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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan stresses snow shoveling safety
DETROIT—Michigan experienced record snow falls over the past two days, forcing residents to head outdoors to clear driveways and walkways. Physicians at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network recommend residents keep heart health in mind and pace themselves when clearing snow from...Business owners urged to attend smoking lounge study session before ordinance finalized
January 30th, 20150 A business owner addresses the city council on Tuesday, Jan. 27.DEARBORN — Local business owners are urged to attend a smoking lounge meeting being held by city officials on Tuesday, February 3 at 7.p.m. at the Dearborn Administrative Center. The meeting concerns a new smoking lounge ordinance that is being finalized by the city,...Iraqi couple has plans for newly purchased dealership
January 30th, 20150 Basam and Tanya Robin the new owners of Superior Buick GMC.DEARBORN — After 35 years, Superior Buick GMC is under new ownership. Basam and Tanya Robin have purchased the business from its original owner, Walter Schwartz, making the dealership one of the few GMC dealer franchises owned and operated by Iraqi immigrants. Although...Arab Americans committed to combating pollution
January 30th, 20150 More than 100 Arab Americans attended the forum on combating pollution.DEARBORN — Arab Americans are becoming more environmentally active and seem determined to combat pollution. On Sunday, Jan. 25, more than 100 people attended the forum “Combating Pollution” at the American Moslem Society, where literature was distributed...Dearborn robber still at large
DEARBORN — On Jan. 22 a CVS pharmacy in Dearborn was robbed after the suspect approached the counter with a gun demanding money from the cash register. After robbing the store, the suspect fled the scene in a dark colored sedan, possibly a Chrysler 300 or similar vehicle. The suspect is described as a White male who...Eastpointe woman charged with murder for throwing baby in dumpster
ROSEVILLE — On Wednesday, a 24-year-old woman was charged with murder and child abuse for dumping a newborn into the Roseville Recycling Center. On Jan. 15 at around 1:30 a.m. the newborn baby's body was found at the ReCommunity Recycling Depot on Groesbeck. According to police, the woman has three other children, who are not in her...Five-year-old Detroit boy shot in face, loses an eye
DETROIT — Five-year-old Donovan Lyles Jr. was shot in the face on Detroit’s east side during a drive-by shooting on Tuesday. According to reports, Lyles was struck in the face by a bullet that entered the window of a home on the 20200 block of Irvington near Eight Mile and I-75. The bullet went through the window and through...Arab American selected to represent USA Rugby Sevens National team in Wellington, New Zealand
January 30th, 20150 DEARBORN — National Team Recruitment Camp standout Ahmad Harajly, 21, could earn his first cap with the Men’s Eagles Sevens after Head Coach Mike Friday selected the Detroit Tradesmen player for Wellington Sevens, the fourth leg of the 2014-15 World Rugby HSBC Sevens World Series. Harajly and Mataiyasi Leuta were the two athletes...Army veteran visits Dearborn, discovers it’a not under sharia law
January 30th, 20150 DEARBORN — Army Veteran Adam Joliff made national news recently after visiting Dearborn and "discovering" it wasn’t under sharia law. Brian Stone, a reporter for the Huffington Post, visited Dearborn with his friend Joliff and decided to help debunk the longtime myth. In a blog entitled “Hilarious: Army Veteran Debunks...Dearborn Heights teen wins first place in national essay contest
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Zeina Condon, a 17-year-old Lebanese American senior at Dearborn High School, won first place in the Voice of Democracy essay contest. The annual contest is hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a national organization for war veterans. This year’s topic focused on why veterans are important to the nation’s...Blizzard pounds U.S. northeast
A man walks out of an ocean front house covered in ice during a winter blizzard in Marshfield, Massachusetts January 27.BOSTON — A blizzard swept past New York City and struck hardest at some 4.5 million people around Boston, dropping nearly three feet of snow in areas and triggering high tides that breached a seawall and forced...Gauging outrage: Media and the aftermath of the Paris attacks
Relatives of journalist Halid Ahmed who died during the attack of Israel, mourn near his funeral on July 20, 2014.Appropriately, thousands of comics have been published in response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks earlier this month. One of the most striking ones I’ve seen so far depicts the gunmen as they fire at the magazine’s office;...Sayed Qazwini went too far
January 30th, 20150 Sayed Hassan Qazwini's resignation from the Islamic Center of America shocked the community. But those who are familiar with the state of the relationship between the imam and some members of the ICA Board of trustees were not surprised by the news. Qazwini had blasted the board with strong statements made to The Arab American News in...Kuwait arrests activists over anti-Saudi tweets
January 30th, 20150 KUWAIT CITY — Kuwaiti authorities have detained several online activists for allegedly comments deemed offensive to Saudi Arabia's late King Abdullah, a rights group and activists said Thursday. Secret police late Wednesday arrested prominent rights and online activist Mohammad al-Ajmi outside his home for "unknown reasons," the...GM honors Sammy Cheaito as a top sales consultant for GMC for 2014
January 30th, 20150 (L-R) Jeff Kern - GM Zone Manager, Golden Tate - Lions wide receiver, Sammy Cheaito and Scott Williams - GM District Manager.DEARBORN — Sammy Cheaito is a veteran car salesman and long-time employee at Superior Buick GMC and earned the 2014 Top Sales Award for GMC brands. He was presented with an award by Duncan Aldred,......
Dubai airport becomes the busiest in the world
Dubai airport terminal.DUBAI — Dubai airport has soared ahead of London's Heathrow, riding a boom in long-haul flights between Asia and the West to become the world's top international travel hub, UAE airport authorities said Tuesday. Traffic at the airport increased 6.1 percent last year to 70.47 million passengers, Dubai Airports...Saudi king orders payout to state employees, reshuffles cabinet
Saudi Arabia's King Salman.RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's new King Salman ordered a lavish payout to all state employees on Thursday and reshuffled some top government jobs while keeping in place the oil, foreign, finance, defense and interior ministers. The top oil exporter will pay two months of bonus salary to all state employees and......
Attacks kill 26 Egyptian soldiers
Shaimaa Sabbagh.CAIRO — Twenty-five people were killed in a bomb attack on military buildings in the capital of Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Thursday, while an army major was shot dead at a checkpoint in Rafah near the Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said. The flagship government newspaper, al-Ahram, said its...Hopes of return muted in devastated Syrian Kurdish town
Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units walk past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani Jan. 28KOBANI, SYRIA — Sheets meant to hide residents from snipers' sights still hang over streets in the Syrian border town of Kobani, and its shattered buildings and cratered roads suggest those who fled are unlikely...Reactions to local woman’s lawsuit highlights extreme Islamophobia
January 30th, 20150 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local woman was thrown into the national spotlight last week after she filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Dearborn Heights Police Department for forcing her to remove her hijab when she was arrested last July. Strong reactions rooted with racism and hate seemed to be a commonality amongst the...Islamic academic institute Great Revelations gears up for opening
January 30th, 20150 Great Revelations, located at 6400 Miller Rd. will be enrolling pre-K-12th grade students from Feb. 1 through March 15.DEARBORN — A new non-profit Islamic academic institution that has been in the works for the last three years is gearing up for its grand opening later this year. Great Revelations Academy, located at 6400......
Public records to become cheaper because of changes to Michigan FOIA
MICHIGAN — Because of the new changes to Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, public records are expected to become cheaper and easier to access. Government agencies will no longer charge more than 10 cents per page for copies of public records. Under the new changes to Michigan FOIA law, government agencies can also face...Calm prevails after Hezbollah’s attack in Shebaa
January 30th, 20150 Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of Captain Yochai Kalangel during his funeral at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem Jan. 29.BEIRUT — Israel and Hezbollah signaled on Thursday their rare flare-up in fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border was over, after the Lebanese guerrillas killed two Israeli troops in......
Professor sues school for dismissing him over anti-Israeli remarks
CHICAGO — A professor who lost a University of Illinois job offer over anti-Israel Twitter messages has sued the university's board of trustees and key administrators to try to get that job. Steven Salaita filed his lawsuit Thursday, January 29 in Chicago. The suit asks the court for an order letting him go to work at the University...One in five U.S. children now rely on food stamps
WASHINGTON — The number of children in the United States relying on food stamps for a meal spiked to 16 million last year, according federal data, signaling a lopsided economic recovery in which lower income families are still lagging behind. The roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession......