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Watch Detroit's Doug Anderson win college dunk contest [Video]
Doug Anderson, a high-flying forward from the University of Detroit Mercy, capped his college career on Thursday night by easily winning the dunk contest at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta to begin Final Four weekend festivities. The 6-foot-6 senior from...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Arizona State Sun Devils, Pacific-12 Conference, USC Trojans
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Michael Roarty dies at 84; marketer helped build Anheuser-Busch brand
Michael J. Roarty, a retired marketing executive who helped build Anheuser-Busch beer brands into international powerhouses, died at a hospital in a St. Louis suburb Saturday, a day after suffering a heart attack. He was 84. Roarty had been...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), St. Patrick's Day, Marketing, Dublin (Ireland), Republic of Ireland
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Jerome Horwitz dies at 93; developed potent anti-AIDS drug AZT
Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the...
Tags: HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, World War II (1939-1945), Food and Drug Administration
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Rep. Thaddeus McCotter joins the GOP race on July 4th weekend -- patriotic, yes, media-savvy, maybe not
Top of the TicketThaddeus McCotter Republican of Michigan announces his campaign for president, but the national media is otherwise engaged.... -
Sports Legend Revealed: The Philadelphia Warriors drafted Wilt Chamberlain while he was still in high school
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL LEGEND: The Philadelphia Warriors drafted Wilt Chamberlain while he was still in high school. STATUS: Effectively True, Technically False. In 1971, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Haywood v. National Basketball Association,... -
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Gus Cifelli NFL, college football star Gus Cifelli, 84, a tackle who played on three national championship teams at Notre Dame and helped the Detroit Lions to the 1952 National Football League title, died of natural causes March 26 at William Beaumont...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health, National Football League, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics
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Spartans will take part in Dick Vitale's charity gala
Detroit Free PressDick Vitale got emotional Thursday as he talked about the disease that will bring him together tonight with Tom Izzo, Adreian Payne and a 7-year-old from St. Johns who is battling it. "This is my life," said Vitale, 73, the longtime ESPN college...Tags: Celebrities, Dick Vitale, Michigan State Spartans, Basketball, Bobby Bowden
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Berrien County prosecutor appointed as judge
Niles Daily Star, Mich.Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday appointed Arthur Cotter, of St. Joseph, to the 5th District Court in Berrien County. The appointment fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Angela M. Pasula, who was elected to the circuit court. "Arthur...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, University of Michigan, Prosecution, Justice System
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Berrien prosecutor appointed judge
South Bend TribuneArt Cotter’s days as Berrien County prosecutor are numbered, following Gov. Rick Snyder’s appointment of Cotter to a county judge post. Snyder notified Cotter of his appointment Thursday. The county prosecutor the last 6½ years, Cotter will...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Prosecution, Justice System, Rick Snyder
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Oakland to replace Loyola in Horizon League
Oakland University is the latest school to change conferences, announcing Tuesday that it will move from the Summit League to replace Loyola in the Horizon League. Oakland, which is located in southeast Michigan, will officially join the Horizon...
Tags: Horizon League, College Sports, Cleveland State Vikings, Wright State Raiders, Basketball
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Hockey: Petoskey's Trombley signs with Lawrence Tech
SOUTHFIELD — Size and physicality are two nice qualities to have for any defenseman in hockey. Those two qualities are what Petoskey senior Nick Trombley hopes to bring to the Lawrence Technological University men’s hockey roster this fall....
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Hoag surgeon appointed to head group
The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons will announce Dr. Charles Hasse of Irvine as its new president at the group's annual scientific conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., next week. Hasse, a surgeon at Hoag Hospital and director of the...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Irvine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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