Detroit Free Press
- Elderly woman swindled by scam artist who tricked state, cops say
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:45 AMFLINT -- Before he got a $9.1-million tax break for his new business this week, convicted embezzler Richard Short had swindled an 86-year-old Flint woman out of thousands of dollars, Flint law enforcement officials said Friday.
More | Talk - Vanguard to spend $1.5B to buy, improve DMC
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:55 AMIn a stunning announcement that would bring Detroit one of its biggest investments ever, the Detroit Medical Center on Friday announced plans to use its $1.5-billion deal with a Nashville, Tenn., health care company to transform its aging facilities.
More | Talk - Colleges weigh in on new DPS schools plan, say: Count us in
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 03:53 AMLocal colleges are ready and willing to partner with the Detroit Public Schools on an ambitious and unique plan to create campuses that serve students of every age -- from preschool to college.
More | Talk - OPINION: It's not always fun, games for high school athletes
Tuesday - 02/09/2010 - 04:14 PMThe life of a student athlete isn't always filled with popularity and trophies or even fun a lot of times. Any student who has played or is playing a sport can tell you that it takes a lot of sacrifice, time and effort to be considered good.
More | Talk - Every state in the lower 48 reports having white stuff on the ground
Saturday - 02/13/2010 - 02:23 AMOh say can you see, by the dawn's early white. When snow fell -- and stuck -- Friday in the Florida Panhandle, that salted it. America had snow on the ground in all the contiguous 48 states, coast to coast and top to bottom, an extraordinary occurrence.
More | Talk - Ford keeping the Explorer's new look under wraps
Tuesday - 02/16/2010 - 12:00 AMThe most important vehicle Ford hasn't been talking about is the next generation of its once-dominant Ford Explorer SUV. Ford plans to launch its new Explorer in January.
More | Talk - Tiger Woods apologizes for infidelity, says he was 'selfish'
Saturday - 02/20/2010 - 12:00 AMMARANA, Ariz. -- Speaking with emotions both sad and angry, Tiger Woods said Friday that he is sorry for his actions that betrayed his marriage, that he is in continuing rehabilitative treatment and that members of the news media have no right to continue pursuing his wife and his two young children in their quest to find out more about Woods' private life.
More | Talk - General Electric plans to give work to up to 50 Michigan firms
Tuesday - 02/23/2010 - 12:00 AMGeneral Electric Co. is looking for up to 50 new suppliers in metro Detroit to make about $25 million worth of parts for home appliances.
More | Talk - NCAA alleges Michigan football broke major rules
Wednesday - 02/24/2010 - 12:00 AMAfter a five-month investigation, the NCAA has alleged that U-M football committed five potential major violations -- an unprecedented moment for the storied program.
More | Talk - Congress: Where's Toyota's remorse?
Thursday - 02/25/2010 - 03:01 AMAkio Toyoda, who became the company's CEO and president last summer, said: "I feel deeply sorry for those people who lost their lives or were injured."
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- Elderly woman swindled by scam artist who tricked state, cops say
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:45 AMFLINT -- Before he got a $9.1-million tax break for his new business this week, convicted embezzler Richard Short had swindled an 86-year-old Flint woman out of thousands of dollars, Flint law enforcement officials said Friday.
More | Talk - Detroit Medical Center announces it has been sold to Vanguard Health
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 09:22 AMThe Detroit Medical Center announced that it is being sold to Vanguard Health Systems of Tennessee. A person close to the plans said the deal calls for Vanguard to pay about $500 million for the nonprofit DMC and commit to an additional $850 million on capital improvements.
More | Talk - 65 Reniassance students suspended same day
Tuesday - 02/09/2010 - 04:11 PMOn Jan. 13, classrooms were interrupted by the voice of Assistant Principal Antoinette Pearson who warned that violations to Renaissance's Student Code of Conduct would no longer be tolerated.
More | Talk - 'Chess King' masters game
Wednesday - 02/10/2010 - 01:52 PMJames Canty III, a senior at Mumford High school, is known for many things. To some, he is known as Canty Cash the rapper, and to others he is known as the Chess King.
More | Talk - Across Wayne Co., shortened jail stays frustrate cops, communities
Monday - 02/15/2010 - 12:00 AMSome Wayne County communities are refusing to scrimp on punishing those guilty of misdemeanors, even as they cut services and lay off employees.
More | Talk - A plan to help places hurting for doctors
Tuesday - 02/16/2010 - 12:00 AMWith a statewide shortage of primary care doctors, particularly in urban areas such as Detroit, Michigan needs more physicians.
More | Talk - Family killed while riding in an out-of-control Lexus
Tuesday - 02/23/2010 - 12:00 AMThe Friday night trip began at the end of a week's vacation, a family outing. The trip ended in August 2009 with a 911 call and the fiery wreck of a loaner Lexus.
More | Talk - Toyota CEO: Carmaker will work to regain trust
Wednesday - 02/24/2010 - 12:00 AMToyota's walk through Capitol Hill's fire pit began Tuesday with apologies and included a scolding from a woman who said she believes only God saved her from a Lexus that surged out of control.
More | Talk - 2,500-job surge in green projects to energize Michigan
Thursday - 02/25/2010 - 12:53 AMSolar, wind and advance battery technologies are turning the corner from potential growth industries into serious job-creating engines in the Midland and Saginaw region.
More | Talk - Michigan home sellers seek help from St. Joseph
Friday - 02/26/2010 - 12:00 AMPeggy Brown wasn't going to let this week's snow stand in the way of trying to sell her St. Clair Shores home. She spent Sunday afternoon outside, burying a small statue of St.
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- Vanguard to spend $1.5B to buy, improve DMC
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:55 AMIn a stunning announcement that would bring Detroit one of its biggest investments ever, the Detroit Medical Center on Friday announced plans to use its $1.5-billion deal with a Nashville, Tenn., health care company to transform its aging facilities.
More | Talk - Detroit Medical Center expected to announce sale to Vanguard Health
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 12:13 AMThe Detroit Medical Center is expected to announce today that it is being sold to Vanguard Health Systems of Tennessee. A person close to the plans said late Thursday that the deal calls for Vanguard to pay about $500 million for the nonprofit DMC and commit to spending an additional $850 million on capital improvements, including possibly a new Children's Hospital and renovations at Harper Hospital and Sinai-Grace.
More | Talk - Colleges weigh in on new DPS schools plan, say: Count us in
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 03:53 AMLocal colleges are ready and willing to partner with the Detroit Public Schools on an ambitious and unique plan to create campuses that serve students of every age -- from preschool to college.
More | Talk - State elections get big shake-up
Thursday - 02/11/2010 - 01:41 AMMichigan's political universe spun off its axis Wednesday, as the Republican candidates for governor savaged one another, leading Democratic gubernatorial contender Denise Ilitch dropped out and a veteran west Michigan congressman said he's retiring.
More | Talk - Requests to adopt flood Mich. agencies
Monday - 02/15/2010 - 12:00 AMOne month after an earthquake ravaged Haiti, as the glare of an intense news media spotlight cools, the subject of what happens to the hundreds of thousands of orphaned children burns hot.
More | Talk - Plan for early release in Granholm's budget to face steep opposition
Tuesday - 02/16/2010 - 12:00 AMGov. Jennifer Granholm has made the reinstatement of time off for good behavior for Michigan prisoners a key reform measure in the state's budget plan for 2010-11.
More | Talk - Jail possible as ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fails to pay up
Saturday - 02/20/2010 - 01:31 AMA probation-violation warrant could be issued for ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick as soon as Monday after Friday's deadline passed without him making the full payment of $79,011 toward his $1-million restitution.
More | Talk - Kilpatrick must live lavishly, his lawyer says
Wednesday - 02/24/2010 - 12:00 AMKwame Kilpatrick is living large because, his lawyer says, he has to. Kilpatrick's attorney, Daniel Hajji, made the claim in an impassioned 14-page motion filed with the state Court of Appeals late Tuesday.
More | Talk - Toyota suppliers raided as part of antitrust probe
Thursday - 02/25/2010 - 12:10 AMFederal authorities have launched an antitrust probe of three automotive suppliers that count Toyota as a major customer. "We are coordinating with the European Commission and other foreign competition authorities," a Justice Department spokeswoman said Wednesday.
More | Talk - What the warrant charged
Friday - 02/26/2010 - 12:00 AMThe warrant charging former Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick with probation violation says he failed to: Provide a complete financial accounting for himself and his wife, Carlita Kilpatrick. Surrender all tax refunds as ordered by the court.
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