Crowd welcomes Rose Cipriano at Detroit Catholic Central High School football game

NOVI, Mich. -

Friday at the Detroit Catholic Central High School football game, the loudest cheers were not for a team, but a family.

Rose Cipriano made her first public debut with her son Tanner, a Shamrocks player, on the 50 yard line.

"When she heard that it was Senior Parent Night, she was feeling good and made the decision to come out," said the Rev. John Huber – CC's principal.

With her brother-in-laws on either of her sides, Rose walked out onto the field wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and her CC jacket.

Tanner, No. 99 on the team, stood smiling with his mom.

Rose spent time watching the band from the sidelines.

Rose has spent the last several months recovering from a violent baseball bat beating in April that killed her husband, Bob, and injured her other 17-year-old son, Sal.

--Bob Cipriano

The family's oldest son, 19-year-old Tucker, and his friend, 20-year-old Mitchell Young, are charged in the attack.

Catholic Central beat Racine Lutheran 40-0.

COMPLETE COVERAGE: Attack on Farmington Hills family

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Gnomes stolen from Lincoln Park home of WWII vet

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. -

An 88-year-old World War II veteran who lives in Lincoln Park says his heart is breaking after someone stole some very sentimental items from his front yard.

Vick Peril was married to his wife for 65 years before she passed. She had built a collection gnomes and figurines that she proudly displayed in front of their home. Peril said his wife took great care to place the collectables in the spring and packed them away in the winter. After his wife died, Peril took a photo so he could remember how she had last arranged them.

Peril thinks the gnomes were stolen in broad daylight last Friday.

"I happened to come out and said, 'Oh, God, there's one missing." And I looked around there were six gone," he said.

Peril said the gnomes' nostalgic value is more than their monetary value.

"They were a family item of my wife's and I'd appreciate getting them back. There are a lot of sentiments to it," he said.

Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call Lincoln Park police at 313-381-1800.

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2 teens arraigned for robbery, assault of a Grand Valley State University student

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -

Two teenagers are being held in a juvenile detention center in the off-campus sexual assault and robbery of a West Michigan college student.

WOOD-TV reports that the 14-year-old and 16-year-old boys were arraigned Monday in Grand Rapids and ordered held without bond.

They were arrested Friday after police received tips about suspects in the Sept. 10th attack on a 21-year-old Grand Valley State University student as she walked home from a bus stop.

The victim told police two juvenile males approached her and tried to engage her in conversation several times.

They then physically and sexually assaulted her. One of victims roommates stopped the attack.

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Free kit educates seniors about scams

DETROIT -

Home is where your parents and grandparents are supposed to be feel safe. But scammers have found a way to sneak in and bilk thousands from elderly victims.

Local 4 Defender Karen Drew sat down with metro Detroiter Pauline Sanford, was tricked out of $6,000 after she sent money she thought was to help her nephew.

Sanford said she got a phone call out of the blue one day and the person on the other end of the line sounded desperate. The person on the other line told Sanford it was her nephew, who was stuck in Spain and needed money or else he would go to jail.

"That scared me because I hear they treat you real bad down in those jails," Sanford said.

She sent the money and later called her nephew to follow up – that's when she learned it was all a scam.

Kerry Gatti is with Home Instead Senior Care out of Shelby Township. She says Sanford's case is common – a scammer will call a senior posing as a family member in need. They convince their victims by sounding urgent and emotionally.

But knowledge is power that can help protect seniors. A free senior fraud protection kit is available to educate seniors on how to avoid door-to-door, computer, mail and telephone scams. The kit shows seniors how to respond to different kinds of solicitations and how to keep their information private.

For information on how to get a free senior fraud kit, contact Home Instead Senior Care at 586-992-0100.

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Canadian auto union reaches tentative deal with Ford

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TORONTO -

The Canadian Auto Workers union said Monday it had reached a tentative deal with Ford.

CAW President Ken Lewenza said Monday they want Ford's four-year deal to serve as a template for GM and Chrysler as a midnight strike deadline looms with those Detroit automakers.

The union earlier told its members it was optimistic strikes can be averted after CAW decided to focus on talks with Ford who they say recognizes that the union won't accept a permanent two-tier wage structure. Ford emerged as most likely to reach an agreement ahead of a strike deadline looming Monday night.

CAW and senior executives from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are in Toronto for talks.

The CAW represents about 4,500 workers at Ford, 8,000 workers at GM and another 8,000 at Chrysler.

The CAW's contracts with Ford Motor Co., Chrysler and General Motors Co. all expire at 11:59 p.m. Monday.

The auto companies say Canada is now the most expensive place in the world to make cars and trucks, and they say they could move production south if the CAW doesn't cut costs.

But the union is resisting demands for concessions, which they say include wage cuts for new hires, the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments and dramatic changes to pension plans.

Canada's advantages in the past, a weaker Canadian dollar and government health care, have all but vanished.

In addition, the United Auto Workers union in the U.S. has agreed to steeper concessions than the CAW, making U.S. labor costs cheaper.

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DNR: Record breaking sucker fish caught in the Kalamazoo River

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Bryan DeGoede displays his recording breaking catch, a 37-and-a-half pound sucker fish caught in the Kalamazoo River.

ALLEGAN, Mich. -

It's big and ugly -- and it's a state record.

At 37-and-a-half pounds and just over 39 inches long, the Black Buffalo sucker Bryan DeGoede shot with an arrow in the Kalamazoo River in Allegan is the heaviest taken from state waters.

MLive.com reports Monday that DeGoede caught the game fish just before midnight on Sept. 5 below the Allegan Dam in West Michigan.

The fish bested the previous record set May 19, 2004, on the Grand River in Ottawa County.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources qualifies state records by weight only.

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Study says no economic impact after Michigan law bans smoking in bars, restaurants

LANSING, Mich. -

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has released a study that analyzed the economic effects of the Dr. Ron Davis Smoke-Free Air Law.

The study found that there has been no significant negative effect on overall sales and monthly Keno sales at Michigan bar and restaurants.

An analysis of the economic impact was conducted using sales tax collections from Michigan retail eating and drinking establishments as well as from Club Keno sales.

Data was evaluated from 2006 to 2011 to see whether sales were lower after the ban took effect in 2010.

"It is important to note that while some establishments saw sales fluctuations after the passage of the Dr. Ron Davis Smoke-Free Air Law, bars and restaurants as a whole were not adversely affected," said James K. Havemen, Director of the MDCH. "We commend Michigan bars and restaurants for their support in transitioning to a smoke-free environment as this law  has also drastically improved the air quality in these establishments. There is no question that Michiganders have a healthier environment because of this important piece of legislation."

In December 2009, the ban was signed into law, making Michigan the 38^th state to protect bar and restaurant workers and the public from exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace.

Enforcement of the law began in May 1st of 2010.

"The Dr. Ron Davis Smoke-Free Air Law continues to do its job by eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke and providing a healthier environment for Michigan employees, the public and our visitors," said Dr. Dean Sienko, Interim Chief Medical Executive at MDCH.

For more information about the smoke-free law, click HERE.

Read: U of M study on smoking ban's economic impact.

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