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World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region
The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...
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Duhatschek Red Wings look like a far better team now than they did in March
The Detroit Red Wings remind me of the protagonists in one of those cheesy 1950s-style Dracula movies. You know the kind. Someone has a chance to kill off the Count early, fails to do so - and all sorts of mayhem subsequently ensues.The Red Wings were like that with a week to go in the regular season - on the cusp of missing the playoffs for the first time in 22 years. Somebody just had to come ...
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Ex-IRS commissioner heads to Capitol Hill amid scandal
Washington - Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Some of the questions on Tuesday will be direct: What did you know, and when did you know it? They also want to know why former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman didn't tell Congress that agents ...
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Michigan man on trial in 2012 death of infant
Authorities say Everette Thibeault was brought to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing in March 2012 with injuries consistent with physical abuse. The child was 3 months old at the time and later died. Authorities have said the surviving twin had a broken ...
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Detroit police Woman dead 2 men wounded in shooting
Police say a 55-year-old woman is dead and two men are wounded following a shooting at a vacant Detroit residence believed to have been used for drug activity.Police say the three were found shot about 1:40 a.m. today.The men ages 73 and 47 were listed in temporary serious condition following the shooting. No details about a possible suspect were immediately released.Police say the three may ...
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Donald Trump to address Oakland County Republicans today
Donald Trump is to address a group of Oakland County Republicans in Novi.The TV star and billionaire businessman is a scheduled speaker at tonight's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Suburban Collection Showcase convention center.Trump is an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama who flirted with a run for president in 2012.The New York real estate mogul decided against it, a decision he told ...
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Recruiting Michigan in good position for CB Jabrill Peppers
Michigan fans have grown accustomed to strong recruiting since coach Brady Hoke arrived in 2011. His first class, an amalgam between his ...
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Barry Bonds Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera the best ... but not better than me
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds takes batting practice before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept. 29, 2006. / Associated ...
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Michigan students face charges over swastika carved into locker
Police say they're seeking malicious destruction of property charges against three Michigan high school students after a Jewish classmate found a swastika carved into her ...
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Flint tax hike could stabilize finances officials say
Flint officials including the state-appointed emergency manger want the Legislature to approve an income tax increase in the city to help stabilize city finances as property values ...
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Detroit expands its summer school academy
The Detroit Public Schools is expanding its summer school academy, reaching out to non-district students and offering a pre-kindergarten transitions ...
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Police standoff ends in Detroit
(WXYZ) - Apolice situation happening on Detroit's west side ended with a man taking his own life. The activity happened in the 1500 block of Elm Street nearthe MotorCity Casino Hotel late Monday night andinto Tuesday morning. Police say, bail bondsmen were carrying out an arrest warrant out of Warrenfor attempted murder whenthe suspect reportedly locked himself in a house and armed himself ...
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Charges sought after swastika carved into locker
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Police say they're seeking malicious destruction of property charges against three Michigan high school students after a Jewish classmate found a swastika carved into her ...
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NHL Playoffs Red Wings Take 2-1 Series Lead
DETROIT | Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round ...
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In Africas Great Lakes region peace dividend must follow peace deal
Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours, educate millions of out-of-school children, empower women, and create economic opportunities that will help the countries forge a path to prosperity, good governance, and lasting stability.In the ...
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Datsyuk Miller Nyquist score to help Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3-1 to take 2-1 series lead
The Red Wings' Drew Miller reached past the Blackhawks' Johnny Oduya for the team's second goal in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals in Detroit on Monday. Detroit won 3-1 to take a 2-1 series ...
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Hathaway lawyer pleads case to keep her out of prison feds want her to serve 12-18 months
Detroit - Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway shouldn't spend a day in federal prison, her lawyer said Monday, despite admitting she orchestrated an elaborate two-year scheme to defraud her bank of $600,000 owed on a Grosse Pointe Park home. Defense lawyer Steve Fishman argued the loss was less than $70,000 and urged U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara to keep ...
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Detroit state reps unveil no-fault auto insurance reform plan
Detroit - The city's nine Democratic state House members announced an auto insurance reform package Monday that seeks to drive down the rates Detroiters pay as well as make public information from a $14 billion fund for catastrophic accident claims. The bills, still in draft form, would restructure the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to force it to hold open meetings, be subject to ...
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Senators Require fingerprinting of foreigners at 30 airports
Washington -Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step toward a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no ...
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Obama aides knew of IRS audit say he wasnt told
Washington - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier. But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell ...
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Peters names campaign manager for Senate bid
Washington - Rep. Gary Peters is kick-starting his bid to become Michigan's next U.S. senator by assembling his campaign leadership with no Republican yet stepping forward to challenge the Oakland County Democrat. Peters campaign, a third-term congressman from Bloomfield Township, announced today he tapped his first congressional campaign manager to run his bid for Senate in 2014. Julie ...
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Disciplined Detroit in Blackhawks heads
There was a script going around before this series that had the top-ranked Chicago Blackhawks rolling over the underdog Detroit Red Wings. Apparently Mike Babcock’s crew decided that script needed a few revisions. The Wings asserted their physical dominance early then got goals 31 seconds apart in the second period from Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller and a third-period dagger from Pavel ...
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Stanley Cup Stories Red Wings put on show in Motown
Al Sobotka of the Detroit Red Wings gets the crowd going by spinning an octopus over his head prior to the Red Wings playing the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday. (Gregory Shamus/Getty ...
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Meijer first to open at Detroits Gateway Marketplace shopping center
Melvin London works on striping the new parking lot spaces at Meijer in the Gateway Marketplace, at Eight Mile and Woodward in Detroit. (Clarence Tabb Jr. /The Detroit ...
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Detroit Mower Gang ready to do a lawn marathon at city playgrounds
Jerry McDonnell, of Grosse Pointe and member of the Detroit Mower Gang volunteers by cutting over grown grass at Viola Liuzzo Playground Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Detroit, Mich. Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free ...
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Michigan's poor battle through recession
Michigan is struggling through the tail end of the global recession, unemployment is up, salaries have been cut, the state government is confronted with reduced tax revenue and increased welfare costs while Michigan’s most vulnerable residents, the low to lower middle class income earners, fall through an already over-burdened social net.
One of the social organisations on the frontline of these socio-economic trends is the Food Bank Council of Michigan, a group funded partly by government, but predominantly through donations of food and money by the public. According to the group’s website, the vast majority, over 90%, of financial donations go towards the purchase and distribution of food, with the remainder taken up by administrative costs. Read more
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