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Detroit

Who wants to manage Detroit's finances?

Corey Williams, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will get the difficult, thankless job?...
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Cecilia Rutherford joins a group of protesters outside Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., after a nurse filed a complaint against the hospital claiming it had agreed to a man's request that no African-American nurses care for his newborn. The case involving a white swastika-tattooed Michigan father and a black nurse at the hospital highlights one of medicine’s “open secrets” _ allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. The nurse is now suing the hospital, claiming it bowed to his illegal demands. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Lauren Justice, File)

Some patients reject nurses of different race

Jeff Karoub, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - It's been called one of medicine's 'open secrets'— allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race...
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addresses the media in his office in Detroit, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The governor said that he's at least a week away from deciding if Detroit needs an emergency manager to confront its $327 million budget deficit and $14 billion long-term debt. Snyder told reporters that he considers the city's drastic population loss over 60 years to be the main reason for its financial woes. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Michigan gov says Detroit financial manager job has few takers

Corey Williams, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says some people are already saying they don't want the job of fixing Detroit's financial woes...
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Al Anderson (Courtesy: Click On Detroit)

High school basketball coach collapses, dies following game

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Al Anderson, Detroit Consortium's boys basketball coach died following their victory over Dayton Dunbar...
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Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy (Courtesy: Rock Center)

Prosecutor uncovers untested rape kits

Mario Garcia, Kristen Powers and Jessica Hopper, Rock Center
VIDEO - Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police storage warehouse...
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In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit. Testimony in Kilpatrick's corruption trial ended Thursday, Feb. 6, 2013 after nearly 70 days of testimony. Kilpatrick offered no new witnesses Wednesday and closing arguments have been set for Monday in Detroit federal court. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 days...
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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Ex-Detroit mayor leaves prison after weekend stay

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from a city lockup where he spent the weekend for violating parole in the 2008 criminal conviction that booted him from office...
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In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick makes his way to U.S. Federal Court in Detroit. Businessman Karl Kado, who held contracts at Detroit's convention center, said Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 that he was a “hostage” who felt compelled to pay thousands of dollars to then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father or lose work. Kado told jurors that he personally delivered $5,000 to $10,000 to Kilpatrick “three or four times.” He said he also delivered money through a top mayoral aide and separately paid $200,000 to $300,000 to Kilpatrick's father, Bernard. Kado is a crucial witness at the corruption trial, which began in September. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor to spend weekend in prison

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will spend the weekend in prison as a penalty for 14 parole violations, a state corrections spokesman said Friday....
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Berry Gordy poses in the press room during the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Chrysler ad features Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

Mike Householder, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - The new ad features Gordy sitting in the backseat of a white Chrysler 300 Motown, which is parked outside the 'Hitsville, U.S.A.' building in Detroit...
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Judge Wade McCree and Geniene La'Shoy Mott

'Topless' judge allegedly gets witness pregnant

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - The Michigan judge that made headlines this past Spring for texting a topless photo of himself to a married bailiff is back in the news after accusations that he got a witness pregnant while presiding over her child support case..
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