroit Figured This Out?)The show's team completely covered a last-gen Ford Taurus with modelers clay and figured out that it would achieve about 26 mpg at a constant 65 mph. They then went about adding over 1,000 dimples to the car's exterior.
3 Detroit marathon runners dieThree runners died Sunday during the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan, police told CNN. All three deaths occurred between 9 and 9:20 a.m. ET, Second Deputy Chief John Roach said.
I grew up on the lower east side of Detroit, in 1967. We were fairly well off but I saw abject poverty everyday. A picture of the corner store that I went to just about every day was on the front page of the Detroit News, in flames.
Feds: Food stamps swapped for booze, ViagraDETROIT - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
Officials: Food Stamps Swapped for Booze, Viagra in Detroit Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
The first news that attracted my attention today was that homeless people or people in danger of being evicted in Detroit, lined up yesterday to apply for $3000 assistance. I was told that the line was quite long.
giving boblo boats a renew look Michigan's boblo boats coming back, giving a new clean looker. To head down the detroit river. should be a great time
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