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WATCH: There's A Dinosaur Wandering Around Wayne State

Every once in awhile, there’s something that reminds you about how beautifully weird Detroit is. Our new favorite previously extinct animal to run around the city has been caught on video in the Wayne State neighborhood, and he also has a somewhat epic Instagram account. The Wayne State Volleyball team caught the dino hopping along on Cass in front of Old Main… So just saw this outside Old Main at @waynestate. Looks like W has some competition for school mascot. #happyfriday pic.twitter.com/...

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Laughter Is The Cure To Life Raises $10,000

Remember those three hysterical metro Detroiters who used comedy to raise money for kids with cancer we wrote about over the summer? Well here’s a little recap. Three guys decided to join together to use their great senses of humor to raise money for an unbelievable cause, with zero of the profit to their names. The show, then dubbed “Laughter is the Cure to Life,” took off from the minds of three kids trying to make a difference. If you still don’t know what I’m talking about, click here....

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Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For February 26-28

Hello again Detroit! We’re back with another weekend round up with your City 5 from Daily Detroit. This weekend marks the end of winter’s cruelest month, and opens the door to the wonder that the month of March holds (e.g. ST. PATRICK’S DAY). So saddle up for one more weekend of winter fun … here’s your city 5 for February 26-28. Detroit Autorama — Friday — Sunday — Detroit If the auto show left you hungry for more four wheeled excitement, then don’t miss the Detroit Autorama at cobo...

Detroit To Receive Six New Ambulances This Week

According to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation, the city of Detroit is set to receive six shiny new red ambulances this week to help their beleaguered fleet. Detroit’s ambulances are definitely put to the test, and replacing them also lowers operating costs. Older ambulances average double the mileage, fuel consumption and emissions when compared to newer vehicles. The new rigs should help the city’s goal of keeping ambulance response times low, which they currently report at an average of...

AAFA Names Shinola Retailer of the Year

The accolades keep rolling in for Detroit’s Shinola. When the luxury goods maker opened in 2011, many didn’t think that there was a market in Detroit and they faced criticisms of “who would buy a $550 watch?” Not only have they succeeded, they’ve thrived hiring hundreds of Detroiters and have opened 12 company locations around the country. Shinola has their corporate offices and a production facility located in the core of Detroit. It also has a retail store on Canfield and a new audio equip...

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When It Comes To Detroit’s Revitalization, It’s Still All About The Basics

This year at the Detroit Policy Conference, the fifth annual gathering of more than 800 business and community leaders at the Motor City Casino, we left with way more questions than answers. That’s actually not a bad thing. The dynamic ideations of some of Detroit’s finest thinkers left everyone talking about both how incredibly far the city has come in recent years, but also, thinking about how much further we have to go in regard to the myriad issues still facing the city. There were count...

Former Mayor Dave Bing Says City Is "One Incident Away" From Repeat Of 1967

If there’s anyone who has brought the controversial heat so far at the Detroit Policy Conference today, it’s former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. In a speech to a business crowd that gave him tepid applause, Mayor Bing made a series of strong points that African Americans are not included in leadership or business decisions – but some online and at the conference felt he was speaking truth to power. He called out the “new leadership” in the city for not being inclusive, as well as organizations l...

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Matthew Stafford Taps His Inner Artist To Benefit Detroit Area Youth Center

Who needs a paint brush to make art when you can throw a football? That’s what Detroit Lions Quarterback Matthew Stafford did as he tapped into his inner artist to create five, six-foot canvas paintings to benefit a Detroit youth center. Stafford teamed up with Unifi, Inc.’s REPREVE, a recycled fiber brand, to create and auction the five paintings with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Sports, Academics, Youth (S.A.Y.) Detroit Play Center. S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park, off...

WATCH: A Three Minute Detroit Time Machine Of Newly Digitized Footage

We Detroiters near and far have a ton of nostalgia for our city, and as part of a cool new project, the Detroit Historical Society has unveiled a new video archive. It features close to 170 hours of recently digitized film footage from a variety of time periods. There are items from the Detroit Historical Society collection, public domain footage such as newsreels and amateur footage, as well as the collection of the Detroit’s communications department. A year of work has been put into this...

By The Numbers: 12 Quick Stats From Duggan's 2016 State Of The City

At Second Ebenezer Church on Detroit’s east side, Mayor Mike Duggan spoke to an invitation-only crowd for his third state of the city address. Interrupted multiple times by protestors, Duggan delivered a nearly hour-long speech that touched on a variety of topics. The Mayor loves his data and statistics. Here are some from last night, according to the Mayor: 1. In the last two years 61,000 lights for the Public Lighting authority, on track to finish a year ahead of schedule 2. Ambulance...

Metro Detroit Added 39,600 Jobs In 2015

Some good news when it comes the employment prospects within the Metro Detroit area, and with this map, you can visualize it. In raw numbers, it’s not as high as say New York or Los Angeles, but positive news nonetheless. The White House recently released a statement that unemployment has reached 4.9% and that across the past two years, businesses in the United States have added more jobs than any time since the 1990s. Cost-estimating website HowMuch.net used data from the Bureau of Labor St...

GIF THE NEWS: How Do Your Favorite Jacks Feel About The Rebranded Greektown Casino?

You readers are amazing. We posted a little piece on about renaming Detroit’s Greektown Casino to “Jack Detroit Greektown Casino Hotel” and the email and message box lit up. If you want all the deets hit up the original post here, but the reaction has been steady and swift. Check out a sample of your brilliance below. A little Jack Sparrow action… Not an actual quote from Jack White. But funny. Reader Dave sent in Jack Tripper Jack Donaghy is a favorite, with lines straig...

Greektown Casino To Be Renamed "JACK Detroit"

Depending on the reaction of the public, whoever came up with the name might end up looking like an ace – or a joker. Released Tuesday, Rock Gaming is going to renamed “Jack Entertainment, LLC” and the Detroit property will have a new full name of “JACK Detroit Casino-Hotel Greektown” Rock Gaming has casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati and ThistleDown Racino near Cleveland with the name transition happenings this year. Detroit will be last on the list to make the change in “Q4 2016.” “JACK...

Judge Orders Detroit Animal Control And Police To Stop Warrantless Seizure Of Dogs

An ordinance adopted in 2004 has caused havoc for some Detroit residents, because it allowed Detroit Animal Control or the Detroit Police to break into your house and take your animals if they believed you were in violation of any animal control ordinance. Back in November, eleven residents sued claiming animal control officers seized their dogs, imprisoned the animals in reportedly filthy conditions and then charged exorbitant fees. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds issued the...

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QUICK TIP: Transformers 5 Casting Call In Detroit!

Look, as much as we love this writing thing, we’re not ashamed to admit we’re still in search of the coveted 15 minutes of fame that we’re all supposed to receive in life. However, as much as we would love to step foot into the glitz and glam of Hollywood, we would never do so at the hinderance of you, loyal reader. That’s why we’re letting you in on some neat info… The producers of the blockbuster “Transformers” franchise are preparing to shoot the fifth installment of the hit film and a...

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Check Out The Radical Dog That Works At A Michigan Airport

We may have just stumbled on the coolest pooch in the state of Michigan. His name is Piper, and the Border Collie is on a mission to protect Traverse City’s Cherry Capitol Airport free from the low life scum who wreak havoc on the runway—birds. Piper’s job entrails promoting airport safety by responding directly to reports of wildlife and conducting regular patrols, which, most of the time, consists of chasing birds away from the runways and taxiways. According to his website, the...

LISTEN: Justin Bieber's "Sorry" Gets A Motown Makeover

Turns out, the hit song works really well redone as in the signature Motown style. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox on a weekly basis shows that a today’s pop songs fit perfectly in other decades and styles. This redone version Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” is definitely on-point. The lead singer on the Motown version is female vocalist Shoshana Bean, who has various Broadway credits to her name, with her best known probably being her role as Elphaba on Broadway in the musical “Wicked.”...

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Need A Job? Check Out The City Of Detroit Job Fair This Week

We’ve noticed an increase in the number of job fair events recently, which is a promising sign for folks in the market for their next big opportunity. If you’ve been thinking about working for the City then check out this fair, which features nearly 200 open positions waiting for excellent applicants to apply. Many of the jobs are related to outdoor work in the city’s General Services Department, so if you want to explore what’s possible in the field, here are a couple sample opportunities....

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