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  • Mayor Kilpatrick Announces Plan to Aid Evacuees

    09/01/2005 5:16:00 PM PDT · by Oystir · 19 replies · 603+ views
    WXYZ TV ^ | September 1, 2005 | Glenn Zimmerman
    http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_4047939,00.html Mayor Kilpatrick Announces Plan to Aid Evacuees By Glenn Zimmerman Web produced by Sarah Morgan September 1, 2005 Thursday, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced his plan to help the victims of hurricane Katrina. He is hoping to not only help evacuees, but to also gain new Detroiters and strengthen the city. The mayor and people in the city have contacted members of the hotel industry. They want to make 2,000 to 3,000 hotel rooms available for evacuees until December 1st, 2005. Buses have already been secured to relocate people to Michigan. Mayor Kilpatrick is working with airlines to see if...
  • PRELUDE TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS: The many roles of Michael Moore

    02/28/2004 4:13:58 PM PST · by Oystir · 21 replies · 173+ views
    Detroit Free Press ^ | February 28, 2004 | SHAWN WINDSOR
    <p>He nearly hyperventilated before he thrust a microphone into Dick Clark's minivan, buzzed the gate outside Charlton Heston's Beverly Hills mansion and chased then General Motors chairman Roger Smith from yacht club to boardroom.</p> <p>Still, the filmmaker's and best-selling author's approach has made him a celebrity in his own right.</p>
  • Scientist hid nukes in Iraq 20 years ago

    03/25/2003 5:27:07 AM PST · by Oystir · 6 replies · 163+ views
    Detroit News ^ | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | By Jennifer Brooks
    <p>Gazi George is certain that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction, because he used to be one of the people hiding them.</p> <p>Two decades ago, while he was employed by the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission, George says he hid 39 rods of enriched uranium -- enough to build two nuclear bombs -- in a hastily converted swimming pool near the grounds of the Osirak nuclear power plants at Tuweitha.</p>