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INVESTIGATORS: MI Jury Reform Project

In our court justice system, the 12 men and women who serve on a jury are an irreplaceable cog in the wheel of criminal justice.

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Related Topix: Prison

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Detroit News

Suspect in slaying also accused in shooting

Detroit -- According to police accounts, not only does Eiland Johnson not know how to behave at a nightclub, he doesn't know how to dress for one either.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Southfield, MI

Examiner.com

Lieutenant Governor Cherry brings two Israeli companies to Michigan

Official Portrait While on an investment mission to Israel, Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry, Jr, received commitments from two Israeli water treatment firms; EMECFY and EPC Ltd.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

MyFoxDetroit

Pontiac Teen to be Sentenced Today

A Michigan teen who police say shot and killed a 14-year-old from Alabama outside a church is scheduled for sentencing.

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Related Topix: Pontiac, MI

Lansing State Journal

Detroit-area man dies after police use Taser

Oakland County Sheriff officials say they are investigating the death of a man who was Tasered after he fled police, struck multiple vehicles and assaulted officers.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, East Grand Rapids, MI

Spinal Column Newsweekly

Murder victim shot multiple times

The recent death of a 24-year-old Waterford Township man has been ruled a homicide by the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Related Topix: Waterford, MI, Suicide

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Oakland County news: Town hall to cover finances, ideas

Emergency Financial Manager Fred Leeb is to host a town hall meeting today to answer residents' questions and to hear opinions about how to improve the city.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Waterford, MI, Royal Oak, MI

Ann Arbor News

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson predicts that some school districts will fail

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson continues his candid talks about his county and state politics with another new take on Michigan's future: the fate of its children.

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Related Topix: Oakland, MI

Spinal Column Newsweekly

Deaths declared to be murder-suicide

Milford Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide case after two bodies were discovered in a Milford Township residence on Sunday, Nov.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Detroit News

Search is on for man who robbed Bank of America branch in Commerce Twp.

Commerce Township -- The Oakland County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in apprehending a man who robbed a Bank of America branch office on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Commerce Township, MI

The Detroit News

Oakland County judge blocks sale of Silverdome

Pontiac -- An Oakland Circuit judge Wednesday temporarily blocked the recent sale of the Pontiac Silverdome and ordered attorneys to submit additional pleadings in the case.

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Related Topix: Pontiac, MI, Oakland, MI, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Detroit Metro

Ventura County Star

Hearing set over needed repairs at Madonna's childhood home

A couple who own Madonna's childhood home in Rochester Hills, Mich. - severely damaged in a fire last summer - are to be in court Thursday for a hearing on bringing the home into compliance with city ordinances.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI, Detroit Metro

Detroit Free Press

Oakland County news: Star witness is a liar

Defense attorneys representing murder suspect Jerome Hamilton plan to attack the prosecution's star witness -- a man who said he saw the then-15-year-old kill the manager of a Rib Rack restaurant in 2008.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Troy, MI, Detroit Metro

Tue Nov 17, 2009

ClickonDetroit.com

Arts, Beats & Eats Moving To RO?

Arts, Beats & Eats may be exploring Royal Oak as the host of the annual Labor Day weekend festival.

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Related Topix: Royal Oak, MI, Pontiac, MI

Detroit Free Press

L. Brooks Patterson

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said this morning he's in good health and hopes to run again when his term expires in 2012.

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Lansing State Journal

Michigan man hospitalized after severing hand at park

A Birmingham man was hospitalized Sunday after intentionally sawing off his left hand in the woods at Kensington Metropark on the Oakland-Livingston county line.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, MI, Oakland, MI, Livingston County, MI, Milford, MI, Detroit Metro

Detroit Free Press

Police: Milford couple found dead

Investigators are saying very little today about a couple found dead in their home in an upscale Milford Township subdivision Sunday.

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Related Topix: Milford, MI

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Milford, St. Clair County murder-suicides claim six lives over weekend

Six people were killed in separate murder-suicides in Oakland and St. Clair counties over the weekend, police said today.

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Related Topix: St Clair County, MI, Oakland, MI, Columbus, MI

Detroit Free Press

She brought knife, brass knuckles to court, cops say

She came to court on a retail fraud case, but left in custody for carrying a weapon in her purse, police say.

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Spinal Column Online

County working on business loan program

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has agreed to allocate $100,000 for a program to help small businesses in Oakland County acquire loans.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Detroit Metro, Ann Arbor, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

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