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Lansing
Mayor
Enters
Race for
Governor

Lansing
Mayor
Virg
Bernero
with
wife
Teri on
right
announced
today he
is
running
for
governor
during a
news
conference
today at
Detroit
Chassis.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
From the
plant
floor of
Detroit
Chassis,
Lansing
Mayor
Virg
Bernero
officially
announced
plans to
seek the
Democratic
nomination
for
Governor
of
Michigan.
Bernero
began a
three
city
campaign
tour
Monday
morning
in
Detroit
surrounded
by
family
and UAW
workers
before
heading
off to
Grand
Rapids
and
Lansing.
“Citizens
across
the
state
want a
different
kind of
leadership
at the
state
Capitol”
Bernero
said.
“Our
state
politicians
spend
far too
much of
our time
on
partisan
politics,
playing
the
blame
game
instead
of
focusing
on long
term
solutions.”
As
Governor
Bernero
says he
will
immediately
do
things
that aim
directly
at
getting
citizens
back on
their
feet.
“First,
we will
demand
that the
legislature
get off
the dime
and pass
a
two-year
moratorium
on
mortgage
foreclosures.
Second
we will
use
every
bit of
leverage
available
to us to
at he
state
and
federal
levels
to force
credit
card
companies
to stop
charging
outrageous
interest
rates.”
And
third
“We will
lead the
restructuring
of
Michigan’s
tax code
to make
our
state a
magnet
for new
investment
and job
creation.”
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Feds:
Detroit
consultant
was
'political
pimp'
DETROIT
(AP) --
A
consultant
charged
with
conspiring
to shake
down
businesses
for
bribes
was a
"political
pimp"
who put
Detroit
up for
sale in
exchange
for
favors
from his
ally,
then-councilwoman
Monica
Conyers,
a
prosecutor
told
jurors
Monday.
The
government
summed
up its
case
against
Sam
Riddle
in the
first
trial
resulting
from an
investigation
of
corruption
at city
hall.
Riddle
is
accused
of
working
with
Conyers,
the wife
of U.S.
Rep.
John
Conyers,
D-Mich.,
to
collect
cash
from
people
with
business
at the
city
council
or
Detroit's
pension
board in
2006 and
2007.
Assistant
U.S.
Attorney
David
Gardey
said
Conyers
was
"drowning"
in
corruption
and
Riddle,
who was
her top
aide,
was a
"bagman."
During
seven
days of
testimony,
the jury
heard
secretly
taped
phone
calls of
Riddle,
Conyers
and
people
who were
described
as
targets
of their
bribery
scheme.
The most
notable
deal: a
sludge-recycling
contract
awarded
to a
Houston
company
in 2007
after
Conyers
was paid
off to
drop her
opposition.
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Riddle
jury
goes
home
without
verdict
on 1st
day
DETROIT
(AP) --
A
Detroit
jury has
gone
home
without
reaching
a
verdict
during
its
first
afternoon
of
deliberations
in the
corruption
trial of
political
consultant
Sam
Riddle.
Jurors
heard
closing
arguments
Monday
at the
federal
courthouse
in
Detroit.
They ate
lunch,
picked a
leader
and
deliberated
a few
hours.
They'll
return
Tuesday.
Riddle
is
accused
of
conspiring
with
Monica
Conyers
when she
was a
Detroit
City
Council
member
to
collect
bribes
from
people
with
business
at city
hall or
Detroit's
pension
board in
2006 and
2007.
Conyers,
the wife
of
Detroit
congressman
John
Conyers,
pleaded
guilty
last
summer
to
conspiracy.
She
faces up
to five
years in
prison
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Missing
Teen:
DETROIT
-
Diamond
Moses,
B/F/15,
DOB:
05-11-94,
and her
mother
had an
verbal
disagreement.
She was
last
seen by
her
mother
at 3:00
a.m. on
02/08/10
at her
home
located
in the
7400
block of
Erbie
St.
Diamond
is
5'-5",
weighs
199 lbs,
has
medium
black
hair,
medium
skin
tone,
and
brown
eyes.
She was
last
seen
wearing
a white
Tee-shirt,
green
sweat
pant,
black
Pea-coat.
Diamond
has a
scar on
the
inside
of her
left
forearm
and may
be
wearing
glasses.
Diamond
has good
physical
and
mental
conditions.
Ms.
Marsha
Moses
(Mother)
will
speak to
media.
She can
be
contacted
at (313)
332-2479.
If
anyone
has seen
Diamond,
please
call the
Detroit
Police
at (313)
596-5500
or
596-5540.
Now you
can
anonymously
text
crime
tip
information
to
Detroit
Police
at
847411
(TIP411).
All tips
must
begin
with the
letters
"DPD"
followed
by the
tip
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FORD
CELEBRATES
BLACK
HISTORY
MONTH
WITH
CNN'S
SOLEDAD
O'BRIEN
AND
SYNDICATED
RADIO
PERSONALITY
TOM
JOYNER.
Soledad
O'Brien
will
lead a
lively
panel
discussion
with
syndicated
radio
personality
Tom
Joyner,
ESSENCE
Magazine's
Angela
Burt-Murray,
TV One's
Jonathan
Rodgers
and
director/writer
David
Wilson.
Their
topic:
Voices
of
Communication:
Shaping
the
Story of
Black
America.
Ford
Motor
Company
employees
and the
general
public
are
invited
to
attend
the 29th
Annual
Black
History
Month
Celebration
sponsored
by the
Ford-employees
African-Ancestry
Network
(FAAN).
FAAN is
honoring
WDIV-TV
Anchor
Rhonda
Walker
with the
Community
Service
Award,
and
State
Senator
Martha
Scott
with the
Heritage
Award
for
their
contributions
to the
Metro
Detroit
community.
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Industry's
First
Intelligent
Mobile
Hotspot
Honored
as Best
Enabling
Technology
at CES
2010
SAN
DIEGO,
CA --
Novatel
Wireless
(Nasdaq:
NVTL), a
leading
provider
of
wireless
broadband
solutions,
is
pleased
to
announce
that its
MiFi(TM)
Intelligent
Mobile
Hotspot
has been
named
the
"Best of
Innovations"
award
winner
in the
"Enabling
Technologies"
category
at the
International
Consumer
Electronics
Show
(CES)
2010 in
Las
Vegas
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Top 2010
Marketing
Strategies
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det)
- Small
business
owners
can now
compete
with big
business
by
infusing
technology
into
their
marketing
campaigns.
The
Internet
has
brought
large
and
small
companies
to a
leveled
playing
field,
especially
when it
comes to
using
marketing
strategies
that
reach
customers
anywhere
and
anytime.
Marketing
is
everything
you do
to place
your
product
or
service
in the
hands of
potential
customers.
In 2010
entrepreneurs
will be
expanding
their
use of
the
internet
as part
of their
marketing
plans.
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COUPLE
CHARGED
WITH
POSSESSION
OF 1,000
POUNDS
OF
MARIJUANA
•
Suspects
turned
themselves
in to
DPD
after
major
seizure
last
week
Last
week the
Chief
Warren
Evans
made a
major
announcement
and
displayed
1,220
pounds
of
marijuana
confiscated
during
two
search
warrants
on the
city’s
west
side.
One of
those
locations
was
located
in the
22000
block of
Tireman,
where
Detroit
Police
narcotics
officers
seized
1, 000
pounds
of
marijuana.
Suspects
Roderick
Wright
(35) and
his
girlfriend
Brandy
Fleming
(30)
were not
at home
during
the
narcotic
raid,
but
investigators
submitted
warrants
for
their
arrests,
which
were
signed
by the
Prosecutor’s
Office.
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Tech
Town
expands
footprint
in
Detroit's
New
Center
area

DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Detroit’s
legendary
Dalgleish
Cadillac
dealership,
closed
in
September
2009,
will be
the
future
home of
Tech
Town II,
an
expansion
of the
research
and
technology
park,
which
plans to
launch
400 new
business
startups
over
next
three
years.
At Tech
Town’s
monthly
First
Friday
event,
some 250
attendees
were
given a
sneak
peek
inside
the
dealer
showroom
at Cass
and
Amsterdam
where
Cadillacs
were
sold for
over 50
years.
Randal
Charlton,
Executive
Director
of Tech
Town
sees an
innovation
revolution
emerging
from the
facility
acquired
by Wayne
State,
Tech
Town’s
university
partner.
Charlton
spoke
with
Tell Us
Detroit
at First
Friday
event,
“This is
a city
of great
innovation,
engineering
and
other
skills
and
we’re
going to
tap into
those
skills
to
create
the next
generation
of jobs.
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IF WE
RISK OUR
LIVES,
WHAT
WILL YOU
DO WITH
THE
LEGACY?

(Tell Us
USA) -
The
above
picture
says so
much! It
speaks
to the
willingness
to
sacrifice.
It
demands
attention
as it
asks one
simple
question.
It
provides
us with
an
opportunity
to
answer
that
question
in
relationship
to the
freedoms
we often
take for
granted.
The eyes
seem to
say, “I
don’t
really
want to
go to
war, but
I know
that
something
must be
done to
change
the
mindsets
that
African-Americans
are
human
beings
and not
slaves,
property
or
three-fifths
of a
man.”
Every
soldier
appears
to have
that
common
thought
that
comes
from
long-lived
frustration,
confusion
and
tolerance
of
unacceptable
treatment.
“If
you’ve
got a
better
way to
fix
things
in this
country,
then now
is the
time to
speak
up,”
says the
raised
eyebrows
and
stern
looks on
each
man’s
face.
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Michael
Jackson's
doctor
pleads
not
guilty

Michael
Jackson's
personal
physician
pleaded
not
guilty
to
involuntary
manslaughter
Monday,
setting
the
stage
for a
sensational
celebrity
courtroom
drama as
prosecutors
attempt
to prove
Dr.
Conrad
Murray
caused
the pop
star's
death.
Some two
hours
after
prosecutors
filed
the
single
felony
count,
the
six-foot-five
Murray
arrived
in court
in a
grey
suit to
enter
his
plea. As
he did,
several
members
of
Jackson's
family
looked
on.
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MOTOWN WINTER
BLAST
BLOWS
BACK IN
TOWN FOR
THE
SIXTH
STRAIGHT
YEAR

DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
More
than
75,000
guest
are
expected
to
attend
the 2010
Motown
Winter
Blast
February
12-14 in
Detroit.
This
marquee
seasonal
weekend
event is
produced
by
Jonathan
Witz &
Associates
and is
the only
one when
you can
enjoy
free ice
skating,
hip and
cool
winter
events,
unique
sculptures
in the
Ice
Garden,
Motown
music
performed
live on
stage,
the
Meijer
Kid’s
Family
Fun Zone
and
more.
All
centered
around
Campus
Martius
Park
downtown.
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SPEND A
MAGICAL
VALENTINE’S
DAY IN PARADELAND
WITH
YOUR
SWEETIE
AND HELP
SUPPORT
THE
PARADE
COMPANY

The
Parade
Company
is
opening
its
doors
Valentine’s
Day
weekend
for a
truly
unique
and
magical
experience.
Couples
can now
book a
private
tour of
the
company’s
Parade
Studio
in
Detroit.
The
guided
tour
will
provide
a look
back at
the
history
of
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade®
as well
as an up
close
and
personal
look at
the
larger-than-life
characters
and
floats,
from a
12’ tall
Cupid to
the
much-loved
“Wizard
of Oz”
and “12
Dancing
Princesses”
floats.
Each
tour
includes
a
commemorative
photo
taken in
Cinderella’s
Carriage,
as well
as a
special
gift bag
featuring
a bottle
of
champagne,
roses,
chocolates,
beads
and our
signature
clown
noses.
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