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Wayne Co. Airport Ranks First In Health

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Published Nov. 23, 2010 at 8:17 p.m.

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Detroit's Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has topped a report that ranks the busiest healthy airports in the United States ...

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Kilpatrick claims he gave his computer to Cockrel

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The mystery of Kwame Kilpatrick's missing computer deepened as the former mayor, in an affidavit submitted today, said his office computer was given to his successor, Ken Cockrel Jr. The computer itself was a hand-me-down from Kilpatrick's predecessor, Mayor Dennis Archer ...

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Judge sets Dec. 1 hearing on Kilpatrick's discarded computers

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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 5:57 p.m.

A federal judge today scheduled a hearing for Dec. 1 before deciding whether to sanction the city of Detroit for destroying ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's computer 2008 while lawsuits were pending involving e-mails and text messages ...

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Mexican murder suspect arrested in Detroit

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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.

Detroit— Working together with the Detroit Police Department, agents from the Detroit Border Patrol Station helped apprehend a Mexican murder suspect who had been living in the city. Federal agents and members of the Detroit Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) arrested Jesus Barba at about 3 p.m. on Friday, according to Border Patrol Supervisor Andrew Patterson ...

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Attorney: Stripper 'very scared' to testify she saw lap dance, assault at party hosted by ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 3:06 p.m.

An attorney representing the family of murder victim Tamara "Strawberry" Greene says a fellow stripper is "very scared" after testifying she witnessed Greene dancing at a long-rumored party thrown by former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at the Manoogian Mansion ...

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Legal filing alleges another Kilpatrick affair

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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 12:01 p.m.

As if the city of Detroit needed any more lurid scandals involving sex and political corruption, a new legal filing by the plaintiffs’ attorney in the Tamara Greene lawsuit says that disgraced former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had an affair with Sheryl Robinson Wood, who was named by the federal government to oversee the Detroit Police [ ... ] ...

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Woman: I Witnessed Stripper's Beat Down

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Published Nov. 22, 2010 at 11:10 a.m.

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A second witness says she got $1,000 to perform at a dope-fueled party at the Detroit mayor's mansion and saw Kwame Kilpatrick's wife attack a woman who was giving the then-mayor a lap dance ...

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Stripper says she danced at Detroit mayor's house

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Published Nov. 21, 2010 at 11:48 p.m.

A stripper says she got $1,000 to perform at a dope-fueled party at the Detroit mayor's mansion and saw Kwame Kilpatrick's wife attack a woman who was giving the then-mayor a lap dance ...

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Former aide sues Ficano, alleging he was forced out for talking to FBI

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Published Nov. 19, 2010 at 9:37 p.m.

A former aide of Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano has filed a lawsuit alleging he's been targeted for providing information to the FBI on corruption ...

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Ex-Ficano aide Ralph Kinney sues former boss, alleges corruption, cronyism

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Published Nov. 19, 2010 at 1:38 p.m.

Former Assistant Wayne County Executive Ralph Kinney filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging County Executive Robert Ficano fired him for talking to the FBI about corruption within county government ...

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