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Confederate Flag-Loving Kid Rock Wins NAACP Award

Members protest, but rocker accepts and insists, 'I love black people'

(Newser) - Despite his frequent use of Confederate flag imagery onstage, Kid Rock was presented with an award from the NAACP yesterday. The rocker accepted the Detroit NAACP's Great Expectations Award as 50 NAACP members picketed outside the awards dinner, Rolling Stone reports. Angry members urged a boycott and protest in...

Chrysler Turns 1st Profit Since Bankruptcy

Revenue climbs 35% as Big Three return to profitablility

(Newser) - Good news for Detroit: The Big Three automakers are all profitable once again. Chrysler has reported its first net profit since leaving bankruptcy nearly two years ago, with a net income of $116 million in the first quarter. The firm saw revenue jump 35% to $13.1 billion compared to...

Terry Jones Plans Armed Mosque Protest

Koran-burning preacher vows Dearborn rally even if banned

(Newser) - Terry Jones plans to follow up the Koran-burning that sparked deadly protests with an armed Good Friday rally outside America's biggest mosque. Authorities are seeking to block the 5pm demonstration outside the Detroit-area mosque to avoid violence, but Jones, leader of a tiny fundamentalist church in Florida, has vowed...

Charlie Sheen's 'Violent Torpedo' Bombs in Detroit

Actor's rambling brand of crazy doesn't fly in Motor City

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen opened his "Violent Torpedo of Truth/Failure Is Not an Option" tour last night in Detroit, and it turns out failure is indeed an option. The actor's rambling monologue was nonsensical—at times even to himself—and an enthusiastic crowd turned into boo-birds quickly. A rundown from critics,...

Man Charged With Planting 'Lost and Found' Explosive

Gary Mikulich calls himself 'the president,' rants about the 'card system'

(Newser) - The FBI think they’ve found the man who left an explosive at Detroit's McNamara Federal Building—only to see it languish in the Lost and Found for three weeks. Meet 42-year-old Gary Mikulich, or as he calls himself, “President Mikulich.” In an affidavit, the FBI says Mikulich...

Why Underwear Bomber Flew to Detroit: Cheap Fares

Shows break from bin Laden's love of symbolic targets

(Newser) - With 25% of its own residents fleeing Detroit, it might seem like the would-be underwear bomber could have picked a more devastating US target than Motor City. But, as the AP has learned, airplane tickets to considered destinations Chicago or Houston were just too darn expensive, so Umar Farouk...

Bomb Sat in Fed Building for 3 Weeks
Bomb Sat in Fed Building's Lost and Found for 3 Weeks
oh, detroit
Mar 24, 2011 4:40 AM CDT

Bomb Sat in Fed Building's Lost and Found for 3 Weeks

Detroit guard left suspicious package in storage

(Newser) - A special training team has been dispatched to a federal building in Detroit to remind security staff that the proper protocol to follow after finding a suspicious package does not involve leaving it in lost and found for three weeks. The bomb squad was called in after staff at the...

Don't Whine About the Census, Detroit: Embrace It
Don't Whine About the Census, Detroit: Embrace It
OPINION
Mar 23, 2011 11:59 AM CDT

Don't Whine About the Census, Detroit: Embrace It

Two op-eds: The city can get better even as it gets smaller

(Newser) - Detroit's staggering population loss over the last decade— some 237,500 people —has city politicians predictably calling for a census recount, but two opinion pieces think it's a waste of time. Better to focus on the new, smaller Detroit:
  • Detroit Free Press editorial: "The important thing now is
...

Detroit Census Data: City Has Lost 25% of Population Over Last Decade
 Detroit's Population in Freefall 






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Mar 23, 2011 7:20 AM CDT

Detroit's Population in Freefall

One of the largest drops ever for a major American city

(Newser) - Detroit is not just a city in decline, it's a city in free-fall: Its population dropped 25% over the past 10 years, census data show, losing a staggering 237,500 people. The number of people in the city last year, 713,777, is the lowest since 1910; Detroit's population loss...

'Financial Martial Law' Passes in Michigan

Bill passes House, goes to governor

(Newser) - Michigan’s House yesterday passed a controversial bill that will install state-appointed emergency financial managers in troubled cities, giving each the power to do whatever is necessary to balance budgets—including breaking union contracts. One Senate Republican recently promised that the managers would only be sent to communities in need...

Detroit to Close Half Its Schools

Michigan approves plan to cut $327M deficit

(Newser) - Michigan has approved a plan to close roughly half of Detroit’s public schools, pushing the average high-school class size in the struggling city to roughly 60 students, the Wall Street Journal reports. The plan is designed to eliminate the district’s $327 million deficit, but even its creator, district...

Coming Soon to Detroit: $80K RoboCop Statue?

After mayor rejects idea, social media comes to rescue

(Newser) - It began as a joke idea, but now Detroit may actually get a statue of RoboCop. Fans of the crime-fighting cyborg from the 1987 film have united online— here , for instance—with a goal of raising $80,000 for the project, reports the Detroit News . The campaign started after Mayor...

Detroit to Sell Homes to Cops for $1K

Mayor David Bing pushing to get officers within city limits

(Newser) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has long leaned on the city’s police and firefighters to live inside the city limits—at least 53% commute in from the suburbs—and now he’s doing something to entice them. He’s introduced a new pilot program, dubbed “Project 14,” that...

Gunman IDed in Detroit Police Shooting

Lamar Moore may have been related to man facing murder sentence

(Newser) - Police have identified the gunman who opened fire in a Detroit police precinct yesterday as Lamar Moore, 38. Moore, who was killed in return fire, is thought to have been related to a man set for sentencing today in a double homicide, said the city’s police chief. The four...

Gunman Shoots 4 Cops at Detroit Precinct

Police return fire, killing 38-year-old shooter

(Newser) - A police commander and three officers were shot yesterday afternoon in their Detroit precinct station house by a 38-year-old gunman, who was then shot and killed by police, reports the Detroit News . The commander was shot in the hand and side, and underwent surgery that evening; he is in critical...

Ford to Add 7K US Jobs Over Next 2 Years

Company expands as demand rises

(Newser) - Ford will add more than 7,000 jobs at US factories over the next two years, the Detroit News reports. The auto giant expects to add 4,000 factory jobs in 2011 and another 2,500 in 2012, along with about 750 coordinating positions, as demand continues to grow for...

GM Prices Stock at $33 Ahead of IPO
GM Prices Stock at $33
Ahead of IPO
Nov 17, 2010 4:44 PM CST

GM Prices Stock at $33 Ahead of IPO

Historic offering will get government some money back

(Newser) - General Motors says its common stock will sell for $33 per share when its initial public offering takes place tomorrow. The IPO, one of the largest in history, brings the US government closer to getting back part of the $50 billion it gave GM last year. The government will sell...

Terror Suspect Busted at Dutch Airport

Brits tip off cops about suspect flying from Liverpool

(Newser) - A Somali-born British terrorism suspect from Liverpool was busted in Amsterdam as he sat on a plane waiting to fly to Uganda. Dutch security swooped in after a tip from British authorities. He is suspected of involvement with an unspecified foreign terror organization, reports the Guardian . It wasn't immediately clear...

Jail Time Eyed for Parents Who Blow Off Teacher Conferences

(Newser) - Faced with rising crime rates involving minors, a Detroit prosecutor has proposed putting some muscle into those parent-teacher conferences that are supposed to involve parents in their child's education. Parents would be required to make the once-yearly meetings; proposed penalties for repeated no-shows could include up to three days in...

Detroit Mayor, Already in Jail, Indicted Again

(Newser) - Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can't catch a break. Currently serving at least 14 months in prison for parole violations stemming from a 2008 conviction of perjury, misconduct in office and obstruction of justice from the so-called Text Messaging Scandal, he's now been indicted by a grand jury on 19 counts...

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