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9/11 Commission raises concerns over Middle East fighters entering the U.S.
WASHINGTON — After 13 years of struggle, Americans are showing a growing public fatigue and waning sense of urgency over terrorism, an attitude that threatens U.S. security, members of the panel that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks said in a report on Tuesday.A decade after issuing the official account of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks...
Ficano: ‘Don’t brush aside our accomplishments’
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN — “We've accomplished a lot things that many critics will try to brush off," said Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano.Ficano, a former Wayne County sheriff, assumed his duties as county executive in 2003 and is hoping to earn a fourth four-year term. He faces a tough primary challenge next month. But even as his...
More than 1,000 people rally for Palestine in Detroit
July 18th, 20140 DETROIT — On Sunday, June 13, more than 1,000 people rallied in Midtown Detroit, in a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. The demonstration, which was initiated by the Z Collective, an Arab and Muslim feminist network, was a part of public outreach campaign to link the struggle in Palestine to poverty in Detroit, as a part...
Dearborn urges state crackdown on dealer plates and illegal hookah bars
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN — Loose state laws may often put cities in a debacle when it comes to enforcing policies at a local level. That is why the city of Dearborn took steps this week to reach out to state legislators in an attempt to correct a couple of ongoing trends with local residents and business owners that have become a growing...
Ford to give $1 million in scholarships starting in spring 2015
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN — On July 10, Ford Motor Co. announced a new scholarship program it will be PROVUDING students pursuing degrees in the automotive engineering field. The Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship is in tribute of the company’s previous CEO. “Alan’s engineering background and data-driven decision making...
Everest Institute in Dearborn to be closed and sold
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN – The Everest Institute in Dearborn at 23400 Michigan Ave. will close and be sold-off.According to the Associated Press, a dozen Everest campuses in Michigan and 10 other states will undergo a shutdown. Everest Institute’s parent company, Corinthian Colleges, has more than 70,000 students enrolled across the U.S. The...Beaumont chosen as top hosiptal in Michigan
ROYAL OAK – For the 20th consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report has named the Royal Oak campus of Beaumont hospital No. 1 (out of 25) in the state of Michigan. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids rounded out the top three hospitals. U.S. News and World Report...Gov. Snyder holds forum at home of ACC founder
TROY — On Monday, July 14, the founder and CEO of the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), Dr. Haifa Fakhouri, welcomed Gov. Rick Snyder to her home in Troy for a forum at which the Governor told community members about the progress in reviving the state of Michigan. Among the 75 guests in attendance were representatives...Non-profit organizations awarded grants by local philanthropists
DEARBORN — A group of young philanthropists recently handed out $1,000 grants to five local charities who influence the youth in their communities. The Teen Grantmaking Initiative (TGI) carefully chose which organizations would receive the money collected through fundraising over nine months. Also, during that time, the group...Local man linked to 1980 deaths of Irish soldiers arrested on immigration charges
DEARBORN — A Lebanese man living in Dearborn and selling ice cream from a truck to earn a living was arrested Tuesday, July 15, on an immigration charge and can now face deportation. Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, had widely been known around the local community to have been linked to the murders of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon in 1980....Two women arrested on theft charges
DEARBORN — Police arrested two women for stealing from the JC Penney at 18900 Michigan Ave on July 13. The women were charged with retail theft of jewelry and selected items. The women were accused of removing $845.96 worth of merchandise of clothes, shoes and hair accessories and concealing them in their bags. They attempted to...Dearborn man pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a teen
DEARBORN — A local resident could face up to 15 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl last May. Hassan Kamel Mougnieh, 23, pleaded guilty last Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court to second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a teen. According to police reports, patrol officers arrested...
#AmericanswithGaza selfie goes viral
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN — The power of social media prevailed last weekend when a hashtag that started in Dearborn's Arab American community went viral across the world on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.#AmericansWithGaza was a trending topic around the world, involving Americans taking selfies of themselves with a hand-written message...German woman charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort Saudi sheikh
LOS ANGELES — A German woman who falsely claimed she was raped and tortured by the son of a Saudi sheikh in Los Angeles was charged on Monday with trying to extort at least $15 million from one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest men, prosecutors said.Leyla Ors, 33, faces up to four years in prison if convicted on charges of attempted...Utah man arrested in bomb plot to cause uprising against government
UTAH — A Utah man has been arrested in connection with a plot to blow up a police station, kill police officers and destroy infrastructure to delay an emergency response, authorities said.John Huggins, 47, believed that the plan, once carried out, would spark an anti-government uprising, according to documents lodged with a Federal......
White House trims 2014 deficit projection to $583 billion
WASHINGTON — The White House lowered its U.S. federal deficit forecast for the 2014 fiscal year by $66 billion to $583 billion on Friday on the basis of gathering economic momentum as evidenced by gains in hiring."The deficit has been cut by more than half as a share of the economy, representing the most rapid sustained deficit...
Detroit’s Jewish community reconnects with ‘the old neighborhood’ to offer helping hand
July 18th, 20140 Local conversations about suburban residents coming to the city of Detroit tend to revolve around downtown and midtown, as if there’s a transporting device that beams crowds of people for sporting events, concerts and the like. Do residents from the "burbs" ever come to less alluring places in the city and work collaboratively with...Rihanna causes social media firestorm with #FreePalestine tweet
LOS ANGELES — Pop superstar Rihanna caused a social media firestorm this week when she tweeted "#FreePalestine" from her official account before deleting it eight minutes later.In those eight minutes the controversial tweet was retweeted more than 70,000 times, according to NY Magazine.Entertainment news website TMZ claimed that the...
Non-profit credit union offers service to Arabic speakers
July 18th, 20140 DEARBORN — A local credit union boasts a membership that’s 40 percent Arabic. In addition, Arabic speaking employees are ready to assist with opening an account, applying for a loan or making transactions and are available over the phone. “We cater to the Arab American community by providing services to them every......
ADC urges Arabs and Muslims to boycott federal government iftars
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) urged Muslim and Arab Americans to boycott the federal government's iftars, including the White House Iftar that was hosted by President Obama on the evening of Monday, July 15, because of "the government’s condoning of the current slaughter of Palestinians in Palestine and the...Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine war zone, 295 reported dead
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevMALAYSIA — A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a......
To Dearborn City Council: Boycott the butchers
When you demand a boycott against Israel, it gets splashed across their mass media. It’s a shock they never expected. They killed so many Arabs, so easily; they never expected a big red “Stop” sign in their face.That’s exactly what each “Boycott Israel” resolution is. It shocks them like a slap in the face.Do you...The war Netanyahu cannot possibly win
When the bodies of three Israeli settlers – Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 1 and Eyal Yifrach, 19 – were found on June 30 near Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israel went into a state of mourning and a wave of sympathy flowed in from around the world. The three had disappeared 18 days earlier in circumstances that remain......
