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Deals of the Hour / September 5, 2010, 5:39 am

DOWNRIVER: Quick storm left hundreds without power (with video)

He said the worst damage was reported along Huron River Drive near the Rockwood-Flat Rock city ... She lives in the Cambridge Meadows subdivision in Brownstown Township, where a house in the 16300 block of Sunflower ... (Source: News-Herald 2010-09-04T15:01:06Z)

Year's First Human Cases of West Nile Virus Confirmed in Indy, Fort Wayne Areas

Two Hoosiers have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, the first human cases of the disease this year. The State Department of Health says it's confirmed cases in Marion and Allen Counties -- but the department says ... (Source: WIBC.com 2010-09-03T17:25:27Z)

Final Arguments in Lawsuit by Detroit School Board,

... Detroit school board against the state-appointed emergency financial manager. The Board of Education claims Robert Bobb illegally made ... morning before Wayne County Circuit Judge Wendy Baxter. The elected ... (Source: WNCT 2010-09-03T14:12:10Z)

Storm rocks Rockwood

... River Dr. resident was one of two injuries reported by the fast-moving windstorm that raked through the northern part of Monroe County and the Brownstown Township-Gibraltar ... areas for trees down, local ... (Source: Monroe Evening News 2010-09-04T08:20:14Z)

Fort Wayne's Blackmon commits to IU

James Blackmon Jr ... committed to Indiana University Thursday night. "It's real exciting. I'm only a freshman," he said while riding home from IU's season-opening football game where he told coach Tom Crean he would ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-09-03T20:38:43Z)

Warren Mayor Upset With White House

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts has issues with President Barack Obama. Fouts fired off a letter to the White House Friday after ... multibillion-dollar bailout of GM. Fouts said he encouraged General Motors to make the move ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-04T03:26:44Z)

Pastor killed in Spokane Valley remembered

... Spokane Valley pastor fatally shot by a police officer. The service at the Greenacres Baptist Church that 74-year-old Wayne Scott Creach founded ... Spokane County sheriff's Deputy Brian Hirzel, who is assigned ... (Source: Everett Herald 2010-08-31T13:18:28Z)

Ruling over academic control of DPS expected in another month

Detroit ... month before Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and the Board of Education know who has academic control over the state's largest school district. Wayne Circuit Judge Wendy Baxter gave lawyers for ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-04T04:59:48Z)

Storm Slams Southern Wayne County

Rockwood and Gibraltar ... of Brownstown Township were with their daughter in Ann Arbor lightning struck their home and started a fire. Dan told Local 4 how he found out about it. "We were coming down Huron River ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-09-02T22:27:17Z)

State reports year's 1st West Nile cases

Local and state health officials say Hoosiers must still protect ... Health reported the year's first two human cases of West Nile virus in the state — one each in Allen and Marion counties. In addition, (Source: TribTown.com 2010-09-04T11:47:49Z)

TinCaps split twinbill in South Bend

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The TinCaps ... but Jonathan Galvez hit a two-run blast in the top of the sixth to make it 3-2. A Freiman double in the seventh capped a two-run rally which inflated the lead to 5-2. Fort Wayne LHP ... (Source: OurSports Central 2010-09-04T03:41:03Z)

Congressman isn't laughing at spokesman's bin Laden joke

John Spratt, a Democrat, today denounced comments his campaign spokesman made, invoking the name of Osama bin Laden to make a point about conservative voters in the Fifth Congressional District. "Wayne Wingate does ... (Source: News-Democrat 2010-09-03T20:31:34Z)

Macomb Wayne Quick hit

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts sent a scathing letter to President Barack Obama on Friday in response to reports saying the White House quashed efforts by General Motors to move from Detroit to the GM Tech Center ... (Source: Detroit Free Press 2010-09-04T07:58:45Z)

TinCaps Split Friday's Doubleheader

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The TinCaps ... but Jonathan Galvez hit a two-run blast in the top of the sixth to make it 3-2. A Freiman double in the seventh capped a two-run rally which inflated the lead to 5-2. Fort Wayne LHP ... (Source: WANE-TV 2010-09-04T04:45:29Z)

Strongsville Council Member Named In Bribery Case

... Hinckley-based has been charged in a public corruption investigation with giving a $20,000 bribe to a suburban councilman. The bribe ... which usually signals a pending plea bargain. The coroner's office says ... (Source: WCPN 2010-09-03T20:38:43Z)

Developer charged in Ohio corruption investigation

... suburban councilman. The charge against 69-year-old David Terry of Hinckley was filed Friday as a criminal information, which usually signals a pending plea bargain ... identified only as a Strongsville city ... (Source: Burlington County Times 2010-09-04T23:50:48Z)

Spratt denounces spokesman's remark

John Spratt on Friday condemned a comment from his campaign spokesman that invoked the name of Osama bin Laden to make a point about Republicans in the 5th Congressional District. "Wayne Wingate ... The Free Times ... (Source: CharlotteObserver.com 2010-09-04T04:02:32Z)

IU-bound Blackmon Jr. happy with choice

James Blackmon Jr. dreamed of playing basketball ... I'm only a freshman," he said while riding home from IU's season-opening football game Thursday night, where he told coach Tom Crean he would play for the Hoosiers ... (Source: Indianapolis Star 2010-09-04T14:03:50Z)

Two human West Nile virus cases reported in Indiana

... Marion counties. In Southern Indiana, Scott and Washington counties have had mosquitoes test positive. The state Department of Health has urged Hoosiers ... residents have died of West Nile virus since 2002. (Source: Courier-Journal 2010-09-03T20:17:15Z)

Cleveland-area developer accused of giving councilman $20,000 bribe

... suburban councilman. The charge against 69-year-old David Terry of Hinckley was filed Friday as a criminal information, which usually signals a pending plea bargain ... identified only as a Strongsville city ... (Source: Cleveland News - Fox 8 2010-09-03T17:32:36Z)

Bobb, DPS board head back to court in school control lawsuit

Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and members of the Detroit Board of Education will be back ... Wayne Circuit Judge Wendy Baxter is expected to hear arguments from both sides in the case for control ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-03T15:09:26Z)

Deputy in Spokane Valley pastor shooting unavailable for detective interviews

The deputy who fatally shot a Spokane Valley pastor last ... family members of Pastor Wayne Scott Creach said they'd been told by detectives in charge of the investigation that Deputy Brian Hirzel was allowed by ... (Source: Tacoma News Tribune 2010-09-01T20:48:15Z)

TinCaps back home after split

After splitting a doubleheader in South Bend on Friday, the Fort Wayne TinCaps are ready to get back to Parkview ... the TinCaps trailed 2-1 until Jonathan Galvez connected for a two-run homer in the sixth inning. (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-09-04T08:05:55Z)

S.C. Rep. Spratt denounces Osama Bin Laden comment from spokesman

John Spratt today denounced comments his campaign spokesman made, invoking the name of Osama bin Laden to make a point about conservative voters in the Fifth Congressional District. "Wayne Wingate ... The Free Times (Source: Biloxi Sun Herald 2010-09-03T18:01:14Z)

IU recruit tries to focus on freshman year - of high school

Bishop Luers freshman James Blackmon Jr. has the target now ... The younger Blackmon said he committed to IU because of his relationship with coach Tom Crean, because Crean had enough confidence in him to offer a ... (Source: News-Sentinel 2010-09-04T14:53:56Z)

Ex-local deputy involved in fatal shooting probe

Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Hirzel shot and killed Greenacres Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Scott Creach, 74, after a confrontation last Wednesday night in the parking lot of Creach's Spokane Valley nursery ... (Source: Coeur d'Alene Press 2010-09-01T00:59:59Z)

Rattner's memoir opens curtain on auto bailouts

Washington -- The Obama administration vetoed attempts by General Motors to abandon its Detroit headquarters ... and in keeping GM in Detroit, the book discloses the White House initially planned for a $100 billion ... (Source: Detroit News 2010-09-04T00:49:16Z)

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