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A Detroit police crime scene technician working in October near Henry Ford High School, after a shooting in Detroit.

Detroit revises homicide numbers after News report

Detroit --Detroit Police announced today it has reclassified the number of homicides for 2008 as 375, 36 more than previously reported. One month after The Detroit News reported the department systematically undercounts homicides, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing today said the statistics "called for a reconciliation of data to determine an accurate number of homicides" in the city. - 7:22 pm

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Sole suspect in shooting of teens at bus stop released

Detroit --A lack of evidence is forcing the release tonight of the sole suspect in custody for Tuesday's shooting of seven youths near Cody Ninth Grade Academy, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy. - 6:42 pm

I-75 reopens near Rosa Parks

Detroit --A 1-mile shuttered stretch of Interstate 75 in downtown Detroit reopened today to traffic five months ahead of schedule. - 6:42 pm

Granholm signs laws to help keep auto show at Cobo

Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation aimed at keeping the North American International Auto Show in Michigan beyond 2010, preferably at its current home in Detroit's Cobo Center. - 6:42 pm

Grand Blanc soldier sworn in as attorney while stationed in Iraq

Maj. MIles Gengler of Grand Blanc is sworn into the Michigan Bar via video hookup from Iraq.

Lansing -- U.S. Army Major Miles Gengler was sworn in as a Michigan attorney today -- from 6,300 miles away in the Green Zone in Baghdad. - 7:12 pm

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