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2010: 308 homicides, 1,170 shot

Detroit is so broke it can't afford to bury paupers and unclaimed dead any longer: Bury them? I thought that's how they made Soylent Green?

Jackson county district judge busted for fixing his and his wife's traffic tickets - MLive (Jackson)
Judge James Justin did this for years it is alleged. A real confidence builder for the concept of "equal justice under the law".

Pissed off kook shoots up Detroit PD precinct: Gunman killed, four officers are wounded. Even cops aren't safe around here.

University of Michigan Provost proposes changes to tenure policies: From the comments: "Tenure seems to be an antiquated process that one can argue creates an educational and research environment that fosters freedom of inquiry and scholarship. On the other hand, it can also offer a life-time job to people that have figured out how to game the system to their advantage." That's pretty much how I see it too. Offer the profs continuing contracts for as long as they behave themselves and are productive.

The Little Black Book of Violence: Getting Smart About Fighting Right - PJTV (video)
An intelligent and insightful discussion about personal and social violence in America.
Terrorists 'plan attack on Britain with bombs inside their bodies' to foil new airport scanners
- Daily Mail (UK)
Send astronauts to Mars via Phobos? - New Scientist
A professional analyzes John Edwards libido - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Lumber companies planning GM forests for the southeast - Scientific American
Replacing native fir species with GM eucalyptus trees.
J.D. Salinger's long good bye - Wall Street Journal
In the real sense of it Salinger has been gone since 1963.
An alarm clock that wakes you at your brain's "perfect" time. - Brainiac blog

The ultimate (but totally illegal) close-range personal-protection weapon evah!