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Deadline for Obamacare open enrollment Feb. 15
February 6th, 20150 MICHIGAN — The deadline for open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act for 2015 is Feb. 15. This is true both inside and outside the marketplace. So, no matter how you plan to get private coverage for yourself or your family you'll need to sign up before open enrollment ends. If you aren’t covered by health insurance in...
235 snow emergency tickets issued in Dearborn, residents grow weary of services in Dearborn Heights
February 6th, 20150 A family in Dearborn Heights allege that DPW trucks dumped snow in front of their home and blocked them in.DEARBORN — The Detroit metro area appeared to be well prepared for the snowstorm that impacted the area on Sunday, February 1 and Monday, February 2 and has since gone on record as the third largest recorded snowfall to hit the...
Walled Lake teacher named Elite 40 under 40 winner
February 6th, 20150 OAKLAND COUNTY — Melody Saroki Arabo was named Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson’s Elite 40 under 40 2015 winner. Arabo, 35, is a third grade teacher at Keith Elementary School in Walled Lake, where she has been employed since 2002. Oakland County Executive’s Elite 40 Under 40 program celebrates its fourth year...
Pope Francis grants Royal Oak church honorary title of ‘minor basilica’
February 6th, 20150 ROYAL OAK — Pope Francis has granted the title of minor basilica to the National Shrine of the Little Flower Church in Royal Oak. Shrine is now one of 82 churches in the United States — and only the second church in Michigan — to hold the title of minor basilica. The Basilica of St. Adalbert in Grand Rapids was named a minor...State will not appeal court decision on 300 same-sex marriages
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday that he will not appeal U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith’s ruling recognizing the validity of the approximately 300 same-sex couples married in four counties on March 22, 2014 and issued the following statement: “The judge has determined that same-sex couples were legally married...
Former executive director of Michigan Department of Civil Rights dies
February 6th, 20150 BINGHAM FARMS — Daniel Krichbaum, the former executive director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR), died on Tuesday, Feb. 3 after a cerebral hemorrhage following a stroke, according to relatives. He was 72. Krichbaum spent decades championing civil rights. Many Arab American leaders considered Krichbaum a close...House votes to repeal and eventually replace Obamacare
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives added another notch to its lengthy record of Obamacare repeal votes on Tuesday by approving a measure that would scrap the healthcare law and direct oversight committees to come up with a replacement. Defying a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 239-186 on a measure to eliminate...
LAHC scholarship application deadline April 6
February 6th, 20150 DEARBORN — The Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC) is celebrating its 27th annual gala on Friday, May 8 at the Adoba Hotel in Dearborn. The last day to apply for a scholarship from the LAHC’s Arab American Scholarship Foundation Program is Monday, April 6. Throughout the past 27-years, the program has awarded more...Ebola virus sent out of high-security lab was likely dead
CHICAGO — An internal investigation of an Ebola incident at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory in December found that samples sent to a lower-security lab were "unlikely" to have contained live virus and posed no threat to staff, the CDC said on Wednesday. The close call followed mishaps involving anthrax...The battle of Sinai: How to lose a ‘War on Terror’
Smoke rises after a house was blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah, Oct. 29, 2014.The Sinai Peninsula has moved from the margins of the Egyptian body politic to the uncontested center, as Egypt’s strong man – President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi – finds himself greatly undercut...Jordanian pilot’s murder shows the un-Islamic barbarism of IS
Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh in a visit to Turkey.The videotaped murder of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh by "Islamic State" terrorists is one of the most gruesome atrocities that the world has witnessed since the turn of the century. The 26-year-old pilot was placed in a cage in an orange jump suit drenched with a flammable...UAE stops airstrikes against “Islamic State”
Pilots of the UAE Air Forces.ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates withdrew from coalition air strikes against the "Islamic State" group in Syria after the capture of a Jordanian pilot since murdered by the jihadists, US officials said Wednesday. The UAE pulled out of the flights soon after the pilot fell into IS hands in December, a...Michigan Democratic lawmakers back MENA category on the Census
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senator Gary Peters sent a letter to U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson this week in support of a proposal to test a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) category for inclusion in the 2020 Census. According to the Arab American Institute, Michigan...California man arraigned in threats to Muslim civil rights group
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-area man accused of placing a threatening phone call to one office of a Muslim civil rights group and sending a threatening message to another pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to hate crimes charges. The case against John David Weissinger stems from a profanity-laced phone message received by a staff member...Gaza militants condemn Egypt’s branding of Hamas as terror group
GAZA — In a statement read by a masked gunman, 10 armed Palestinian factions jointly condemned on Thursday an Egyptian decision to list the military wing of the Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization. An Egyptian court last week banned the Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, in line with a crackdown by......
Most Yemeni parties agree on transitional council
SANAA — Most Yemeni factions have agreed to set up an interim presidential council to manage the country for up to one year, negotiators said on Thursday, in a step to ease a power struggle that forced the president to step down two weeks ago. The dominant Houthi movement had set a Wednesday deadline for political factions to agree...Tort Law: The muscle of justice
The common law of torts, which originated from English common law, has been elaborated in tens of thousands of judicial decisions with one basic message: If a person suffers a wrongful injury or harm, he or she can seek remedy in court with a trial by jury. Through tort law, our civil justice system operates to compensate victims,......
Jordanian jets pound “Islamic State” militants after pilot’s death
February 6th, 20150 Jordan's King Abdullah (C), walks with Safi al-Kasaesbeh (2nd L), the father of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, as he arrives to offer his condolences at the headquarters of the family's clan Feb. 5. Photo: REUTERSAMMAN — Jordanian fighter jets pounded "Islamic State" hideouts in Syria on Thursday and then roared over the hometown...CIA, Mossad killed Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh
WASHINGTON — The CIA and Israel's spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bomb attack in Syria, the Washington Post reported. Citing former intelligence officials, the newspaper reported that U.S. and Israeli spy agencies worked together to target Mughniyeh on Feb. 12,...Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan stresses snow shoveling safety
DETROIT — This past weekend, Michigan experienced its third largest snowfall since 1880, 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 their property...Government approves Medicare coverage for lung cancer screening
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. health regulators on Thursday approved Medicare coverage for lung cancer screening by low-dose CT, the first time the government health insurance program for the elderly and disabled will pay for such a program of early detection in an effort to save lives. The decision applies to Medicare beneficiaries aged......
Iraq PM orders lifting of decade-old Baghdad curfew
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered an end to the nightly curfew that has been in force in Baghdad for years, Brigadier General Saad Maan said on Thursday. "The prime minister ordered that the curfew in the city of Baghdad be completely lifted starting from this Saturday," Maan, the spokesman for the Baghdad...Heavy fighting in Libya’s Benghazi as army pushes to take port
BENGHAZI — Clashes erupted in the center of Libya's main eastern city on Thursday as pro-government forces pushed to take the port district from Islamist militants, and seven soldiers were killed, witnesses and military officials said. The fighting mirrors a wider struggle in the oil-producing North African state where two governments......
The Islamic Center Board suspends Sayed Qazwini for two months
February 5th, 20150 DEARBORN — Sayed Hassan Qazwini will leave the Islamic Center of America for at least two months, while the center's Board of Trustees discusses the responsibilities of the spiritual leader, revises the bylaws and finds a solution for the issues at the ICA, a board member said. The board came to this decision on Wednesday...Man walks naked on I-75 in the middle of a snowstorm
AUBURN HILLS—A man was videotaped walking naked down the middle of I-75 during last weekend’s snowstorm. Francis Gojcaj, a driver who witnessed the incident and recorded it on his phone, also posted a video online showing the man walking along the freeway in the altogether. Concerned citizens began......
