July 2009
Stories About UDM
Christine Ferretti and Tanveer Ali, The Detroit News, 07-04-2009
Not long ago, the pit bull living across the street from Diane Ross made her afraid to go outside. The 50-year-old Waterford Township resident said the dog charged at her three times this spring and was "terrorizing" her neighborhood. She was worried for the safety of her 2 1/2 -year-old grandson and tiny bichon frise. But thanks to her township's enforcement of a decades-old ban against the breed, she said she no longer has a reason for concern: A district court judge last month ordered that the dog, which lunged at her and bit others, be destroyed.
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Jeff Sanford, Jackson County Legal News, 07-06-2009
For many of our nation's veterans, returning home doesn't mark the end of their fighting. Instead, many are forced to battle the VA's exhausting tangle of bureaucratic red tape simply in order to receive their well-deserved benefits.
Read moreSarah Crone, Kalamazoo Gazette, 07-09-2009
Ten Michigan nonprofit arts agencies will split up $400,000 in grants from the federal stimulus package. The grants from the National Endowment for the Arts are designed to save jobs during the recession. Grants of $50,000 each are headed to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, the Flint Institute of Arts, the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan State University's folk and traditional arts program, the Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit and the University of Detroit Mercy's design program.
Read moreVictoria Sun, USA Today, 07-24-2009
Whenever college coaches call Ray McCallum and Ernie Zeigler to recruit their sons, the situation gets a little interesting. McCallum is the head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy and Zeigler the head coach at Central Michigan. Their sons, Ray McCallum Jr. and Trey Zeigler, are best friends, teammates on Team Detroit's travel ball squad and being recruited by some of the top programs in the nation.
Read moreMike DeCourcy, SportingNews.com, 07-25-2009
Because McCallum's decision essentially comes down to this: He can select a school where all his games will be on national television, where more than 15,000 people may attend home games, where the players travel by jet and stay in four-star hotels, where the locker rooms and players' lounges resemble luxury condos, where even the walk-ons can become celebrities. Or he can play for his dad.
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George Hunter and David Josar, The Detroit News, 07-07-2009
The ex-sheriff rode into town Monday, vowing a crackdown on crime and vowing to make the city safer for its residents. Warren Evans, who stepped down as Wayne County sheriff Monday, made several promises as he became Detroit's police chief, including improving response time, steering the department toward compliance in a federal consent decree and employing data to target violent offenders.
Read moreJonathan Oosting, Michigan Live, 07-16-2009
Is Sam Riddle a skillful extortionist or a savvy lobbyist? The U.S. Attorney's Office made its position clear yesterday when it indicted Riddle on several counts, including conspiracy to commit extortion. But Riddle has consistently defended his position, saying he doesn't believe he crossed the line, legally speaking.
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Joe Slezak, Michigan Live, 07-04-2009
Pioneer High School's Nathan Meyer scored fewer goals in his senior lacrosse season than his team-high 70 as a junior, but coach Darren Millman said that Meyer's all-around offensive game from his attack position was even better this year.
Read moreJim Evans, Daily Tribune, 07-19-2009
While it's not true that Colin Quinn came out of the womb doing a head-first slide clutching a lineup card, he certainly seemed destined to both play baseball and coach the sport he loves.
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