Michigan News
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Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison
4:15 PM on 03/10/2010
DETROIT (AP) - As guards cleared the packed courtroom, Monica Conyers yelled that she planned to appeal...
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Ex-Detroit mayor may be heading back to prison
4:51 PM on 02/26/2010
VIDEO - If ever a public figure should be down for the count, it is Kwame Kilpatrick...
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TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
12:48 PM on 02/10/2010
VIDEO - "The Queen Of Soul", "Lady Soul"..."Re-Re"... Whatever you call her... You have got to give her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T...
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Detroit artists turn ruin into art
8:40 AM on 12/15/2009
Artists across the Detroit area are using the city's blight as their canvas, transforming abandoned homes into high-concept projects to draw attention to the homelessness, poverty and urban decay plaguing Detroit.
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Investigation of murdered stripper continues after six years
5:34 PM on 12/11/2009
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit The attractive, 27-year-old mother of three was shot several times in the pre-dawn hours of April 30, 2003, while sitting in a parked car.
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Dad on trial for killing son over sexual contact with tot
11:07 AM on 12/02/2009
VIDEO - A Michigan father has been ordered to stand trial for killing his 15-year-old son after, the boy admitted to raping a young girl...
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Dad accused of killing teenage son over sexual contact with tot
10:46 AM on 11/19/2009
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death...
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Caught on tape: Cop suspended after tasering handcuffed man
10:44 AM on 11/13/2009
VIDEO - A police officer in central Michigan has been suspended after using a stun gun on a handcuffed suspect...
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Dog-napping is new criminal trade in Detroit
1:02 PM on 11/05/2009
VIDEO - Residents in one west side Detroit neighborhood say thieves are breaking into their homes and stealing dogs...
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Two teens who killed homeless man get life sentence
5:25 PM on 10/28/2009
PONTIAC, Michigan (AP) -- A jury convicted Dontez Tillman, 15, of first-degree felony murder on Wednesday in the death of 61-year-old Wilford "Frenchie" Hamilton, a homeless man...
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Racist fliers cause football team to throw in its jerseys
8:21 AM on 10/28/2009
VIDEO - Players on a Michigan high school football team have thrown in their jerseys - literally - after an assistant coach allegedly posted fliers in the team's locker room that contained racial slurs...
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Pastors look for answers in ponzi church scam
6:16 AM on 10/07/2009
VIDEO - An investigation is underway in Michigan where two men are accused of bilking dozens of Michigan churches out of thousands of dollars...
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Prisoners wanted
11:07 AM on 07/01/2009
Many Michigan prisons sit empty these days, a product of budget cuts and thousands upon thousands of paroled prisoners. Governor Granholm of Michigan sent a letter to California Governor Schwarzenegger formally offering space in two Michigan facilities set to close.
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ACLU: Mich. zero-tolerance law unfair to black students
9:50 AM on 06/27/2009
Schools are not using enough discretion under Michigan's zero-tolerance expulsion law and are disproportionately kicking out black students who ultimately end up behind bars, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Michigan teenager assaults school bus driver (video)
7:12 PM on 05/13/2009
May 13, 2009 A michigan teenager who assaulted a substitute school bus driver will be made a court ward and be treated at a psychiatric facility. Video from the school bus in march showed the teen striking the 37-year-old female driver 18 times within 25 seconds as she drove. The...
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