Leaders in Cobo stalemate - Detroit News
MACKINAC ISLAND — For days, they said the right things about working together, capitalizing on regional assets and putting aside personal differences. But it took just 30 minutes and one hot topic — the future of Cobo Center — to expose the
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Man testifies that gunman stalked him to Aurora motel parking lot - Chicago Tribune
A man injured in an Aurora street shooting testified that his alleged attacker, also accused in a 1993 double murder, stalked him to a motel parking lot before firing the shot that left him paralyzed. Eduardo Almanza testified that Michael J. Reyes
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Los Angeles family holiday on a shoestring - News.com.au
THANKS to the Aussie dollar riding high and cheap air fares, Los Angeles is more accessible than ever. But with a family of four, the trick was always going to be how to soak up the glamour without breaking the bank. The first move was location
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Kids learn on the go as vacation budget managers - St. Petersburg Times
Clockwise from top, Nandi Musengwa and her sisters Tendani and Imani will spend a lot of time in the family van this summer on a road trip to New York. Nandi, 11, and Imani, 9, will be in charge of the finances for the vacation. When the Musengwa
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Police investigate rape at City Avenue motel - Philadelphia Inquirer
An 18-year-old woman was in critical condition after being raped and stabbed Wednesday night in a room at the North American Motor Inn on City Avenue, Philadelphia police said. The woman was found shortly after 9:33 p.m. with her arms tied with a
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The ballad of Emmylou Harris - Times Online
Your first thought on meeting Emmylou Harris is that if this is what 30-odd years on the road fronting country-rock bands does for you, maybe we should all try it. For all the grief it brought her early on, it seems, as she enters her seventh decade
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