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.
A new witness who claims to have been a stripper at the long-rumored but never confirmed Manoogian mansion party that allegedly ended with the death of Tamara Greene has a history of delusions, according to court documents filed in an unrelated case. The Detroit News reports:
A surprise witness who said the Manoogian Mansion party was real has a closed-head injury and told a psychiatrist in 2007 that “three demons are trying to get me,” court documents reveal.
The stripper, Tamika Ruffin, 37, has gained prominence since Sunday, when it was revealed she testified that she attended the infamous Manoogian Mansion party and saw then first lady Carlita Kilpatrick assault stripper Tamara “Strawberry” Greene…
Mercier said Ruffin, “talked about starting to have visions, becoming psychic. She went on to say there are ‘three demons trying to get me.’ She talked about how she believes demons have gotten into her and the need for exorcism.”
Ruffin told the doctor that she had been studying the Bible and was seeing “visions from the Lord,” according to the report. Ruffin told Mercier, “lots of people from head injuries go psychic.”
Like a previous witness who gave an affidavit saying he was at the alleged party working as security, Ruffin has now gone missing. If she does not come to court to testify and be cross-examined, her testimony in a deposition is likely to be thrown out of court.
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