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152-year-old shipwreck found on Lake Huron
Lansing, Michigan - The wreckage of a wooden steamship that sank 152 years ago in a storm on Lake Huron with no survivors has been found, a Michigan explorer said on Monday.What exactly happened to the Keystone State and its 33 occupants in a November 1861 voyage to Milwaukee from Detroit remains a mystery, said David Trotter, who found...
ADC Michigan cancels annual gala
December 13th, 20130 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan regional office (ADC-MI) has cancelled its annual gala, which was scheduled for Friday Dec. 13 at Greenfield Manor in Dearborn.ADC-MI incoming director Fatina Abdrabboh announced the cancellation in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 10."I have assessed and examined the...Lawmakers and activists call for restrictions on use of domestic drones by government
ROYAL OAK — As the number of drones being manufactured throughout the country increases, the discussion is emerging on what the proper regulations for using the unmanned aircraft should be. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, by the end of the decade there will be 10,000 drones circling skies in the United States....Dearborn CERT program hosts training sessions for UAE volunteers
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, December 10, the City of Dearborn kicked off a week-long advanced training session for a group of volunteers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were in town to receive training from the police and fire department's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).The CERT program is based on assembling volunteers...
“Mock eviction” pro-Palestinian stunt causes a stir at UM-Ann Arbor campus
December 13th, 20130 ANN ARBOR — About 1,500 University of Michigan students were startled this week after waking up on Tuesday morning with eviction notices under their doors at six dormitories across campus."If you do not vacate the premises by 13 DECEMBER 6 PM, we reserve the right to demolish your premises without delay. We cannot be held responsible...GM names first female CEO
DETROIT — General Motors Co CEO Dan Akerson will step down next month and be replaced by GM "lifer" and global product chief Mary Barra, a sign that the development of new vehicles will be the paramount focus of the company that emerged from bankruptcy four years ago.The appointment of Barra, 51, is at once groundbreaking - she...Detroit’s bankruptcy focus of new reporting collaborative: New Michigan Media newspapers join the effort
DETROIT – Five of the largest ethnic and minority newspapers have a critical role in a new reporting project examining the city’s bankruptcy and its effect on the region. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the project involves four nonprofit media organizations as well as New Michigan Media (NMM). All the media...Civil rights group hosts new special agent in charge of Detroit FBI
Special agent in charge, Paul Abbate (3rd from right) stands with members of the Arab community when they met earlier this week.DEARBORN — On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Arab American Civil Rights League board members hosted a lunch for the new special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, Paul Abbate. Other representatives from the Detroit FBI...Chaldean American Jack Seman remembered as a peace activist
DEARBORN HEIGHTS-Jack Seman, a member of the Chaldean Catholic community who used to participate in many interfaith and weekly religious services at the Islamic House of Wisdom here (IHW) passed away Dec. 5 peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Seman was born in 1935. Imam Elahi of the IHW addressed Seman’s family and...Yemeni-themed mural reflects Hamtramck diversity: Community celebrates the artwork
HAMTRAMCK — The buildings atop the turban of the old man, found in the newly-painted Yemeni-themed mural in Hamtramck, do not seem to be weighing him down. Rather, they are flying toward a young girl, whose eyes are all that show of her face, which is covered with the sky. On the other end of the mural, a woman looks firmly into the...Dearborn Police seek public’s assistance in Chase Bank Robbery
DEARBORN — Police are still investigating a robbery that occurred at Chase Bank located at 7301 Wyoming on Oct. 25 at approximately 2:29 p.m. The suspect entered the bank and passed the teller a note demanding money. He left after becoming impatient when he did not receive the money quickly enough.The suspect was described...ACRL, law firms litigating class action lawsuit against Huntington Bank
DEARBORN — After receiving hundreds of calls from Arab Americans about bank account closures, the Arab American Civil Rights League is litigating a class-action lawsuit filed against Huntington Bank on July 11, 2013. Since March of this year, hundreds of complainants have called the bank closure hotline that was set up after members...Dearborn man sentenced to 14 months in prison for violating Clean Air Act
DETROIT — Khalil (Charlie) Mahmoud Saad of Dearborn was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul Borman for violating the Clean Air Act.In November Saad, 40, was hired to demolish a vacant commercial warehouse at 10401 Ford Road, just west of Wyoming. Authorities say Saad failed to properly...Benihana shooting suspect turns himself in
DEARBORN — The suspect, who allegedly shot a fellow diner at Benihana restaurant in Dearborn two weeks ago, turned himself in to the police on the morning of Monday, Dec. 9. Darrius Demmar Greene turned himself in to the Harper Woods Police Department. He was later transported to the Dearborn Police Department. Darrius...Project Dignity and LAHC team up to feed the needy
DEARBORN — Project Dignity Detroit and the Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) have been working together to help feed the needy in metro Detroit. Recently, both groups partnered up with Chef Habib Bazzi of Habib's Cuisine to feed the homeless and provide them with clothing and shelter. Project Dignity has been at the forefront......
Dearborn Heights woman sentenced to four years in jail, victim’s family speaks out
DETROIT — On Wednesday, December 11, Wayne County Judge Vera Massey Jones sentenced Dearborn Heights woman Natalie Hassan to 47 month in jail for charges stemming from an altercation in April 2012 involving another woman.Hassan ran over Dearborn Heights woman Hannan Achkar in the parking lot of an apartment complex after the two...ACC receives Beacon of Light Award from Food Bank Council of Michigan
LATHRUP VILLAGE — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), a human services organization serving southeast Michigan, announced it recently received the 2013 Beacon of Light Award from the Food Bank Council of Michigan (FBCM) for its Pantry of Plenty Program. The award was presented to the ACC at the FBCM’s Michigan Harvest...Arabic poetry: The lover bled anemone
As a part of its continuing effort to share a portion of the literary wealth of Arabic poetry with the English reader, The Arab American News translates a poem by the legendary Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.In this poem, Darwish addresses the violence in the Levant, urging the "disarmed" Canaanites to adopt wheat as their eternal...Saudi Grand Mufti to suicide bombers: You will go to hell
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh branded suicide bombers as "criminals" who will go to "hell," Al-Hayat daily reported Thursday, Dec. 12.Suicide bombings are "great crimes" and bombers are "criminals who rush themselves to hell by their actions," Sheikh said during a lecture in Riyadh a few......
Data sharing among US law enforcement agencies is in ‘chaos’
New York - The sharing of intelligence among American law enforcement agencies in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is being conducted in a manner that resembles “organized chaos,” according to a new study published this week.New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published their findings on Tuesday by...Romania bars citizens from working in Israeli settlements
Bucharest - A diplomatic spat has erupted between Israel and Romania after Bucharest reportedly refused to allow Romanian construction workers to be employed in Israel's illegal West Bank settlements, Israel's military radio said on Tuesday, Dec. 10.The row comes in the wake of tensions between Israel and the European Union over new......
Deceiving the U.S. Public on Syria
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh has confirmed that President Barack Obama misled the American people over the Aug. 21 Syrian chemical attack by cherry-picking evidence about the Syrian government’s presumed guilt and excluding suspicions about the rebels’ capability to produce their own sarin gas.Hersh also reported that he...Texas enforces “Merry Christmas Law” in public schools
Texas — Texas lawmakers sent notices to schools on Monday, December 9, informing them that new legislation allows students and teachers to dress in festive garb and say "Merry Christmas" all they want without fear of punishment.The so-called "Merry Christmas Law" is backed by social conservatives who feel that seasonal religious......