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  1. Detroit police unions deal includes wage freeze, higher health care payments

    Mayor Dave Bing announced a tentative deal Friday on contract concessions with Detroit police unions, a key piece of a budget agreement he hopes will stave off appointment of an emergency manager.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Griem attacks authorities for botching Bashara investigation

    The attorney for Bob Bashara blasted authorities Friday for their handling of the investigation into the slaying of his client’s wife and for leaking information in what he called an attempt to smear the Grosse Pointe Park businessman.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    West Bloomfield’s Zaslow, co-author of ‘Last Lecture,’ dies in car accident

    Jeffrey Zaslow, a West Bloomfield Township-based author of several best-selling books including "The Last Lecture," died in a car accident on Friday.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Funeral for 12-year-old draws hundreds

    Detroit — In a somber farewell, hundreds of mourners packed a funeral service Friday to celebrate the life of a 12-year-old girl they described as smart, respectful and a sports lover.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Lawyer defends ad firm’s markup amid Wayne County inquiry

    Detroit — An internal investigation is questioning as much as $380,000 in markups Wayne County paid for television and radio commercial spots bought by a company close to a fired top aide of County Executive Robert Ficano.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Cold temps are just in time for Winter Blast

    Detroit — Winter is back, and it’s a Blast. Hundreds of Metro Detroiters milled about Friday at Campus Martius, where icy temperatures and steady snow flurries made for perfect Motown Winter Blast conditions.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Ruling: Wayne Co. Airport Authority violated open meetings law

    Detroit — Both sides claimed victory after a judge’s ruling Friday on a lawsuit challenging the Wayne County Airport Authority handling of its public meetings.

  2. Judge hears Oakland Co. suit against mortgage firms

    Detroit — A federal judge heard arguments Friday on a lawsuit filed by Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner in an effort to recover millions in unpaid real estate transfer taxes from mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Winter doesn’t deter Lincoln Park farmers market

    Lincoln Park — As a local kettle corn vendor, Bob Beaudette is always looking for opportunities to sell his product. When he heard Lincoln Park was starting a winter market this year, he signed up.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Snyder, Schuette jockey on crime

    Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette are in a tug-of-war over who has the upper hand in fighting crime.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Briefs: Elderly couple dies in fire in Westland mobile home

    A fire Friday killed an elderly couple in the Westland Meadows Mobile Home Park. The Westland Police Department said the blaze broke out about 4:45 a.m. in a home on Butternut Street, between Merriman and Henry Ruff roads and north of Van Born Road.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
    • MACOMB COUNTY

    Mother, 5 children hurt in 3-car crash

    Chesterfield Township — A minivan carrying a mother and her five children was struck by two cars Friday morning at the intersection of 26 Mile and County Line Road, leaving one child in critical condition Friday evening at a local hospital and the other four and their mom in serious condition at another.

  3. GOP candidates host Metro events

    Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will speak at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. The appearance is the second public event scheduled for the former Pennsylvania senator leading up to the Feb. 28 GOP primary.

    • Feb. 10, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Beatty’s monthly restitution triples Kilpatrick’s

    Someone has stepped up payments toward restitution in the Detroit text-message scandal — and it’s not Kwame Kilpatrick.

    • Feb. 10, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE
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