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• It used to be her playground: Madonnas childhood home is on the borderline of ruin

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  MadonnaCatalog.comMadonnas childhood home in better days.Its a rule here at MLive Detroit that any Madonna post has to include as many references to the pop stars wide discography as possible, so get ready for a few clever -- or bad...
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• Widow of man killed on Sept. 11 asks city of Birmingham not to build memorial of attacks

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  The city of Birminghams inquiry into using steel from the now-demolished World Trade Center to build a Sept. 11 monument downtown is being met with criticism from one of its residents.The Oakland Press reports that a woman has asked...
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• Other former Fairwinds Girl Scout leaders urge support of annual cookie sale

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Courtesy PhotoGoodrich Girl Schots Mikayla Green, Jessica Miller, and Jennifer Miller in front of the Goodrich Market during the 2007 cookie driveGOODRICH, Michigan — Dont expect to see a Girl Scout cookie boycott in Goodrich this winter.Even as one group of...
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• Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson predicts that some school districts will fail

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson continues his candid talks about his county and state politics with another new take on Michigans future: the fate of its children.In a sit-down with The Oakland Press, Patterson said several Oakland County...
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• Dog shot in owners Royal Oak back yard, might be paralyzed by spinal damage

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  A Royal Oak family says their dog was shot in their back yard by an unknown attacker who is still on the run.
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• Commissioners approve new $7.1M green terminal for Oakland County International Airport

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Airport chief J. David VanderVeen says the existing terminal is dilapidated and that the new terminal will include a geothermal heating and cooling system.
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• Husband headed to jail for sexually assaulting wife after jurors heard bedroom audio

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  A 46-year-old Farmington Hills man will serve 15 months to 15 years in prison after his wife, 38, said he repeatedly forced her to have sex against her will.
  2 days ago

• Detroit Daily Press to start publishing Nov. 23; home delivery starts Nov. 30

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Brothers Mark and Gary Stern said Friday theyll start publishing The Detroit Daily Press on Nov. 23, selling it for 50 cents daily and $1 on Sundays. Home delivery starts Nov. 30.
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• Lake Orion police: Men held housekeeper hostage as sex slave for nearly two months

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Lake Orion police say two men hired a woman as a live-in housekeeper before keeping her drunk, beating her and sexually assaulting her on a daily basis for nearly two months.
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• Carry Nation no more: Holly organizers aim to give 37-year-long festival its needed rehab

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Earlier this fall, event organizers realized that Hollys once-popular Carry Nation Festival had lost its appeal among village and township residents. Organizers will now look to give the festival its needed makeover.
  3 days ago

• Metro Detroiters cashing in on Michigans marijuana economy

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  While Michigans new medical marijuana policy is designed to keep selling operations small, many in Metro Detroit are taking advantage of opportunities offered by the budding industry.
  3 days ago

• Report: As budgets shrink, Metro Detroit police seize more property (even from the innocent)

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  As many Metro Detroit police departments deal with shrinking budgets, they may found a way to make ends meet: Metro police seized more than $20 million in 2007.
  3 days ago

• Thousands gather at Hollys Great Lakes National Cemetery for Veterans Day (with video)

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  A steady line of traffic poured into Great Lakes National Cemetery Wednesday and hundreds of visitors packed around the stage on the cemeterys eastern grounds for a special memorial service. It was the cemeterys fifth-annual Veterans Day event.
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• Wayne State professors invent pill to fight fat; clinical study suggests success

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  The race for the elusive fat pill may have a new player: Two Wayne State professors have invented a natural fat blocker that, according to a recent clinical study, seems to work.
  4 days ago

• Clawson police: Woman threatened husband with knife after he threw away her vodka

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Clawson police say Rania Hijazi pulled a 7-inch knife on her husband after he threw away a vodka bottle she was cradling as she slept.
  4 days ago

• Metro Detroit veterans: Your service = free stuff

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Metro Detroit Veterans take note: Today, you eat for free. Several Metro Detroit restaurants and national chains are offering free meals in appreciation for military service. Theres also special offers from the Pistons, Home Depot and more.
  4 days ago

• Video: Christmas cards for Noah Biorkman, 5-year-old with terminal cancer, flood South Lyon post office

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Noah Biorkman, a 5-year-old South Lyon boy with terminal cancer, has captured the attention of people around the world. Thanks to the power of social networks, the South Lyon post office has received thousands of cards and packages from every state and several foreign countries -- all addressed to Noah.
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• Americas Most Wanted killer defends early release; Oakland County prosecutor protests

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  Craig Atkins spent the last 21 years behind bars after he was convicted of second-degree murder in the slaying of an alleged Pontiac hit-man. He was supposed to serve 25 to 80 years, but won his release last month.
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• VA pays to settle lawsuit after veteran died from drug overdose in Farmington Hills

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  The federal government has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle a lawsuit over the fatal drug overdose of a young Michigan veteran who served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq.
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• Former GM manager accused of pocketing $6.5 million in kickbacks pleads guilty in fraud case

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 825
  A former General Motors manager admits he pocketed $6.5 million in kickbacks involving the sale of hundreds of millions of pounds of aluminum worth $1 billion.
  5 days ago

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