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Ex-Detroit mayor resumes testimony on finances

DETROIT - An attorney for Compuware Corp. testified Tuesday that ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not sign a promissory note on a $240,000 loan until IRS and federal agents asked to see the documents. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Kwame Kilpatrick,  Roger Penske,  Jim Nicholson,  Dan Gilbert,  National Basketball Association

Sheriff: Michigan man shot wife, sons before self

COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP, Mich. - If Phillip Parsons was having financial or other troubles, he didn't let on to his friend, Russ Whittaker, as they cut trees or talked about high school sports. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Andrew Davis

Detroit seeks political stability with election

DETROIT - The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city's fourth election in just over eight months. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dave Bing,  Kwame Kilpatrick,  Martha Reeves,  Martha and the Vandellas (musician)

Former Detroit mayor files lawsuit over racy texts

DETROIT—Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail. The lawsuit, ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Kwame Kilpatrick,  James Thomas,  Christine Beatty

Detroit mayor supports $500.5M schools bond issue

DETROIT—The financial manager for Detroit's public schools has enlisted -- and received -- the support of the city's mayor on an ambitious $500.5 million building plan expected to extend taxes for district capital projects through 2039. But some say ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Boston Globe,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dave Bing,  Anthony Adams,  Robert Bobb,  Jennifer Granholm,  United States Department of the Treasury

Industrial fire sends up black smoke near Detroit

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. - An industrial fire near Detroit is spewing thick, black smoke that can be seen for miles. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  20 Oct 2009

3 who died in Detroit race described as healthy

DETROIT - The deaths of three runners who collapsed during a 13.1-mile half marathon appear to have been an aberration, but at least six runners have died while competing in such events in the last two months. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Oct 2009

3 half-marathoners who died described as healthy

DETROIT (AP) -- Three men who collapsed and died while competing in a half-marathon were healthy and experienced runners, but to varying degrees, friends and family of the men said Monday. One of the runners died after completing the annual Detroit ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, The Orange County Register,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Detroit News

Detroit has more targets in annual arson battle

DETROIT (AP) -- For the five years that the wood bungalow next door has been empty, Darlene Banks has kept an eye on it as Halloween approaches. She wasn't expecting anyone to burn it weeks sooner. But the dilapidated house on Detroit's east side went ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Buffalo News,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dave Bing

Youth face uphill struggle amid Detroit's troubles

DETROIT—Like the rundown houses and shuttered storefronts in his Detroit neighborhood, bleakness abounds in LeRoy Taylor's future. He is among tens of thousands reaching adulthood in a city where the American Dream appears just outside their reach. ...

From COREY WILLIAMS, Boston Globe,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jennifer Granholm,  McDonald's,  Burger King

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