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NEWS ABOUT: Dearborn, Michigan

Dearborn, Michigan stories: 5 news summaries

 Radical Muslim Cleric 
 Killed in FBI Raid 

6 others held after series of operations in Detroit area

Oct 28, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of a radical Islamic sect was killed by the FBI today in a shootout in a Detroit suburb, part of a series of raids against the group, said to be plotting “an offensive jihad” in order to establish a state governed by Sharia law. Luqman Ameen Abdullah,... More »

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Iraq • FBI • jihad • Detroit • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Dearborn, Michigan • Ummah

(Newser) - Authorities in a Detroit suburb say they’ve found more than 150 dead dogs in a house where more than 100 live Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes were found during the previous 2 days, the Free Press reports. The search began following a neighbor’s complaint earlier this week about a... More »

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animal cruelty • Dearborn, Michigan • chihuahua • dogs • Kenneth Lang

(Newser) - Two people died today in a murder-suicide at a Michigan college campus, the Detroit News reports. Police responding to a call about an assault with shots fired entered the fine arts building at Henry Ford Community College, only to hear another shot ring out. A man, identified as the aggressor,... More »

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murder-suicide • professor • Dearborn, Michigan • gun violence • students • college campus • Henry Ford Community College

Wal-Mart Gets Halal Makeover

Execs confer with Arab community to open Mideast-themed Michigan megastore

Mar 4, 08 2:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Tahini, olives and frozen falafel line the shelves in a new Michigan Wal-Mart in Dearborn that caters to local customers: in this case, the nation's largest Arab-American community. The 200,000-square-foot megastore, which opens today, even has a section for Halal meats culled in accordance with Islamic law, Newsweek reports. More »

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Arabs • Dearborn, Michigan • retail stores • ethnic diversity • Wal-Mart • Arab-Americans

Solid Fred Joins Heated Debate

Giuliani, Romney have sharp exchanges

Oct 10, 07 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first debate of his nascent quest for the White House, Fred Thompson stuck to a traditional Republican agenda as the gloves of rivals Mitt Romney and Rudolph Giuliani came off in some of the sharpest clashes so far. The LA Times reports that Thompson, a former senator, appeared... More »

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Mitt Romney • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Medicare • GOP debate • Social Security • Dearborn, Michigan • fiscal record

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