Detroit: A Nigerian man on a suicide mission for al Qaeda was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for attempting to blow up an international flight with a bomb in his underwear as the plane approached Detroit on Christmas 2009. The mandatory punishment for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the well-educated son of a wealthy banker, was never in doubt after he surprised the courtroom and pleaded guilty to all charges...
08:44 AM, Feb 17, 2012
New York: Tata Technologies, the research and engineering arm of the Tata Group, will showcase an electric concept car at the much-watched Detroit Auto Show next week. The company said it has no plans yet to commercially produce the electric mobility concept vehicle 'Emo', which was designed to "prove that the company could one day produce an affordable electric car for the American market that offered the same capabilities as...
02:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New York: A New York children's author who used a curse word in exasperation during a plane delay at a US airport was ejected from the aircraft for disruptive behavior. Robert Sayegh, 37, said Atlantic Southeast Airlines overreacted to his salty language when it summoned police aboard to escort him off the Sunday evening flight at Detroit Metro Airport. "The f-word is not a nice word to use," he acknowledged...
10:28 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Detroit: When carmakers like BMW say they hope people find their next car at auto shows like the one in Detroit this week, this wasn't exactly what they meant. Two thieves drove away in a brand new $94,000 BMW 750i xDrive Sedan on Wednesday night that was left idling outside the Westin Book Cadillac, one of Detroit's major hotels. The car was one of more than a dozen BMW sedans...
03:49 PM, Jan 14, 2011
The decision comes after a Nigerian tried to blow a US plane. ...
01:25 PM, Dec 28, 2009
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The leader was accused of heading a Muslim militant group . ...
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Authorities say the shooting happened just before 10 pm on Sunday. ...
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The shooters covered their faces with either masks or T-shirts, police said. ...
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Attendees can experience the latest in technology in a ride-and-drive format. ...
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The family suspects that an outsider killed or kidnapped him. ...
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