MOTOR CITY MOVING FORWARD

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Detroit's collapse into bankruptcy was after 50 years of neglect. The bottom line is that citizens there stopped fighting each other and started working together.

Now a few dozen local and national industry leaders, including Quicken Loans, which has brought hundreds of jobs to downtown Detroit are promoting TECHWEEK

Many of Detroit's emerging success-stories across technology, including those in finance, startups, health, e-commerce, fashion, makers and more will be recognized and discussed at Techweek Detroit.

THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA

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News stories began to surface today concerning reports about The People's Republic of China acquiring an Internet cannon to censor information content from its very own citizens, also know as "The People."

China’s Great Cannon https://citizenlab.org/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/

China Is Said to Use Powerful New Weapon to Censor Internet http://nyti.ms/1GS81wN

Great Cannon is widening China censorship, say researchers - Yahoo7 https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/27053194/great-cannon-is-widenin…

US AND CUBA MAKE HISTORY

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The political climate of the world has changed since those "COLD WAR" days. Back in the 1960's, when JFK was President he gathered his national security team as the world was on the verge of nuclear war during The Cuban Missile Crisis. This weekend US President Obama and Cuban Dictator Raul Castro are expected to meet, making this a historic moment, following a decades long embargo, as well as a number of attacks.

CNN: History of the U.S. and Cuba in two minutes http://cnn.it/1sWGOoh

Delisted in Havana http://fam.ag/1INl69f via @ForeignAffairs

JOURNALISM BURNOUT

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A University of Kansas study shows journalism burnout is affecting women more than men. The field of journalism has changed greatly over the last decade, and those changes are taking a particularly hard toll on women working in newsrooms, new research from a University of Kansas professor shows. Female journalists are experiencing more job burnout and more intend to leave the field or are uncertain about their futures than their male counterparts.

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US AND CUBA MAKE HISTORY
President Obama and Raul Castro speak, making it a historic moment and following decades of cold war.

PAKISTAN VOTES TO KEEP OUT OF YEMEN
Parliament passes a resolution asking all warring parties to resolve the conflict through diplomatic dialogue.

TERRIBLE TORNADO
A tremendous tornado hits the tiny town of Fairdale, killing one person, injuring seven and blowing homes away.

N CHARLESTON CHANGED POLICE TACTICS BEFORE SHOOTING
Local cops were given a mandate to be more aggressive in the fight against crime in the South Carolina city.

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ENFORCING OR BREAKING THE LAW?

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Another cop has been charged with murder. This time after video surfaced of him shooting a fleeing suspect in the back stayed on the force after an earlier complaint he used excessive force against another unarmed man.

The core functions of Public Safety are to enforce laws and regulations that are designed to protect all of US.

Walter Scott shooting by North Charleston Patrolman 1st Class Michael Th...: https://youtu.be/Q6-jFQPu-yo via @YouTube

Graphic: Police Radio Traffic in Fatal Shooting: https://youtu.be/uobTpqdiK9Y via @YouTube

ALCOHOL CAUSES HIGHER MORTALITY

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According to European researchers, the mortality of alcohol-dependent patients in general hospitals is many times higher than that of patients without alcohol dependency.

The study was published in the journal European Psychiatry and carried out by scientists from the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Bonn Hospital in Germany and their British colleagues, using patient data from various general hospitals in Manchester, England.

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PERSIAN GULF TENSIONS
Iran deploys warships near Yemen but denies arming Shiite rebels there, while US warns of fomenting trouble.

SOUTH CAROLINA COP HAD A RECORD
Carolina cop charged with murder for shooting a fleeing suspect in the back had prior excessive force complaint.

ARRAIGNMENT DAY FOR DURST
Millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst was indicted on weapons charges that have kept him in New Orleans.

MOST AMERICANS NOT INVESTING IN STOCKS
U.S. stock market is still flirting with record highs, more than half of Americans are standing on the sidelines.

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