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As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic jewels.

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick dropped his taxpayer-funded lawyer Thursday, saying their relationship was destroyed, in a move that will delay his sentencing in the City Hall corruption case.

Scores of public sector pension fund administrators are skipping this week's annual National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems in Hawaii for fear that the lavish junket sends the wrong message at a time when public pensions are struggling.

Editor's note: Information for this story was provided by The Henry Ford. Attention all makers, tinkerers, inventors, hackers and do-it-yourselfers: The call for entries is now open for Maker Faire Detroit 2013 at The Henry Ford in Dearborn.

THE ELECTION COMMISSION DECIDES THE FATE OF MIKE DUGGAN. YES, AND IT'S A SIGN OF JUST HOW ROUGH THE UPCOMING DETROIT MAYOR'S RACE MIGHT BECOME.

TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR KWAME KILPATRICK. Devin: IN THE MONTH OF MAY ALONE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100 SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY! JUST IN THIS MONTH! OFFICIAL CRIME REPORTS THROUGH THE 21ST SHOW 126 PEOPLE SHOT AND 20 OF THOSE DIED.

Thursday's vote comes after fellow mayoral candidate Tom Barrow said Duggan should be disqualified because he was not a registered voter at the time he sent in his nominating petitions to run for the office.

Minister Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam, spoke at two events in Detroit last week.

The Michigan Strategic Fund approved incentives Wednesday to help renovate a vacant historic office building in Detroit's Capitol Park district into apartments for the fast-growing downtown residential scene.

Dangerously Delicous Pie's savory chicken pie contains chunks of hand-pulled, house-roasted chicken, sliced red skin potatoes, pan-fried corn and green peas.

On the latest episode of Detroit Public Television's 'American Black Journal,' Free Press Editorial Page Editor Stephen Henderson talks about a new nonprofit that is helping connect Detroit job-seekers and employers, and also the Bal Africain, a gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts that supports African and African-American art at the museum.

Two children and a woman in her 20s ware pulled today from their burning home in Detroit, three days after someone threw a Molotov cocktail at the house, according to investigators.

The former United Way building at 1214 Griswold was bought earlier this year. The state approved a $6 million loan for the historic building.

Cristina Aldana recently opened Las Cazuelas after running two successful Mexican spots in gas stations.

Michigan U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has taken to the House floor to criticize the storage of large piles of an oil-refining byproduct known as petroleum coke along the Detroit River.

Devin: HIS CARRY-ON WAS LOADED! AND MAN ARRESTED AT THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT WAS MINUTES FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT TO DETROIT.

DETROIT, MI - It's techno week in Detroit and the birthplace of the music will celebrate this holiday weekend with the Movement Electric Music Festival.

Two days into disaster relief efforts following the Moore, Okla., tornado, Metro Detroiters are increasingly mobilizing with fundraising, supply donations and at least one caravan of volunteers who are planning a cross-country road trip to aid in rebuilding.

That is the unlikely message Detroit Police Officers Association union President Mark Diaz has for Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, the man who wields the power to strike down union agreements at his whim.

A vacant commercial building fire sent smoke and debris flying over the bridge on I-75 in Southwest Detroit.