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Pastor Terry Jones Wins Free Speech Lawsuit

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Dearborn

Terry Jones Wins Lawsuit Against City of Dearborn:Β "Despite the fact that Dearborn has one of the largest concentrations of Muslims in America, the city should have protected Pastor Jones’s right to free speech, not contrive a way to impede it," saidΒ Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, who agreed with the U.S. district court ruling.

Hartland

Hartland Firefighter Needs Votes to Sing for Detroit Tigers: WalterΒ Johnston, a 2010 Hartland High School graduate, is one of ten local heroes in Comerica Bank’s Home of the Brave National Anthem Singing Contest. Johnston is in second place andΒ the public hasΒ less than a week left to vote.

Clawson

Miss America Title Holders Deliver Smiles to Clawson Beaumont Patient:Β Title holders from theΒ MissΒ AmericaΒ organizationΒ recently spent some time with patients atΒ Beaumont Children's HospitalΒ in Royal Oak, including Clawson resident Brooke Nelson,Β was born with ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare childhood diseaseΒ characterized by neurological problems, particularly abnormalities of balance.

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Farmington-Farmington Hills

North Farmington Retirees Plan 224-Mile Walk for Suicide Awareness:Β When retiredΒ North Farmington HighΒ teachers Dean and SueΒ Cobb lost theirΒ son-in-law Adam Tupa to suicide in 2009, "it struck the family pretty hard.Β "At that point, in my mind, I thought, I have to do something," said Dean Cobb, whoΒ retired in 2011. Β 


Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe Stylists Head to Fashion Week:Β Six stylists from Chez Loulou in Grosse Pointe Park will be in New York for Fashion Week.Β The stylists will work with the Prive hair team at theΒ New YorkΒ FashionΒ Shows fromΒ Sept. 5 - 12.Β 

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