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Off-the-Charts Customer Service, Surf's Up and It's not for Sissies, Child Support Snafu: Michigan News Digest
Detroit Institute of Arts board returns $90,000 in bonuses paid to executives when voter-backed taxes started flowing in.

As locally owned businesses gear up for Small Business Saturday on Nov. 29, national chains are doing some finger-wagging over Thanksgiving Day hours to get a jump on Black Friday.
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- Man Faces Prison for Not Supporting Child Who Isn’t His
- Surf’s Up on Lake Michigan, and It’s Not for Sissies
- Car Dealer Brothers’ Gesture Surpasses Customer-Service Standards
- Police Nab Pair Accused in Realty Open House Credit Card Thefts
- Northville Goes All-Out for Small Business Saturday
- It’s On: Retailers Skirmish Over Thanksgiving Day ‘Black Friday’ Sales
- Deadline Approaching to File for FEMA Flood Assistance
- DIA Admits ‘Mistake,’ Returns $90K in 2012 Bonuses to Top Execs
- $188 House? How About a Bridge in Brooklyn, Too?
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