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• $4.1 million in federal grants to support manufacturing in Detroit

  03-10-2016 23:50
  
  Detroit received two hefty grants to restore automotive manufacturing and efforts to redevelop the I-94 industrial park.
  
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• Feds give Detroit $4M for east-side industrial park - Detroit Free Press

  03-10-2016 23:38 via freep.com
  
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  Feds give Detroit $4M for east-side industrial park
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  The Obama administration has awarded Detroit more than $4 million to help support burgeoning redevelopment of a long-vacant industrial park on the city's east side. The money will help widen and resurface Georgia Street in an area south of the Coleman A.
  Federal grants aim to boost Detroit manufacturing jobsThe Detroit Newsall 9 news articles »
  
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• GM wants to battle 'brain drain' from Detroit, CEO Barra says - CNBC

  03-10-2016 23:37 via cnbc.com
  
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  GM wants to battle 'brain drain' from Detroit, CEO Barra says
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  GM CEO Mary Barra said people continue to come to southeast Michigan and spoke about innovation and technology on CNBC.and more »
  
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• $2.6 million federal grant to be spent hiring 21 Detroit-area police officers

  03-10-2016 23:25
  
  The Detroit Police Department is expected to receive $1.8 million in federal grant dollars to hire 15 new police over the next year.
  
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• US probes Ford vehicles for steering, warning light problems

  03-10-2016 22:59
  
  Two Ford Motor Co. models are under investigation by U.S. safety regulators for power steering and door ajar warning light issues that are similar to those that have caused other Ford vehicles to be recalled.
  
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• Detroit denied $30 million grant for major development plan

  03-10-2016 22:41
  
  The City of Detroit submitted a federal grant application in June to redevelop the Brewster-Douglass site, Eastern Market and Brush Park but was not accepted.
  
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• Appeals court rejects challenge to Detroit pension cuts - The Detroit News

  03-10-2016 22:02 via detroitnews.com
  
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  Appeals court rejects challenge to Detroit pension cuts
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  The court says Detroit's emergence from bankruptcy in 2014 was the result of a series of major settlements between the city and creditors and must not be disturbed. (Photo: Daniel Mears / The Detroit News)Buy Photo. Detroit — A federal appeals court ...
  Detroit retirees' effort to restore pension failsDetroit Free Press
  Detroit defeats pensioners' appeal over bankruptcy cutsReutersall 5 news articles
  
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• Pistons' Aron Baynes bringing 'fire' after disappointing Olympic finish

  03-10-2016 22:00
  
  Baynes and his Australian men's national team placed fourth at the 2016 Rio games.
  
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• Federal Flint aid a plus to Michigan, says credit rating agency

  03-10-2016 21:14
  
  It's a "credit positive."
  
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• Mike Pence to attend Metro Detroit Republican fundraiser

  03-10-2016 20:20
  
  The Republican Vice Presidential candidate will attend the Oct. 17 event at the Palazzo Grande Banquet and Event Center in Shelby Township.
  
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• Group forms in opposition to southeast Michigan regional transit tax

  03-10-2016 20:20
  
  NoMassiveTransitTax.org is the new group's name.
  
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• Snowbirds should be really happy this winter

  03-10-2016 20:12
  
  The favorite locations for snowbirds may have nice weather this winter.
  
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• Vice presidential debate: What you need to know before Mike Pence and Tim Kaine square off

  03-10-2016 19:49
  
  Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence will debate this week. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Lions' Jim Caldwell already facing renewed questions about job security

  03-10-2016 19:35
  
  Detroit is 1-3 after losing to Chicago.
  
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• U-M Health System ranked among worst in controlling C. diff infections

  03-10-2016 19:30
  
  "Teaching hospitals are supposed to be places where we identify the best practices and put them to work," Lisa McGiffert, director of Consumer Reports' Safe Patient Project, said in the report.
  
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• Smoking with oxygen tank might have caused fire that killed 64-year-old woman

  03-10-2016 19:07
  
  A 64-year-old Highland Township woman was trapped and killed in her home when a fire erupted about 9 p.m. Friday.
  
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• Should pit bulls be banned?

  03-10-2016 19:00
  
  After a local woman was killed by a neighbor's dog, Montreal passed a law prohibiting residents from adopting or buying pit bulls.
  
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• Michigan gas prices up 6 cents, but some cities aren't following the trend

  03-10-2016 18:45
  
  Like in West Michigan.
  
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• Missing pregnant woman found dead in vacant Detroit house

  03-10-2016 18:40
  
  A 29-year-old pregnant Melvindale woman who disappeared Wednesday, Sept. 28 was discovered dead inside a vacant Detroit house Friday, Sept. 30.
  
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• Search student loan default rates at Michigan colleges, universities

  03-10-2016 18:39
  
  Michigan's overall rate is 11.8 percent
  
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• Wild horse spotted running around Detroit returned to owner

  03-10-2016 18:20
  
  The video of the horse made the rounds on the Detroit subreddit Monday morning, Oct. 3. It was posted and captured by Instagram user "fellanamedsue" with the title "Bojack Horseman live in Detroit?"
  
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• Horse spotted running wild around Detroit returned to owner

  03-10-2016 18:20
  
  The video of the horse made the rounds on the Detroit subreddit Monday morning, Oct. 3. It was posted and captured by Instagram user "fellanamedsue" with the title "Bojack Horseman live in Detroit?"
  
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• Creepy clown shown waving to motorists outside Metro Detroit car wash

  03-10-2016 17:40
  
  In a video posted to Twitter, a clown is shown eerily walking into frame in front of a car wash before coming to a halt and waving at the people filming him.
  
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• Creepy clown seen waving to motorists outside Metro Detroit car wash

  03-10-2016 17:40
  
  In a video posted to Twitter, a clown is shown eerily walking into frame in front of a car wash before coming to a halt and waving at the people filming him.
  
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• Battle of Walled Lake programs leads MLive Detroit Game of the Week poll

  03-10-2016 17:01
  
  With the MLive Detroit Game of the Week poll set to close on Tuesday, the Walled Lake rivalry game sits at the top of the poll with a big lead. Yet, the remaining four games still have time to make...
  
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• Detroit Three automakers post sales declines in September

  03-10-2016 16:50
  
  General Motors' total vehicle sales dipped 1 percent to 249,795 units. The Detroit automaker's retail sales were flat at 204,449 units.
  
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• Sheriff's office looking for missing Ingham County woman

  03-10-2016 16:42
  
  Ruth Smith, 35, of Delhi Township, posted a note on Facebook saying that she was being held against her will, according to a release by the ICSO
  
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• Meet the man going toe-to-toe with WWE's Rhyno in Michigan House race

  03-10-2016 15:14
  
  Hammoud and Gerin, current WWE wrestler Rhyno, for Dearborn's Michigan's 15th House District in the November election. The two are vying to fill the seat held by term-limited Democratic state Rep. George Darany, which pays $71,685 annually.
  
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• MLive Detroit area football Week 7 rankings (10/3/16)

  03-10-2016 15:01
  
  The sixth week of the football season passed and it is time to rank the teams in the MLive Detroit coverage area. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. These are teams from the Wayne, Oakland...
  
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• Gunmen rob Kim Kardashian of $10M in jewelry days before Kanye West's Metro Detroit show

  03-10-2016 14:53
  
  Armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian West in her hotel bathroom.
  
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• Building Michigan's Best pizza, plus our itinerary today

  03-10-2016 14:22
  
  Amy Sherman and John Gonzalez are on the road searching for Michigan's Best pizza. They also need your help building MLive's favorite pizza.
  
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• The best Cosplay we saw at the Monroe Comic Con

  03-10-2016 14:11
  
  The 2016 Monroe Comic Con had no shortage of creative Cosplay. Here's the best we saw at the event.
  
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• Fall hunting season a good time to think about our relationship with guns

  03-10-2016 14:00
  
  I guess I have a hard time understanding why anyone would even want 40 assault rifles. I have a couple shotguns and seem to get along just fine.
  
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• The Lions aren't very good, and don't have any answers

  03-10-2016 13:45
  
  The Detroit Lions have lost three straight, which is bad enough.But they don't seem to know why, or how to fix it. And that's much worse.
  
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• Will Lorenzo Brown's Pistons experience give him edge in roster battle?

  03-10-2016 13:15
  
  Brown and Ray McCallum are competing in training camp for the third point guard position.
  
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• Pistons' Lorenzo Brown peeks inward in wake of point-guard competition

  03-10-2016 13:15
  
  Brown and Ray McCallum are competing in training camp for the third point guard position.
  
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• Median pay is $118,000 for Michigan public school superintendents, and 5 other facts

  03-10-2016 12:35
  
  The median pay for a Michigan public school superintendent is about $118,000, based on salary information collected by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
  
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• Look up the salary of your Michigan school superintendent

  03-10-2016 12:30
  
  Michigan school superintendents have a compensation package worth an average of $171,311, based on information collected by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
  
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• Grading the Lions: Receivers, defensive line flunk against Bears

  03-10-2016 12:21
  
  The Lions are 1-3 after a disappointing loss to the Bears.
  
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• Brad Ausmus' future and 5 more key questions for Tigers this offseason

  03-10-2016 12:00
  
  Ausmus said he would like to return but that decision is in the hands of general manager Al Avila.
  
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• Pregnant woman found dead inside abandoned home

  03-10-2016 11:27
  
  Detroit police are investigating after a pregnant woman was found dead inside an abandoned home on the city's southwest side. 
  
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• Federal grants to help bring manufacturing jobs

  03-10-2016 11:08
  
  Two federal grants are coming to Detroit to help bring automotive manufacturing jobs back to the city.
  
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• Is downtown Detroit housing market overheating yet? - Detroit Free Press

  03-10-2016 05:06 via freep.com
  
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  Is downtown Detroit housing market overheating yet?
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  So many new housing developments are coming to greater downtown Detroit that it's easy to lose track. Last week alone, four fresh projects with potentially 600-700 units took big steps toward becoming reality. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved ...
  
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• Dropout prevention conference descends on Detroit - The Detroit News

  03-10-2016 04:28 via detroitnews.com
  
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  Dropout prevention conference descends on Detroit
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  Ford IT developer Cash Compton, left, and teammate Roland Cedo collaborate on the Gamepl@n app. (Photo: Brandy Baker / The Detroit News)Buy Photo. Detroit — This week, up to 1,000 educators will descend on Detroit to attend lectures and workshops ...
  
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• Pregnant woman found dead on Detroit's... - WDIV Detroit

  03-10-2016 04:16 via clickondetroit.com
  
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  Pregnant woman found dead on Detroit's...
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  DETROIT - A pregnant woman was found dead in a vacant building on Detroit's southwest side and authorities have since arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with her death. Detroit police, along with the Melvindale Police Department, were ...
  Suspect held in death of woman found in DetroitThe Detroit Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Pregnant woman found dead on Detroit's southwest side,... - WDIV Detroit

  03-10-2016 04:16 via clickondetroit.com
  
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• Punchless Detroit Tigers miss playoffs after 1-0 loss to Braves - Detroit Free Press

  03-10-2016 03:43 via freep.com
  
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  Punchless Detroit Tigers miss playoffs after 1-0 loss to Braves
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  ATLANTA – As the innings wore on this afternoon, the hours left of competitive regular season baseball turned to minutes, the eulogy of this year's Detroit Tigers team was written. On one hand, it's surprising it ended this way, their bats gone silent ...
  How can the Detroit Tigers make the Playoffs?RealSport101 (blog)
  Teheran-fueled shutout spoils Detroit's playoff hopes, sends 'The Ted'
  
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• Tigers-Indians Game Will Not Be Made Up - CBS Local

  03-10-2016 03:03 via detroit.cbslocal.com
  
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  Tigers-Indians Game Will Not Be Made Up
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  DETROIT, MI - SEPTEMBER 29: Cleveland Indians players gloves are laid out to dry as rain falls at Comerica Park during a rain delay for their game against the Detroit Tigers on September 29, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty ...
  Detroit Tigers could have craziest postseason schedule everDetroit Free Press
  Tigers-Indians game to be made up only if it affects AL playoffsESPN
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• Recap - Preseason: Detroit 6 vs. Chicago 3 - Winging It In Motown

  03-10-2016 02:50 via wingingitinmotown.com
  
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  Recap - Preseason: Detroit 6 vs. Chicago 3
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  The Detroit Red Wings entered tonight's game against Chicago 2-0-1 on the pre-season, coming off an overtime loss to the Boston Bruins. Their opponent fielded a lineup devoid of big names, so the Wings went in as the favorite, especially considering ...and more »
  
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• Young players stand out in Red Wings preseason win

  03-10-2016 02:32
  
  Martin Frk and Andreas Athanasiou each had a goal and an assist. Anthony Mantha and Dylan Larkin scored goals. Ryan Sproul had two assists.
  
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