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• Top aide talks about Pres. Obama's Detroit trip

  19-01-2016 23:54
  
  President Obama will be making a stop in the Motor City tomorrow.
  
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• Long wait for water at Flint apartment complex finally comes to an end

  19-01-2016 23:12
  Residents in River Park apartments on Flint's eastside are finally getting bottled water delivered to their doorsteps.
  
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• Water bill forgiveness? Lawsuit seeks to void Flint charges since April 2014

  19-01-2016 23:05
  
  FLINT, MI -- Flint residents who have filed two new class-action lawsuits want water bills issued since April 2014 ruled null and void because customers got water that was "defective, dangerous and unfit" to drink. "We are seeking for the court to declare...
  
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• Farmington Hills teen starts coat drive, gives 800 to Detroit's homeless on MLK Day

  19-01-2016 22:48
  
  Temperatures in Detroit dipped into the single digits on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016, so a new coat drive for area homeless couldn't have been timed better.
  
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• Farmington Hills teen starts coat drive, gives 800 to Detroit's homeless on ... - MLive.com

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  DETROIT, MI -- Temperatures in Detroit dipped into the single digits on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016, so a new coat drive for area homeless couldn't have been timed better. Amanda N. Hall, a Farmington Hills 16-year-old, in 2014 while at a Brown ...
  

• Report: Not enough jobs in Detroit - The Detroit News

  19-01-2016 22:42 via
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  Report: Not enough jobs in Detroit
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  An Olympia Development job fair for Tigers and Red Wings-related positions drew a crowd in March. (Photo: David Guralnick / Detroit News). 349 CONNECTTWEET 11 LINKEDIN 87 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Few Detroiters work in the city and, overall, only ...and more »
  

• Students Build a Business, Transform Detroit Blight into Beauty - Good News Network

  19-01-2016 22:32 via
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  Students Build a Business, Transform Detroit Blight into Beauty
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  Students in Detroit, Michigan defied stereotypes to find beauty in the city's blight and even build a business around it. The teens, in Southeastern High School's Entrepreneurship Class came up with a plan to make and sell wreaths while cleaning up ...
  

• Bomb threat cancels Flint Southwestern vs. Dearborn Robichaud girls basketball game

  19-01-2016 22:26
  
  A bomb threat has cancelled Tuesday night's Robichaud versus Southwestern matchup.
  
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• MLB's Chad Curtis weighs re-sentencing option in sex assault case

  19-01-2016 22:20
  
  Curtis can seek re-sentencing based on a state Supreme Court ruling.
  
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• VIDEO: Construction of Red Wings Arena continues

  19-01-2016 22:13
  
  We're getting a look at the great progress that is being made on the Detroit Red Wings new arena.
  
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• Should Chris Rock step down as Oscars host amid diversity controversy?

  19-01-2016 22:10
  
  As a controversy surrounding the lack of racial diversity in this year's list of Oscar nominees continues to grow, some are putting pressure on comedian Chris Rock.
  
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• State requesting $28 million to aid Flint water crisis

  19-01-2016 22:08
  
  The State Budget Office is asking the legislature of $28 million in the current Fiscal Year 2016 budget to start the ball rolling on funding services related to the Flint water crisis.
  
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• Former Detroit Lions coaches Jim Schwartz, Jeremiah Washburn land new jobs - MLive.com

  19-01-2016 22:07 via
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  Former Detroit Lions coaches Jim Schwartz, Jeremiah Washburn land new jobs
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  Former Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz will serve as the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator in 2016. (AP File Photo). Print Email · Justin Rogers | [email protected] By Justin Rogers | [email protected] MLive.com. Follow on Twitter on January ...and more »
  

• 80-year-old dementia patient's checks forged by foster care worker, police say

  19-01-2016 21:51
  
  Police say the licensee believed that the victim was in the early stages of dementia.
  
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• Vote: With regional games chosen, it’s time to crown statewide MLive Game of the Week

  19-01-2016 21:45
  
  Readers can vote for the statewide Game of the Week through 3 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• Obama not expected to visit Flint, new federal official to oversee water crisis

  19-01-2016 21:45
  
  President Barack Obama is not expected to visit Flint despite being in Detroit this week for the North American International Auto Show.
  
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• KLAA clash between Northville and Novi gets MLive Detroit Game of the Week with late voting surge

  19-01-2016 21:35
  
  NOVI -- From virtually the start to the finish, the Northville at Novi boys basketball game led the MLive Detroit Game of the Week poll. With 433 votes of the 754 total, or 57.43 percent, Friday night's matchup will feature...
  
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• Detroit parents threaten civil rights complaint if Spanish-speaking clerks not replaced

  19-01-2016 21:35
  
  Parents in southwest Detroit are demanding the school district employ Spanish-speaking clerks for families who don't speak English.
  
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• Detroit parents threaten civil rights complaint if Spanish-speaking clerks not ... - MLive.com

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  DETROIT, MI -- Parents in southwest Detroit, where there is a large Hispanic immigrant population, are demanding the school district employ Spanish-speaking clerks for families who don't speak English. If Detroit Public Schools refuse, they could face ...
  

• Detroit parents threaten civil rights complaint if Spanish-speaking clerks not added

  19-01-2016 21:35
  
  Parents in southwest Detroit are demanding the school district employ Spanish-speaking clerks for families who don't speak English.
  
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• Bob Seger reveals Glenn Frey had been in a hospital for months

  19-01-2016 21:26
  
  Longtime friend of Glenn Frey, Bob Seger, says Frey had been in the hospital since November.
  
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• Detroit mayor expects residential high-rise to replace Joe Louis Arena

  19-01-2016 21:10
  
  With construction of a new Red Wings arena well underway, Detroiters are wondering what will happen with the site of the hockey team's current home, Joe Louis Arena.
  
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• Rare cold-air funnels form over Lake Michigan

  19-01-2016 20:43
  
  At least six large cold-air funnels were spotted over Lake Michigan just off Ludington on Monday, Jan. 18.
  
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• Red Wings' Kronwall out 2-4 weeks; Miller 4-6 months - Detroit Free Press

  19-01-2016 20:42 via
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  Red Wings' Kronwall out 2-4 weeks; Miller 4-6 months
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  Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said defenseman Niklas Kronwall is out 2-4 weeks after having his left knee scoped and forward Drew Miller is out 4-6 months after having knee surgery. “Nik had a surgery done this morning, he had his knee scoped,” ...
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• Brooks Patterson, Bill Ballenger say Flint water crisis 'vastly overstated'

  19-01-2016 20:37
  
  Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson on Tuesday said Flint's water crisis may be "vastly overstated," pointing to statements made earlier in the day by Bill Ballenger, a political analyst who lives in Flint and drinks the tap water.
  
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• Woman killed in deadly I-94 pileup identified by police

  19-01-2016 20:31
  
  Carol Grisemer was involved in a 42-vehicle pileup that was reported at about 2 p.m. Sunday in the eastbound lanes of I-94 near Hartford, according to Michigan State Police.
  
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• Fleet of 20 tall ships to race across Great Lakes this summer

  19-01-2016 20:10
  
  Spanish Galleon, Viking longship making Great Lakes debut.
  
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• See photos of the Detroit auto show from 40 years ago

  19-01-2016 20:08
  
  DETROIT, MI-- The North American International Auto Show may only be in its 28th year, but Detroit has hosted an auto show for over a century. How the Detroit Auto Show became the North American International Auto Show: The Detroit...
  
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• Amir Hekmati says release from Iranian prison 'like being born again'

  19-01-2016 19:55
  
  Hekmati is one of four Americans freed over the weekend by the Iranian government, in exchange for clemency of seven Iranians over trade sanction violation. A fifth American was released, but not as part of the swap.
  
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• New lawsuits seek end to bills for tainted Flint water, money for damages

  19-01-2016 19:37
  
  Two new class-action lawsuits have been filed by Flint residents against Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials over the city's lead-tainted water and Legionella outbreak.
  
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• Lego Model of Detroit's Renaissance Center Makes Debut - ABC News

  19-01-2016 19:35 via
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  A 6-foot-tall model of downtown Detroit's Renaissance Center that's built of Legos is on display at the North American International Auto Show. The Detroit Free Press reports ( http://on.freep.com/1KoLuqG ) the model, which contains more than 50,000 ...and more »
  

• Obama's 'car czar': Auto industry bailout successful, but sales glut a concern

  19-01-2016 19:30
  
  For Steven Rattner, the lead adviser to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry in 2009, the so-called bailout of the domestic auto industry is obviously seen as a success. But there are still concerns.
  
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• Buddy's Pizza signs lease to open restaurant near Ann Arbor

  19-01-2016 19:03
  
  A lease has been signed for a 6,500 square-foot restaurant in Pittsfield Township.
  
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• Detroit's M-1 Rail on track for 2017 opening, rates, hours set

  19-01-2016 19:00
  
  The car won't cost too much to ride, but its hours might miss the weekend bar crowd in Detroit
  
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• Charlie Bothuell pleads guilty to child abuse

  19-01-2016 18:56
  
  Charlie Bothuell IV pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree child abuse today, according to the court clerk. 
  
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• Dad sentenced in case of boy found in Detroit basement - Detroit Free Press

  19-01-2016 18:49 via
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  Dad sentenced in case of boy found in Detroit basement
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  The father of a Detroit boy found in his basement 11 days after he was reported missing in 2014 pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor child abuse and was given probation. Charlie Bothuell IV, 47, of Detroit was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ...
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• State police and FBI investigating fatal Southfield shooting by FBI task force member

  19-01-2016 18:43
  
  A member of a Federal Bureau of Investigation multi-agency child exploitation task force shot and killed a man outside the Marriott hotel in Southfield Friday night.
  
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• Detroit-Style Pizza: The Definitive Guide - Eater

  19-01-2016 18:33 via
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  Detroit-Style Pizza: The Definitive Guide
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  From red tops to crisp edges, everything you need to know about the iconic "square." by Brenna Houck, January 19, 2016. Photos by Michelle and Chris Gerard · Share · Tweet · Share. When it comes to Detroit, the city is often known for three main ...
  

• Stop Giving New York Transplants All The Credit For Detroit's Art Scene - Huffington Post

  19-01-2016 18:16 via
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  Stop Giving New York Transplants All The Credit For Detroit's Art Scene
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  Move from Brooklyn to Detroit for the cheap rent: get applause. Spend years building your hometown's arts community: get ignored. 01/19/2016 12:09 pm ET. Kate Abbey-Lambertz National Reporter, The Huffington Post. Carlos Osorio /Associated Press.and more »
  

• Which Michigan building is listed as a loss for historic preservation?

  19-01-2016 18:14
  
  The National Trust for Historic Preservation put Michigan demolition on a list of five national "losses" for historic preservation in 2015
  
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• How to watch Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address tonight

  19-01-2016 18:01
  
  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will deliver his annual State of the State address on Tuesday and is expected to focus in large part on addressing the Flint water crisis.
  
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• Drivers in deadly I-94 pileup will be cited, Michigan State Police say

  19-01-2016 17:59
  
  "It's too early in the investigation to determine who was at fault and what enforcement actions will be taken but enforcement action will be taken," Lt. Dale Hinz said.
  
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• Looking back at Michigan's last wolverine

  19-01-2016 17:56
  
  Social media picked up a post from 2010 on Michigan's last wolverine and ran with it Sunday and Monday, Jan. 17-18. Here's a look back at that wolverine that stalked Michigan's Thumb years ago.
  
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• Michigan sports bra inventor gets exposure on 'Shark Tank'

  19-01-2016 17:55
  
  "The process is overwhelming, and exhausting, but it was all very, very exciting."
  
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• Barrel-aged, experimental beers drive Founders expansion to new brewhouse

  19-01-2016 17:52
  
  Purchase opens up capacity for limited, specialty beers like Kentucky Breakfast Stout.
  
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• Michigan's 47-cent gas price war sprang from 'aggressive competition' between stations

  19-01-2016 17:44
  
  An analyst thinks it may be the lowest gas price ever, nationwide, when adjusted for inflation.
  
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• Lions' top 10 free agents for 2016 - Detroit Free Press

  19-01-2016 17:40 via
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  Lions' top 10 free agents for 2016
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  The Detroit Lions have 17 players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents in March. With Jim Caldwell back for a third season as coach, there's a good chance that a number of those players will return for 2016. As new GM Bob Quinn takes a deep ...
  

• See new Red Wings arena in Detroit begin to take shape - MLive.com

  19-01-2016 17:29 via
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  See new Red Wings arena in Detroit begin to take shape
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  DETROIT - The Detroit Events Center looks a lot different than it did just one month ago. It actually looks a bit like a coliseum at the moment. Olympia Development of Michigan said so far more than 1,500 pieces of steel have been placed. The arena ...
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• See new Red Wings arena in Detroit begin to take shape

  19-01-2016 17:26
  
  The future home of the Wings is beginning to look like an actual hockey stadium
  
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• Trader Joe's recalls raw cashews over salmonella concerns

  19-01-2016 17:11
  
  The nuts were distributed to stores in Michigan.
  
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