Detroit faces state takeover as emergency manager powers loom
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder moves to review Detroit finances with potential emergency manager. The appointed official could privatize utilities and services, cut mayor and council pay, and even sell city assets. Mayor Bing disputes the move while unions shift to cooperation as takeover possibilities rise.
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Detroit
Michigan
Rick Snyder
Michael LaFaive
Mackinac Center For Public Policy
Belle Isle
Island Park
LaFaive
Lansing
Andy Dillon
al Garrett
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council
Dave Bing
Oakland University
Auburn Hills
Mich
Activists sue to free Lolita the captive killer whale
In Seattle federal court activists led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claim Lolita at Miami Seaquarium suffers under Endangered Species Act rules. They seek her release with supporters offering up to 1 million dollars.
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Seattle
Northwest
Washington State
Lolita
Puget Sound
Miami Seaquarium
Karen Munro
Olympia Wash
Animal Legal Defense Fund
People For the Ethical Treatment
Fisheries Service
Monica Allen
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Washington
British Columbia
Former sheriff charged in meth for sex case
Patrick Sullivan Jr., 68, a former Arapahoe County sheriff once named sheriff of the year, faces felony charges of distribution and possession of meth and a misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution after a sting. He allegedly offered meth for sex. additional charges include attempting to influence a public servant. He is held on $500,000 bond in a Sullivan-named detention facility.
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Denver
Colorado
Patrick Sullivan Jr
Arapahoe County
Grayson Robinson
Patrick J. Sullivan Jr
Sullivan
Sheriff's
Conn man famed by son’s quirky obituary goes viral
Robert Spiegel, 77, an English professor at Central Connecticut State University, died in Berlin Connecticut after dementia and heart disease. His son’s obituary celebrating his love of Russian literature the New York Mets ethnic cooking and beagles spread on social media drawing strangers who wish they had known him.
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Hartford
Conn
Robert Spiegel
New York Mets
Central Connecticut State University
Spiegel
Berlin
New York City
Connecticut
Kevin Lynch
Central Connecticut
Brooklyn
Central Connecticut State
Ursula
Washington Square Arch
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Pennsylvania
Tom Corbett
Harrisburg
Hugh Carey
Herrick Jewelry
West College Street
Oberlin
Abe
Ohio
Cary
Ially
AP File
Marcia Hinton
Miami
P. Solomon Banda
The
Associated Press
Man
Son
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