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Underwear Bomber Chose Detroit Flight Because It Was Cheap
Jeff Neumann · 03/24/11 04:32AMPoor Detroit. People leave bombs there, and no one wants to live there any more or, apparently, even travel there. That's why suspected underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab picked a Detroit flight for his failed 2009 Christmas flaming underwear bomb attempt over other American cities, the AP has discovered:
Bomb Spends Three Weeks in Lost-and-Found
Max Read · 03/24/11 12:43AMDetroit Closing Half of Its Public Schools
Jim Newell · 02/23/11 04:51PMDetroit Won't Get a RoboCop Statue After All
Jeff Neumann · 02/08/11 05:20AMChrysler's Incredible "Imported From Detroit" Ad Is the Super Bowl's Real Winner
Matt Cherette · 02/06/11 09:44PMThere Are 50,000 Stray Dogs in Detroit
Matt Cherette · 02/01/11 09:46PMThis video was not shot in a Third World country. It's the city of Detroit, where there are currently 70,000 abandoned buildings and 50,000 stray dogs (with only 23 Animal Control officers). I'd say that's a problem.
Three Holiday Cheers for Breakdancing Santa
Brian Moylan · 12/16/10 11:42AMWe don't know much about this poppin'-and-lockin' Santa seen boogieing on the side of the road in Detroit, but we do know that he's pretty freakin' awesome. Screw warbling carolers. We'd rather have this guy come to our door.
Fabulously Corrupt Disgraced Pol Draws the Line at Instigating Stripper Murder
Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/10 05:28PMSex Shop Sells $128 Million Lotto Ticket, Winner Remains Anonymous
Jeff Neumann · 11/08/10 05:20AMCleveland: It Could Be Worse, At Least We're Not Detroit!
Morgan Barry · 09/29/10 05:00PMIn an attempt to promote local tourism a native Clevelander took his camera to the streets to present an indigenous, somewhat optimistic, view of his city. Hum along to this lovely, not depressing at all, little ditty.