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Detroit Free Press

• ERMA HENDERSON | 1917-2009: Erma Henderson spoke, fought for Detroit

  Detroit Free Press – Tue Dec 15, 3:24 am ET  

  When Erma Henderson's career on the Detroit City Council ended 20 years ago, she made one pledge to her constituents: "I will never be quiet." Full Story »

• Kids can't read? Hundreds want to help

  Detroit Free Press – Tue Dec 15, 3:24 am ET  

  Detroit Public Schools put out a call to the region Sunday to recruit volunteers to do 100,000 service hours to help teach children to read and retired mechanic Mark Durfee, 55, of Detroit didn't hesitate. Full Story »

• 12 DAYS OF SHOPPING | DAY 10: TECH GIFTS: Shoppers settle for bells or whistles this year

  Detroit Free Press – Tue Dec 15, 3:23 am ET  

  Shopping for technology gifts that are "just good enough" is the trend this holiday season. Full Story »

• WITH DATABASE: Rules on teachers, schools could change to snare aid

  Detroit Free Press – Tue Dec 15, 3:23 am ET  

  Determined not to leave up to $400 million in federal funds on the table, state lawmakers appear determined this week to resolve differences in House and Senate bills that mandate significant changes in public schools. Full Story »

• Flint settles lawsuit over police strip-searches in 2005 club raid

  Detroit Free Press – Tue Dec 15, 3:22 am ET  

  A federal judge approved a settlement Monday in a class action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of more than 100 people who were strip-searched during a police raid of a Flint nightclub in 2005. Several people also said that they were subjected to body cavity searches. Full Story »

Macomb Daily

• Students return to Roseville High

  Macomb Daily – Tue Dec 15, 9:16 am ET  

  Attendance at Roseville High School was above normal  today, one day after about half the school's 2,000 students stayed home following rumors that a student would bring a gun to school after a fight last Friday. Full Story »

• To the rescue

  Macomb Daily – Tue Dec 15, 6:32 am ET  

  Kayla Allen, director of Michigan Animal Rescue League, gets some love from Daisy at a pet adoption held over the weekend at Lakeside M Full Story »

• Teen marijuana use may rise as acceptance grows

  Macomb Daily – Tue Dec 15, 6:32 am ET  

  The federal government’s annual report of alcohol and drug abuse by children seems reassuring: Compared with recent years, marijuana use is down in 2009, use of hallucinogens is way down and use of methamphetamine is way, way down. Full Story »

• Fight rumor keeps 1,000 kids home from school

  Macomb Daily – Tue Dec 15, 6:11 am ET  

  About half of Roseville High School's 2,000 students were no-shows Monday after a pair of fights the week before escalated over the weekend into threats of a student bringing a gun to school, officials said. Full Story »

• School unions willing to open contracts

  Macomb Daily – Tue Dec 15, 6:11 am ET  

  Union leaders in East Detroit Public Schools have formally requested to have their contracts opened for concessionary bargaining in an effort to help the district slice its mounting budget deficit. Full Story »

Detroit News

• Granholm: Illinois prison better for Gitmo detainees; Penn. inmates may come here

  Detroit News – 1 hr 58 mins ago  

  Gov. Jennifer Granholm said today the Illinois prison chosen by the federal government for the Guantanamo Bay detainees is a better fit than the shuttered lockup in Standish. Full Story »

• Cox: Kilpatrick broke law if campaign funds were used in assault case

  Detroit News – 2 hrs 28 mins ago  

  Attorney General Mike Cox says that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated the law if he used campaign funds to defend himself against charges he assaulted Wayne County Sheriff's employees in August 2008. Full Story »

• Feds making Medicare fraud busts in Detroit, Miami, Brooklyn

  Detroit News – Tue Dec 15, 11:45 am ET  

  Federal agents arrested several suspects and expected to roundup about 30 in three states today on charges related to Medicare fraud totaling $61 million as the government cracks down on waste under health care overhaul plans. Full Story »

• Troy's top cops, fire officials agree to furloughs

  Detroit News – Tue Dec 15, 11:30 am ET  

  Troy -- In a major step toward financial stability, city manager John Szerlag announced the Troy command in both the police and fire departments have agreed to take a five percent wage cut through furlough days effective Jan 1. Full Story »

• Bleaching bills is counterfeiters' trick

  Detroit News – Tue Dec 15, 1:07 am ET  

  Crooks are circumventing technology intended to stop counterfeiters by washing or bleaching the ink from lower-denomination bills and reprinting them as larger denominations with sophisticated computer scanners and printers. Full Story »

ClickOnDetroit

• GM: Spyker Could Be Saab's Savior

  ClickOnDetroit – 4 mins ago  

  If Dutch luxury car maker Spyker doesn't buy the Saab brand, General Motors Co. will let it die a quiet death by Dec. 31, GM's chairman said Tuesday. Full Story »

• Police: Thieves Target Shoppers

  ClickOnDetroit – 1 hr 4 mins ago  

  Troy police said a spike in reports of stolen wallets at Somerset mall is leading them to believe thieves may be targeting shoppers during the busy holiday season. Full Story »

• Cox: Kilpatrick May Have Broken Law

  ClickOnDetroit – 1 hr 49 mins ago  

  Attorney General Mike Cox said ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated the law if he paid his lawyers with campaign finance funds. Full Story »

• Man, 2 Kids Die In House Fire

  ClickOnDetroit – 2 hrs 19 mins ago  

  A fire swept through a St. Clair County home early Tuesday, killing a man and two young children he was trying to rescue even as neighbors also tried to save them. Full Story »

• Macomb Co. Part Of H1N1 Vaccine Recall

  ClickOnDetroit – Tue Dec 15, 1:09 pm ET  

  Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of H1N1 flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »

The Ann Arbor News

• Chelsea Police Department encourages users to register to receive crime alerts

  The Ann Arbor News – 41 mins ago  

  The Chelsea Police Department is aiming to expand its new notification system. Nixle, a free community information system, alerts users of local happenings by sending them messages via phone or e-mail....... Full Story »

• Ann Arbor teacher: Let's invite the business community into our schools

  The Ann Arbor News – 1 hr 11 mins ago  

  I think Albert Berriz is a good man. If he says his recent leadership of the opposition to the countywide schools funding millage was not about the increase in taxes that would have been assessed on McKinley properties, but instead...... Full Story »

• Ypsilanti Township dry cleaning business burglarized

  The Ann Arbor News – Tue Dec 15, 10:47 am ET  

  Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies are investigating a burglary Monday at Forbes Cleaners in Ypsilanti Township. A computer, mink coats, wedding dress and other items were taken from the dry cleaning business on Ecorse Road, a Sheriff's Department incident summary said....... Full Story »

• Young Pittsfield Township man struggles with sex offender label

  The Ann Arbor News – Tue Dec 15, 6:18 am ET  

  Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com Matthew Freeman is struggling to move on with his life, six years after being convicted of having sex with a high school girlfriend who was one year below the legal age of consent. Freeman, who is...... Full Story »

• AATA looks to rebuild Blake Transit Center in downtown Ann Arbor

  The Ann Arbor News – Tue Dec 15, 6:17 am ET  

  The Blake Transit Center in downtown Ann Arbor will be demolished and rebuilt under a plan by the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority. AATA's board of directors is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday night to tear down the 1987-era...... Full Story »

WXYZ-TV Detroit

• Pediatric Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled

  WXYZ-TV Detroit – 3 mins ago  

  UPDATED: Sanofi-Aventis SA is recalling almost 800,000 doses of the pediatric H1N1 vaccine because they are weaker than federal guidelines mandate. Full Story »

• Detroit Reports Medical Record Thefts

  WXYZ-TV Detroit – 1 hr 3 mins ago  

  The Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion says they have two cases where medical records were stolen. Full Story »

• COX: Kilpatrick May Have Broken Law

  WXYZ-TV Detroit – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

  A new Michigan Attorney General's opinion could mean more legal trouble for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Full Story »

• Three Killed in St. Clair County Fire

  WXYZ-TV Detroit – 1 hr 33 mins ago  

  Three people have been killed in an early morning fire in northern St. Clair County. Full Story »

• ALERT: Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled

  WXYZ-TV Detroit – Tue Dec 15, 11:55 am ET  

  Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. Full Story »

FOX 2 News Detroit

• CEO: GM to Repay Gov't Loans by June-end

  FOX 2 News Detroit – 1 hr 10 mins ago  

  General Motors Co. plans to pay all of its $6.7 billion in government loans by the end of June, Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said Tuesday. Full Story »

• Bing to Attend Reception at White House

  FOX 2 News Detroit – Tue Dec 15, 12:02 pm ET  

  Dave Bing will make another visit to the White House the second by the Detroit mayor this month. Full Story »

• Ikea in Canton Closed Tuesday

  FOX 2 News Detroit – Tue Dec 15, 11:18 am ET  

  The Ikea store in Canton is closed Tuesday due to 'technical difficulties,' according to both an e-mail and voice recording from the popular home furnishing giant. Full Story »

• Conyers' Sentence Pushed to March

  FOX 2 News Detroit – Tue Dec 15, 11:02 am ET  

  It will be about three more months before former Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers gets her punishment for public corruption. Full Story »

• 3 Dead after St. Clair County House Fire

  FOX 2 News Detroit – Tue Dec 15, 9:17 am ET  

  Authorities say a fire that swept through a St. Clair County home has left three people dead. Full Story »

WDET-FM Detroit

• Detroit Ministers Push for AIDS Funding

  WDET-FM Detroit – Mon Dec 14, 9:27 pm ET  

        A national movement to battle HIV-AIDS in the black community is taking shape in Detroit.       The Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of Detroit is pushing for approval of national legislation to improve funding for outreach against AIDS.       The Reverend Horace Sheffield the Third is organizing the local effort. He says the $20 billion legislation would target key areas ... Full Story »

• Erma Henderson Dies at 92

  WDET-FM Detroit – Mon Dec 14, 3:27 pm ET  

  December 14, 2009   Former Detroit City Council President Erma Henderson has died at the age of 92, according to the Detroit Free Press.  Henderson was the first African-American woman elected to council in 1972, and served as its president for 12 years.  Full Story »

• Former Detroit Council President Henderson Dies

  WDET-FM Detroit – Mon Dec 14, 3:27 pm ET  

  Former Detroit City Council President Erma Henderson has reportedly died…    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Henderson was known for a gentle manner that belied her powerful political clout.    The Detroit Free Press reports that Henderson has died at age 92.    But many Detroit officials say her influence on the city produced lasting results.    She was the first black woman elected to ... Full Story »

• Sixth Graders Get a "Dose of Reality"

  WDET-FM Detroit – Mon Dec 14, 12:12 pm ET  

       On Wednesday, 30 sixth graders from Davison Elementary School got an intimate look at the realities of the Wayne County Jail. WDET’s Rob St. Mary went along and files this report.   (to hear audio, click the link above) Full Story »

• Detroit Expands Swine Flu Vaccinations

  WDET-FM Detroit – Mon Dec 14, 9:01 am ET  

  December 12, 2009   The City of Detroit is making H-1-N-1 flu vaccine available to all city residents.   WDET’s Pat Batcheller reports.  The city’s health department began its swine flu vaccinations in October.  Up till now...clinics have concentrated on immunizing people in target groups…including pregnant women and the elderly.  The city has now expanded the program to the general public for ... Full Story »

The Monroe Evening News

• Deputy, teenager injured in crash

  The Monroe Evening News – Tue Dec 15, 12:20 pm ET  

  A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy remains off duty as he recovers from injuries he suffered in an accident in Newport that also injured the other driver. Full Story »

• Police seek help in locating ATM thief

  The Monroe Evening News – Tue Dec 15, 12:20 pm ET  

  — Courtesy photo Police are seeking this man in connection with the fraudulent use of another man’s debit card. Police are looking for a thief who wished the victim a merry Christmas before stealing money from his bank account. Full Story »

• Road board budget adopted

  The Monroe Evening News – Tue Dec 15, 12:20 pm ET  

  The Monroe County Road Commission will proceed with layoffs early next year unless a windfall of cash comes to the agency. The three-member road board unanimously adopted the 2010 budget Monday, with the stipulation that it plans on reviewing the budget regularly next year. Full Story »

• Teachers seek to be heard about cuts

  The Monroe Evening News – Tue Dec 15, 12:19 pm ET  

  Some Monroe County teachers are mad as heck about all the cuts in education and aren’t going to sit around and take it anymore. They’ve created a grassroots campaign by forming a new group to let lawmakers in Lansing know they aren’t happy about all the money being taken away from their classrooms. Full Story »

• Right time, right place

  The Monroe Evening News – Tue Dec 15, 12:19 pm ET  

  — Evening News photo by BRYAN BOSCH Jeanette Bibler, 83, surrounded by her daughters Karen Scholl (left) and Brenda Tubbs and her son-in-law Steven Tubbs. Full Story »

Dearborn Press & Guide

• School job cuts become reality

  Dearborn Press & Guide – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  DEARBORN — Almost two hundred layoffs were approved at the Dearborn Public Schools meeting Monday night. Full Story »

• Family loses everything in fire

  Dearborn Press & Guide – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn Heights family lost everything they own Saturday morning when a devastating fire ripped through their house on Riverdale in the city’s north east end. Full Story »

• There’s a train a-comin’ – soon

  Dearborn Press & Guide – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  DEARBORN — The recent passage of a U.S. Senate spending bill means Michigan could get $3.5 million for its Ann Arbor-to-Detroit regional rail project, but Dearborn — a stop on the proposed rail line — may not see any of it. Full Story »

• City officials: Abandoning road would harm old incinerator property development

  Dearborn Press & Guide – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During the Dec. 8 public hearing for the petitioned abandonment of a section of Sylvia Street, officials said the section is important to the future development of the incinerator property. Full Story »

• ACCESS expands its South end ‘home’

  Dearborn Press & Guide – 1 hr 57 mins ago  

  DEARBORN — Officials with the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) say more than $4.3 million worth of improvements to their main office on Saulino near Dix and Miller Road could be completed as early as Feb. 1. Full Story »