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  1. Handyman freed after questioning in Bashara slaying

    A former tenant and employee of Bob Bashara who turned himself into police investigating the slaying of Bashara’s wife was released Friday from the Grosse Pointe Park Police Department, a source told The Detroit News.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Judge won’t invalidate Mullin’s airport contract

    A judge on Friday stymied a union activist’s attempt to invalidate the employment contract between the Wayne County Airport Authority and its former CEO Turkia Mullin.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • BUSINESS

    Michigan workers to receive last unemployment checks

    Roughly 29,500 Michigan workers will receive their last unemployment checks Feb. 18, according to state officials. A federal program that provides 20 extra weeks of unemployment benefits is ending in Michigan because the state’s jobless numbers have improved

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Detroit Police seek public’s help to solve murders of women linked to escort site

    Police on Friday urged the public and those who’ve used the Internet site backpage.com for escort services to come forward with information in the unsolved murders of four women whose bodies were found in car trunks on the city’s east side in December.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • MACOMB COUNTY

    Air Force plans changes at Selfridge, Battle Creek bases

    Selfridge Air National Guard base will lose its A-10 Warthog fighter planes and gain more refueling aircraft under changes announced Friday by the Air Force.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • MACOMB COUNTY

    Former employee charged with McDonald’s burglary

    A 20-year-old former McDonald’s employee has been charged with holding up the restaurant and locking its employees in a freezer Thursday morning, officials said.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Feds raid Detroit warehouse in illegal-marijuana probe

    Detroit— Federal drug agents raided the Russell Industrial Center at Clay and Interstate 75 Friday morning and arrested four people as part of an investigation into illegal marijuana production, The Detroit News has learned.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Just a shiny façade: Troubles brewed for the Basharas

    Interviews with friends and acquaintances of the couple give some insight into their lives, which has been speculated upon by media across the country.

  2. Romney’s Michigan fundraising tops all rivals’

    Mitt Romney can relax if money raised in Michigan equates into votes cast Feb. 28 during the Republican primary here.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Michigan cities have misery cornered, Forbes report says

    Proving that it’s a company that loves misery, Forbes Magazine has listed Detroit, Flint, Warren and Lansing as the second, third, 10th and 13th dreckiest burgs on its annual Most Miserable Cities list.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Detroit family mourns girl, 12, killed in shooting

    Five days after celebrating her daughter Kadejah Davis’ 12th birthday at a local roller rink, Amanda Talton faced the unthinkable on Thursday — planning her little girl’s funeral.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    DIA explores regional tax for museum operations

    Detroit — The Detroit Institute of Arts wants area residents this year to authorize a tax to help maintain operations of the world-renowned institution. Stung by the recession, leaders of the city-owned museum have met privately in the past few weeks with leaders of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties about a possible 0.2-mill tax that would raise about $23 million a year.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Elmore Leonard, 86, still on top with new novel, hit TV series

    The longtime Bloomfield Village resident still has plenty of steam with the new novel, “Raylan,” and FX series “Justified.”

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Some Detroit unions agree to cuts as EM looms

    Detroit — Mayor Dave Bing on Thursday hailed new union concessions that he says can avert an emergency manager, but the deal hinges on an elusive goal — more givebacks from police and firefighters.

    • Feb. 3, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE
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    • METRO AND STATE
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    • METRO AND STATE
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    • METRO AND STATE

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