Prescription drugs, murder, U.S. Mexican border, the Michigan oil spill & Muslim reality show!! It's media day with freedom4kaz!! Prescription drug deaths soar in Michigan In Michigan, more residents now die from prescription drug abuse than from heroin and cocaine combined, a federal registry shows. In 2009, the latest year data are available, 457 Michiganders died of overdoses from one or more prescription drugs, up from 409 deaths the year before. www.freep.com/article/20110711/NEWS06/107110334/Prescription-drug-deaths-soar-Michigan On U.S. side, cities are havens from drug wars "Of course there is spillover violence along the border," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said during a recent congressional hearing. "It is not secure and it has never been more violent or dangerous than it is today. Anyone who lives down there will tell you that." But that's not actually the case, according to a USA TODAY analysis www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2011-07-15-Border_CV_U.htm Detroit's murder rate rising Detroit — Homicides in the city of Detroit are up 15 percent from the same time last year and are on pace to reach the highest per-capita rates in a decade when the city's declining population is factored into the equation. detnews.com/article/20110726/METRO01/107260369/Detroit%E2%80%99s-murder-rate-rising Detroit Police Officers Association, city reaches tentative agreement Detroit —The city and the Detroit Police Officers Association have reached a tentative contract agreement that freezes wages for three years and reduces pensions. detnews.com/article/20110721/METRO01/107210375/Detroit-Police-Officers-Association--city-reach-tentative-agreement 1 year later, Michigan oil spill cleanup still costly, complex MARSHALL -- The oil is still there!! Nuff said!! www.freep.com/article/20110726/NEWS06/107260344/Oil-disaster-Kalamazoo-River-still-being-cleaned-up-1-year-after-Marshall-pipeline-spill?odyssey=mod|newswell|img|FRONTPAGE|p JOHN BOLENBAUGH'S CHANNEL PLEASE SUB TO HIS CHANNEL!!! HE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB DOCUMENTING THE LACK OF CLEAN UP OF THE OIL IN MARSHALL AND KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN!! |www.youtube.com/user/johnBolenbaugh TLC to Air 'All-American Muslim' Reality Series TLC unveiled plans Thursday for an upcoming reality TV series about Muslims living in the US. "All-American Muslim" will follow five Muslim families living in Dearborn, Mich., exploring "their customs and celebrations, as well as the misconceptions, conflicts and differences they face outside -- and within -- their own community," the cable channel said in a statement. Dearborn, a community in the Detroit metro area, boasts one of the country's biggest Muslim populations and is home to the largest mosque in North America. www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/07/22/tlc-to-air-all-american-muslim-reality-series/?test=faces U.S. Government Ends Chrysler Investment With $1.3 Billion Loss www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/21/us-government-ends-chrysler-investment/

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