Source: Susan Whitall / The Detroit News In the 29 years since Marvin Gaye’s death, many filmmakers have tried to make films depicting his dramatic life, among them Cameron Crowe (“Almost Famous”) and former Motown executive Suzanne de Passe. Each project has crashed and burned. It’s surprising, because Gaye’s allure has only grown since his April 1, [...]
Source: Joel Kurth / The Detroit News Detroit — Monica Conyers is a free and happy woman. She’s just not an especially chatty free woman. The former Detroit City Council president completes a 37-month prison term for bribery today, and let others do most of the talking for her at a Corktown auto body shop [...]
Source: Darren A. Nichols / The Detroit News Detroit — Mayor Dave Bing will not seek re-election to a second term as Detroit mayor, but said in a surprise announcement Tuesday he will create an committee to explore other opportunities, including a possible run for Wayne County executive. Standing amid supporters at the Charles H. [...]
Source: Robert Snell / The Detroit News Detroit — Kwame Kilpatrick asked a federal judge Monday to overturn his corruption conviction and order a new trial. In a twist, Kilpatrick filed the request by himself and revealed that he has filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission against his taxpayer-funded lawyer, James C. [...]
Source: Frazier Moore / The Detroit News Stamford, Conn. — Taped to a wall at the entrance to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford is this greeting: “Welcome (back) to Pine Valley.” Pine Valley, of course, is the mythical setting of “All My Children,” a daytime drama that ran on ABC for nearly 41 years until it [...]
Source: David Shepardson / The Detroit News New York — Chrysler Group LLC started shipping the first 800 new 2013 SRT Viper supercars on Sunday from the automaker’s Detroit Conner Assembly plant. Chrysler announced in December 2011 that it would resurrect the Viper and reopen the Detroit plant after two years of not producing the vehicle. The automaker [...]
Source: George Hunter / The Detroit News Detroit — Victims of Michael Winans’ multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme sobbed in a federal courtroom Wednesday before a judge sentenced the defendant, a member of a prominent gospel music family, to almost 14 years in prison. Judge Sean Cox’s 165-month sentence exceeded the prosecutors’ recommendation of at least [...]
Source: Anielle Salisbury / The Detroit News Jackson — Linda Ackley went to Allegiance Health Friday morning thinking she had a hernia. By Friday night, she gave birth to a 10-pound baby. “Some people have nine months to prepare. I had (15) hours,” her husband, Mike, told the Jackson Citizen Patriot on Monday. Unaware of her [...]
Source: Robert Snell, George Hunter and Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News Detroit — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is headed to jail for the weekend after being charged with 14 counts of parole violation, and state officials are investigating whether he broke even more rules. Kilpatrick agreed to spend three days at the Detroit Reentry Center (formerly [...]
Source: Robert Snell / The Detroit News Detroit — Kwame Kilpatrick must wear an ankle tether, live under home confinement and is barred from traveling to Texas during the City Hall corruption trial, state officials decided Thursday after he failed to disclose a $2,000 gift from a Chicago pastor. The state is continuing to investigate and could [...]
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