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Woodward Light Rail faces tough questions
On the other hand, Owens said, if the train runs in a center lane on Woodward, it wouldn't be blocked by traffic and would thus be more reliable. Another concern is how the light rail train would affect bicyclists. “By law, bicycles are supposed to
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:07A
One man taken to Harborview following crash on Bellevue Way | UPDATE
One man was taken to Harborview Medical Center after a car crash on Bellevue Way, near the ramps for Interstate 90. Northbound Bellevue Way Southeast is closed near the South Bellevue Park and Ride, and only one lane is open heading south, police say.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:07A
Casino mogul Barden's sister sues estranged wife over funeral
Jacqueline Barden Barker said that Marshall contacted Inkster's Penn Funeral Home and demanded that Barden's body be moved after he died last week, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court. Marshall was married to the cable
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
High court to Calif: Cut prison inmate population by 30000
They remain uncorrected," Justice Anthony Kennedy, a California native, wrote for the court. The lawsuit challenging the adequacy of mental health care was filed in 1990. To emphasize the conditions, Kennedy took the unusual step of including photos of
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
Cape Girardeau police report 5/24/11
* Cody W. Brashear, 20, of Scott City was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. * Ashley N. Windeknecht, 26, 119 N. Henderson Ave., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
Vote fails, so hummus brand to stay at DePaul
The plan, placed on the ballot by DePaul's Student Government Association at the request of Students for Justice in Palestine, received 1127 votes Friday — short of the needed 1500. The group claimed Sabra's majority owner, the Strauss Group,
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
NASCAR inducts second class
Bobby Allison was nearly killed in a 1987 accident that permanently erased chunks of his memory. His son Clifford was killed in an accident at Michigan, and son Davey died 11 months to the day later in a helicopter crash at Talladega.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
New Views of Capitalism
One of the first, by Umair Haque, director of the London-based Havas Media Lab and head of strategy lab Bubblegeneration, is The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business, which combines a severe critique of traditional (or
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
Elizabeth Warren, CFPB: The Extended 2011 IA 25 Profile
Warren is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (currently on leave) where she taught contract law, bankruptcy and commercial law. As the chief architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), she has faced both praise
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A
Chrysler CEO to turn page on 'painful chapter'
Marchionne, who also is CEO of Chrysler's partner, Fiat SpA, was all smiles as he noted the US government is getting $5.9 billion in loan and interest payments less than two years after the bailout — beating the three years it took a failing Chrysler
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:05A