ÿþ<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>freep</title> <description>Latest news from the Detroit Free Press newspaper of metro Detroit, Michigan, City of Detroit, Oakland County, Wayne County, Macomb County including analysis, commentary and opinion of current events, local news and Detroit area newsmakers.</description> <link>http://www.freep.com</link> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright 2011, freep</copyright> <generator>SaxoTech Online</generator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:05:53 -0400</lastBuildDate> <ttl>15</ttl> <atom:link href="http://www.freep.com/section/news&amp;template=rss&amp;mime=xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>Detroit Police seek suspect who attacked man with saw </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111105009/1001/news</link> <description>The two men were working on rebuilding a wall at a gas station store at Glenfield and Chalmers at 1 p.m. Thursday when a verbal fight broke out, according to the Detroit Police.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111105009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Oak Park police search for witnesses in fatal hit-and-run crash</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111105007/1001/news</link> <description>Police in Oak Park are searching for witnesses to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 60-year-old man early today.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:12:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111105007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Highland Park residents staying alert as city adjusts to fewer streetlights</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS02/111050346/1001/news</link> <description>Dark and dangerous. That's how Shameka Manica describes the side streets throughout Highland Park before the sun rises and after it sets each day. It's the main reason Manica, 23, drops off her 18-year-old brother, Dominique Moore, at Highland Park High School each day.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS02/111050346/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>West Bloomfield native the Indiana Jones of virus hunters</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050408/1001/news</link> <description>Nothing, except maybe public speaking, makes Nathan Wolfe squeamish. It's a good thing because Wolfe -- who is part detective, part Indiana Jones -- spends much of his life searching for infectious diseases. His goal? Identify and stop them before they become the next Ebola. Or SARS. Or HIV.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050408/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Mayor Dave Bing: We'll keep bus drivers, riders safe</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050340/1001/news</link> <description>The City of Detroit agreed Friday to boost police patrols and randomly pull over and inspect buses in a zero-tolerance effort to protect transit workers and riders, ending a walkout that paralyzed the city's bus system for much of the day, Mayor Dave Bing announced.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050340/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ferndale High School band wants fine finale at Ford Field contest</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050394/1001/news</link> <description>When Ferndale High School's Eagles marching band hits the gridiron at Ford Field today, it'll cap a five-year competitive run for senior Ryan Campbell.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:44:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050394/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Water system overhaul grants director broad powers</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050440/1001/news</link> <description>A court-ordered reorganization of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department grants bold new powers to the department director to hire, promote and fire workers, outsource services and make other moves to speed compliance with federal pollution laws. U.S. District Judge Sean Cox approved the moves Friday.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:43:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050440/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Experts say few use extra hour for sleeping</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050404/1001/news</link> <description>For the chronically sleep-deprived -- and research suggests that's a lot of us -- the return to standard time tonight could mean an extra 60 minutes of precious shut-eye.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050404/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 years after promise not to, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to accept a salary</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/311050005/1001/news</link> <description>After saying in his campaign he would donate his mayoral salary to the Detroit Police Department, Mayor Dave Bing's office announced Friday that the mayor has been accepting a salary of $158,558 since July.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:22:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/311050005/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Reaction from bus riders to DDOT walkout</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050342/1001/news</link> <description>Lucky Fox, 45, of Detroit leaned on a tree stump for support Friday as he waited for a Detroit Department of Transportation bus. Fox, who has had five strokes, was trying to get to his sister's house in the city so she could help him run errands. Detroit is going to hell in a handbasket,&amp;#8221; said Fox, who waited more than 45 minutes for the bus until learning of the walkout....</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050342/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Drive to repeal Michigan's emergency manager law gains steam</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050344/1001/news</link> <description>Volunteers for a petition drive to repeal the state's controversial emergency manager law collected more than 80% of the required signatures to put the issue before voters in November 2012, the group Stand Up for Democracy, which is leading the effort, said Friday.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050344/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Novi mayoral candidate fires volunteer who hacked opponent's e-mail</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050400/1001/news</link> <description>A volunteer for a candidate in next week's Novi mayoral election broke into the e-mail of the opposing candidate to influence the election, both candidates said Thursday.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS03/111050400/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Civil Service System hangs in balance on Dearborn ballot</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS02/111050392/1001/news</link> <description>Dearborn residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal the city's Civil Service System, a vote that also will determine the outcome of a resident's lawsuit that sought to have the proposal taken off the ballot or rendered useless.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS02/111050392/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Time line in Detroit water and sewage saga</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050444/1001/news</link> <description>1940: Detroit opens $22.6-million sewage plant to start treating sewage before discharging it into the Detroit River.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050444/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Highlights of the DWSD action plan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050446/1001/news</link> <description>Promotions would be at the discretion of management based on an employee's skill, knowledge or ability and then taking seniority into account. Excused hours to work on union activities will be limited to attending grievance hearings and union negotiations with prior notification of management.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050446/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>MGM Grand Detroit casino workers OK new contract</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050448/1001/news</link> <description>Workers at the MGM Grand Detroit casino voted Friday to accept the latest contract offered by the company after rejecting a four-year deal last week. Shawn Ellis, a spokesman for the Teamsters, one of five unions representing workers at the casino, said the vote was 73% in favor of the new contract. Workers sent the previous proposal down to defeat by a 5-1 margin.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS01/111050448/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Judge grew up learning value of hard work</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050442/1001/news</link> <description>U.S. District Judge Sean Cox is the son of Irish immigrants who taught their three sons the value of hard work and a good education. One of the 54-year-old judge's brothers, Mike Cox, is a former Michigan attorney general. His other brother, Kevin, is a successful lawyer. They grew up in Redford Township.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050442/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 charged after bodies are found</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050450/1001/news</link> <description>JACKSON COUNTY Two people were charged Friday in the slayings of two men whose bodies were found in a burning car at Schlee Waterfowl Preserve in Grass Lake Township.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS06/111050450/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Nov. 3</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/LOTTERY/111050406/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/LOTTERY/111050406/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Warren Mayor Jim Fouts is not pulling punches in re-election campaign</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS04/111050402/1001/news</link> <description>Warren Mayor Jim Fouts won almost five times as many votes than his next closest opponent in the primary election, but opponents and political watchers say he's still playing hardball politics heading into the general election Tuesday. Fouts has worked to get his name in front of the public and is throwing accusations at his opponent, City Councilwoman Kathy Vogt.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS04/111050402/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>State bands that are marching for success</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111050396/1001/news</link> <description>These bands -- ranked in order of their season scores -- are qualified to compete in today's 2011 Michigan Competing Band Association championships: Flight I: Walled Lake Central West Bloomfield Plymouth-Canton Lake Orion L'Anse Creuse Rockford Troy Athens Lakeland Grand Blanc Clarkston Grandville Novi</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111050396/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Kilpatrick book money sought</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111050398/1001/news</link> <description>DETROIT The publisher of Kwame Kilpatrick's memoir must explain why it hasn't paid into an escrow account established to offset the former Detroit mayor's outstanding debt to the city.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111050398/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Metro Detroit sewage: Where the most waste is going</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111104048/1001/news</link> <description>Metro Detroit communities regularly violate the law by dumping billions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into lakes and rivers. These waterways have received the most sewage in 2008 and 2009:</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:43:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111105/NEWS05/111104048/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Inkster man is person of interest in Westland shooting</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111104051/1001/news</link> <description>Willie Charles Rose, 38, is identified as a person of interest in the shooting of 35-year old woman. Police issued a photograph of Rose adding he should be considered armed and dangerous.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:56:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111104051/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>MGM Grand casino workers ratify contract</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104047/1001/news</link> <description>MGM Grand Detroit casino workers voted today to accept the latest contract offered by the company after rejecting a four-year deal last week.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104047/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>In a reversal, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing accepts salary</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104043/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's office announced this afternoon that the mayor began accepting a salary of $158,558 more than four months ago, even though he made campaign promises that he would not do so.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104043/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Court-ordered water system overhaul gives director new powers to hire, fire, outsource</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111104021/1001/news</link> <description>The deal preserves current union contracts, though it proposes significant changes to them in the next round of bargaining. The city would maintain ownership of the system and it would remain a department of city government. The deal, included in an ordered released today by U.S. District Judge Sean Cox, also gives city government minimal input over the day-to-day operations, including the rates paid by suburban customers.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:02:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111104021/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Kwame Kilpatrick's publisher must explain to judge why it's not helping pay his debt</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104040/1001/news</link> <description>Wayne Circuit Judge David Groner, in an order signed today, told Creative Publishing Consultants to appear Nov. 16 and explain why no money from the sale of "Surrender, the Rise, Fall &amp; Redemption of Kwame Kilpatrick," has gone into escrow.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:54:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104040/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Push to repeal emergency-manager law reaches 80% of needed signatures, group says</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS15/111104036/1001/news</link> <description>The announcement comes one day after Mayor Dave Bing said the city is on the fast track to insolvency and likely will need a state-appointed emergency manager to avoid economic collapse.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:57:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS15/111104036/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>City to boost bus-driver safety, Bing announces as drivers get back behind the wheel</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104030/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit Police will randomly pull buses over citywide for inspections and beef up enforcement at the downtown transit center and elsewhere in a zero-tolerance campaign against people who mistreat or attack city bus drivers, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing declared this afternoon.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104030/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Riders stranded, shocked after Detroit bus transit crippled</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104009/1001/news</link> <description>A protest by at least 100 Detroit Department of Transportation bus drivers today has crippled service for DDOT riders. DDOT passengers have been left stranded throughout the city as drivers say they are afraid to board the buses after one was attacked on a bus Thursday.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Groupon shares soars in public market debut</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS09/111104020/1001/news</link> <description>Groupon, the company that pioneered online group discounts, has begun trading as a public company. The stock jumped nearly 50% in the opening minutes Friday.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:01:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS09/111104020/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Report: Gun training continued after stray bullets</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104017/1001/news</link> <description>Police reports say Grand Valley State University officers continued firearms training at a West Michigan gun range after a first report that stray bullets may have struck a home about a half-mile away.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:32:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104017/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>DTE Energy 3Q profit rises 12%</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/BUSINESS06/111104015/1001/news</link> <description>DTE Energy said today that its profit rose 12.3% in the third quarter on strong results from its energy trading business.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/BUSINESS06/111104015/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New searches under way in 1990 disappearance of Lansing-area woman</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104010/1001/news</link> <description>A cold case team investigating the disappearance of a Lansing-area woman last seen in Livingston County 21 years ago is conducting new searches this month.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104010/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Rally addresses youth obesity issue in Detroit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104007/1001/news</link> <description>About 700 Detroit Public Schools students are expected to take part in a youth program targeting childhood obesity. City Councilman Andre Spivey says this morning's rally at Wayne State University for fourth- and fifth-graders will kick off his newly formed Minors Overcoming Obesity with Veggies and Exercise task force.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>U.S. flags ordered lowered today for Navy SEAL</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104006/1001/news</link> <description>U.S. flags in Michigan are being lowered to honor a 34-year-old Navy SEAL who was among the 30 American military personnel killed when their Chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104006/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>11-year-old found dead at Cass County home</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104005/1001/news</link> <description>The sheriff's department said foul play wasn't suspected but the death was under investigation. An autopsy was performed Thursday and the department was awaiting results of toxicology tests before releasing a cause of death or the name of the child.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111104005/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Gripped by scandal, Wayne County executive Ficano sets new leadership team</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040435/1001/news</link> <description>His administration in turmoil, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano accepts the resignation of his closest aide, Azzam Elder. The departure is in the wake of a growing scandal, beginning with a $200,000 severance payment and continues with an FBI investigation.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:59:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040435/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Dave Bing: Emergency manager threat for Detroit is real</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040429/1001/news</link> <description>Residents in Detroit already complain about poor city services -- from abandoned homes allowed to stand for years to slow emergency responders to bus service that leaves riders stranded for hours.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040429/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Potential emergency managers for Detroit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040433/1001/news</link> <description>Michael Finney: President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the state's lead economic development agency; past president and CEO of Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership with a mission of advancing innovation-based economic development in Ann Arbor; former assistant city manager of Saginaw.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040433/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>City of Detroit building official charged with stealing funds to use for church </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040391/1001/news</link> <description>A City of Detroit building official could go to prison for 10 years for a plan that authorities say he hatched to pay for kitchen equipment at his church: He tried to bill the city.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:38:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040391/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>University of Michigan opens cutting-edge hospital for women and kids</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040397/1001/news</link> <description>A$754-million, state-of-the-art pediatric and women's hospital opened Thursday at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a stunning 12-story building with all-private rooms and exclusive features just for children.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:37:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040397/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit charter revision hot election issue</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040354/1001/news</link> <description>The revised Detroit city charter has become so controversial, many residents say they think that its supporters or opponents might stoop to election fraud.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:34:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111040354/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New Wayne County deputy Jeffrey Collins is low-key but highly regarded</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040437/1001/news</link> <description>The man Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano tapped to take over as deputy county executive and help plug the holes in his leaky political ship is a former judge and U.S. attorney who owes his political career to ex-Republican Gov. John Engler.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040437/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Who's out in Wayne County government</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040439/1001/news</link> <description>Wayne County government has been rocked by turmoil in recent weeks, with top officials leaving jobs or being put on leave. The fallout:</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:29:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040439/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New players on Wayne County's team</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040441/1001/news</link> <description>New players on Wayne County's team</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:27:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040441/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Influential WSU jazz teacher dies of cancer</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/ENT04/111040385/1001/news</link> <description>Matt Michaels, a Detroit jazz icon and co-founder of the jazz studies program at Wayne State University, died late Wednesday after a long bout with cancer.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:22:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/ENT04/111040385/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Nov. 2</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/LOTTERY/111040383/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/LOTTERY/111040383/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>What must happen to get an emergency manager</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040431/1001/news</link> <description>Here are the steps, as defined by state law, that are required to appoint an emergency manager to a city: The mayor writes a letter to the state treasurer, requesting a preliminary review of the city's finances. The Department of Treasury decides whether to conduct the review.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS06/111040431/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Team to review Highland Park school district's finances</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040393/1001/news</link> <description>Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a 10-member financial-review team Thursday to examine the Highland Park school district's finances under state Public Act 4, the emergency manager law approved earlier this year.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS02/111040393/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Trio accused of setting up phony firms to scam Michigan out of $250,000</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040327/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan is thirsting for new businesses, but not the alleged entrepreneurial efforts of a Shelby Township couple and a Dearborn man charged with setting up 19 phony businesses and then stealing identities to scam the state out of more than $250,000.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040327/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>People pack hearing on proposed cuts to SMART bus routes</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040356/1001/news</link> <description>Sandra Nader of Dearborn, who can't drive because of vision impairment and other disabilities, says cuts proposed by the suburban SMART bus system will devastate people who rely on public transportation.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040356/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Appeals court allows cutoffs in welfare rolls</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040395/1001/news</link> <description>Statewide The state Court of Appeals on Thursday lifted a lower court order that temporarily blocked time limits on welfare benefits, and the director of the state Department of Human Services said the changes will go into effect Saturday.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS05/111040395/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Police: Man cut coworker with saw to slice concrete</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103057/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit Police are looking for a man who cut his coworker with a saw at a construction site Thursday afternoon.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:37:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103057/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ficano replaces 2 top officials tied to $200,000 Turkia Mullin payout</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111103039/1001/news</link> <description>Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano today accepted the resignation of Azzam Elder, and named his replacement, former U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins. He also accepted the resignation of the county's top lawyer, Marianne Talon.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:54:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111103039/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Feds charge Detroit city official with bribery, embezzlement</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103023/1001/news</link> <description>A city building official, who also works as a reverend at a local church, was freed on bond today after being charged with trying to bill the city for thousands of dollars worth of kitchen equipment for his church.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103023/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>State education chief blasts anti-bullying bill as 'a joke'</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS15/111103050/1001/news</link> <description>State Superintendent Mike Flanagan blasted anti-bullying legislation that passed the Senate Wednesday, saying it's "a joke" now that new language was added that appears to allow bullying on religious and moral grounds.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:44:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS15/111103050/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Novi Mayoral candidates: Volunteer broke into e-mail to influence election</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS03/111103049/1001/news</link> <description>A volunteer for a Novi mayoral candidate in next week's election broke into the e-mail of opposing candidate and Mayor Pro Tem Bob Gatt, trying to influence the election, both candidates said.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:39:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS03/111103049/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>SMART bus cuts will hurt, riders warn at meeting </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103047/1001/news</link> <description>Sandra Nader of Dearborn is unable to drive because of vision impairments and other disabilities and says cuts proposed by the suburban bus system will be devastating to those who rely on public transportation.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:09:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103047/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Metro Detroit man charged in $30 million Medicare fraud scheme</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103041/1001/news</link> <description>A Metro Detroit man was charged today with masterminding a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme involving home health services, the Department of Justice announced.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103041/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New look at past test results shows Michigan students performed poorly</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103021/1001/news</link> <description>A new look at old test results is providing a troubling glimpse into just how poorly Michigan students have done on state exams, with just a little more than a third of kids in grades 3-7 earning passing marks if tough new standards had been in place during the last school year.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103021/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan House approves state retiree benefit changes</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103035/1001/news</link> <description>Legislation aimed at controlling retiree benefit costs related to Michigan state employees has won approval in the Republican-led House.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid 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Prentis Edwards ruled this morning that Moroun's Detroit International Bridge Co. was guilty of civil contempt for its failure to complete the long-delayed Gateway project at the bridge as Edwards ordered in February 2010.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:24:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/BUSINESS06/111103018/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bill on ballast water would threaten Great Lakes, environmentalists say</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103038/1001/news</link> <description>House Bill 2838 would exempt shippers from state laws such as New York's, instead relying on an international ballast water cleanup standard 100 times weaker than New York's. Experts say the lower standard won't keep invasives out. Shippers say they shouldn't have to deal with individual states' standards, which might all be different, and that technology doesn't exist yet to meet New York's standard.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103038/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bing: Only union givebacks can avert an emergency manager for city</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103032/1001/news</link> <description>The city of Detroit is on the verge of running out of money by February because of runaway pension and health care costs, prompting Mayor Dave Bing today to warn that the state may soon have no choice but to appoint an emergency manager to take over city finances and union contracts.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:47:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103032/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Crews hope to have I-94 oil slick cleared up by rush hour</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103031/1001/news</link> <description>Traffic has been snarled on eastbound I-94 in Detroit today while crews work to clean up an oil spill after an accident.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103031/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan Senate approves new film incentive plan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/ENT01/111103029/1001/news</link> <description>A bill approved today by a 34-4 vote in the Senate would focus Michigan's film production incentive program on rewarding companies that hire Michigan workers and have state-centered operations. The bill advances to the House.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:06:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/ENT01/111103029/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Trial date set in Ludington missing baby case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103015/1001/news</link> <description>Sean Phillips' trial on unlawful imprisonment and parental kidnapping charges has been scheduled to start Jan. 17 in Ludington.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103015/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Mom pleads for answers in slayings of son, his girlfriend</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS04/111103026/1001/news</link> <description>Tony Velez, 22, and his girlfriend of two years, Rosemary Chyz, 19, of Clinton Township were found shot execution-style on Oct. 24, their bodies left in a vacant field at Girandin and Heintz, near Mt. Elliot and Van Dyke in Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS04/111103026/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 senior citizens killed in Detroit, another defends home in break-in</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103019/1001/news</link> <description>Two men in their 60s were found shot to death in Detroit and an 88-year-old man fired shots to scare off two armed men who kicked open his front door, according to Detroit Police today.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:37:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103019/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Fiery Wisconsin crash kills 2 from Michigan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103016/1001/news</link> <description>The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating a fiery interstate crash involving three semitrailers that killed two people from Michigan.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:22:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111103016/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Herman Cain, Mitt Romney among Republican candidates to debate at OU</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS15/111103017/1001/news</link> <description>A field of eight Republican candidates will take the stage at Oakland University next Wednesday for the next presidential debate, the only one scheduled to be held in Michigan.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:22:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS15/111103017/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Fiery Charles Pugh: Bing should make tough choices, not seek emergency manager</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103012/1001/news</link> <description>As Detroiters digest Mayor Dave Bing's contention that the city may soon need an emergency manager, Council President Charles Pugh has taken to Facebook to rally support against the move. Bing had no public comment this morning about the proposal, declining to address whether Bing is considering becoming the emergency manager himself.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111103012/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Clouds today, but great weekend weather ahead</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103007/1001/news</link> <description>Think of today as a blip in a string of nice weather days in southeast Michigan, according to forecasts by the National Weather Service.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111103007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Investigation of priest continues, but statute of limitations expired</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS04/111030398/1001/news</link> <description>The Archdiocese of Detroit is continuing its investigation of a Warren priest, but authorities say the probe won't lead to criminal charges because the statute of limitations has expired.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS04/111030398/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>City says Yatooma's fee request excessive in battle over e-mails</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030426/1001/news</link> <description>The City of Detroit said attorney Norman Yatooma is trying to gouge it for $735,000 in legal fees for a single phase of his failed lawsuit on behalf of the family of a slain stripper.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:42:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030426/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Modest lawyer Schapka wins big for city</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030428/1001/news</link> <description>When City of Detroit attorney John Schapka was asked by a fellow attorney to join him on the federal courthouse steps Tuesday to talk with reporters about a judge's decision to dismiss the Tamara Greene lawsuit, Schapka politely declined.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:42:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030428/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan highway pioneer honored for 1911 invention of center line</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030396/1001/news</link> <description>An international design group has honored Michigan roads pioneer Edward Hines -- for whom the Wayne County park with a scenic 20-mile roadway is named -- for his invention a century ago that made driving safer around the world. He conceived the world's first highway center line.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030396/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Last day for little Livonia synagogue</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111030442/1001/news</link> <description>Wiping away tears, Sally Stein gazed Wednesday at the empty Torah ark inside Congregation Beit Kodesh for perhaps the last time. "It's heart-wrenching to leave," said Stein, 50, a lifelong member. "It's not easy. I've been here my entire life."</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:39:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111030442/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Food stamp rules to be eased</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030436/1001/news</link> <description>LANSING State Department of Human Services Director Maura Corrigan said Wednesday that the agency will change its policy Jan. 1 so that food stamp applicants can keep two cars to get to work, school and job interviews.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:38:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030436/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit's Christmas tree finally settled in at Campus Martius</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030430/1001/news</link> <description>Finding a healthy, symmetrical, 50- to 60-foot-tall Norway spruce grown in Michigan can be quite a challenge -- especially one worthy of spending the holiday season in Detroit's Campus Martius park. Just ask those who spent several months searching for it.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:37:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030430/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bing's office pledges better oversight after millions in grants returned</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030434/1001/news</link> <description>Mayor Dave Bing's office pledged Wednesday to keep a better eye on federal grants after the Free Press revealed this week that the city has been forced to return $9.2 million in taxpayer funds this year intended to help lower-income residents cut their energy bills.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030434/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Fugitive pedophile found in Detroit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030438/1001/news</link> <description>A convicted pedophile with a lengthy rap sheet who was on the lam for more than a year apparently thought he had the perfect hiding place: a Detroit basement. The U.S. Marshals Service proved him wrong.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030438/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Mayor Dave Bing: Detroit may need emergency manager</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030537/1001/news</link> <description>The City of Detroit is sliding closer to insolvency and may soon require the intervention of a state-appointed emergency manager, Mayor Dave Bing told council members behind closed doors, according to sources who were in the meeting. As pension and health care costs continue to skyrocket, Bing said, the city is quickly running out of money.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030537/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Changes in store at Somerset mall for upcoming holidays</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/BUSINESS06/111030462/1001/news</link> <description>Somerset Collection in Troy has a few changes in store for the holidays, including the addition of Swiss watchmaker Omega and the hotly anticipated expansion of the Apple store.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/BUSINESS06/111030462/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Nov. 1</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/LOTTERY/111030481/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/LOTTERY/111030481/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>HUD cites conflict of interest in $6.8M Wayne County project</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030424/1001/news</link> <description>Federal officials are demanding that Wayne County remove a county contractor and a former county employee from the construction of a publicly funded, $6.8-million athletic center, citing conflict of interest concerns.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS01/111030424/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>State House votes to repeal motorcycle helmet law</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030440/1001/news</link> <description>LANSING -- Legislation to end the requirement that Michigan motorcyclists wear helmets won easy approval Wednesday in the state House, igniting hope among anti-helmet enthusiasts that they may finally be close to their goal.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030440/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New bridge to Canada will be built, governor says</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030474/1001/news</link> <description>Gov. Rick Snyder was back on the sunny side of the street Wednesday on prospects for building a new bridge to Canada, saying he expects action on the project in the next few months, not the next few years.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030474/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>House OKs workers comp update</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030422/1001/news</link> <description>LANSING -- Legislation that could help employers reduce costs related to compensating workers injured on the job was approved Wednesday by the Republican-led Michigan House. The chamber approved the bill by a 59-49 vote, mostly along party lines. The bill advances to the Republican-led Senate now.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS06/111030422/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Anti-bullying legislation passes state Senate</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111030420/1001/news</link> <description>The Michigan Senate passed legislation Wednesday that requires school districts to develop anti-bullying policies, but the father of the boy for whom the bill is named says he has strong objections to language inserted at the last minute.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111030420/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>GOP group jumps into nonpartisan Plymouth-Canton school board race</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111030529/1001/news</link> <description>A Republican group is aggressively campaigning for candidates in the nonpartisan Plymouth-Canton school board race, setting off a flurry of accusations about the district's financial management and the vetting of a teacher convicted in September for possessing a gun near school property.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS05/111030529/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Plymouth-Canton district, union dispute GOP group's claims in school board race</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111030476/1001/news</link> <description>A Republican group is aggressively campaigning for candidates in the nonpartisan Plymouth-Canton school board race, setting off a flurry of accusations about the district's financial management and the vetting of a teacher convicted in September for possessing a gun near school property.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS02/111030476/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Oakland County taking over Pontiac birth, death records</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS03/111030535/1001/news</link> <description>People needing records of births and deaths at Pontiac hospitals are expected to have a new source today -- the Oakland County Clerk's Office.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111103/NEWS03/111030535/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bing: Detroit may need emergency manager</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102074/1001/news</link> <description>The City of Detroit is sliding closer to insolvency and may soon require the intervention of a state-appointed emergency manager, Mayor Dave Bing told council members behind closed doors, according to sources who were in the meeting.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:47:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102074/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 arrested at Occupy Detroit protest</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102071/1001/news</link> <description>Campus police arrested two protesters with Occupy Detroit after they allegedly disrupted the videotaping at Wayne State University of the CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, making them the first protesters to be arrested in nearly three weeks of local demonstrations against Wall Street.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:36:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102071/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Jackson visits Occupy Detroit encampment, evokes King's memory</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102068/1001/news</link> <description>The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited the Occupy Detroit encampment today in downtown Detroit, linking their protest with the civil rights movements of the 1960s.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:27:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102068/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Need a Pontiac birth record? The Oakland County clerk has it</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102066/1001/news</link> <description>People needing records of births and deaths at Pontiac hospitals are expected to have a new source Thursday - the Oakland County Clerk's Office.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102066/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Teen charged in connection with several arson cases in Port Huron</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102064/1001/news</link> <description>A 17 year old was charged today in connection with a string of arson during two weeks in Port Huron this month, including fires that damaged trash receptacles and the side of a commercial building, authorities said.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:10:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102064/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Police: Man arrested after cursing at officer, nearly hitting unmarked squad car</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102062/1001/news</link> <description>Troy police say a driver suspected of being drunk nearly crashed his car into an unmarked police car and then, after an officer told him he would hurt someone the way he was driving, he responded, "Who cares?" and added a profanity.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:08:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102062/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>City: Don't let Tamara Greene's attorney have $735,622 over destroyed e-mails</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102055/1001/news</link> <description>City attorney John Schapka said in court papers today attorney Norman Yatooma is trying to gouge the city on legal fees. Schapka said Yatooma is entitled to only $25,000 for his work on a legal fight over e-mails that the city failed to preserve in violation of court orders.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:28:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102055/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>4 metro Detroiters accused of credit card theft of a different sort</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111102051/1001/news</link> <description>According to an affidavit filed today in U.S. District Court, the suspects illegally bought tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise at several Sears and JCPenney stores in metro Detroit. And they did it, records show, by adding themselves onto the credit accounts of legitimate cardholders, without their knowledge.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:32:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111102051/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Should U.S. push for 'In God We Trust' in every building? Michigan rep takes heat for saying no | Take our poll</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS15/111102050/1001/news</link> <description>Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Twp., writes on Facebook: "Displaying 'In God We Trust' on public property is appropriate in some circumstances. There is no need to push for the phrase to be on all federal, state and local buildings."</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:03:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS15/111102050/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Prostitute, potential client have police settle payment dispute</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102048/1001/news</link> <description>Southfield Police were called to mitigate a dispute between a prostitute and a potential client over payment for a sex act, according to investigators.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102048/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit welcomes its Christmas tree today in Campus Martius</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102028/1001/news</link> <description>A 69-foot tree taken down Tuesday near Cadillac was hoisted in Campus Martius Park today in downtown Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:21:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102028/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan roads pioneer, creator of painted centerline, honored by design group</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102044/1001/news</link> <description>An international design group has awarded the late Michigan roads pioneer Edward N. Hines - for whom the Wayne County park with a scenic 20-mile roadway is named - an honor for his invention a century ago that made roads safer around the world.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:59:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102044/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan senators pass anti-bullying legistlation</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102043/1001/news</link> <description>Some Democrats want a more detailed measure that specifically outlines reasons students can't be bullied such as race, weight and sexual orientation. Democrats said a clause in the Senate-approved bill would provide students with a license to bully based on religious beliefs.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:44:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102043/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Marathon offers to buy out Detroit homeowners near refinery amid $2.2B expansion</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/BUSINESS06/111102038/1001/news</link> <description>Marathon Petroleum Co., in the midst of its $2.2-billion expansion of its refinery in southwest Detroit, is offering to buy out more than 400 homeowners in the Oakwood Heights neighborhood near its refinery project and turn the neighborhood into a green buffer zone.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/BUSINESS06/111102038/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Convicted child molester nabbed in Detroit after fleeing Colorado</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102035/1001/news</link> <description>A convicted child molester who fled Colorado after a jury's guilty verdict was captured over the weekend in Detroit, where he had been hiding in a basement on Ohio Street, authorities said.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:17:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102035/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bing's staff can't explain why Detroit failed to spend $9.2M in federal aid</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102034/1001/news</link> <description>Mayor Dave Bing's administration couldn't explain at a council hearing today why the city was forced to return $9.2 million in federal funds intended to help lower-income homeowners cut their energy bills.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:42:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111102034/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ferndale police arrest parolee in beating of 44-year-old man</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102033/1001/news</link> <description>Following a two-day manhunt, police said a 38-year-old man was arrested in Detroit today after he badly beat a 44-year-old Ferndale man who'd let him spend the night after the two met in a Detroit bar.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:39:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102033/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>First Hutaree militia member set to plead guilty next week</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102031/1001/news</link> <description>A Hutaree militia member known as Mouse is expected to enter the first guilty plea in the highly watched case next week, according to a notice filed today in federal court. Joshua Clough of Blissfield - also referred to in the indictment as Azzurlin, Az, and Mouse - is scheduled to plead guilty Nov. 8 before U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:01:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102031/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Advocacy group: State pulling back too many welfare benefits</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS15/111102030/1001/news</link> <description>A group of advocates for welfare recipients said today the Michigan Department of Human Services is implementing time limits on recipients that are far more punitive than the 48-month limit recently approved by the state Legislature, resulting in the potential loss of aid to thousands of deserving families.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS15/111102030/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan's state park system named best in the country</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102025/1001/news</link> <description>The state Department of Natural Resources announced that it was notified today about the 2011 National Recreation and Park Association's Gold Medal for the top state park system. Michigan was named one of four finalists for the award in May.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102025/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Catholic priest Gary Schulte can't be charged in alleged sex abuse</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102026/1001/news</link> <description>The Archdiocese of Detroit said it will continue its investigation of a Warren priest despite the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office determination that the statute of limitations has run out to review allegations of abuse stemming from the early 1990s.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:01:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102026/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Police say Grand Rapids man committed murder-suicide </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102024/1001/news</link> <description>Media outlets report police surrounded a home this morning after being called to the area. Police say two young children were recovered safely by police.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:53:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102024/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Arthur Johnson, a civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020405/1001/news</link> <description>Human rights activist, educator and arts advocate Arthur Johnson died at home Tuesday after an extended illness, prompted in part by the debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease, said Trevor Coleman, family spokesman and former Free Press editorial writer. Johnson was 85; he would have turned 86 on Saturday.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020405/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Oakland University vigil planned for students in October crash</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102022/1001/news</link> <description>The memorial, which is open to the university community, will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday in the Oakland Room of the Oakland Center, 2200 N. Squirrel Road in Rochester.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS03/111102022/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Upper Peninsula man charged with killing 81-year-old witness</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102019/1001/news</link> <description>The Iron County sheriff's department said Joyce Johnson of Stambaugh Township was scheduled to be in an Iron County court Sept. 27. When she didn't appear, deputies found her dead at home.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102019/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Port Huron nixes plans for $28-million aquarium</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102016/1001/news</link> <description>The city in 2010 approved paying New Zealand-based Marinescape Ecoaquariums $100,000 to study the feasibility of opening an aquarium.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:55:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102016/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>NBA owner's plans for west Michigan resort squashed for now</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102015/1001/news</link> <description>A federal judge has rejected a proposed agreement that would have allowed a co-owner of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder to build a resort along Lake Michigan.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102015/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Petie's owner sends $200 to Michigan Humane Society in appreciation</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102010/1001/news</link> <description>After the Michigan Humane Society returned his lost dog home to Tennessee last week, Jim Arrighi decided to send a special delivery back to Michigan.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:09:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102010/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Beautiful fall weather expected today for metro Detroit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111102009/1001/news</link> <description>Beautiful fall weather is expected today throughout metro Detroit, with sunny skies and warm temperatures before rain returns on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111102009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Four Tops musical leader George Rountree dies at 61</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/ENT/111102007/1001/news</link> <description>LAS VEGAS - A key behind-the-scenes associate of the famed Motown quartet the Four Tops, George Rountree, has died. He was 61.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:56:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/ENT/111102007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Squirrel blamed for Grand Rapids area power outage</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102006/1001/news</link> <description>A squirrel is being blamed for knocking out electrical service to about 10,000 customers in the Grand Rapids area.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:53:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111102006/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Brian Dickerson: Tamara Greene fishing expedition deserved to be tossed out</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/COL04/111020401/1001/news</link> <description>The Manoogian Mansion party may endure forever as political legend, whether or not it ever took place.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/COL04/111020401/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Free Press asks judge to unseal Greene exhibits, depositions</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020442/1001/news</link> <description>The Free Press, in a motion filed late Tuesday, asked U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen to open all the sealed depositions, exhibits and legal pleadings from the Tamara Greene case.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:34:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020442/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Fact finder sides with CMU in faculty union contract dispute</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020365/1001/news</link> <description>A state fact finder sided with Central Michigan University in its ongoing contract dispute with the faculty union, saying the university's offer of modest pay raises over several years was "reasonable."</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:29:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020365/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>In Turkia Mullin severance scandal, Wayne County's auditor general to probe payroll</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020373/1001/news</link> <description>Concerned about the growing scandal enveloping Wayne County government, the County Commission's auditor general will begin investigating both the county's payroll and its contracts with vendors.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:26:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020373/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Judge: No cover-up in Tamara Greene slaying</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020440/1001/news</link> <description>For years, attorney Norman Yatooma wove a compelling theory of conspiracy, corruption and cover-up by ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the mysterious murder of a stripper said to have danced at a wild party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:24:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020440/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Mark your calendar, nationwide alert will sound at 2 p.m. Nov. 9</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020438/1001/news</link> <description>Don't panic. This is only a test. Really. Next week, every American radio and TV provider will air a first-ever simultaneous nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:23:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020438/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Key documents in Tamara Greene case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111101073/1001/news</link> <description>Documents in the Tamara Greene case going back to 2008</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:13:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111101073/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Key dates and players in the case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020403/1001/news</link> <description>September: Rumors begin circulating about a wild party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion where a stripper was said to have been assaulted by Carlita Kilpatrick, wife of then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. April 30: Exotic dancer Tamara Greene, 27, who supposedly performed at the party, is killed in a drive-by shooting in northwest Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:03:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020403/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Tamara Greene shooting: The scene of the crime</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111101070/1001/news</link> <description>Timeline of the night of the Tamara Greene shooting.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:17:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111101070/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Oct. 31</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/LOTTERY/111020353/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/LOTTERY/111020353/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit fire count decreases 44% during Angels' Night weekend</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020327/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit saw a marked decline in fires during the Halloween period this year, with about 44% fewer fires in the city compared with last year, officials announced Tuesday. Between Saturday and Monday, 94 fires were reported across the city -- down from 169 during the three-day period in 2010.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020327/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit City Council postpones vote on gunshot location system</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020329/1001/news</link> <description>The Detroit City Council postponed voting Tuesday on a gunshot detection and location system being sought by the Detroit Police Department. The department is hoping to implement a system called ShotSpotter Flex from SST, a California-based company. The cost would be more than $2.6 million for three years. The council will take up the measure again next week.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020329/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Macomb County to pay acquitted man $150,000</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS04/111020371/1001/news</link> <description>Macomb County has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to a man who spent 12 years in prison before being acquitted at retrial of beating and raping his ex-girlfriend. Jeffrey Moldowan and his lawyer reached the agreement late Monday, two days before the lawsuit was to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS04/111020371/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>State studying food stamp qualifications</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111020369/1001/news</link> <description>LANSING Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday that the state is reassessing a decision to consider vehicles as assets under the food stamp program after some applicants said they were denied aid because of cars they use to get to school or job interviews.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111020369/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 charged in case of auto parts stolen from GM plant</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111020377/1001/news</link> <description>Commerce Township businessman Romel Casab and the chief of security at General Motors' Hamtramck plant were charged in connection with the theft of $43,000 in car parts from the facility, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS05/111020377/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Allen Park residents smarting over film studio debacle mull millage vote begrudgingly</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020375/1001/news</link> <description>Jim Moscheck, owner of Moscheck's Meat &amp; Produce in Allen Park, says he'll "begrudgingly" vote yes on a pair of millage requests next Tuesday. If passed, the combined annual cost of the millages would be $335 for the average homeowner, city officials said.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020375/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>A $200 thank-you for pup's rescue</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020379/1001/news</link> <description>After the Michigan Humane Society returned his lost dog Petie home to Tennessee last week, Jim Arrighi said Tuesday he's mailing a $200 check in appreciation. "That's a small amount for what I've got back," Arrighi, 73, said about the Jack Russell terrier.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020379/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Dad gets visits with 9-year-old he let drive</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020381/1001/news</link> <description>A father and his 9-year-old daughter hugged, cried and talked about Halloween on Tuesday during an emotional courthouse reunion when they saw each other for the first time since the girl was pulled over driving her father's van last month.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS02/111020381/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Excerpts from the ruling</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020444/1001/news</link> <description>&amp;bull; "For what it is worth, it seems unlikely that it will ever be established with any degree of certainty whether this rumored party, or something like it, actually took place. The witness accounts produced by plaintiffs lack specificity, rest to some extent on inadmissible hearsay, and contradict one another in various respects. ... Be that as it may, one thing is now clear: The occurrence (or nonoccurrence) of the rumored Manoogian Mansion party is not especially pertinent to the issues that must be decided in this case, but instead serves largely as a titillating backdrop to the true points of contention."</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS06/111020444/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Wesley Rice: Longtime funeral director</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS08/111020331/1001/news</link> <description>As a well-known and respected funeral director with nearly 62 years in the business, Wesley Rice showed a commitment to the needs of the living as well as the deceased. Family members and associates said he fulfilled that duty with equal doses of compassion, understanding and a deep and abiding faith.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111102/NEWS08/111020331/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>MGM casino has new labor proposal; will Detroit workers approve it? </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111102002/1001/news</link> <description>Helped by a mediator, unionized casino workers and management at MGM Grand Detroit late Tuesday night apparently agreed to a new deal that will go before workers of the city's largest casino who last week rejected a previous four-year contract proposal.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:16:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111102002/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>No injuries after school bus tips over in Milford Township</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101065/1001/news</link> <description>Milford Police said 20 Oak Valley Middle School students were in the bus when the incident occurred around 3:20 p.m. on East Commerce Road near Duck Lake Road.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:44:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101065/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Human rights activist Arthur Johnson dies</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101063/1001/news</link> <description>Human rights activist, educator and ardent arts advocate Arthur Johnson, who would have turned 86 on Nov. 5, died today after an extended illness, prompted in part by the debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease. In more recent years, Johnson was best known as a university administrator - he retired as Senior Vice President of Wayne State University in 1995 after 23 years in various high-ranking posts.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:18:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101063/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>2 charged in GM Hamtramck plant car parts theft</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101061/1001/news</link> <description>Commerce Township businessman Romel Casab and the chief of security at General Motors' Hamtramck plant were charged in connection with the theft of $43,000 in car parts from the facility, the Oakland County sheriff's office said today.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101061/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Federal judge tosses lawsuit, finds no city coverup in exotic dancer Tamara Greene's slaying</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030030/1001/news</link> <description>U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen granted requests by the city of Detroit and ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to throw out a lawsuit filed by the family of Greene, 27, who danced under the name Strawberry. Greene was killed in a drive-by shooting in Detroit in April 2003. Above, lawyers for the city and ex-mayor Kilpatrick react. | PDF: Read Rosen's ruling</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:16:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030030/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Father, 9-year-old driver tearfully reunite after court hearing in child abuse case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101053/1001/news</link> <description>A father accused of having his 9-year-old daughter drive him around Brownstown Township last month was reunited with her today after a bond modification hearing in Woodhaven.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:56:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101053/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>UAW bargainer at GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant wins White House honor</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/BUSINESS01/111101028/1001/news</link> <description>The White House on Tuesday announced it will honor 15 individuals and businesses on Thursday under a program that recognizes work that helps create jobs in the U.S. Among the honorees will be Don LaForest, a UAW member for 36 years who was elected chairman of the union's bargaining committee at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck plant.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:55:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/BUSINESS01/111101028/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Number of Halloween fires drop 44% in Detroit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101057/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit saw about 44% fewer fires during the Halloween period this year compared to 2010, city officials announced today.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101057/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Repeal of motorcycle helmet law in Michigan close to passing state House</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101056/1001/news</link> <description>Legislation lifting the mandatory helmet rule for Michigan motorcyclists is on the verge of passage in the state House after a preliminary vote this afternoon.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:19:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101056/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit City Council postpones decision on buying gunshot detection equipment</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101055/1001/news</link> <description>The Detroit City Council today postponed voting on a gunshot detection and location technology being sought by the Detroit Police Department.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:14:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101055/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>DNA evidence leads to arrest in 14-year-old Detroit rape case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101050/1001/news</link> <description>The Wayne County prosecutor's office said today that the sample was found in an old rape kit found during a state police audit of the now-closed Detroit police crime lab.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:58:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101050/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Saginaw County teen arrested after bringing gun to school</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101049/1001/news</link> <description>The Saginaw News reports officers found the 9 mm Glock in the Carrollton High School student's belongings today. No ammunition was there.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:42:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101049/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>State fact-finder sides with CMU, says modest faculty raises are 'reasonable'</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101047/1001/news</link> <description>In a written report, he said that even though CMU had $228 million in unrestricted reserves as of last year it should not be expected to "eat its seed corn" to pay faculty. The report, issued Monday, is non-binding, but the sides have been waiting for the report to use the recommendations in bargaining.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101047/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Macomb County to pay $150,000 to man falsely imprisoned for rape</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111101046/1001/news</link> <description>Macomb County has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to a man who spent 12 years in prison before being acquitted at retrial of beating and raping his ex-girlfriend.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:18:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111101046/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Key players in the Tamara Greene case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030032/1001/news</link> <description>Here are some key figures in the lawsuit by the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene against the City of Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:55:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030032/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>From the archive: Judge Gerald Rosen known for not avoiding tough calls</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101038/1001/news</link> <description>Since becoming a U.S. District judge in Detroit in 1990, Gerald Rosen has confronted some of the thorniest legal issues -- physician-assisted suicide, late-term abortion and now, casino gambling.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101038/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>From the archive: Son of slain dancer Tamara Greene still wants truth after 5 years</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101041/1001/news</link> <description>Jonathan Bond doesn't flinch when discussing his slain mother's profession. "Some ask about who my mom was or was she really a stripper, or whatever," the 15-year-old told the Free Press. "I always say, yeah. It was a job ... just like a policeman. It's legal."</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101041/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>From the archive: Tamara Greene's 2003 death 'still very raw issue for us,' family says</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101043/1001/news</link> <description>Nearly five years after the slaying of stripper Tamara Greene, family and friends aren't sure how to interpret the new publicity surrounding her killing. But their desire for justice hasn't changed.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101043/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>In Allen Park, pink slips for police, firefighters</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101013/1001/news</link> <description>City officials in Allen Park blame falling property values and a failed movie studio development plan for more than 30 pink slips for Allen Park police, firefighters and city workers.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101013/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Father of 9-year-old driver to appear in court today</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101039/1001/news</link> <description>A father accused of having his 9-year-old daughter drive him around Brownstown Township last month is expected back in court today for a bond modification hearing.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:13:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111101039/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Snyder: 1,300 Michigan small businesses have received loans through new state program</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/BUSINESS06/111101034/1001/news</link> <description>Gov. Rick Snyder and Huntington's West Michigan President Jim Dunlap announced Tuesday that the businesses have received over $800 million in loans. The bank has pledged to loan up to $2 billion over four years.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:15:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/BUSINESS06/111101034/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Young men tell Troy police they smoke potpourri</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101029/1001/news</link> <description>Officers noticed the driver was covered in what appeared to be potpourri, and several empty potpourri packages labeled "not for human consumption" were in the car, reports said. 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The 10-month-old program creates and supports partnerships with area businesses and community organizations to improve student academic performance.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:16:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101026/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan students rank below national average in 3 of 4 NAEP tests</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101025/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan students showed a mixed performance on the rigorous National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, rising slightly in two areas and remaining flat in the others.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:14:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101025/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>People Mover fare to increase for first time since 1987</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101024/1001/news</link> <description>The 25-cent fare increase comes as the rail service faces a $3.6 million hole in its annual budget that could force significant reductions in service - perhaps limiting night and weekend service except during special events - early next year. 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Their frustrations have given credence to what many believed within hours of opening their new smartphone: the iPhone 4S has a serious battery issue.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:28:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/COL41/111101019/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Dan Kildee running for US House seat held by uncle</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS15/111101017/1001/news</link> <description>Dan Kildee formally announced his run for the 5th District seat today. He said in a statement he has a "proven record of making government work for the people."</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:17:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS15/111101017/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Pontiac's emergency financial manager fires three city leaders</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101012/1001/news</link> <description>A state-appointed emergency financial manager for the city of Pontiac has fired the city's clerk, attorney and director of public works in what he says is realignment in City Hall.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:13:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101012/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Warmer temperatures headed to southeast Michigan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111101016/1001/news</link> <description>Today's high is expected to be about 58 with an overnight low of 42 degrees. 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Retailers are required to attach a tag on each keg and record the tag number on the receipt.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:54:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101011/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Man, 72, who died with prostitute had heart attack, coroner says</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101010/1001/news</link> <description>The Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the man found unconscious with a prostitute in Pontiac on Saturday died from a heart attack.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:49:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS03/111101010/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Two teens killed in crash in southern Michigan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101009/1001/news</link> <description>Police say the crash happened Monday afternoon in Branch County's Bethel Township, about 80 miles southeast of Grand Rapids. The Daily Reporter of Coldwater, WOOD-TV and WWMT-TV report the four were believed to be students at nearby Bronson High School.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Toy gun used in attempted bike theft in Warren, cops say</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS04/111101008/1001/news</link> <description>A 19-year-old Warren man could face up to life in prison after police say he used a toy gun to try to steal a bike from a cyclist early today. The teen approached the bike rider just after midnight at Stephens and Hoover roads, waving the gun, Warren Police Lt. Craig Garwood said.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:06:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS04/111101008/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>U.S. gives MSU $850K for geriatric care</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101007/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan State University says its College of Osteopathic Medicine has received an $800,000 federal grant to improve the training of doctors who care for the elderly.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:32:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Police officer shoots, wounds gunman in Flint</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101006/1001/news</link> <description>Police in Flint say an officer has shot and wounded a man who pulled a gun on him. The shooting happened late Monday after the officer observed shots being fired from a sport utility vehicle. Chief Alvern Lock says the officer confronted a man inside when the SUV stopped and the man pulled a gun.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111101006/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Graphic: Ambassador Bridge gateway project</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101005/1001/news</link> <description>The Michigan Department of Transportation has accused Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel (Matty) Moroun of not building his portion of the $230-million Gateway project as agreed on in a 2004 contract. This diagram shows how MDOT says Moroun should have built the ramps to connect expressways to the bridge. Note that 23rd Street would remain open in this plan, with traffic going over 23rd on an elevated ramp.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111101005/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bump in the night? Ghost Hunters team will investigate</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010332/1001/news</link> <description>Halloween is a busy season for the Motor City Ghost Hunters, a group of paranormal researchers based in southeast Michigan. Mixing a little history, science and sense of adventure, chief ghost hunter John McCormick, 48, and his crew have made a hobby of tracking down real-life ghost stories.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:54:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010332/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Rochelle Riley: Firing of airport CEO Mullin a jab at Wayne County's Ficano</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/COL10/111010389/1001/news</link> <description>We may never really know why the Wayne County Airport Authority fired Turkia Awada Mullin as CEO of the airport.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:53:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/COL10/111010389/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Mark W. Smith: On Facebook, photos too good to believe</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/COL41/111010307/1001/news</link> <description>It's one of the most common perils of the Internet age: Is what you're seeing actually true? On Facebook, that question often goes unasked.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/COL41/111010307/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Canton has plan to ease Ford Road, I-275 traffic</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010355/1001/news</link> <description>Officials concerned about an accident-prone stretch of road in Canton plan to meet tonight with the Michigan Senate Transportation Committee to discuss a solution for the area of Ford Road near I-275.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:06:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010355/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ex-employee sues Mullin, county over his firing</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010371/1001/news</link> <description>Taylor Segue III said he still isn't sure why Turkia Awada Mullin, his former boss at Wayne County's economic development agency, was so aggressive in demanding that he transfer more than $175,000 from a federally funded program to a nonprofit corporation run by her.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010371/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Key moments in the Wayne County severance scandal</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010373/1001/news</link> <description>Aug. 2: Wayne County economic development chief Turkia Awada Mullin is named Detroit Metro Airport CEO, which raises her salary from $200,000 to $250,000.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010373/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>A statement from ousted Detroit airport CEO Turkia Awada Mullin</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010387/1001/news</link> <description>A statement from Turkia Awada Mullin:</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:01:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010387/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Cantor urges self-reliance, limited government in U-Michigan speech</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010322/1001/news</link> <description>As protesters heckled outside, U.S. Rep Eric Cantor, R-Va., the House majority leader, keyed on traditional Republican beliefs about government during a speech Monday at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. During the 30-minute speech and question-and-answer session that followed, Cantor stressed themes of self-reliance and limited government.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:58:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010322/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Turkia Awada Mullin ousted as CEO of Metro Airport</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010385/1001/news</link> <description>Turkia Awada Mullin's demise as Metro Airport CEO began with the firestorm that erupted when she collected a $200,000 severance for voluntarily leaving Wayne County government to accept the higher-paying airport job.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010385/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lawsuit alleges a smear campaign against Andrew Shirvell</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010326/1001/news</link> <description>Metro Detroit lawyer Deborah Gordon smeared former state Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, a move that led to his firing, a new lawsuit alleges. Shirvell filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court. He's seeking more than $75,000 in damages.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010326/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit loses $9.2M to help poor</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010375/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit returned $9.2 million in federal funds intended to help lower-income homeowners cut their energy bills this year because the city couldn't spend the money in time, the Free Press has learned.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:43:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010375/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Oct. 30</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/LOTTERY/111010365/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/LOTTERY/111010365/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>So far, holiday fires in Detroit down 50% from last year</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010330/1001/news</link> <description>During the two days before Halloween, Detroit saw half the number of fires it had during the same time in 2010, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's office said Monday. And the trend continued Monday evening, with about half the number of fires reported as last year.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111010330/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Employee at Harper Woods High School charged in sex case</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010334/1001/news</link> <description>A Southfield man, who is accused of trying to persuade a 17-year-old Harper Woods High School student to allow him to photograph her nude, was arraigned Monday on charges of child sexually abusive activity.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010334/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Metro Detroit needs high-speed bus plan in '12, Snyder says</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010328/1001/news</link> <description>Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday that he wants action in 2012 on his proposal for a network of high-speed buses in metro Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010328/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Survey finds strong support for more public school choice</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010336/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan residents overwhelmingly support giving parents whose children attend failing schools the option to send their kids to better schools, according to results of a survey released Monday. The results come as the state Legislature considers a wide-reaching, controversial package of bills that, in part, would lift caps that restrict the number of charter schools that can open.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS06/111010336/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Kim Komando: How to transfer files to a new PC</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS09/111010305/1001/news</link> <description>QUESTION: I just got a new computer with Windows 7 and need to transfer my old files over. What is the best way to do this?</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS09/111010305/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Greene's family loses one in court</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010356/1001/news</link> <description>DETROIT U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen refused Monday to grant a default judgment against the City of Detroit for failing to provide information for a lawsuit filed by the family of Tamara Greene, a slain stripper said to have danced at a never-proved party at Detroit's mayoral Manoogian Mansion.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS02/111010356/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Legal issues examined in priest sex allegation</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010358/1001/news</link> <description>The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the statute of limitations to determine how to proceed with a sexual misconduct allegation turned over by the Archdiocese of Detroit involving one of its priests.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010358/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Judge blocks welfare cutoffs for families</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010324/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan's plan to end welfare cash assistance for about 11,000 families was at least temporarily blocked by a court order Monday, the second delay for some of the cuts.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS05/111010324/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Tamara Greene slaying and lawsuit: Timeline of events</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030033/1001/news</link> <description>A look at the history of the controversial case of a slain Detroit stripper.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:19:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111101/NEWS01/111030033/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Religion leaders join to fight illiteracy, keep poor warm</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031057/1001/news</link> <description>A coalition of religion leaders said today they are planning to work together to help combat illiteracy and help the poor with shelter and heat this winter.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:48:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031057/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Too much Halloween candy? Donate it to the troops</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031056/1001/news</link> <description>What's scarier than ghouls and goblins on Halloween? Cavities. That's why a dentist started the Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program in 2007, a nationwide program where participating dentists and other businesses buy candy from kids to donate to troops overseas.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:09:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031056/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ron Dzwonkowski: Airport CEO Turkia Mullin had to go; board that hired her should be next </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/COL32/111031055/1001/news</link> <description>If Turkia Awada Mullin is as good as she claims to be at what she does, the now-former boss of Detroit Metro Airport shouldn't have any trouble landing a new job, maybe in the private sector where she can be paid what she thinks she's really worth. | PDF: Read Mullin's statement</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/COL32/111031055/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit bid-rigging defendant pushes to get his own trial</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/111031052/1001/news</link> <description>In documents filed in U.S. District Court, Calvin Hall asked for his own trial, claiming the jury could get confused in a joint trial and hold him liable for his "mere association" with the co-defandants. They include Bobby Ferguson, a contractor and longtime pal to former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is also facing separate charges in a federal racketeering case.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:52:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/111031052/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Airport authority fires CEO Turkia Awada Mullin, blaming her but not saying why; she vows to sue</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031051/1001/news</link> <description>Members of the Wayne County Airport Authority who voted to fire her today said they did so with cause, citing a provision in her contract that defines cause as "dishonesty, theft, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty or unethical business conduct..." | PDF: Read Mullin's statement</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:34:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031051/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Live blog: Panel fires airport CEO Turkia Mullin; she'll 'seek legal remedy'</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031037/1001/news</link> <description>Mullin said the firing was disappointing, but she expected it. She even produced written remarks, which she delivered in a measured voice. "I now find my career coming to an unexpected and disappointing and abrupt halt," Mullin said. 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Rick Snyder also said he believes lawmakers will find a way to raise additional money for road and bridge repairs and improvements to rail and bus service statewide, despite a tepid response from the Legislature last week.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:40:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031004/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Rep. Eric Cantor draws cheers, jeers in U-M economic speech</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031043/1001/news</link> <description>U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, repeatedly stressed themes of self-reliance and limited government in a speech at the University of Michigan this afternoon to jeers from dozens of protesters.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:12:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031043/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Poll: Michiganders support expanding education options </title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031035/1001/news</link> <description>Michigan residents overwhelmingly support giving parents whose children attend failing schools the option to send their kids to better schools, according to results of a survey released today.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031035/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Motor City Ghost Hunters get to bottom of spooky stories</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031033/1001/news</link> <description>Mixing a little history, a little science and a sense of adventure, chief ghost hunter John McCormick of Canton and his crew have made a hobby of tracking down real-life ghost stories.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:36:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031033/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Ex-employee fired by Turkia Mullin says she told him to illegally divert money to nonprofit</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031028/1001/news</link> <description>The Wayne County Circuit Court lawsuit against Mullin by Taylor Segue III, a senior executive project manager for the Economic Development Growth Engine, comes on the same day that the Wayne County Airport Authority is meeting to determine Mullin's fate as executive director of the airport. Stay tuned for a live blog and special coverage starting at 1:30 p.m.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/111031028/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>So far, Halloween weekend fires are down 50% in Detroit, Bing reports</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/111031009/1001/news</link> <description>Heading into Halloween today, Detroit had only 52 fires, down 50% from 104, during the first two days of the three-day Halloween weekend in 2010, according to Mayor Dave Bing's office.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/111031009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Andrew Shirvell sues Chris Armstrong's attorney over firing</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031015/1001/news</link> <description>Former state assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell says prominent metro Detroit attorney Deborah Gordon used information she had garnered in previous cases to smear him, a move that led to his firing, a new lawsuit alleges.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:57:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031015/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Fires force evacuation of MSU fraternity</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031014/1001/news</link> <description>Authorities say they had to break down doors and rouse some drunks during fires at a fraternity near Michigan State University.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:50:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031014/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>AAA Michigan: Gas prices up 5 cents this week</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031010/1001/news</link> <description>AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are up 5 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $3.43.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:17:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031010/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Woman arrested for prostitution after man, 72, dies</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS03/111031008/1001/news</link> <description>The Oakland County Sheriff's Office arrested a woman in Pontiac on a prostitution warrant Saturday after an elderly man she was with collapsed as they drove down Woodward Avenue and died.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS03/111031008/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Happy Halloween! Google Doodle marks holiday</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/COL41/111031007/1001/news</link> <description>The team over at Google has created another interactive homepage to mark today's Halloween holiday. The Google Doodle features a video of Google staffers carving six large pumpkins into the letters of the search giant's name.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/COL41/111031007/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Light showers possible for trick-or-treaters</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031005/1001/news</link> <description>Trick-or-treaters can expect a few spotty showers as they hit the streets of metro Detroit looking for candy tonight, according to the National Weather Service.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:10:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/111031005/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>U-M researchers share $3.7M in Dow Chemical grants</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031003/1001/news</link> <description>The University of Michigan says four of its projects will share $3.7 million from Dow Chemical Co. over the next five years as part of a $250 million company program to support the work of major research universities.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031003/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>4 people in Amish buggy injured in suspected drunken driving crash</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031002/1001/news</link> <description>A pickup truck has crashed into an Amish buggy in southern Michigan, injuring a man and three children. The driver of the pickup is suspected of drunken driving.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031002/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>$400,000 grant helps Michigan State Police efforts</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031001/1001/news</link> <description>A two-year, $400,000 federal grant will help the Michigan State Police conduct data-driven, evidence-based policing research and training.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:45:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/111031001/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>What these 3 MacArthur Foundation winners do is genius</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310374/1001/news</link> <description>What does genius look like? This year, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a genius looks like a working mother.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310374/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Other scary Michigan legends</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/110310372/1001/news</link> <description>A state as big and old as Michigan is bound to have its share of scary legends. Here are some other oft-told tales.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/110310372/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Know the scary legend of Michigan's Dogman? He's coming alive on the silver screen</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/110310370/1001/news</link> <description>Strong, lean muscles strain under dark fur. Teeth and fangs flash beneath demonic eyes. A growl emerges as he rises to stand on his hind legs, stretching to more than 7 feet tall. He is the Dogman, a legend of the vast Michigan woods, described with remarkable consistency by hunters, farmers and even the occasional motorist in reported encounters that date back centuries.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS06/110310370/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Embattled Detroit airport CEO could find out her fate today</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/110310433/1001/news</link> <description>The embattled CEO of Detroit Metro Airport could find out today whether she will keep her job. The Wayne County Authority Board is to meet at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the fate of Turkia Awada Mullin. Board member Suzanne Hall told the Free Press last week that she expected airport lawyers to explain what Mullin is entitled to if she is fired. It is unclear whether the board will vote today.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:20:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS02/110310433/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>With MacArthur grants, call from a stranger can change lives</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310378/1001/news</link> <description>Before Daniel Socolow tells a winner of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship that she or he has won $500,000 with no strings attached, he makes sure "the person is alone, the person is sitting down and the person doesn't have a baby in his or her hands."</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:07:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310378/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>What other MacArthur Foundation fellows will do with the money</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310376/1001/news</link> <description>What will the other recipients do with the money?</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:04:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310376/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Woman's missing father was in Wayne County morgue while she searched for help</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310323/1001/news</link> <description>For two months, Doris Gunter searched for her father, a dementia sufferer who wandered from her home July 16. She repeatedly called police, drove around Detroit, hung flyers with his photo and asked about John Does at hospitals and the Wayne County morgue.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:52:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310323/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Warren priest suspended as archdiocese investigates sex-abuse allegation</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310368/1001/news</link> <description>A priest who has spent almost four decades working in metro Detroit was placed on paid administrative leave as the result of an allegation of sexual misconduct. Parishioners at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Warren were told during the weekend that the Rev. Gary Schulte -- their pastor of 17 years -- is restricted from public ministry by the Archdiocese of Detroit.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310368/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>New roundabout to be celebrated</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310388/1001/news</link> <description>COMMERCE TOWNSHIP Road officials will celebrate the opening of a roundabout at 10 a.m. Tuesday in western Oakland County that will handle traffic where M-5, Pontiac Trail and Martin Parkway converge.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310388/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Bell ringers sought by the Salvation Army</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310366/1001/news</link> <description>WAYNE-WESTLAND The Wayne-Westland Salvation Army Corps is seeking volunteers for the annual Red Kettle campaign. The corps has some 30 paid bell ringers ready to hit about 20 sites in the Wayne-Westland area Nov. 11, the first day of the campaign. There will be a bell ringer orientation at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at the corps, 2300 S. Venoy Road, Westland.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS05/110310366/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit Police seek gunshot-tracking sensors for city</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310390/1001/news</link> <description>Gunshots are fired. The shooters speed away. But high above them, perhaps mounted on tall rooftops, are microphones that hear everything. The sensors can tell the number of shots, locate where they were fired, differentiate the type of gun and even point police in the direction the shooters drive. The data is transmitted within a minute.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS01/110310390/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Lottery results for Oct. 29</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/LOTTERY/110310348/1001/news</link> <description>Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games</description> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/LOTTERY/110310348/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>For Angels' Night, volunteers out in force</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS01/111030025/1001/news</link> <description>Angels' Night volunteers are out in force, patrolling neighborhoods tonight in the hopes of preventing arson fires.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:41:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS01/111030025/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Pastor in Warren placed on leave after allegation of sexual misconduct</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS04/111030023/1001/news</link> <description>A 17-year pastor at St. Sylvester Parish in Warren was placed on paid administrative leave by the Archdiocese of Detroit as it investigates an allegation of sexual misconduct against him.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:46:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS04/111030023/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Officials: Man sets himself on fire in Auburn Hills motel room</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS03/111030018/1001/news</link> <description>A man who apparently set himself on fire in an Auburn Hills motel room this morning was taken to a burn unit for treatment.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:08:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS03/111030018/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>With videos: Cain Web ad shines focus on viral campaigns</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS09/111030009/1001/news</link> <description>A new ad featuring Herman Cain's smoking campaign manager Mark Block is the latest political video to become an overnight Web sensation.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:06:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS09/111030009/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Former Gov. Granholm to sign copies of new book today</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS06/111030006/1001/news</link> <description>Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to join other authors selling and signing books at the Michigan International Books Festival.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:31:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS06/111030006/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Detroit Edison to trim trees across Michigan</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/BUSINESS06/111030005/1001/news</link> <description>Detroit Edison plans to dispatch tree-trimming crews to communities across the eastern half of Lower Michigan over the next two months.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:16:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/BUSINESS06/111030005/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Evidence destroyed in unsolved '72 slaying; victim's family still searches for answers</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS01/110300421/1001/news</link> <description>It was Nov. 10, 1972. Laura Wilson, a shy teenager from Detroit's west side, walked to a nearby convenience store to buy a carton of Oleo and two bottles of Pepsi for her mother. Nine days later, her body was found in some bushes just blocks away from home. She'd been raped and beaten. Her head was smashed in with a brick. Nearly four decades later, her family still has no answers.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:51:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS01/110300421/1001/news</guid> </item><item> <title>Michigan rep's recall election seen as vote on GOP budget</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/NEWS15/110300603/1001/news</link> <description>He's not yet 30, but Paul Scott has spent a fair amount of his young life in the public eye. 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Smith: Steve Jobs' final act -- the TV?</title> <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/COL41/110300398/1001/news</link> <description>Steve Jobs was a man of deep contradictions. He started Apple, born out of his parents' garage, as an assault on the establishment. Apple was going to save us from a world of boring beige boxes -- created by manufacturers running Microsoft's operating system.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:23:00 -0400</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.freep.com/article/20111030/COL41/110300398/1001/news</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>