Detroit Free Press

  • Vanguard to spend $1.5B to buy, improve DMC
    Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:55 AM

    In 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.

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  • Detroit Medical Center expected to announce sale to Vanguard Health
    Friday - 03/19/2010 - 12:13 AM

    The 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.

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  • Colleges weigh in on new DPS schools plan, say: Count us in
    Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 03:53 AM

    Local 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.

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  • State elections get big shake-up
    Thursday - 02/11/2010 - 01:41 AM

    Michigan'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.

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  • Requests to adopt flood Mich. agencies
    Monday - 02/15/2010 - 12:00 AM

    One 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.

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  • Plan for early release in Granholm's budget to face steep opposition
    Tuesday - 02/16/2010 - 12:00 AM

    Gov. 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.

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  • Jail possible as ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fails to pay up
    Saturday - 02/20/2010 - 01:31 AM

    A 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.

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  • Kilpatrick must live lavishly, his lawyer says
    Wednesday - 02/24/2010 - 12:00 AM

    Kwame 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.

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  • Toyota suppliers raided as part of antitrust probe
    Thursday - 02/25/2010 - 12:10 AM

    Federal 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.

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  • What the warrant charged
    Friday - 02/26/2010 - 12:00 AM

    The 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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