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Michigan Man Decorates Homes For Seniors, Single Parents For Holidays

dearborn.patch.com | Posted 02.21.2012

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Like many Dearborn residents this holiday season, Will Klieber has decorated his home with outdoor Christmas lights and displays. The difference wi...

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Boycott Lowe's? Controversial Decision On TV Ads Brings Backlash

AP | By CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 02.11.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Lowe's Home Improvement has found itself facing a backlash after the retail giant pulled ads from a reality show about American Muslims...

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First Time In Detroit: Alternative Arab Films

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Weekend Arts, Video, Arab Spring, Detroit Around Town, Arab Film Festival, Arab Film, Arteeast, Arab Film Festival 2011, Dearborn, Arab American National Museum, Detroit News

From Lebanon to Tunisia, from soccer players to amateur filmmakers, the 2011 Arab Film Festival will bring a multitude of voices from across the Middl...

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WATCH: 'All-American Muslim' Shines Spotlight On Dearborn

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Dearborn-Michigan, Video, All American Muslim, Tlc, Fouad Zaban, Muslims, Muslim Show, Dearborn, Muslim, Detroit News

A new TLC reality show will put Dearborn in the spotlight. On "All-America Muslim," a range of characters will offer a look at how Islam affects t...

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Dearborn, MI: Losing Ground - Veterans Groups Face Dwindling Membership

dearborn.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

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"It’s a problem that is happening all over the country. It's not just us."...

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Bro, Go Retro At These 7 Drive-In Theaters

The Huffington Post | Alison Lowenstein | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Baltimore, Drive-in-Theaters, New Jersey, Wellfleet, Retro Theater, US Destinations, Vineland, Oklahoma, United States, Dearborn, Massachusetts, Michigan, Destinations, New York, Maryland, Travel News

Long gone are the days of watching movies at a drive-in or listening to films via portable radio. Or are they? In a world of Netflix and multiplexes, ...

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Mob Rushes Terry Jones At Arab Festival In Dearborn

Dearborn, MI Patch | Jessica Carreras and David Uberti | Email the Authors | 5:26pm | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Dearborn Muslims, Islamophobia, Muslim Americans, Terry Jones Attacked, Terry Jones Protest, Quran Burner, Dearborn, Religion News

Florida Pastor Terry Jones' day of demonstration in Dearborn was cut short after a mob rushed him on his way to the Arab International Festival Friday...

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Quran-Burning Pastor's Jailing Raises First Amendment Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.23.2011

Read More: Aclu, Koran, Terry Jones, First Amendment, Wayne Sapp, Free Speech, Protests, Sharia Law, Dearborn, Constitution, Koran Burning, Michigan, Florida Pastor, Sharia, Religion News

This story was reported in collaboration with Jessica Carreras from Dearborn's Patch.com. Last month, the pastor of a tiny church in Florida dresse...

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Koran-Burning Preacher Briefly Jailed

Reuters | Bernie Woodall | Posted 06.22.2011

April 23, 2011 2:01:48 AM By Bernie Woodall DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - A militant Christian preacher was jailed briefly Friday after a Mich...

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Sharron Angle: Muslim Law Taking Hold In Parts Of U.S.

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters that the country needs to address a "militant terrorist situation" th...

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Does Free Speech Mean Free to Offend?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dearborn-Michigan, Women's Rights, Islam, Hecklers, First Amendment, Bill of Rights, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Women's Issues, Women in Islam, Middle East Politics, Radical Islam, Restraining Order, Islamic Extremists, Canada, Dearborn, Muslim Students, Arab International Festival, Freedom of Speech, New Black Panther Party, Voltaire, Middle East, American History, Sexual Harassment, Genocide, Western Values, First Amendment Rights, Dearborn Michigan, Harrassment, Islamists, Religion News

Obviously life is full of offense. We can't legislate good taste or make everything that offends everyone illegal. Freedom of speech entails the freedom to offend. But that doesn't mean we have to offend.

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Ford Posts $1B Profit In Third Quarter, Forecasts A "Solidly Profitable" 2011

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DEARBORN, Mich. — One of the troubled Detroit Three automakers, Ford, is making money again and looking for better times in no more than two yea...

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Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Leader Of Radical Islam Group, Killed In Raid

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested several members of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S., killing one of its leaders at a ...

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Twin Towers T-Shirt Furor: Shirt Referencing 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks Gets Dearborn Students In Trouble

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DEARBORN, Mich. — At least nine Detroit area high school juniors are in trouble for wearing sweat shirts bearing a design that evokes the terror...

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2 Killed In Henry Ford Community College Shooting

AP | DAVID RUNK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DEARBORN, Mich. — A student fatally shot a female classmate before turning the gun on himself Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted...

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AIG v. Detroit - Renegotiating Contracts

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Boeing, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Barney Frank, Cars, Job Bank, Harvard, Aig, Wwwtalkradioonecom, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Fiat, Sema, Bob Nardelli, Allstate, Tarp, Elijah Cummings, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Dearborn, Washington DC, Ford Motor Co, Las Vegas, Detroit Automakers, Chrysler, Chrysler Jeep, Wharton, Ron Gettelfinger, Yale University, Ford Mustang, Uaw, Edward Liddy, Business News

Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'

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Los Angeles Auto Show - It's a wrap!

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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How anxious are the Detroit Three carmakers to make sales? My wife and I were at the Los Angeles Auto Show last night, "Black Friday," at the Los Ang...

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Detroit's Day of Reckoning (with Thanks to David Halberstam)

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chapter 11, Peter Morici, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, David Halberstam, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford, Robert Lutz, Nissan, Robert Nardelli, US Senate, Detroit, Richard Shelby, President Bush, Masters of the Universe, Northwest Airlines, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Alan Mulally, Pebble Beach, Detroit Three, Washington DC, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tokyo Motor Show, Ron Gettelfinger, Code Pink, Harry Reid, Republicans, Dearborn, Business News

This week's bailout hearing signaled what looks like the ultimate day of reckoning for this country's once-great and world-dominating car making industry. All Americans are tired of the excuses.

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