Out-the-Box Housing That's Literally Made Out of a Box, Has Money Magazine Heard About Fracking in Rochester Hills? Michigan News Digest

Another metro community does a sweep of area businesses for Cloud 9, the synthetic marijuana substance that prompted county health departments to issue “imminent danger” warnings. (Patch file photo)

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Below are some of the headlines from 30 Michigan Patch sites on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014:

• What’s Causing Those Gapers’ Delays in Royal Oak
• Does Money Magazine Know About Fracking in Rochester Hills? Letter to the Editor
• Metro PD Denies ACLU Allegations of Racial Profiling
• Students: Electric Fence that Critically Shocked Teen Ongoing Problem
• Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor Announces Lineup for ECHO Fest 2014
• Dearborn on High Alert for Cloud 9
• 4 of Michigan’s 8 Blue-Ribbon Schools are in Oakland County

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