http://www.monroenews.com/news/www.monroenews.com storiesen-usThu, 23 May 2013 05:53:42 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/quartey-selected-mccc-president/Monroe County Community College’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected Dr. Kojo Quartey as its fifth president. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:53:42 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/quartey-selected-mccc-president/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/kilpatrick-back-court-corruption-case/DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is returning to federal court, more than two months after his corruption conviction.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:52:01 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/kilpatrick-back-court-corruption-case/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/blackhawks-red-wings-have-2-nhls-top-coaches/DETROIT (AP) — Joel Quenneville has accomplished a lot in the NHL, hoisting the Stanley Cup once and with as many postseason victories as any active coach.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:37:24 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/blackhawks-red-wings-have-2-nhls-top-coaches/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/he-got-involved-and-saved-life/When the piece of steak lodged in his throat, Rick Benson tried to wash it down, but it wouldn’t budge. Within seconds, Mr. Ben­son knew that the situation was reach­ing a critical point.Ray KisonasThu, 23 May 2013 05:30:16 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/he-got-involved-and-saved-life/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/wolf-hunt-referendum-go-2014-michigan-ballot/LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's election board on Wednesday certified the signatures of a group seeking to ban wolf hunting and a referendum will be placed on the November 2014 ballot, but the outcome of the vote could be meaningless.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:26:17 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/wolf-hunt-referendum-go-2014-michigan-ballot/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube/In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:24:44 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:24:22 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/philadelphia-bicyclist-cat-his-co-pilot/PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:23:40 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/philadelphia-bicyclist-cat-his-co-pilot/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/surgeons-remove-tigers-basketball-sized-hairball/CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:19:29 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/surgeons-remove-tigers-basketball-sized-hairball/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/okla-tornado-damage-thousands-homes-15-2b/The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 05:13:07 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/okla-tornado-damage-thousands-homes-15-2b/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/review-google-music-plan-solid-serendipitous/Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 01:16:32 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/review-google-music-plan-solid-serendipitous/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/nearly-all-us-states-see-hefty-drop-teen-births/The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 01:15:31 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/nearly-all-us-states-see-hefty-drop-teen-births/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/teen-birth-rates-decline-most-us-states/The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 01:14:13 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/teen-birth-rates-decline-most-us-states/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/cabrera-tigers-down-indians-11-7-rainy-night/Justin Verlander wasn't about to let a win slip away in the rain. Verlander returned to the mound after sitting through a 62-minute rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another homer — maybe the luckiest of his career — as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on Wednesday night, sweeping the two-game series between the AL Central's top teams.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 23 May 2013 01:13:20 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/23/cabrera-tigers-down-indians-11-7-rainy-night/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/wednesday-night-prep-scoreboard/Wednesday night prep scoreboardMegan DrabekWed, 22 May 2013 19:49:18 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/wednesday-night-prep-scoreboard/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/arias-jury-deadlocks-must-keep-deliberating/PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep on trying. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWed, 22 May 2013 19:41:51 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/arias-jury-deadlocks-must-keep-deliberating/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/severe-weather-moving-great-lakes-wednesday-aftern/Thunderstorms started to move into Monroe County late Wednesday afternoon, continuing in the evening.Paula WethingtonWed, 22 May 2013 17:11:32 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/severe-weather-moving-great-lakes-wednesday-aftern/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/ag-4-americans-killed-2009-drone-strikes/WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWed, 22 May 2013 16:55:34 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/ag-4-americans-killed-2009-drone-strikes/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/detectives-attempted-abduction-was-unfounded/What was first reported as an attempted abduction in Bedford Township was turned out to be unfounded, sheriff’s detectives said. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:09 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/detectives-attempted-abduction-was-unfounded/http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/uk-official-london-attack-could-be-terror-related/LONDON (AP) — Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were injured. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWed, 22 May 2013 14:25:17 -0400http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/may/22/uk-official-london-attack-could-be-terror-related/