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Detroit is in the midst of an unprecedented municipal financial collapse. An $18 billion mountain of debt is a staggering number that is shocking for anyone who lives, works or is invested, in this great city. To continue to deny that we have a financial crisis is to live under a rock. Furthermore, city services in Detroit are nowhere close to the...

The FBI and members of the Southeast Michigan Crimes against Children Task Force made 59 arrests across Oakland, Wayne, Macomb and Genesee counties as a result of a massive three-day child prostitution sweep conducted by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Authorities are preparing to arraign 26 people from Southfield and six from...

Page 1 of 2Training camps have started around the NFL and two teams have already lost major offensive weapons. The Philadelphia Eagles have lost Jeremy Maclin to a torn ACL. He was injured during practice Saturday during a seven-on-seven drill and was carted off the field. Maclin led the team in receptions, touchdowns and receiving yards last year....

The Detroit Tigers today announced the club has acquired righthanded pitcher Jose Veras from the Houston Astros in exchange for outfielder Danry Vasquez and a player to be named later on or before September 15, 2013."We are pleased to add an experienced arm to our bullpen," said David Dombrowski, Tigers' President, CEO, and General Manager "Jose...

Page 1 of 2Darren Walker, who emerged from small-town Texas to an international career in law and finance before becoming a leader in the nonprofit and philanthropic worlds, will become the 10th president of the Ford Foundation this September, succeeding Luis A. Ubiñas, the foundation's Board of Trustees announced today.The Ford Foundation, with...

This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner ...

Page 1 of 2 Fantasia has come a long way since emerging as the season 3 winner on "American Idol" in 2004. Her winning was virtually assured when she delivered a spellbinding rendition of the George Gershwin classic "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess." The famed opera has, of course, been presented on the Broadway stage....

Page 1 of 2 One of the most highly anticipated events in Detroit every year is the Detroit Jazz Festival, which takes place on Labor Day weekend, this year, Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. It is also a sure sign that summer is coming to a close....

"Napoleon for Mayor vehemently denies any involvement with a second write-in candidate,” said Jamaine Dickens, spokesman for Napoleon for Mayor. “Every time Mr. Duggan’s campaign is in another self-inflicted negative situation, instead of taking responsibility for his own campaign’s actions, inactions, and incompetence, Mr. Duggan invokes Benny Nap...

To date, voters have not heard one word from any of the candidates about their platform. We have no idea what any of them plan to do about jobs, homelessness, high taxes..... nothing. Not one word. Instead, what we get is constant posturing to eliminate one candidate over the other based on technicalities.The latest strategic move is a Detroit...