Sunday, November 22, 2009
Dearborn shelter tries to find homes for hoarded cats
Dearborn -- Animal control officials reduced the adoption fees Saturday for the cats they shelter to get them into homes following two hoarding incidents over the summer that resulted in about 70 cats being seized.
Detroit Police say they have suspect in 16-year-old slaying
Detroit -- The mystery of who shot Ladrell Clark and dumped his body wrapped in a gold-colored curtain in a vacant lot on Detroit's near-west side, went unsolved for 16 years. - 11/21/2009
Three children escape Detroit house fire
Detroit -- Three children were hurt in an early Saturday morning fire on the city's east side, one of whom firefighters had to save from their burning house. - 11/21/2009
Boy shot in Green Oak Twp. while ringing doorbells as prank
Green Oak Township-- Authorities say a 15-year-old boy who was ringing doorbells as a prank in Livingston County was shot by a 69-year-old man at one of the homes. - 11/21/2009
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Michigan
- Lions beat Browns 38-37 in Bad Bowl thriller - 10:52 PM
- AG denies scuttling probe of ex-Detroit mayor - 05:51 PM
- Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks - 01:25 PM
- Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy - 12:16 PM
- Kettering engineer cuts power use in open coolers - 09:00 AM
- Asian carp nears Lake Michigan
- Derby girls let good times roll
- West Michigan woman, 70, trapped in hay bales for 24 hours
- Detroit City Council passes Bing plan; four members attend their last meeting
Teachers union, Detroit schools agree to 4-day contract extension
Detroit -- The contract talks between Detroit Public Schools and its teachers union have been extended four days, as both sides said they've made strides this weekend but have yet to reach to... - 7:04 pm
- Suspect in slaying also accused in shooting
- Slaying of murder witness in Detroit leaves trail of fear
- Art imitates life: Kilpatrick friend plays mayor in film
- Just like dad, Blackwell lives with controversy
Travels With Charlie
For detective, Tamara Greene a girl caught in 'dope beef'
It was a cold and wet evening back in the spring when the lawyer representing the family of Tamara Greene, the stripper at the center of the fabled wild Manoogian Mansion party hosted by then-Mayor... - 5:32 pm
- Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory
- Michigan senators help move health care bill forward
- Democrats round up support for health care vote
- Michigan U.S. senators see pressure mount on health care legislation
Palin wins by quitting while Granholm can't win for trying
Laura Berman: As Gov. Jennifer Granholm made her way around the state last week, trying to tap political support for the broken Michigan Promise scholarships and her own education initiative, the state spotlight was shining more brightly on another female governor. - 6:37 pm
- Students stung by Promise cuts
- DPS will ask court to make witnesses testify
- MSU gets federal funding to help study wind speeds
- Granholm asks college students to lobby for return of Promise funding
History treasure trove unearthed
Sterling Heights -- It took several holes in the lawn and two weeks longer than planned, but students and staff at Walsh Elementary School on Friday finally found and dug up a 20-year-old time capsule buried on the school's property. - 1:00 am
Across Metro Detroit
Obituaries
- Emma W. Holmes, Detroit: Retired teacher aided cultural events - 11/18/2009
- 'Equalizer' actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 - 11/16/2009
- Mary Lou Currie, Birmingham: Police dispatcher loved tennis - 11/16/2009
- Robert Anderson, Redford Twp.: Ford designer was passionate traveler - 11/14/2009
Dr. D. Emerick Szilagyi, Bloomfield Hills
Doctor was pioneer in vascular surgery
In his career at Henry Ford Hospital, Dr. D. Emerick Szilagyi relished taking risks advancing vascular surgery developments. - 11/19/2009
