Detroit -- FBI statistics released Monday that show crime fell last year in communities across the nation were met with skepticism in Detroit.

Charlie Diradour, the owner of a Richmond-based real estate development firm, is expected to launch a bid today for the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Eric I. Cantor, the House Republican whip. Paul Goldman, a former candidate for the Richmond City Council and a policy adviser to then-Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, confirmed that Diradour will seek the nomination to run against Cantor in 2010 ...

Two men have admitted the slaughter of more than 30 birds at a South Canterbury aviary. Jonathan Ramon Douglas Fleming, 22, and Simiona Paul John,27, pleaded guilty in Timaru District Court today to charges of breaking into the Temuka Aviary and wilfully ill-treating the birds, causing them to die.

Mary Ann Lokie died Sept. 4 in Frisco. Born Sept. 24, 1919, in Omaha, Neb., she died in Frisco days before her 90th birthday. Reunited in heaven with her husband of 50 years, Steven Paul Lokie. Survived by her loving family: son, John Andrew Lokie...

Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- There she is smiling backstage at Oscar de la Renta’s 2008 fashion show, in a black gown at New York City Opera’s Spring Gala, and as one of 50 guests who joined Sean “Diddy” Combs in St. Tropez to help him celebrate his men’s fragrance.

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 14, 2009) - The world's most renowned Dobro player, Jerry Douglas, is set to release his first ever holiday album, "Jerry Christmas!," on October 13, 2009 on E1 Music. The eloquent lyricism and dynamic virtuosity of Jerry Douglas, hailed by the New York Times as "the dobro's matchless contemporary master," is ideally suited to the creation of an Americana ...

THE THREE-OUNCE DINNER: No, it's not this week's fad diet. It's a sold-out beano Goldcorp president/CEO Ian Telfer will front at the Hotel Vancouver Sept. 19. Its 300 participants each needed three ounces -- of gold -- to sign up. For their $3,000, they'll be entertained by Paul Simon and Blue Rodeo singer Jim Cuddy. Diners might pop for another grand apiece to see former singer-guitarist Telfer ...

"Grandpa Rick." "One loco hombre." "Critter." To the thousands of mourners gathered Friday for North St. Paul police officer Richard Crittenden's funeral in Maplewood, the slain cop with many nicknames was alternately a father figure, a loveable crank, a man who deserved admiration.