This fall, Kid Rock will embark on a nationwide club tour, foregoing massive arenas for intimate theaters and venues. And, as usual, the American Badass will hit the road wearing ... Continue reading →
MLive file photoThe new MLive Media Group news hub in Grand Rapids, located at 169 Monroe Ave NW, across from Rosa Parks Circle. GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Recently reported circulation numbers for MLive Media Group properties show declines in printed editions over the past six months while the company continues to see growth in online traffic. The Audit Bureau of Circulation released the semi-annual newspaper FAS-FAX and Audience-FAX reports early this month, which includes newspaper circulation data for the six months ending March 31, 2012. While the report indicates a significant drop in total average circulation compared to the year before, MLive President Dan Gaydou said the numbers in the report do not account for the Feb. 2 switch that ended home newspaper delivery for ... Continue reading →
The evening news broadcasts all but spiked the largest legal action in history to defend our Constitutionally-protected religious freedom. The May 21 editions of ABC’s World News and NBC’s Nightly News refused to report the fact that 43 Catholic dioceses and organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Obama administration. CBS Evening News gave this historic news a mere 19 seconds of air time. This is the worst bias by omission I have seen in the quarter century history of the Media Research Center. Every American knows about the Chinese communists withholding for 20 years the news that the US had landed on the moon, because it reflected poorly on the government. Our US media today are no different. They are now withholding news ... Continue reading →
By Quentin FottrellFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his status to “married” Saturday and received over one million “likes” from his followers. But the site he founded isn’t always so marriage-friendly. In fact, lawyers say the social network contributes to an increasing number of marriage breakups. More than a third of divorce filings last year contained the word Facebook, according to a survey by Divorce Online, a UK-based legal services firm. And over 80% of U.S. divorce attorneys say they’ve seen a rise in the number of cases using social networking, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. “I see Facebook issues breaking up marriages all the time,” says Gary Traystman, a divorce attorney in New London, Conn. Of the 15 cases he handles per ... Continue reading →
AP Photo | Detroit NewsSandra Layne, 74, appears in handcuffs at the 48th District Count in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Monday, May 21, 2012. Layne has been charged with open murder in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson in the suburban Detroit condo they shared.Jonathan Hoffman frantically told a 911 dispatcher he had been shot in the chest by his grandmother and was going to die, a police detective testified Monday.By the time officers arrived at the family's upscale condo in a Detroit suburb, at least four more shots from a .40-caliber handgun had been pumped into the 17-year-old high school senior.A West Bloomfield Township detective told a judge during Monday's arraignment for 74-year-old Sandra Layne that eight entry and exit wounds were found in ... Continue reading →
Popular BBQ eatery Sandmann's has been shuttered and its assets seized by Kent County's 17th Circuit Court. GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Award-winning BBQ eatery Sandmann's has been closed and its assets seized by Kent County's 17th Circuit Court, according to a court order affixed to the business's door. The notice, dated Monday, shows the popular spot at 1200 Wealthy St. SE was shuttered by the court. The popular spot at 1200 Wealthy St. SE had been a mainstay since 2000, when co-owners Randall Sandifer and Ursula Mann-Sandifer set up shop. The small eatery, which had been nominated by MLive.com readers as being among the state's best spots for BBQ, had been a mainstay at the corner of Wealthy and Fuller Avenue. Sandifer and Mann-Sandifer opened ... Continue reading →
John Liberty / MLive.comThe Kalamazoo Coffee Co. will open its new cafe Black Owl Cafe at 414 Walbridge St. in the fall.KALAMAZOO, MI -- The Kalamazoo Coffee Co. has launched a new project to donate some proceeds to regional organizations as the local roaster gears up to open a new cafe downtown.On May 1, the company, which had been located at The Strutt, 773 W. Michigan Ave., until March when it relocated to 414 Walbridge St., started the "Community Coffee Project," where 25 cents of every bag of coffee sold in the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids area will go to the West Michigan Cancer Center and the Devos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids.The coffee is available at a variety of stores around West Michigan. The ... Continue reading →
