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<p>DETROIT -- Five men rescued a group of women and teen-age girls from a pipe-wielding attacker Wednesday, but they went too far when they killed the 22-year-old man, police said.</p> <p>"The men apparently stopped the attack on the women. However, they went too far after they caught him," said Homicide Lt. Bill Petersen. "We are currently looking for these men."</p>

Man Tried To Abduct, Rape 2-Year-Old, Police Say Mother Discovers Man On Top Of Child Posted: 11:10 a.m. EDT August 15, 2002Updated: 1:06 p.m. EDT August 15, 2002 Detroit police are investigating an attempted abduction of a 2-year-old child in the 7300 block of Fielding, near Evergreen and Warren. .RelatedBox .Header {width: 120px; border : none; color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 13px; font-size: 10px; text-align: center; background: #003366; background-color: #003366;} .RelatedBox .Links {font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; margin: 3px;} .RelatedBox .Links li {font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; font-family: Verdana;} <p> Hear What Mother Says She Saw Police say...

Cincinnati Neighborhood in Turmoil by JOHN NOLANAssociated Press Writer CINCINNATI (AP) -- Newly scarred by rioting, the city's Over-the-Rhine district is a study in contrasts -- home to both historic buildings and some of Cincinnati's seediest streets, and a favorite backdrop for movie making. The neighborhood's 19th- and early 20th-century architecture includes row buildings, Music Hall -- home of the Cincinnati Symphony -- and Findlay Market, a city-subsidized attraction with old-fashioned open-air food stalls. It has been used as a location for movies including Steven Soderbergh's ''Traffic,'' John Sayles' ''Eight Men Out'' and ''City of Hope,'' Jodie Foster's ''Little Man ...

I know that many, many FReepers read and responded to Neil MacKay's limp-wristed, disinformational anti-gun screed in last weeks Sunday Herald Magazine "Loaded: The Second Amendment Sisters."Like you, I posted a message to their online forum and emailed both the writer of the despicable piece of propaganda and the editor of the rag that published it (holding my temper and wording my messages in a respectful manner, I might add).Now I'm wondering if anyone received any kind of acknowledgment or reply from the Herald or from MacKay? I know I didn't.Furthermore, I found absolutely no followup to or acknowledgment of ...

Major shuffling is in store for Detroit's AM talk radio in 2001 Loss of Rush Limbaugh could cancel out WXYT's gains December 17, 2000 BY JOHN SMYNTEKFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Julius Caesar was warned about the ides of March -- the 15th. Rich Homberg, the Caesar of WXYT-AM (1270), must be wary of March 1. Why? Conservative syndicated talk icon Rush Limbaugh's move from Infinity-owned WXYT to ABC's WJR-AM (760) on that day could turn Limbaugh into a figurative Brutus. His departure could be a knife in the back that spoils the WXYT's triumphant luring of the Tigers and Red ...

NOVEMBER 14, 21:44 EST Military Overseas Ballots Come Soon By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) &#151; Step to the front of the line. The U.S. Postal Service is hurrying military overseas ballots arriving in Florida through the delivery process, getting them to the 67 county election departments the same day they arrive in the country. Because of the close race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore to capture decisive Florida, the postal service says it is trying especially hard to assure the ballots arrive in the proper counties before Friday's midnight deadline. ...

Affirmitive Action May Sway Vote by DAVID ROYSEAssociated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Luckson Lambert will vote against George W. Bush, and the Republican presidential candidate has his younger brother to blame. At least in part. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush angered Lambert, a 20-year-old Florida A&M University sophomore, and many other blacks last year by declaring an end to racial set-asides meant to help women and minorities overcome disadvantages in getting jobs and education. Like a lot of college students with only a passing interest in politics, Lambert might not have gone to the polls. ''But that made ...

Newspaper Presidential Endorsements By The Associated Press Newspaper endorsements in the presidential race between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore, including excerpts: BUSH --The Chicago Sun-Times ''Throughout the campaign, George W.. Bush has sounded a conciliatory tone, avoiding the ugly culture wars of recent years and promising to work across party lines for unity. His election would mean a clean slate in Washington.'' --The Chicago Tribune ''Bush would be far less patient with public schools that persistently fail; he also would recognize that innovation is nurtured and achieved from the local level up, not dictated from Washington. ...

NAACP Getting Inmates To Vote by JAY REEVESAssociated Press Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Alarming some sheriffs, the NAACP has signed up more than 11,000 new voters in county jails across the Southeast this year. The nation's largest civil rights group described its campaign Thursday as a historic attempt to preserve the electoral rights of prisoners. But a law enforcement group in Alabama worries the drive could lead to inmates banding together to oust sheriffs and other county officials they don't like. ''They could elect their own commissioner. All they'd have to do is bloc vote in a small ...

John X. Miller: Readers want hard line between news, opinion September 5, 2000 READERS have been responding to my column of two weeks ago about the Free Press striving for fair coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions. Though I wrote about coverage of the conventions, readers commented on campaign coverage in general through more than 70 phone calls and e-mails. About half the callers said they thought the newspaper had been fair in its news coverage. But there were varying expectations of what the newspaper should do. There also was confusion about the difference between news and editorial ...

Today The Detroit News (on Sunday published under the combined flag of The Detroit News and Free Press under a joint operating agreement) actually published what I believe is a fairly well-balanced report on guns in Wayne County. It's a long feature with several reports, each of which could be posted separately, but I have only put up the introduction along with a link to the complete article because I'm sure many other Pro-Rights (2nd Amendment) Advocates such as myself will want to read and comment on it. Regards, LennyBTW, the links should open a new window on your browser ...

Believe it or not, John Lott's superlative analysis of the role that private, legitimate gun ownership and liberalized ccw laws play in reducing crime is the featured item atop Amazon.com's "Quick Picks" list. The 2nd Edition paperback is now available for ten squawbucks and eighty cents.Required reading for Pro-Rights Advocates and a cold shower for the gun-grabbers.Quick Picks More Guns, Less Crime Multiple regression analyses are rarely the subject of heated public debate or 225-page books for laypeople. But John R. Lott, Jr.'s study in the January 1997 Journal of Legal Studies showing that concealed-carry weapons permits reduced the crime ...

Cameroon Slave Case Reported by Bill Spencer Web produced by Rachel L. Miller Evelyn Djoumessi entered a Farmington Hills courthouse in handcuffs. [Video] A local woman and her husband are accused of turning an African teenager into their slave. A teenager from Africa dreamed of coming to the United States for a good education. Instead, police said she was held captive. Evelyn and Joseph Djoumessi are facing charges of kidnapping the 14-year-old girl from their homeland of Cameroon and then turning her into a captive slave in their Farmington Hills home. "We have a victim that was kidnapped, brought ...

Suspect in cop-killing has a troubled history July 18, 2000 BY SUZETTE HACKNEYand JACK KRESNAK FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Jason Pinson, accused of killing Police Officer Shynelle Mason, was known around his Detroit neighborhood for having a short fuse that often led him into arguments and street fights with family and friends, police say. He drifted in and out of legal trouble, police and court records show, and he often received breaks in court when charges were reduced or dismissed. At 14, he hid a sawed-off shotgun in his grandmother's basement, court records show. After he accidentally fired the ...

Please pardon the vanity (my first and only) but perhaps a fellow Freeper can help me with this.Several years ago, 1997 I believe, I read an opinion piece in the Detroit News (it was syndicated and did not originate with the News) entitled "To Harass and Collect." It concerned speed traps and how they waste important law-enforcement resources and undermine the public's respect for the police, all for the sake of generating revenue.I had this article posted on my website, but it was lost with all the rest of my files which were archived on Simplenet.The reason I ask is ...

It's hard to read and takes up a lot of space, so I just posted the links. Talk radio Detroit, WXYT (formerly WXYZ home of the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet), has posted the Dearborn PD's incident report regarding the death of a Detroit man at a Dearborn, Michigan, shopping mall. The incident is the latest crusade by Al Sharpton, who drew 5000 followers to a rally at the center yesterday, and has provoked a $600 million lawsuit by local ambulance-chaser Geoffrey (Kevorkian Counsel) Feiger. Posted here so that Freepers can read and draw their own conclusions. We've got the ...

Vandal Shot Reported by Joelle Lukasiewicz Web produced by Ian C. Douglass Three teenagers were shot at while committing an act of vandalism on Detroit's east side. [Video] An act of vandalism turned deadly on Detroit's east side. Teenagers damaging a man's house were stunned to find him home, and their surprise turned to terror when he pulled out a gun and opened fire on them. After the shooting, the homeowner turned himself in to police. The big question is, was he legitimately in fear for his life or for the lives of his family member? If so, he may ...

Mich. School Shooters Dad Arrested FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- The father and three other relatives of the 7-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate to death were arrested on charges of dealing crack. The first-grader's paternal grandmother and two aunts were jailed Friday after being arrested on the federal charges. The boy's father was already jailed on an unrelated charge. Police said the boy shot Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29 with a gun he found in an alleged crack house where his mother, Tamarla Owens, had taken him to live after she was evicted from her home. Owens, 29, ...

Big Oil raking in cash Companies say high gas prices aren't directly benefiting them June 9, 2000 BY JEFFREY McCRACKENFREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER The world's largest oil and gas companies, such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Texaco Inc., are rolling in multibillion-dollar record profits at the same time that ever-rising gas prices are roiling drivers across Michigan and the United States. RELATED CONTENT Drivers try to make each drop count Michigan fills up on taxes Tips to save gas The world's five largest, private oil and gas companies, each with annual sales of more than $31 billion, saw their ...

Debt wrong David Horowitz is incorrect. It's time for the United States to pay up for slavery. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Earl Ofari Hutchison June 5, 2000 | Former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion gave the best answer to David Horowitz's straw man question, "Does Oprah need reparations?" In 1952 Germany agreed to pay reparations to Israel. Ben-Gurion called it "collective reparation" not just for the Holocaust survivors but for "a people that have been persecuted, oppressed and plundered for hundreds of years." He understood that collective suffering and victimization demanded ...