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This Will Be The Largest Cross In The World

Posted 05.15.2012

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The "God-given vision" started out simply enough: build a 7-foot-tall cross on a mountain and invite people to meditate there with the Creator. Now, 2...

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High School Band Makes Olympic Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 04.19.2012

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Student musicians of Detroit's Martin Luther King, Jr. High School band who are hoping to perform during this summer's Olympics in London have attrac...

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Is This The Funniest Newspaper Correction Ever?

Posted 04.11.2012

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Ben Yagoda, author of "About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made," made a comical error in a New York Times article about commas earlier this w...

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Congressman Hansen Clarke Offers Student Debt Relief Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.11.2012

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On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.) joined students from a classroom in Detroit to discuss his plan to ease student loan debt. Taking advant...

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Faith Inspires: The Ignatian Spirituality Project

Posted 04.10.2012

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Editor's note: Every week, HuffPost Religion shines a spotlight on religious people doing good work in their communities. If you would like to recomme...

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Bill Would Prohibit Glaucoma Patients From Using Medical Marijuana

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.29.2012

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The sponsor of a state Senate bill in Michigan is looking to outlaw the use of medical marijuana by glaucoma patients. In 2008, voters passed the ...

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Accused Nazi Guard John Demjanjuk Dies At 91

Posted 03.26.2012

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By John Caniglia Religion News Service CLEVELAND (RNS) Former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk died Saturday (March 17) in Germany, ending nearly 35...

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Local Theater Celebrates 79th Anniversary Of Detroit's Diego Rivera Murals

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.20.2012

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For generations, Mexican artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals have held powerful sway over the imaginations of visitors to the Detroit Instit...

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The Washington Post Should Probably Alert Readers To Changing Terrible Light Bulb Math

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2012

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Washington Post staff writer Peter Whoriskey did his level-best last week to ridicule the Department of Energy for bestowing it's "L Prize" -- a "cont...

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Mitt Romney Beats Rick Santorum In Michigan Delegate Race: 16-14

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 03.01.2012

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A Michigan Republican committee voted Thursday to award 16 of the state's 30 nominating delegates to the Republican National Convention to Mitt Romney...

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Life In a Box

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.30.2012

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Americans were once riveted by the horrific news of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Today, I believe there is another atrocity taking place inside our own American prison system.

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Anonymous Hackers Strike 'Sinister Conniving Alliance'

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.07.2012

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After high-profile takeovers of recording industry and Justice Department websites last month, hackers affiliated with the Anonymous movement had a ne...

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EXCLUSIVE: Retired Correctional Officer Not Surprised By Death Of Bedsore-Riddled Prisoner

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.17.2012

ALBION, Pa. -- A former correctional officer from the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution in Albion said he is not surprised by the recent dea...

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Bedsore-Riddled Rapist's Prison Death Should Be Probed As 'Criminal Wrong,' Lawyer Says

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.15.2012

ERIE, Pa. -- A former federal prosecutor has asked for a criminal investigation into the death of Dennis Austin, a Pennsylvania prison inmate with gro...

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Jon Hunstman Joins Ford Board

HuffingtonPost.com | David Kiley | Posted 02.09.2012

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Ford Motor Co. today made several big-name executive and boardroom announcements, including the appointment of a recent Republican presidential candid...

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Detroit Shuts 9 Schools, Converts 4 To Charters, To Trim Deficit

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 02.09.2012

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Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced a big shake-up in the district Wednesday, closing nine schools next year and converting...

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Parents Upset Over Bilingual School's Closure

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 02.04.2012

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This story has been corrected and updated. Several days before Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts is set to officially announce d...

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Marathon Petroleum Home Buyouts Mixed Blessing For Residents Of Polluted Neighborhood

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.02.2012

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It seems that residents in Detroit's Oakwood Heights neighborhood are overwhelmingly taking up Marathon Petroleum Company on the offer to purchase, an...

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Eviction Defense For Couple Foreclosed On After 22 Years In Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.31.2012

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After more than 20 years living in the northwest Detroit home where they raised six children, William and Bertha Garrett are facing eviction after the...

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'Without The Arab Spring There Would Be No Occupy Movement': Occupy Detroit Marches For Egyptian Revolution

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.26.2012

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On the anniversary of 2011's Egyptian revolution, community groups will join members of Occupy Detroit to stand in solidarity with the Egyptian people...

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Code For America: Using Technology For City Good

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.19.2012

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In February, Detroit will welcome three visitors who will spend an entire year developing web-based solutions to confront city issues head on -- not f...

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Opposition To Emergency Managers Builds, Repeal Petition Nearing Signature Goal

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 01.13.2012

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About 30 citizens ventured out Thursday evening in the drizzling rain to Detroit's Grand Circus Park to march in protest of Michigan's emergency manag...

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Dan Gilbert's Detroit Real Estate Deals Mark Ambitious Development Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 01.06.2012

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Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert spent 2011 buying up Detroit skyscrapers, brownstones and parking lots to add to his portfolio of downt...

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Arab Women, Rihanna And Male-Chauvinistic Religions

Myisha Cherry | Posted 02.28.2012

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If women and their bodies are not seen as subjects that are worthy of respect and protection validated by God, then abuse and violence of women can be considered justified. The Hebrew Bible suggests that God at one time ordained them.

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Traveling Magazine Sets Anchor In Detroit

Posted 11.29.2011

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The nomadic creative publication Boat magazine recently released its second issue -- with Detroit as theme and temporary home base. The magazine is...

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