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Search warrant turns up cash, other evidence against Ferguson
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Bobby Ferguson, the indicted city contractor and friend of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, hid $261,000 in cash in a wall safe and splurged on real estate and other property hidden from authorities.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:46:24 +0000
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Deadline for Monica Conyers to report to prison is Friday
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Detroit -- Unless an appeals court intervenes, former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is due to report to a federal prison Friday to begin serving a sentence for corruption.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:43:17 +0000
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Aquinas center to develop green chemistry info.
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Grand Rapids -- The Center for Sustainability at Aquinas College plans to develop an online clearinghouse of green chemistry information and resources.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:44:58 +0000
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Michigan prepares for flu season
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Lansing -- The Michigan Department of Community Health is taking steps to educate the public about the flu.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:44:58 +0000
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Hyundai shows off S. Korea's first electric car
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Seoul, South Korea -- Hyundai Motor unveiled its first electric car Thursday -- the BlueOn -- as it moves to catch up with Japanese rivals that have jumped ahead in the field.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:44:58 +0000
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BMW sales up in August on strong demand in China
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Berlin -- BMW AG says its deliveries were up 12.5 percent in August compared with the same month last year -- with China again helping power sales higher.
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detnews.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:44:58 +0000
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Despair after fires: Some Detroiters left with nothing but their fury
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As city officials began grappling with complaints from Detroiters affected by the inferno that swept the city Tuesday, many residents on Wednesday still were shaken by the fires that destroyed homes, garages and belongings.
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freep.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:34:32 +0000
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Feds: Kilpatrick's pal Ferguson lived large, hid stacks of cash
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Wednesday, a judge unsealed an indictment charging Bobby Ferguson with a variety of financial crimes.
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freep.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:34:32 +0000
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Metro Metro Metro
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Metro The nation's new Asian carp czar said Wednesday he understands the threat of Asian carp to the Great Lakes and will do everything he can to halt the fish's steady march past barriers. 6A Metro
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freep.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:34:32 +0000
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New CEO Akerson urges GM to go on 'attack'
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GM's new CEO Daniel Akerson, in 45-minute webcast town hall meeting Wednesday, urged employees to go on the offense. Sitting alongside the company's chairman and Akerson's predecessor as CEO, Edward Whitacre Jr., the new GM boss answered employees' questions, but avoided any talk of the company's planned public stock offering this fall -- under the watchful eye of the company's top lawyer.
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:42:13 +0000
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Akerson urges GM to go on 'attack'
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GM's new CEO Daniel Akerson, in 45-minute webcast town hall meeting Wednesday, urged employees to go on the offense.
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:42:56 +0000
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Mayor: Fires a 'natural disaster' that 'you can't plan for'
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Mayor Dave Bing today called the fires that swept though the city Tuesday a "natural disaster" and said very little could have been done to prevent it. The fires, which required emergency help from five surrounding communities, engulfed at least 85 structures throughout the city. Bing said every community except southwest Detroit was affected. "You can never have enough resources when something like that happens," he said. "You can't plan for something like that."
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:43:39 +0000
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One-person grand jury to probe alleged Oakland election fraud
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A one-person grand jury will hear alleged evidence of pre-election irregularities that led to the exodus of two members of the Oakland County Democratic Party this summer.
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:43:39 +0000
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Obama acknowledges anger over bank, auto bailouts
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President Barack Obama acknowledged Wendnesday the government's $85 billion auto industry bailout had angered some Americans.
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:49 +0000
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Fires mean 'end of an era' for neighborhood, ex-resident says
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The 8000 block of Robinwood near Van Dyke looks like a war zone today with roofs missing, homes collapsed and large amounts of charred debris littering the streets. About a dozen homes on the long block on the city's east side were affected by the fires that tore through several areas of the city Tuesday night in neighborhoods that already are peppered with vacant and boarded up structures. About 85 structures burned in a four-hour span as flames were fanned by wind gusts of nearly 50 mph.
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detnews.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:43:33 +0000
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