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Wednesday, October 5, 2005
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Metro/State Report
Wife of DaimlerChrysler's incoming CEO fined for role in hosting party
BLOOMFIELD HILLS -- Gisela Zetsche, the wife of incoming DaimlerChrysler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche, was fined $500 and ordered to pay $2,500 in court costs Wednesday for her role in hosting a party at which more than 20 underage drinkers were ticketed. 10/05/05
Heartbreak hits home
At a time when 14 Michigan survivors wanted only to return home to bury their friends and heal their own broken bodies, fate had another indignity in store for them. 10/05/05
Cruise boat to return to water for testing
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Federal investigators planned to put a cruise boat that flipped over and killed 20 tourists Sunday back in the water today, the county sheriff said this morning. 10/05/05
Captain submits to blood testing
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- The pilot of a tour boat that capsized and sank Sunday, killing 20 elderly passengers on a sightseeing tour, gave blood and urine samples to investigators Tuesday so they could check for drugs and alcohol, the county's district attorney, Kate Hogan, said. 10/05/05
Did outdated weight limits cause tragedy?
Federal officials say passenger limits for tour boats haven't changed to reflect the nation's obesity epidemic. 10/05/05
A somber journey east
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- It was the last place they wanted to be. It was the last thing they wanted to see. 10/05/05
Cost of beauty in Garden City: $15 million
GARDEN CITY -- This suburb's attempt to live up to its name, through a $2.8 million beautification program, will end up costing its citizens more than $15 million. 10/05/05
Downriver bridge site ruled out
Southwest Detroit is the most likely the home for a new bridge or tunnel from Michigan to Canada following an announcement Tuesday that Downriver and Belle Isle are out. 10/05/05
Families mourn crash victims
Police say Gerardo Garcia was so drunk that he was driving south in the northbound lanes of U.S. 27 north of Lansing when he slammed into a car carrying four Central Michigan University students, killing two and seriously injuring another. 10/05/05
Off-roading mudboggers slough off conventions
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP -- Every month, hundreds of people gather at the farm of Bob McMaster -- known to everyone as "Bulldog" -- with one goal: drive hard, drive fast, until you get stuck and can't drive anymore. 10/05/05
Betty DeRamus
Dinner honors two black pilots who dared to dream
If they'd tossed cups and chairs at basketball players or choked coaches, Gilbert A. Cargill and Samory T. Greene would be household names. 10/05/05
Lake of tears
Transcripts of 911 calls reporting the wreck of the Ethan Allen tour boat
The Warren County, N.Y., sheriff released transcripts of some of the 911 calls received Sunday when the Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George, killing 20 elderly tourists. Here is a sampling from four calls, the first of which came in at 2:54 p.m. EDT: 10/04/05
In seconds, fate rips apart families
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- As they had in good times and in bad in a marriage that lasted 55 years, Fred and Mary Helen Metz held hands and faced the situation together. 10/04/05
Officials look at weight shift on understaffed tour boat
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. --The tour boat that sank Sunday was understaffed, said regulators, who have suspended the cruise line's license to operate its other four vessels. 10/04/05
Accident ravages Michigan families' emotions
TEMPERANCE -- In an instant, they lost parents, grandparents, friends and active community members. 10/04/05
Tour group shared love of travel
Nineteen residents of southeastern Michigan, and one from Ohio, died in Sunday's accident at Lake George, N.Y. Here's a look at the victims. 10/04/05
Michigan inspects excursion boats on regular basis
Tour boat operators and state officials say typical boat designs used locally and Michigan's boating regulations make an accident like the one on Lake George in New York less likely here. 10/04/05
New York's boating laws come under scrutiny
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The laws governing boating in New York and elsewhere are coming under closer scrutiny after the capsizing of a tour boat killed 20. 10/04/05
Laura Berman
Splendid outing quickly becomes senseless tragedy
Your parents are going touring - autumn in the east. 10/04/05
Clinic will test disaster readiness
PONTIAC -- Oakland County's Health Division will put its public health emergency preparedness plan to the test later this month. 10/04/05
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