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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, the Detroit skyline is shown along the Detroit River. Detroit has reached a tentative deal with unions that represent thousands of employees in the bankrupt city. Mediators announced Monday, April 28, 2014 that the city and the Coalition of Detroit Unions have agreed in principle on the &#8220;major aspects&#8221; of a five-year collective bargaining agreement.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Where things stand with Detroit’s bankruptcy plan

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE-- In this July 8, 2014 file photo, Chester Clemons, a water shut-off technician for the city of Detroit, shuts off the water at a home in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit. State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr issued an order placing control of Detroit’s water department in the hands of Mayor Mike Duggan. The move was announced Tuesday, July 29, 2014 and comes as the massive water system in the bankrupt city has received national and international criticism for shutting off service to thousands of customers who are 60 days or more behind on their bills. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley)

Bankruptcy judge will weigh in on Detroit water

Associated Press

In this July 16, 2013 aerial file photo, the downtown of the city of Detroit is shown. Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr raised more than a few eyebrows a year ago when he took the city into bankruptcy and predicted it would be out by the time his term expired in fall 2014. Because it is by far the largest city to file for municipal bankruptcy and the issues were so complex many experts predicted it would take years to resolve. But the city will take a major step toward that goal with a trial in federal bankruptcy court that starts Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Detroit’s historic bankruptcy trial to begin

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden visits with customers at the Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company where he had a cup of coffee and something to eat following his speech before the start of the Labor Day Parade at the site of old Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Daniel Mears, Pool)

VP Biden says workers deserve ‘fair share’

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Few Democrats are like Pittsburgh ex-mayor

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE-- In this July 8, 2014 file photo, Chester Clemons, a water shut-off technician for the city of Detroit, shuts off the water at a home in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit. State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr issued an order placing control of Detroit’s water department in the hands of Mayor Mike Duggan. The move was announced Tuesday, July 29, 2014 and comes as the massive water system in the bankrupt city has received national and international criticism for shutting off service to thousands of customers who are 60 days or more behind on their bills. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley)

Detroit water fund gets $200,000 in donations

Associated Press

Cars are stranded along a flooded stretch of Interstate 696 at the Warren, Mich., city limits Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2014. Police divers are searching for anyone trapped in their vehicles. Warren Mayor James Fouts said roughly 1,000 vehicles had been abandoned in floodwaters in the suburb where many roads were closed after 5.2 inches of rain fell Monday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

State: Many roadway pump stations in poor shape

Associated Press

This undated handout photo provided by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) shows a redacted ledger with names of suspected terrorists. Decades ago, names of suspected terrorists were kept in a rolodex and in notebooks, according to redacted government photographs. The Associated Press has learned that a U.S. government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years. The National Counterterrorism Center says there were 1.1 million people in the database at the end of 2013. Of those, 25,000 are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. There were about 550,000 people in the database in March 2010. The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, called "TIDE," is a huge, classified database of people who are known to be terrorists, are suspected of having ties to terrorism, or in some cases related to or are associates of known or suspected terrorists. It feeds to smaller lists that restrict peoples' abilities to travel on commercial airlines to or within the U.S. (AP Photo/NCTC)

Lawsuit challenges terror database listing process

Associated Press

**FILE** Michael Bloomberg welcomes leaders to the U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Nearly 50 African heads of state are gathering in Washington for an unprecedented summit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

ISTOOK: Trickle-down liberal agenda afflicts dysfunctional cities

By Ernest Istook

Actor Mark Ruffalo joined a rally to protest Detroit water shutoffs. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

EDITORIAL: Detroit’s water ‘spigot bigots’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Theodore Wafer sits in court at his second-degree murder trial in Detroit on Wednesday July 23, 2014. Wafer isaccused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Renisha McBride on the front-porch of his Dearborn Heights, Mich., home.(AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Detroit porch shooting trial: Suspect says he didn’t know gun was loaded

Associated Press

Protesters march over the controversial water shut-offs Friday, July 18, 2014, in Detroit, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

HURT: The cost of ‘free’ water in Detroit

By Charles Hurt

Protesters march over the controversial water shut-offs Friday, July 18, 2014, in Detroit, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

Detroit water shutoffs are racially motivated, lawsuit claims

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, a Detroit Police officer stands guard behind barrier tape at the scene of a shooting which left three dead at a barbershop in Detroit. Police Chief James Craig points to a 14 percent decline in criminal homicides in 2013 from the previous year - from 386 in 2012 to 333 - precisely the same number of homicides that occurred in New York City, which has a population almost a dozen times larger than Detroit’s. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley)

PHILLIPS: The Second Amendment works!

By Judson Phillips

"Criminals are getting the message that good Detroiters are armed and will use that weapon," Detroit Police Chief James Craig told The Detroit News, citing declining crime statistics in the Motor City. (associated press)

Detroit police chief says armed citizens are curbing crime

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Hundreds gather for a Sunday service, June 29, 2014, at the 141-year-old St. Joseph Catholic Church near Eastern Market in Detroit. The Detroit Mass Mob movement is an effort to highlight and support Detroit's historic yet struggling Catholic churches. It's the third outing for the fledgling Detroit Mass Mob movement, which was started in the spring by a few local Catholics who connected through social media. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jarrad Henderson) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Mass Mob draws 900 to Detroit’s St. Joseph church

Associated Press