Saturday, November 7, 2009
Michigan lures teachers to inner cities with $16.7M program
Michigan will be one of the first states to participate in a national program that overhauls the training of math and science teachers and encourages them to work in urban schools with the biggest problems. - 2:07 pm
Volunteers plant trees along Jefferson Avenue
Detroit -- Armed with shovels, rakes and pick axes, about 100 volunteers on Saturday made good on a pledge from a Grosse Pointe family to spruce up Jefferson Avenue. - 11/07/2009
Warren woman, 52, dies after being hit by SUV
Warren -- A 52-year-old woman died late Friday after she was struck by an SUV traveling west on Eight Mile near Groesbeck, Warren police said. - 11/07/2009
Man injured by pumpkin-throwers 'glad to be alive'
Plymouth Township --A 50-year-old Hamburg Township man, injured on his way from work Friday after someone threw pumpkins from an M-14 overpass, said he holds no ill will toward whoever hurtled the ghoulish gourds. - 11/07/2009
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- Leggett leads Michigan St. past W. Michigan 49-14 - 03:31 PM
- Pistons' Prince out indefinitely with disc rupture - 04:51 PM
- 2nd woman faces charges in SC girl's beating death - 01:57 PM
- Officials: Another Mich. child dies of swine flu - 01:00 PM
- Forums offer chance to comment on how to fix Mich. - 12:04 PM
- Detroit health care forum to include H1N1 shots
- Oakland County Dems to rally over health care
- Teen killed near Joe Louis Arena was hiding under bus, police say
- Judge to decide if Orlewicz gets a new trial
Hundreds line Woodward for Veterans Day parade
Detroit -- Several hundred people came out Saturday for an early celebration of Veterans Day as a parade snaked down Woodward Avenue. - 3:52 pm
- Granholm, GOP still disagree on how to pay for education
- Detroit voters approve $500 million school bond
- Lawmaker trips questioned
- Health care vote may slip
- Jobless bill adds 20 weeks unemployment pay in Michigan
- Audit: Some MDOT bridge checks fall short
Michigan lures teachers to inner cities with $16.7M program
Michigan will be one of the first states to participate in a national program that overhauls the training of math and science teachers and encourages them to work in urban schools with the biggest problems. - 2:07 pm
- Granholm, GOP still disagree on how to pay for education
- Detroit voters approve $500 million school bond
- MSU students' stunt baffles police
- Granholm, GOP still disagree on how to pay for education
- 'eCitizenship' conference next week at Wayne State
- Actress Jane Seymour keynotes Ferris State benefit
Michigan lures teachers to inner cities with $16.7M program
Michigan will be one of the first states to participate in a national program that overhauls the training of math and science teachers and encourages them to work in urban schools with the biggest problems. - 2:07 pm
- Kilpatrick sues Stefani over leaked text messages
- Karmanos says loan was for Kilpatrick's resignation
- Just like dad, Blackwell lives with controversy
- Cass Corridor isn't what it used to be
- Guard watches over Detroit's grand past to ease broken heart
- Nature takes root as Detroit landmark rots
Travels With Charlie
Art imitates life: Kilpatrick friend plays mayor in film
Available soon in a car trunk near you: Kwame Kilpatrick, the movie. - 12:57 pm
Across Metro Detroit
Obituaries
- Levi-Strauss' theories altered anthropology - 11/04/2009
- Joseph J. Heister, Birmingham: Engineer motivated by deep love of sports - 11/03/2009
- Bill Hoover Sr., Grosse Pointe: Bill Hoover Sr.: Grosse Pointe teacher had personal touch - 11/02/2009
- Timothy J. Doyle, Sylvan Lake: Sports advocate coached kids - 11/02/2009
James Pearson Duffy, Grosse Pointe
Businessman donated millions for the arts
Grosse Pointe -- When James Pearson Duffy died this week, Detroit lost a significant champion of local artists and a patron who gave millions to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Mr. - 11/07/2009
