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Americans edgy over D.C.-area shootings
Associated PressCHICAGO - Crime is no stranger to city dwellers such as Chicagoan Annette Farola. But something about the shootings in the Washington area is making her and other Americans edgy, whether they live nearby or thousands of miles away. In the past two weeks,...Tags: Evanston, Halloween, Northeastern University, Chicago, Weston (Broward, Florida)
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Ashcroft links foreign governments to terrorist acts
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft drew the strongest connection yet between foreign governments and terrorist activity in the United States yesterday, but he stopped short of directly implicating them in last week's attacks. "It's pretty...Tags: Defense, George W. Bush, United Air Lines, FBI, Death
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Census: Mich. same-sex households up 42 percent
Five years after tying the knot with her female partner, Denise Brogan-Kator took great pleasure in describing herself as married when filling out a 2010 U.S. census questionnaire. "It felt empowering ... very authentic," said Brogan-Kator, executive...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Demographics, United States Census Bureau, 2010 Census, Gay Rights
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Charges filed in case of remains found in suitcase
GIBRALTAR, Mich. (AP) — The Wayne County prosecutor has charged a 52-year-old man with mutilation of a dead body, more than a week after a woman's remains were found in a suitcase floating in a creek. James Bommer of Gibraltar was also charged with...Tags: Prosecution
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Charges dismissed against Michigan mother in standoff
DETROIT (AP) — Criminal charges were dismissed against a Detroit mother accused of firing a shot at police and keeping them at bay outside her home for 12 hours when they tried to remove her 13-year-old daughter. Judge Ronald Giles dismissed the...Tags: Detroit, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Boy missing part of thigh after fatal dog mauling
LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A medical examiner says a 5-year-old Detroit area boy was missing body parts after he was mauled to death last year by a wolf-dog hybrid. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/om1FRA ) that Wayne County medical examiner...Tags: Detroit, Animal Attacks, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Netherlands
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Sentence in illegal immigrant case splits court
DETROIT (AP) — A robbery of illegal immigrants has exposed sharp differences at the Michigan Supreme Court. Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. broke with the court's conservative bloc and joined three liberal justices in letting a minimum five-year...Tags: Theft, Migration, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Judges
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Update: Tens of thousands still without power downstate
DETROIT (AP) — Utility crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands of Michigan homes and businesses after severe thunderstorms hit the southeastern portion of the state over the weekend. The storms on Saturday generated two-inch hail...Tags: Business, Wayne, Illinois
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Jury awards $705,000 to fired nursing home manager
DETROIT (AP) — A jury has awarded $705,000 to a nursing home manager who was fired in 2009 after cooperating with a state investigation of patient mistreatment. The Detroit Free Press reports the Wayne County Circuit Court jury on Thursday...Tags: Lawyers, Nursing, Long Term Care, Medical Specialization, Detroit
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Attorneys fight over key witness in Michael George murder case
Journal Register NewspapersMacomb County, Mich. prosecutors in legal documents filed Friday asked a judge to prevent Michael George's defense from presenting one witness to try to discredit its key witness and another witness from making accusations about a potential suspect who...Tags: Assault, Criminal Laws, Judges, Lawyers, Murder
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Man sentenced in sexual assault of coma patient
DETROIT (AP) — A 49-year-old man will serve one year in the county jail and three years on probation for having inappropriate sexual contact with a coma patient inside her room at a Detroit nursing home. Cornell Lowman was sentenced Thursday on...Tags: Nursing, Long Term Care, Assault, Medical Specialization, Punishment
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2 die as plane crashes into house in SE Michigan
HOWELL TOWNSHIP (AP) — An experimental single-engine plane crashed into a house Wednesday while trying to land at a small air field in southeastern Michigan, killing both men aboard, authorities said.
The crash happened about 7:30 p.m. as the plane...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Detroit, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Industry
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