Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83

Jack Kevorkian, assisted suicide advocate who helped dozens of people commit suicide, died in a Detroit hospital on Friday at the age of 83. The cause of his death wasn’t immediately known, but local media...

Ted Nugent Denounces Global Warming, Says 'Watch Glenn Beck'

On March 8, Detroit rocker Ted Nugent visited Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan to warn 150 students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol—and to dismiss global warming. The Stranglehold and Cat...

Carnival goers flock to Notting Hill

Update: The Notting Hill Carnival ended up drawing close to 850,000 people this year.  More than 200 of them were arrested over the two-day festival.  NowPublic contributor LotusFlower also covered...

McCain's Wife Hospitalized In Mich. Hand Injury, Not serious

McCain's Wife Hospitalized In Mich.Just in the hospital is reporting the injury is a hand sprain and is in no apparent distress." The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain was taken Wednesday...

Developing: UAW picket at Royal Oak Ford

[Royal Oak, MI // 05.10.07 @ 12:30pm EDT - Updated: 05.14.07 @ 11:10 EDT]After spending a Saturday afternoon talking to customers and the picketers, the story continues to get more interesting in Royal...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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