Elephant Who Changed Zoo Ethics Dies; Seriously Cute and Stylish Yorkie, Automotive News; How Facebook Helped Boy Stand Up to Bullies: Patch Picks, Feb. 8-14

New drilling rules fall short of a ban on fracking that some residents in Michigan’s largest townships wanted. (Photo via Creative Commons)

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• Accused in $6,000 Cub Scouts Embezzlement, Mom Seeks Cash on GoFundMe
• Jobs: With Low Gas Prices, GM Reveals Decision on Bolt
• Watch What Happens When Valentine’s and April Fool’s Days Collide
• How Facebook Helped Boy Stand Up to Bullies
• Man Allegedly Pays Bail With $300 and Cocaine
• Decked Out in Haute Haberdashery, Frankie the Yorkie Breaks the Internet with Facebook Likes
• U.S. Attorney Has News About Indictments in Wayne County Probe
• Measles In Michigan: Where Are Most of the Waivers?
• Acclaimed Muslim Voices Program Returns to Dearborn
• Wayne State Defends Title in Michigan Organ Donor Campus Challenge
• Prosecutors: ‘Bad’ Samaritan Carjacks 88-Year-Old Stuck in Snow
• Mystery Surrounds Death of 50,000 Turkeys
• New Drilling Rules Fall Short of Fracking Ban
• Royal Oak Students Sweep Film Competition
• ’You Gotta Die’ Pair Allegedly Told Farmington Hills Kidnap
• Police: Man Who Claimed He Was Mugged for $500,000 in Diamonds Made It Up
• Romance Is Dead - and Alive, You Devil - In Some Unexpected
• Valentine’s Day Ranking Puts Detroit Dead Last
• What’s the Cost of Love? $19.6 Billion
• 3 Valentine’s Day Etiquette Gaffes to Avoid
• 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Kill Romance of Valentine’s Day Elopement
• Best of January on Michigan Patch

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