Flint Michigan

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities For Women

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 04.27.2012

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In only the first four months of 2012, almost 300 rapes and four serial rapists have been reported in Detroit, and a 2011 survey found 37 percent of w...

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WATCH: Boy Accused Of Running Deadly Dog Fighting Ring (Graphic)

Posted 04.16.2012

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Genesee County Sheriff's Department officers in Flint, Mich., raided a suspected dog fighting ring and rescued several dogs, including two puppies. ...

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Charting the Course for Lasting Solvency

Michael K. Brown | Posted 05.16.2012

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Michael K. Brown

Emergency managers have the ability to make policy changes that are not necessarily politically popular, but are considered to be in the best interest of the city and its residents.

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Can A 19-Page Plan Save A City?

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.18.2012

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In his first seven weeks as Flint's emergency manager, Michael Brown has had the chance to make some controversial decisions. Now, he's revealed his p...

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Holy Tattoo: Flint Church Offers Permanent Prayer

Posted 01.07.2012

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Crucifixes, lines of scripture and other religious iconography have long been subjects for tattoo artists, even as some traditions have frowned on the...

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75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy

Michael Moore | Posted 02.29.2012

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On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.

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Flint EM Relaxes Grip On Elected Officials

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 12.21.2011

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Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown has decided to restore limited responsibilities and salaries to the city's mayor and city council, the Flint Jo...

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WATCH: Michigan Woman Paints The N-Word On Her Home

abc12.com | Posted 12.13.2011

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Home robbery is enough to upset anyone. But while some people may call the police after such an incident, a Michigan woman decided to do something tot...

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Things That Wouldn't Go Bad Quickly

Erika Jost | Posted 01.21.2012

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Erika Jost

The narrow aisles of Witherbee's, the self-proclaimed first downtown Flint grocery store in over 30 years, faltered under the strain of the shoppers who had descended like vultures upon its discounted corpse.

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GM Now Selling More Cars In China Than U.S.

AP | TOM KRISHER and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — General Motors Co. sold more cars and trucks in China last year than it did in the U.S., for the first time in the company's 102-year ...

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Richfield Bowl Gives Free Bowling To Kids In Struggling Michigan Community

Posted 05.25.2011

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In Flint, Mich., a community with high unemployment and poverty rates, a local bowling alley decided to give struggling families a break this summer b...

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Serial Stabber Elias Abuelazam ARRESTED At Atlanta Airport As He Tried To Flee To Israel

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Elias Abuelazam was about to board a plane for Israel when police arrested him in connection with a three-month stabbing spree that le...

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Victims Of Reportedly White, Knife-Wielding Serial Killer Overwhelmingly Black

AP | DAVID N. GOODMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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FLINT, Mich. — Investigators say a knife-wielding serial killer has been attacking men on Flint-area streets since May, killing five people and ...

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Homeless Man Loses Legs To Frostbite, Contemplates Future

Flint Journal | Laura Angus | Posted 05.25.2011

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FLINT, Michigan -- Here is what Stephen Frye knows: He lost both of his legs and one of his arms to frostbite last month. But the 47-year-old homeles...

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77-Year-Old Man Beats Up Mugger With 2-Liter Bottle Of Pepsi

Posted 05.25.2011

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Pepsi may have received some unintentional branding boost last week when a Flint, Michigan man used a soda bottle to ward off an attacker. Pat Gillesp...

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US Cities May Have To Be Bulldozed In Order To Survive

Telegraph | Tom Leonard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning t...

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GM Workers Struggle To Hold On To Jobs

nytimes.com | BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since 2006, G.M. has persuaded 60,000 of its hourly employees -- half of its union work force in the United States -- to take cash buyouts and give up...

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GM To Temporarily Shut 13 Plants, Cut Production

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — General Motors ' decision to shut down 13 assembly plants for up to 11 weeks this summer will disrupt far more than the lives of nearl...

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