Man with altered Saudi passport arrested with pressure cooker at Detroit airport
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A man traveling with an altered Saudi Arabian passport in federal court Monday after a pressure cooker was discovered in his luggage at the Detroit airport over the weekend.
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Deadly flooding swamps Midwestern states
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Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states that forced evacuations, shut down bridges, swamped homes and caused at least three deaths was at or near crest in some areas Sunday evening.
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BREAKING: Louisville rallies past Michigan 82-76 to win NCAA men’s basketball championship
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Michigan blows out Florida, headed to first Final Four in 20 years
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The outcome of the South Region final between 3-seed Florida and 4-seed Michigan was decided in the game’s first four minutes.
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Man wins $7.2 million playing slots in friend’s memory after funeral
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A Michigan man went to Mississippi for a friend’s funeral last week, and came back a multimillionaire.
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Snow snarls Detroit interstates; winter storm warning for New England
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Whiteout conditions in the Detroit area on Saturday caused pile-ups involving dozens of cars and trucks that closed several highways, including Interstates 75 and 94, all part of a weather system that brought winter storm warnings for parts of Massachusetts.
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Detroit prosecutor vows justice after thousands of rape kits go untested
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Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police warehouse: thousands of untested rape kits, some decades old.
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Man shot dead after posting on Facebook: ‘im about to get shot’
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It appears that one of the last things Eric L. Ramsey did before he was shot and killed by police Thursday was to let his friends and family know on Facebook that he was about to die.
“Well folkes im about to get shot. Peace” Ramsey posted on the social network at 3:15 a.m. Jan. 17 using his mobile phone.
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Mayan end-of-world rumors prompt Michigan officials to close 33 schools
More than 30 Michigan schools closed for the holidays two days early, in part because the Mayan calendar predicts the world will end on Friday, an official said.
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Michigan House passes right-to-work legislation
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Michigan will become the nation’s 24th right-to-work state after Republicans in the state legislature approved historic changes to the state’s labor laws over the strenuous objections of Democrats and union members.
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Soldier who lost 4 limbs in Afghanistan returns home to hero’s welcome
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The Associated Press reports from Vassar, Mich. — Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills had been a lot of places since losing his four limbs in Afghanistan. The one place he hadn’t been was where people knew him best.
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Teen picked for homecoming court as prank shines at ceremony
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In a red, ruffled dress and flowers in her hair, Whitney Kropp, the Michigan high school student picked by her classmates to be on her school’s homecoming court as a prank, took to her school’s football stadium Friday for the ceremony.
“I had thoughts about not coming, but you know what, I’m glad I changed my mind and actually came out,” Kropp told NBC News.
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Michigan town rallies around teen pranked for homecoming
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A tiny farming town in Michigan is rallying around a 16-year-old girl who was voted to be on a high school homecoming court as part of a prank. Local businesses are picking up the tab for her special night, while a neighbor started a Facebook support page.
“It’s been overwhelming,” Bernice Kropp told NBC News on Monday. Her daughter, Whitney Kropp, is at the center of the controversy at West Branch’s Ogemaw Heights High School, north of Saginaw.
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Man charged with hiring hitman to kill hitman who killed his wife
Police say a Detroit-area man was caught on tape trying to hire someone to kill the hitman who killed his wife, according to media reports.
Authorities arrested Bob Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park on Monday and charged him with solicitation of murder, prosecutors said in a news conference, NBC station WDIV reported. The Detroit Free Press reported that he was arrested at a property he owned that police said had a sex dungeon in the basement.
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