A Detroit businessman has been selected by President Bush to serve on a six-member group charged with raising over $350 million for a National Museum of African American History and Culture to be built on the mall in Washington D.C. as part of the Smithsonian Institution: ” … The museum will offer Americans that total […]
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 […]