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UPDATE: Unique Hotel Planned For Detroit Reaches Goal
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It's hard to say whether this project is out-of-the-box or in-the-box. Shel Kimen, who moved to Detroit from New York, wants to build a 36-room...
The Search For Mysterious Ship Continues
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ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. — Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they...
Midwest Drivers Will Soon Feel Relief At Gas Pumps
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LANSING, Mich. -- The worst may be over for drivers in the upper Midwest who have been grappling with the highest gasoline prices in the...
Environmental Justice in Detroit: Amid Toxic Communities There is Still Hope
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Detroit zip code 48217 is the most toxic in Michigan and thirdmost in the nation. A crush of polluting industries tower over a small community that refuses to give up. Will a city climate action plan make a difference? What about the mountain of dirty tar sands byproduct perched on the edge of the Detroit River? Environmental justice seems to have deserted Detroit, or has it?The post Environmen...
Collision Works Shipping Container Hotel Opens FIRST CONTAINER in Detroit
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Celebrating its grand opening in the Eastern Market area of Detroit on May 19, 2013, where visitors came from as far away as Berlin and Paris, FIRST CONTAINER, the first structures for a planned 36-unit boutique hotel and community space that is being built from upcycled shipping containers has garnered national attention as the “most important [...]
Dem Gov Offers Potential Breakthrough In Longstanding Dispute
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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he's willing to consider placing barriers in Chicago-area waterways to keep Asian carp from reaching the...
Michigan woman dies in Syrian rebel ambush
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Family members say they are unsure why the 33-year-old single mother was with rebel forces.
Family: Michigan woman, 33, killed in Syria fight
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The family of a 33-year-old Michigan woman says the FBI confirmed Thursday that she was killed in fighting in Syria.
Pop-Up Community Space Made from Shipping Containers Opens in Detroit
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First Container is a Detroit-based project that will include an innovative boutique hotel, a co-working lab and public event spaces made from shipping containers. In order to demonstrate some of the content that will be featured in the development, the team
What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii
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The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.
