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Police identify woman's remains found in suitcase
GIBRALTAR, Mich. (AP) — Authorities tentatively have identified the remains of a woman found stuffed in a suitcase and floating in a creek as a 32-year-old southeast Michigan woman. WDIV-TV reports Friday that Pam Prpich had been missing since last...Tags: Canterbury, Rivers, Michigan, Bodies of Water
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Charges dismissed against Michigan mother in standoff
DETROIT (AP) — Criminal charges were dismissed against a Detroit mother accused of firing a shot at police and keeping them at bay outside her home for 12 hours when they tried to remove her 13-year-old daughter. Judge Ronald Giles dismissed the...Tags: Lawyers, Wayne County, Crime, Law and Justice, Michigan, Justice System
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Campaign launched to show Muslim service to US
DETROIT (AP) — The service by American Muslims to Michigan and the rest of the country is the focus of a new billboard and Internet campaign marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Billboards showing American...Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islam
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Groundhog in Michigan tests positive for rabies
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Health officials have confirmed that a woman in the Detroit suburb of Southfield was bitten by a rabid groundhog. Oakland County says in a release that its health division was informed Friday that the animal tested positive...Tags: Rabies, Michigan, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Attack suspect wanted Christmas music turned off
DETROIT (AP) — A nurse says a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane had just one request while being treated at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor: Turn off the Christmas music. Julia Longenecker...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Judges, Transportation Accidents, Christmas Music (genre)
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Boy missing part of thigh after fatal dog mauling
LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A medical examiner says a 5-year-old Detroit area boy was missing body parts after he was mauled to death last year by a wolf-dog hybrid. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/om1FRA ) that Wayne County medical examiner...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Animal Attacks, Wayne County, Netherlands, Prosecution
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Hearses parade in Michigan community of Hell
HELL, Mich. (AP) — A parade of hearses in the Michigan community of Hell was part of an attempt to make the record books. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/puT7ma ) organizers of Saturday's gathering said 51 hearses were part of the...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Freedom of the Press, Festive Events
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Police: Woman strangled in front of kids, dies
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 32-year-old southeast Michigan woman has died after her husband strangled her during an argument over money in front of their three daughters. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report police were...Tags: Murder, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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Michigan police: 3 hurt in possible car bomb blast
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Police say an explosion in southeastern Michigan that's being investigated as the detonation of a car bomb seriously injured three people inside the vehicle. The Monroe Police Department said in a statement that fire crews...Tags: Explosions, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Emergency Incidents
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2nd man charged with killing man before family
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Charges have been filed against a second man in the robbery-shooting of a Dearborn Heights man in his house, where his family was at home. The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Amaar Al-Saady faced arraignment...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Wayne County, Crimes, Justice System
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Expert: Why is Michigan Humane Society's euthanasia rate 70 percent?
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Humane Society's board is bringing in an outside expert to evaluate how the organization decides which dogs go for adoption and which dogs are killed.
The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report the board voted...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Politics, Cornell University, Euthanasia, Social Issues
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Michigan jail inmate says 'lack of porn violates U.S. Constitution'
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jail inmate says he's being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment because he can't have pornography. In a handwritten lawsuit, 21-year-old Kyle Richards claims his civil rights are being violated at the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Prisons, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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