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Coast Guard: Bodies of 2 missing boaters found
FRENCHTOSWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a search crew has found the bodies of two Detroit-area men who disappeared after going fishing in eastern Lake Erie. The Coast Guard says 54-year-old Godfried McKinney of Southfield...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, DTE Energy Company
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Boy, 14, rescued from ice floe in Michigan's UP a
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year old boy has been rescued form an ice floe at a marina in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A U.S. Coast Guard crew and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat team responded Sunday afternoon...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard
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Lawmakers pessimistic about budget deal
South Bend TribuneThough not set to take effect until Friday, the automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending known as the sequester, negotiated back in 2011 as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, already are having an effect on the economy and national security,...Tags: Joe Donnelly, Defense, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice
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Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness....
Tags: FBI, Justice and Rights, National Government, Politics, Israel
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Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond
DETROIT (AP) — A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond Monday. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at...
Tags: Police Arrests, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Los Angeles International Airport, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Global Entry: Help may be at hand for those who wait to get OK'd
Los Angeles Times Travel editorIf you’re waiting…and waiting…for an interview appointment to complete your application for the Global Entry fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand. In a blog post Monday, I explained that I had been conditionally...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Agriculture
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
DETROIT SHOOTING String of Detroit shootings leaves 1 dead, 12 hurt DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a 54-year-old woman was killed and four other people wounded in an argument and shooting on the city's west side. Chief Chester Logan says the...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Unemployment, Environmental Politics
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Coast Guard: US Customs boat finds bodies of 2 Detroit-area anglers in Lake Erie near Monroe
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a search crew has found the bodies of two Detroit-area men who disappeared after going fishing in eastern Lake Erie. The Coast Guard says 54-year-old Godfried McKinney of Southfield and...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, DTE Energy Company
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Valley Police Beat: Cocaine and heroin found in muffler, 18-year-old arrested
CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 32 pounds of heroin and cocaine hidden inside a vehicle’s muffler and arrested an 18-year-old suspected of drug smuggling at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry on Sunday morning,...Tags: Heroin, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime
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Immigration bill would restrict drone use in California
WASHINGTON – Concerned that border surveillance drones might fly over much of Southern California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) successfully amended the proposed Senate immigration overhaul bill Tuesday to limit such flights to within three...
Tags: Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dianne Feinstein, Crime, Law and Justice, Cocoa Beach
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Cocaine and heroin found in muffler, 18-year-old arrested
CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 32 pounds of heroin and cocaine hidden inside a vehicle’s muffler and arrested an 18-year-old suspected of drug smuggling at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry on Sunday morning,...Tags: Heroin, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime
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