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Get Your Shades; These Beautiful Smiles Will Blind You: Patch PM

Guns-to-Bling | Motorcycle Deaths Soar | Remembering Powerful Tornado | Kalamazoo Cycling Tragedy | Salmonella Concerns | Afternoon Traffic

DETROIT, MI – Here are some stories to talk about tonight on Michigan Patch:
Smiles of Michigan Man, Rescue Dog Blind the Internet

  • It was love at first sight when Dan Tillery saw a picture of the “face licker” who loves to romp and play.

Guns-to-Bling Buyback Event Turns Unwanted Firearms Into Jewelry

  • A $50 gift card will be given for each gun surrendered; gun serial numbers used in jewelry that helps fund future buybacks.

Michigan Motorcycle Deaths Soar After Helmet Law Repeal: Study

Find out what's happening in Plymouth-Cantonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Deaths among motorcyclists without helmets increased 460 percent from 2011 to 2015, according to Insurance Institute of Michigan analysis.

Remembering the Powerful West Bloomfield Tornado of 1976: Video

  • Powerful EF4 tornado cut 4-mile long path of destruction through West Bloomfield. Hear what people who lived through it had to say.

5 Killed, 4 Injured As Pickup Plows Into Cycling Group: Police

Find out what's happening in Plymouth-Cantonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Police agencies had been alerted about erratic driving, but weren't in pursuit when cycling group was struck.

Nature Made Vitamins Recalled for Salmonella Contamination Concerns

  • Some of its gummies and folic acid tablets could be contaminated with salmonella or staph.

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