Michigan child rapist to stay in prison after all (The Toledo Blade)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:27 GMT
By MARK REITER BLADE STAFF WRITER MONROE - The Michigan parole board has reversed the decision to grant parole to convicted sex offender Rex Layman, a former Lambertville man convicted in 1998 of child rape. The board told Monroe County Prosecutor William Nichols yesterday that it had overturned a Nov. 30 decision granting parole to Layman. The full 15-member Parole and Commutation Board took ...
Michigan child rapist to stay in prison after all (The Toledo Blade)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:55:16 GMT
By MARK REITER BLADE STAFF WRITER
Carlton Brundidge leads Southfield over Detroit Henry Ford in boys basketball (The Oakland Press)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:36 GMT
SOUTHFIELD — Some have it, some don’t. Carlton Brundidge has it. The Southfield Bluejays (16-5) beat the Detroit Henry Ford Trojans 82-78 Wednesday night in a Class A district semifinal game that came down to the wire.
Arab-Americans criticize federal prosecutions (Detroit Free Press)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:26:51 GMT
At a meeting in Dearborn today, Arab-Americans slammed federal law enforcement officials for targeting their community, saying a disproportionate number of prosecutions in recent years are aimed at them.
J&J Pushed Risperdal for Elderly After U.S. Warning, Files Show (Bloomberg)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:17:37 GMT
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson made plans to reach $302 million in geriatric sales for its antipsychotic Risperdal just months after federal regulators said the company falsely claimed the drug was safe and effective with the elderly, according to internal documents.
Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:40 GMT
News from every state
Accused Rib Rack shooter acquitted after third trial (Detroit News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:43:19 GMT
An Oakland Circuit Court jury returned a not guilty verdict for a Southfield teenager accused of killing a night restaurant manager in Lathrup Village in 2008.
Kosmo: There's no crying in districts (The Oakland Press)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:18:26 GMT
Kosmo knows area boys basketball teams were probably focused on their season last week, so players and coaches alike didn’t heed the warning/playoff theme of The Oakland Press that Kosmo hands out every year.
US born Al-Qaeda spokesman held in Karachi (Pakistan News Tribune)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:59 GMT
KARACHI: The American-born spokesman for al-Qaeda has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in Karachi, two officers and a government official said on Sunday, the same day Adam Gadahn appeared in a video urging US Muslims to attack their own country.
Book ‘em: Everyone's Reading ‘Presumed Innocent' (Plymouth Observer)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:03:16 GMT
This is a case where peer pressure is a good thing. You know, “everyone else is doing it,” so you should, too. It's the annual Everyone's Reading program, a community-wide reading program sponsored by public libraries all around Metro Detroit, including Farmington, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Berkley, Royal Oak, Canton, Plymouth and Westland. Now in its ninth year, Everyone's Reading promotes ...
