Detroit revises homicide numbers after News report
Detroit --Detroit Police announced today it has reclassified the number of homicides for 2008 as 375, 36 more than previously reported. One month after The Detroit News reported the department systematically undercounts homicides, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing today said the statistics "called for a reconciliation of data to determine an accurate number of homicides" in the city. - 7:22 pm
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Sole suspect in shooting of teens at bus stop released
Detroit --A lack of evidence is forcing the release tonight of the sole suspect in custody for Tuesday's shooting of seven youths near Cody Ninth Grade Academy, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy. - 6:42 pm
- Police: No evidence of shots fired near Detroit school
- Bing meets with families of teen shooting victims
I-75 reopens near Rosa Parks
Detroit --A 1-mile shuttered stretch of Interstate 75 in downtown Detroit reopened today to traffic five months ahead of schedule. - 6:42 pm
Granholm signs laws to help keep auto show at Cobo
Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation aimed at keeping the North American International Auto Show in Michigan beyond 2010, preferably at its current home in Detroit's Cobo Center. - 6:42 pm
Grand Blanc soldier sworn in as attorney while stationed in Iraq
Lansing -- U.S. Army Major Miles Gengler was sworn in as a Michigan attorney today -- from 6,300 miles away in the Green Zone in Baghdad. - 7:12 pm
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Michigan
- Top 5 acts at Rothbury
- Quincy Jones offers a Michael Jackson appreciation: 'We owned the '80s'
- Parties start at Embassy Wine
- Adam Graham: The Michael Jackson edition of My Tunes
No Doubt hits the road to rediscover its muse
No Doubt is hitting the road this summer in search of the one thing that has eluded the multi-platinum Southern California quartet since it reformed last year: Inspiration. The 55-date jaunt hits The Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday. - 1:00 am
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- Weather conditions, forecasts for any city
- Events: Find fireworks, other 4th of July events
- Find recipes for family cookouts in the Recipe Box
- I-94 in Washtenaw County shut after crash
- I-75 stretch reopens Thursday, 5 months early
- Dow project may cut ethanol price
- Closings set for stretches of Commerce, Dequindre roads
More choose to put bang in Fourth at home
Huntington Woods -- Residents on Sherwood Street have geared up for their annual Fourth of July street party that has turned into the neighborhood's annual homecoming. - 4:12 pm
Pistons reach 5-year deals with Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva
Joe Dumars got guard Ben Gordon to agree to five-year deal worth more than $50 million. Less than an hour later, forward Charlie Villanueva agreed to a five-year, $35 million deal. - 5:22 pm
Marian Hossa bolts to Chicago
Hossa signed a 12-year, $62.8 million contract with the Blackhawks Wednesday, along with friend and Wings teammate Tomas Kopecky, who signed a two-year deal. - 5:22 pm
- Tigers-MLB: Tigers' struggles at plate continue
- Tigers-MLB: Homers offset June swoon
- U-M: U-M vs. Georgia in 2010? Not likely to happen
- More Sports: Williams sisters make Wimbledon final
- U.S. highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1961
- Daniel Howes: Toyota's down, but not out
- GM lawyer urges judge to approve asset sale
- June auto sales fall short as buyers await 'clunkers' cash
Lawyers wrap up; GM awaits judge's decision on sale of best assets
New York-- A judge ended the General Motors Corp. asset sale hearing at about 4 p.m. without signaling when he might decide whether to let the bankrupt automaker emerge as a new, largely debt-free company. - 6:27 pm
- Video: Hanging out on Belle Isle
- In Michigan History: The day the bridge to Belle Isle burned down
- In Michigan History: Detroit's fountain of mirth
- Going Home blog: 'We're all friends of Belle Isle'
- Website: Friends of Belle Isle
- Police: No evidence of shots fired near Detroit school
- Conyers sentence fires up debate
- Bing meets with families of teen shooting victims
- Sex offenders released by mistake
Belle Isle's two faces: Island jewel, lawless landmark
To the Belle Isle regulars, the change begins about 7:30 p.m., as families and middle-age visitors give way to the teenagers and 20-somethings. Chess boards and folding tables are replaced by SUVs with open hatches that function as impromptu speakeasies with loud sound systems, the clothing becomes a little more revealing, the scent of marijuana sometimes fills the air and the easy crawl of traffic morphs into custom-car gridlock with occasional halts for drag racing. - 4:12 pm
- After founder's death, paint company tackles succession plan
- Business insider: Mum's the word for Chrysler sales
- Post-Madoff, SEC looks to prevent repeat
- Plan would let shareholders vote on bank executive pay
Kellogg banking on fiber as next consumer craze
The Battle Creek-based cereal and snack manufacturer hopes to gain a competitive edge with the debut of a line of fiber-enhanced foods, including several products that will be revamped to contain up to twice their current amount of fiber. - 1:00 am
Look for Energy Star rated and ultra-low temperature dehumidifiers
Glenn Haege: Dear Glenn: My brother and I need a dehumidifier for our basements and we do not know what to buy. Each store has something different and it is very confusing. - 1:00 am
