FBI agents question Collins in sludge-hauling deal
City Councilwoman Barbara-Rose Collins said two FBI agents came to her home unannounced at around 8 a.m. Tuesday wanting to know whether she had received money for her approval of the Synagro Technologies Inc. sludge-hauling deal. Collins' visit is the latest twist in the federal investigation into a City Hall scandal to determine whether cash had been doled out in exchange for votes and support on specific projects. - 2:57 pm
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Council's effort to oust Mayor Kilpatrick delayed again
DETROIT -- A clerical error is blamed for the latest delay in the City Council's in-house efforts to drive Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office. - 2:57 pm
Man gets two life terms in slaying of Washington Twp. woman
MOUNT CLEMENS -- A 38-year-old unlicensed plumber stood silently as he was sentenced to two life sentences today after a Macomb County jury found him guilty of kidnapping and murdering a Washington Township woman, and then dumping her body in Cass Lake. - 2:57 pm
Metro home sales mixed in June
Home sales throughout most of Metro Detroit declined slightly in June, but a strong pick-up in Wayne County transactions brought the region an 11.67 percent increase in sales last month compared to a year ago. - 3:32 pm
Detroit nears sale on Broadhead Armory
DETROIT -- The City Council on Tuesday voted to designate the now-closed Broadhead Armory as a surplus property, a first step to selling it for $3 million. - 3:32 pm
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Charlie LeDuff on Detroit
Bad times are good for the repo man
Fueled by an overvalued housing market and a spigot of easy credit, people overextended themselves on luxury items like automobiles, boats, Jet Skis and the like. Now the punch bowl has gone empty and the bill for the good times has come due. There are now more than 250 repossession companies across Michigan and scores of fly-by-night freelancers with pickups and crowbars prowling the streets from sundown to sunup looking for that Escalade in arrears. Watch the video, read the story. - 2:57 pm
Pre-break slate key for Tigers
DETROIT -- Are the Tigers still surging or suddenly stalling? This is the week that could tell us. - 2:57 pm
Quiet on Pistons' front
With Wednesday being the first day free agents can start signing with teams, things still remain quiet with the Pistons. - 2:57 pm
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3 hot-button issues poised for Nov. vote
Michigan voters will likely decide a red-hot trio of ballot questions in November: a massive overhaul of state government, a plan to ease restrictions on stem cell research, and another that would allow medical marijuana. - 1:22 pm
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GM brands, overlapping models are under review
General Motors is undertaking an in-depth review of its product portfolio that could include eliminating or selling a brand. - 2:57 pm
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State loses in schools data suit
Michigan ordered school districts to provide expensive data -- costing districts as much as $150 million since 2001 -- that the state didn't pay for in violation of state law, according to a ruling Monday by the Michigan Court of Appeals. - 2:57 pm
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Captors called 'terrorists'
Among the smiles and hugs shared by three American hostages freed last week from rebels in Colombia and their families, one of the men Monday angrily denounced their captors as "terrorists with a capital 'T.' " - 1:02 am
