Labor Day 2014 Picks and Drunken Driving Checkpoints, Stranger Danger, Little Free Library Thefts, Pouch Rescued and Resuscitated, Dead-On Anti-Texting Campaign: Michigan News Digest

Jazz musician Ron Carter is among the artists featured at this weekend’s Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest free jazz festival. (Screenshot: Detroit Jazz Festival video)

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In case you missed them, a collection of stories on Michigan Patch sites:

• Eating Champ (Burp) Wolfs Down a Coney Dog Every 35 Seconds
• Someone’s Stealing Suburb’s Stories
• The Night - or Any Night It’s Wet Outside - the Lights Went Out in Birmingham
• Valentino, Pooch Rescued from Fire, Gets ‘Kiss of Life’
• Stranger Danger Incident Unnerves Rochester Hills
• Art Connects Dearborn: 22 Pieces on Public Display
• GMA Meteorologist: Call Me ‘Ugly,’ But Don’t Call Me ‘Weather Girl’
• Funeral Home Dead On In #idrivetextfree Campaign: Watch
• Floods of 2014 Victim Cries ‘Foul’ Over Molding Debris
• Family of World War II Vet Fatally Punched at VA Home Can Sue: Court
• MDOT to Flood-Weary Commuters: Get Used to It
• Fracking Moratoriums Idle Drilling Equipment - At Least Temporarily
• New Pastor Answers Call at Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• Mom Accused of Leaving Crying, Sweating Kids in Hot Car Charged
• What’s on Your Labor Day 2014 Ticket? 9 Sure Bets
• Michigan Police Increase DUI Checkpoints for Labor Day 2014
• Indecent Exposure, Wheels Literally Stolen from Parked Car: Royal Oak Police Blotter
• Macomb Habitat Creates Flood Fund for Its Partner Families

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