From the Ann Arbor News police beat: “Scuffle with robber leaves man injured A 21-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and other injuries after he refused to give money to a robber during an attack in downtown Ann Arbor Wednesday night, city police reported. The Hartland Township resident said he parked on Washington Street and […]
United Students Against Sweatshops has started an e-mail campaign in support of the striking Border’s workers.
“Take off your riot gear, there ain’t no riot here.” What really happened in Miami last week? Aside from the brutal repression of protesters with over $8 million in taxpayer dollars, what happened inside the meeting was more important: FTAA, as envisioned by the Bush administration, failed. “… And yet, despite the Bush brothers’ best […]
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No week would be complete without a few break-ins: “200 block of South Fifth Avenue, 12:28 p.m. Monday. Lock on door manipulated to gain entry; laptop computer valued at $2,000 taken. 800 block of Arch Street, 12:11 p.m. Monday. Front door forced open; CDs, CD holder, DVDs and wine taken. Total value: $1,610. 1300 block […]
Yet another person has been hit on Ann Arbor streets recently, this time an unidentified 23-year-old who has been hospitalized after a hit-and-run accident on Packard Ave. near East University, according to the Ann Arbor News. Like Plymouth Road, this is another area of town where the interests of cars have trumped the interests of […]
“… Gov. Jennifer Granholm symbolically cut her own salary in order to ease Michigan’s own financial troubles, showing that if you’re going to cut corners to fit budget constraints, you obviously cut the biggest ones first. And, President Coleman, I do believe that what is good enough the Michigan state government is good enough for […]