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Posted on July 18, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Last time I wrote on this page, it was with unbridled cautious optimism for Trent Edwards and the 2008 Buffalo Bills . Was I wrong?

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I-75 Bridge in Hazel Park, Michigan, Collapses: Tanker Explosion

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Over the I-75 a Bridge at Nine Mile Road in Hazel Park, Michigan was the site of a major explosion today and it has collapsed as a tanker explosion caused the bridge to fall on to the freeway. Fire crews are on the… read more

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Texting Teen Falls Down NYC Manhole; Will Sue City?

Posted on July 14, 2009 by | Leave a comment

“A teen in New York City fell down a manhole while she was sending a text message on her cell phone. Alexa Longueira was about to send a text t a friend when she fell down the open manhole on Staten Island, she told local reporters

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Obama Plans New Funds for Community Colleges

Posted on July 14, 2009 by | Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to head to hard-hit Michigan on Tuesday afternoon to announce a $12 billion infusion for the nation’s community college system, part of his efforts to ease the considerable pain of the still-sagging economy. In a conference call with reporters Monday, education officials said $2.5 billion of the new funds would go toward new community college facilities, with the rest going to an assortment of grants designed to boost graduation rates and encourage the teaching of skills that will better prepare students for jobs in a changing economy that is increasingly demanding a more highly educated workforce.

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2 convicted killers escape from maximum-security Indiana prison

Posted on July 13, 2009 by | Leave a comment

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday for two convicted killers and a third man who escaped the maximum-security Indiana State Prison, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes

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Mexican police and soliders murdered by drug gangs

Posted on July 11, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Coordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers and injured 18 police officers Saturday in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs. The capture of Arnoldo Rueda Medina a member of La Familia gang set off the attacks. The gang targeted the police station where Medina and a 17 year old who worked for him were held

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Sprint, Verizon to Include Wi-Fi in all Future Phones

Posted on July 11, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Telecom carriers Sprint and Verizon have said they will ensure all key cellphones from the two companies in the future will have Wi-Fi capability, a feature that has been missing in many of its recent devices. Sprint will “embrace” Wi-Fi in all its “major devices”, Jeff Clemow, director of business product marketing for Sprint told Fierce Wireless. The feature is a requirement for all of Sprint’s equipment suppliers now, says Clemow.

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Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm

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The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.” The worm is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at predators, and live in burrows 15 feet deep. There have been only a handful of sightings.

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The fatter you are, the more likely you’ll get swine flu

Posted on July 11, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity’s role in why some people with infections become seriously ill. A high proportion of those who have gotten severely ill from swine flu have been obese or extremely obese, but health officials have said that might be due to the fact that heavy people tend to have asthma and other conditions that make them more susceptible

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