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A former congressman from Michigan who is running for a chance at getting his old job back is suing a rival for $10 million, claiming the other candidate has defamed him by suggesting his military record is fake. Through his lawyer, former U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, R-Milford, filed the civil suit in Oakland County Circuit Court this week, saying A. Rocky Raczkowski has for years "engaged in a malicious defamation campaign telling multiple third parties that Bentivolio's military record is fraudulent and fake."
Kevin Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. It happened when a couple of longtime inmates who'd mentored him died of old age in prison and he watched them carted off on gurneys.
Following a flurry of speeches about Detroit transit and all the fanfare of a big historical event; after a performance by the Cass Tech marching band, Detroit's streetcar line opened for business today. After a ceremonial trip for dignitaries pulled up at the northbound Grand Circus Park station on Woodward Avenue and unloaded, a quick ribbon-cutting gave way to a large crowd pouring onto a streetcar wrapped for the occasion with Detroit images and a quote near the top of the car from poet Jessica Care Moore: For those who came to the grand opening of the 3.3-mile streetcar line, the moment appeared to represent a starting line for a region's hopes about itself.