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American Coney Island, home of the iconic Detroit Coney Dog, recently opened its first out-of-state location at the D Las Vegas. As part of the dramatic transformation taking place at the new downtown property, the D is excited to bring a taste of Detroit to the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. A favorite of...

Hello, Detroit! I’d like to think Emily T. Gail and I are kindred spirits. To date, my entire publishing career has been steeped in her simple slogan: “Say nice things about Detroit.” History tells us there were plenty of terrible (but true) things to say about Detroit in the 1970s when she launched her campaign. This was a post...

It's that time of the year again! This weekend, set your clock an hour forward for daylight savings. The mornings get brighter and the nights get longer. Unfortunately, the days get shorter, or at it least it seems that way. Did you know that losing an hour of sleep might be dangerous for your health?Sleep deprivation has long been known to...

Is an emergency financial manager an attack on voting rights?That is exactly what some Detroiters believe.Just one day after Mayor Dave Bing stated an EFM is all but a done deal, protesters took to the streets to call on the Justice Department to intervene.City residents rallied in front of 211 W. Fort Street, where the offices of federal...

Just two days after officially announcing his run for Detroit mayor, Mike Duggan hit the pavements to connect with potential voters. Not even a snow storm could stop the candidate’s momentum last week. On Thursday, Feb. 28 Duggan spoke one-on-one with residents and students at Wayne County Community College District in...

With only weeks to go until filming is set to begin for the Marvin Gaye biopic, Sexual Healing, Deadline.com reports that Lenny Kravitz will not play the late Motown star. This decision is following months of complaints and threats to take legal action against the film from Gaye’s son, Marvin Gaye III. Gaye III told TMZ: T...

Ciara is back! After the less than stellar album Basic Instinct was released in 2010, Ciara hit the ground hard and is now ready to release her fifth studio album One Woman Army in June of this year. While her fans wait with bated breath for the new release, she dropped the new single from the album entitled “Body Party”.“Body Party”, which was co-...

Looking for a job? You might be in luck if retail is your area of choice.On Tuesday, Mar. 5 ALDI will hold a hiring event at two locations in the metro-Detroit area.The grocery chain will take applications for several positions within the company that include manager trainee.Prospective applicants can apply at one of the two following locations...

You might be surprised to find that a whopping 10 percent of the globe's billionaire club lives right here and around the metro-Detroit area. On Monday, Mar. 4 Forbes released its annual list of the "world's richest people". Over 1400 people made the list, and a dozen of them are Michigan residents. The individuals on the...

When you see Don Cheadle on the screen, or when his name is brought up in conversation, certain words might come to mind. They include “talented,” “convincing,” “versatile,” “consistent” and you could add “highly visible” — in the Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman sense.You might have seen him recently in “Flight,” the riveting h...