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5:26 pm
Fri December 10, 2010

Detroit Symphony Orchestra reports $8.8M budget deficit

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Credit Nate Luzod / creative commons
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra on stage

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra posted a $6.7 million budget shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year. Add to that the roughly $2 million the DSO spent on pension obligations and debt service on the Max M Fisher Music Center, and the total operating loss for the orchestra is $8.8 million.

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Arts/Culture
3:40 pm
Fri December 10, 2010

Custer's flag sells, was owned by the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Flag recovered from Custer's last stand at the battle of Little Bighorn

The Detroit Institute of Arts has sold a piece of Americana.    A flag that flew as General George Armstrong Custer's troops were defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was auctioned off today.


The Associated Press Reports: 

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