I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
While many people were watching NCAA Final Four action on their televisions, a group of Detroit area residents were busying preparing for a giant fight– a pillow fight that is.
But Detroit Police showed up at Campus Martius Park and ended the fight before it even began, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press. Cops confiscated an unknown number of pillows from event goers.
The event was organized online by the website Detroit Pillow Fight.
Detroit Police spokesperson James Tate had this to say about the pillow fight:
“We don’t have a problem with consenting adults hitting each other with pillows, but the issue becomes cleanup.”
Tate also said with the Final Four game going on at Ford Field, police resources would be spread too thin by having to police both events.
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