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Here comes Santa Claus 19 Dec 2012 | 06:38 pm
Santa doesn’t look much different than the homeless people seated around him. John Ratkov is at the Crossroads soup kitchen on West Grand Boulevard on a cold, misty afternoon, wearing a torn flannel ...
Last days 5 Dec 2012 | 06:16 pm
There’s not a single customer in the bar tonight. Just like most of last night. Just like most nights before that. Steve Francis, the bar’s owner, sits at a table by the wall, huddled inside his wool...
Mainstay 21 Nov 2012 | 07:22 pm
Barry Beal just doesn’t give up. He didn’t give up when thieves broke into his store and stole nearly every single thing inside, plunging him into bankruptcy. He didn’t give up after the big box stor...
Sign of the times 18 Jul 2012 | 08:32 pm
It wasn’t the daily raids on his yard by the neighborhood’s thieves that did it. Nor was it the pyro who firebombed his equipment trailer. No, what drove Andre Ventura over the edge was the drive-by s...
Girls on film 4 Jul 2012 | 07:51 am
He first had sex with a hooker when he was 18. He’s been with hundreds of them since. And he’s put a video of nearly every one of those hookups on his website. “I just like bad girls,” says the 36-ye...
The black market 20 Jun 2012 | 07:23 pm
The grocery store owner mentioned one day to a customer that sales were down, and said his business might not be around much longer. That customer decided something needed to be done. She made phone c...
Hustle and flow 23 May 2012 | 10:50 pm
A passing woman sees him and tries to hide her face from his gaze. Too late. The traffic light by the Fox Theater has just released a burst of Tigers fans heading to the ballpark on a spring weekday ...
The devil inside 4 May 2012 | 02:28 pm
Around and around they go, walking in a circle, speaking in tongues, clutching toy swords and holding crimson flags aloft, as the music blares, absolutely blares, from the speakers on the altar. Ther...
Curtain call 26 Apr 2012 | 12:36 am
The kids have been rehearsing their play for half an hour now, yet none of them has spoken a word. It’s a spring morning, and a couple dozen students are gathered in the gym at the Detroit Day School...
