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11:01 am
Tue November 13, 2012

Woman accused of stealing from the Detroit pension fund surrenders

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Faberge eggs, Rodin sculptures, and a mountainside resort in Costa Rica. And now bribe money from a heroin dealer. The plot behind the theft of Detroit pension fund money thickens. And now that Kastenes has surrendered, more answers are likely to come.
Detroit - A fugitive businesswoman accused of stealing $5 million from a Detroit pension fund - and blowing the cash on exotic art and jewelry - turned herself in Tuesday, ending an eight-month manhunt stretching from Detroit to the Caribbean. Teresa Kastanes was escorted off the plane by agents from the Office of Homeland Security at 5:43 a.m.
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1:10 pm
Wed November 7, 2012

With Proposal 6 defeated, plans for new bridge move forward

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After spending around $40 million to try to block a new international bridge downriver of their Ambassador Bridge, the Moroun family issued a statement that said in part "like any family business, we would do it again - and will in different ways - to defend economic freedom and limited government." Now the new bridge moves forward.
Lansing - Michigan should clear the final permit hurdles to building a bridge to Canada within six months, Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday morning at a media roundtable on Tuesday's election results.
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2:00 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Updates on the I-96 shooter

A sketch of the man suspected of random shootings in a four-county area along I-96 in Michigan.
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A sketch of the man suspected of random shootings in a four-county area along I-96 in Michigan.
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Update Thursday, November 1, 2:00 p.m.

A series of shootings on or near I-96 has Michigan motorists thinking twice about driving the interstate.

A police task force reports 24 confirmed shootings since October 16. Here is a summary of what we've learned since then:

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12:12 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Mulally staying at Ford, Fields promoted

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Guessing when Ford CEO Alan Mulally will retire has become a favorite game for some auto beat reporters. But now Ford and Mulally have taken all the fun out of it.
Mark Fields, currently Ford president of the Americas, further cements his chances of becoming chief executive of Ford with today's announcement he is being promoted to the new position of chief operating officer, effective Dec. 1. Bill Ford also announced that Alan Mulally, who orchestrated a financial, cultural and product-led turnaround, will remain as CEO and president through 2014.
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10:40 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Funeral set for famed Detroit boxing trainer Emanuel Steward

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The Detroit News has this obituary of Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward.
Detroit - The funeral for Emanuel Steward, the legendary Detroit boxing trainer and manager who worked with some of the most celebrated pugilists of the past four decades, will be held Nov. 13 at the Greater Grace Temple. According to funeral officials, the delay was to accommodate friends traveling from overseas Steward died Thursday.
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Politics & Government
6:00 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Politicians learn their lines

Bob Kolt teaches his students to "smile big" during interviews
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Bob Kolt is using a wildly popular video clip to teach future politicians the importance of knowing their lines. It’s an excerpt from the 2007 Miss Teen USA competition. In the video, Miss South Carolina is asked why she thinks 1/5 of Americans can’t find the United States on a map.

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Politics & Government
1:01 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Election: Michigan's U.S. Senate Race

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Will Michigan voters choose incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow or Republican challenger Pete Hoekstra for US Senate?
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Michigan voters will choose between two long time fixtures on the state political scene in next Tuesday’s U.S. Senate race.  

The result may mark the end of one of those political careers.

Democrat Debbie Stabenow has spent the past twelve years in the U.S. Senate. 

In that time, the Democratic incumbent has acquired a certain degree of political influence, for example as the chair of the Senate Agriculture committee, and a certain comfort when it comes to raising campaign donations. 

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