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WWII vet says nobody helped after he was carjacked
DETROIT (AP) — A World War II veteran said nobody helped him in the minutes after he was attacked and carjacked during daylight at a busy Detroit gas station and he had to crawl across a concrete parking lot to get help.
A roughly four-minute...Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Bible
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Kristen Danyal, 21, is crowned Miss Michigan USA
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Twenty-one-year-old Kristen Danyal of Sterling Heights has been crowned Miss Michigan USA. Organizers say Danyal was previously Miss Michigan Teen USA and will graduate in May from the University of Detroit Mercy with a...Tags: Miss USA
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Kevin Ollie Has Seen Ray Allen Sink Big Shots Before
The Hartford CourantKevin Ollie had seen it many times before. He couldn't guarantee the result, but he knew what Ray Allen brought to perhaps the most important shot of his long career. "I didn't know that [it] was going in," Ollie said, "but I know he prepares himself for...Tags: Miami Heat, George Blaney, Kevin Ollie, Ray Allen, Tyler Olander
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Norbert 'Chip' Zapinski, construction engineer, 1932-2013
Norbert "Chip" Zapinski's first big assignment as onsite project engineer was at Marina City, an ambitious project whose design was considered impossible to build by some critics. "His focus was on just getting it built," said his wife of 54 years,...
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Here is the latest Michigan news from The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan would be barred from spending money to implement new education standards in public schools unless the Legislature approves it, under a budget proposal the state House has passed. A budget bill for the Michigan...Tags: Trials, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Detroit Mercy names NCAA Vice President Robert Vowels as new AD, replacing Keri Gaither
DETROIT (AP) — The University of Detroit Mercy has named NCAA vice president Robert C. Vowels as its new athletic director. The school made the announcement Tuesday at a news conference in Detroit. Vowels replaces replace Keri Gaither, who resigned...Tags: College Football, North Carolina Central University, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports
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Hockey: Petoskey's Trombley signs with Lawrence Tech
SOUTHFIELD — Size and physicality are two nice qualities to have for any defenseman in hockey. Those two qualities are what Petoskey senior Nick Trombley hopes to bring to the Lawrence Technological University men’s hockey roster this fall....
Tags: Arts and Culture, University of Michigan, Ice Hockey, Sports, Northwood University
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Hoag surgeon appointed to head group
The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons will announce Dr. Charles Hasse of Irvine as its new president at the group's annual scientific conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., next week. Hasse, a surgeon at Hoag Hospital and director of the...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Health and Medical Professionals, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Colleges and Universities
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Watch Detroit's Doug Anderson win college dunk contest [Video]
Doug Anderson, a high-flying forward from the University of Detroit Mercy, capped his college career on Thursday night by easily winning the dunk contest at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta to begin Final Four weekend festivities. The 6-foot-6 senior from...
Tags: USC Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, Education, Colleges and Universities, Pacific-12 Conference
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Michael Roarty dies at 84; marketer helped build Anheuser-Busch brand
Michael J. Roarty, a retired marketing executive who helped build Anheuser-Busch beer brands into international powerhouses, died at a hospital in a St. Louis suburb Saturday, a day after suffering a heart attack. He was 84. Roarty had been...Tags: Dublin (Ireland), Heart Attack, Finance, ESPN (tv network), Anheuser-Busch
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Jerome Horwitz dies at 93; developed potent anti-AIDS drug AZT
Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, University of Michigan, AIDS, Heart Problems
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Petoskey law firm adds attorneys, changes name
PETOSKEY -- A Petoskey law firm recently saw the addition of two new attorneys as well as a change in its name. Nathaniel "Mike" Stroup, partner emeritus of Stroup Erhart & Lyons, the Petoskey area's oldest law firm, announced that experienced...Tags: Business Enterprises, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Prosecution, Legal Service
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