Environment & Science
4:54 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Study shows Asian carp eggs could survive in tougher conditions than previously thought

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Asian carp can grow to weigh up to 100 pounds.

Wildlife managers could have a harder time controlling spawning Asian carp, if they escape into the Lake Michigan from Chicago-area shipping canals. That's according to a report released by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Elizabeth Murphy is a hydrologist with the USGS. She co-authored the study.

Murphy says new data shows fertilized Asian carp eggs can incubate in waterways that are only 16 miles long. That’s a lot less than the 62 miles scientists thought the drifting eggs needed.

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Newsmaker Interviews
4:53 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Detroiters cautiously optimistic about Kevyn Orr's plan

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Detroit's Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr, has laid out his plan to restructure Detroit's finances, and he has spread the pain around.

He ended payment on unsecured debt, he is negotiating with creditors to take significantly less than the money they're owed, and he's looking to city employees and retirees to sacrifice financially as well.

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Law
4:37 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

The dig continues in hopes of finding Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa on WESW-TV's Morning Exchange program sometime between 1971 and 1975.
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Update 4:25 p.m.:

Detroit News reporter Tony Briscoe is tweeting live from the dig.

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Politics & Government
4:33 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Court decision keeps Mike Duggan off Detroit mayoral ballot

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Mike Duggan has been campaigning for Detroit Mayor.

A split decision from the state Court of Appeals will keep Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan off the ballot.

More from the Detroit News:

The three-member panel upheld an earlier decision last week that removed Duggan from the Aug. 6 ballot. The ruling said Duggan violated the City Charter’s residency requirements when he filed his paperwork for the post. The panel affirmed Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Lita M. Popke’s earlier decision.

Duggan was certified last month to run for mayor by the Detroit Election Commission, despite questions about whether he moved to Detroit from Livonia in time to meet residency requirements. Accountant and mayoral candidate Tom Barrow first raised the complaint.

Duggan and his team are working on their next move. This e-mail went out to reporters this afternoon:

After receiving word that the Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Popke's ruling that he is ineligible to appear on the August 6th ballot for Mayor, Mike Duggan will take the rest of today to consider his options and address the media at 10:00 AM Wednesday, June 19, 2012 at his campaign headquarters at 2751 E. Jefferson Ave.

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Law
4:22 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Judge declares a mistrial in the Aiyana Stanley-Jones case

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Aiyana Stanley- Jones was seven-years-old when Officer Joseph Weekley shot her

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway said today the trial of Detroit Police officer Joseph Weekley ended with a hung jury.

Weekly was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of seven year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones in 2010.

According to Elisha Anderson of the Detroit Free Press, the jurors sent a note to Hathaway earlier today as they deliberated, saying there was no "significant movement." The jury was "stuck."

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