Zut Alors!

Granholm asks mayor, Cockrel to quickly name their lawyers

2008-05-22T06:44:36Z

By Zachary Gorchow and Ben Schmitt Free Press Staff Writers May 21, 2008 Gov. Jennifer Granholm responded quickly today to the Detroit City Council’s request that she remove Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office, by sending a letter to Kilpa...

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Maradona would cut off "Hand of God" for actress

2008-05-21T05:16:08Z

May 20, 2008 by James Mackenzie CANNES, France (Reuters) - Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he would be prepared to cut off the hand that scored one of his most famous goals for a sight of film star Julia Roberts. Maradon...

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Goat survives after 50-foot plunge from bridge

2008-05-21T05:01:49Z

May 20, 2008 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Police thought they had a goat surrounded after it was spotted going the wrong way on the Cross Island Parkway. An ambulance and fire engine blocked traffic Monday while sheriff's deputies tried to co...

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Mass. officer's gun goes off during safety class

2008-05-21T05:00:39Z

May 20, 2008 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A firearms instructor in southern Massachusetts has been assigned to other duties after his gun accidentally went off while he was teaching a class on weapons safety. Officials say the Glock handgun dischar...

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Buh-Bye, kwame!

2008-05-21T04:55:27Z

City Council's ouster request is delivered to Granholm's office By Zachary Gorchow Free Press Staff Writer May 20, 2008 LANSING -- The Detroit City Council’s request that Gov. Jennifer Granholm remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office becaus...

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No wonder Iceland has the happiest people on earth

2008-05-19T02:49:27Z

Special report by John Carlin The Observer Sunday May 18 2008 About this article Close This article appeared in the Observer on Sunday May 18 2008 on p14 of the Comment & features section. It was last updated at 14:31 on May 18 2008. ...

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Stout Scarab - from The New York Times

2008-05-17T17:34:59Z

A Visionary’s Minivan Arrived Decades Too Soon Michael Furman 1936 Stout Scarab By Phil Patton Published: January 6, 2008 THE 2008 Chrysler Town and Country minivan offers a removable table and second row seats that turn 180 degrees to...

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Italian’s Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face

2008-05-15T18:45:54Z

By NINA BERNSTEIN The New York Times Published: May 14, 2008 He was a carefree Italian with a recent law degree from a Roman university. She was “a totally Virginia girl,” as she puts it, raised across the road from George Washington’s home. Thei...

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Horses abandoned in West as feed prices rise

2008-05-14T06:40:21Z

Tue May 13, 2008 By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - In the classic Hollywood western, a cowboy portrayed by John Wayne gallops across the sagebrush steppe and rocky ridges of the American West with only his horse for a companion. What ...

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Judge dismisses case of woman who says veil cost her claim - MKII

2008-05-13T19:53:03Z

5/13/2008, 3:20 p.m. EDT By JEFF KAROUB The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer representing a Muslim woman who sued a judge for dismissing her small-claims court case after she refused to remove her veil said he's prepared to appeal to the ...

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