Shooting of 7-year-old Detroit girl gets shadier

DETROIT - Charles Jones, the father of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, was formally arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Je'rean Blake...

Detroit officer charged in 7-year-old girl's death

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A Detroit police officer was charged Tuesday in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was shot to death during a midnight raid on her home by a special unit that was being shadowed by a reality television show crew.

Trial to begin for man accused in underwear attack

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DETROIT (AP) - The trial of a young African accused of trying to bring down an airliner near Detroit with a bomb in his underwear is no whodunit...

Michigan losing millions in film business money

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theGRIO REPORT - In February, newly elected Gov. Rick Snyder announced that apart of the sweeping budget cuts he was implementing he would eliminate business credits awarded for films shot in the state of Michigan...

Cleveland provides bleak view of poverty's peak

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theGRIO REPORT - Ohio's unemployment rate is at 9.1 percent as of August. Combine that with the high poverty rate, and there is a massive problem...

Violent crime is down but at what cost?

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theGRIO REPORT - According to the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) 88 percent of the New Yorkers who were stopped and searched in the first six months of 2011 were totally innocent...

Kilpatrick still in hot water: Former aide to testify

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theGRIO REPORT - Derrick Miller, the chief administrative officer to disgraced former mayor, received $568,000 in connection with a $117 million deal financed by the city's pension fund...

Kilpatrick: There is a 'movement to lock me up'

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theGRIO REPORT - Disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick held court on a variety of subjects on Tuesday night, including his political future, as he promoted his new book...

101-year-old woman evicted in foreclosure

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DETROIT (AP) - Texana Hollis was evicted Monday and her belongings were placed outside the home. Her son, Warren Hollis, said he didn't pay the bill for several years and disregarded eviction notices...

Ex-Detroit mayor aide pleads guilty to corruption

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DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors say Derrick Miller admitted Monday that he accepted $115,000 from a real estate broker in connection with the lease or sale of city properties...

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Shooting of 7-year-old Detroit girl gets shadier

Detroit officer charged in 7-year-old girl's death

Trial to begin for man accused in underwear attack

Michigan losing millions in film business money

Cleveland provides bleak view of poverty's peak

Violent crime is down but at what cost?

Kilpatrick still in hot water: Former aide to testify

Kilpatrick: There is a 'movement to lock me up'

101-year-old woman evicted in foreclosure

Ex-Detroit mayor aide pleads guilty to corruption

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