Updates headlines and News inside Detroit for Feb 04 2012

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• Hunt for ‘Peek-a-boo’ robbers under way in Dearborn Heights
  Studtz Hardware on Telegraph in Dearborn Heights is asking for your help in finding two guys they call the … Watch the surveillance video inside.
• Witness says children were left alone in parked car
  A woman says she was stunned when she saw …
• Fantasy 5 lottery prize worth thousands about to expire
  You could be $213,645 richer and not even know it.
• Lawyer for Bob Bashara: ‘What do we do with Joe?’
  The attorney representing Bob Bashara held a…

• Bashara family seeks — but can't get — police protection after handyman's reported release
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• Chesterfield Township Police nab man accused or stealing purse, laptop
  Today, Chesterfield Township Police arrested the man believed to have robbed a woman of her purse and laptop at knifepoint while she waited at a …
• Michigan Attorney General Schuette loses bid to intervene on U-M students' union push
  The Michigan Supreme Court this afternoon decided not to hear Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's bid to intervene in a hearing on whether University of Michigan graduate student research …
• No charges imminent in Jane Bashara killing despite lawyer's prediction
  Attorney for Bob Bashara talks about Joseph Gentz : David Griem, attorney for Bob Bashara, at a press conference, said he doesn't believe his client killed his wife and believed the man …

• Macomb County prosecutors to fight parole of man convicted of murder
  Macomb County prosecutors plan to argue today why a Fraser man should not be paroled from prison on a second-degree murder conviction in a racially-charged fight in 1990 in which a Detroit man was killed.
• Jewish feminist writer E.M. Broner dies at 83
  E.M. Broner, a pioneering Jewish feminist writer, and former professor at Wayne State University, has died in New York City. She was 83.
• Missing snake’s owner hopes Hudini stages reappearing act
  Talk about living up to your name. Hudini, a 5-foot-long boa constrictor, was last seen June 6, napping in a slightly opened backpack on a 90-degree day at Addison Oaks County Park. Her owner, Wisconsin transplant Richard Baumgardt, fell asleep, and the next morning, Hudini was gone. Baumgardt said she most likely got hungry.
• On anniversary of Michigan’s 1st Amber Alert, mother reflects on daughter it saved
  A mother’s nightmare began in 2003, when Carol Ryan discovered that her 14-year-old daughter had vanished from her bedroom in the family’s home in Jones, in southwestern Michigan.

• Fire Claims Life in Pontiac
  PONTIAC (My TV 20 News at 10) – Less than 24 hours after the city of Pontiac shuts down its fire department, and a neighboring township takes over, a resident is killed in a fire.
• Bashara’s Lawyer Speaks Out; Gentz Released
  DETROIT, Mi. (My TV20 News at 10) — The new attorney for Bob Bashara, the man whose wife was murdered, went before the media this morning to introduce himself.
• Racer Wants to Fulfill Dream,
  DETROIT, Mi. (My TV 20 News at Ten) — A Metro Detroit man needs your help to be able to race in the 2012 Belle Isle Grand Prix this summer.
• Police: Man Leads Authorities on High-Speed Chase Because He ‘Always Wanted to Do That’
  Montana man arrested early Thursday morning.

• Frosty Outdoor Fun At Detroit’s Motown Winter Blast
  The cold weather will be no match for the awesome energy outside, as people will be bundling up and making their way to the Motown Winter Blast, which returns to Campus Martius Park
• Pistons 88, Bucks 80
  The Detroit Pistons stop a rally in the final minutes to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 88-80 on Friday night.
• Feds Cut Unemployment Benefits As Michigan Jobless Rate Declines
  Michigan reduced unemployment from 26 to 20 weeks this year.
• Reported Release Of Suspect In Bashara Case Concerns Family
  The man arrested as a person of interest in the murder of Jane Bashara, is now back on the streets.
• Ohio State’s Meyer Defends Recruiting Practices
  There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices on Friday.
• 4 Super Bowl Champs Are Hall Finalists
  Chris Doleman is not one of the four Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists who won a Super Bowl.