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      <title>Detroit’s One Of The Deadliest Cities To Drive In America</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:36:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[New research shows that drivers in Detroit are some of the most dangerous behind the wheel in all of America.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/detroits-one-of-the-deadliest-cities-to-drive-in-america/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New research shows that drivers in Detroit are some of the most dangerous behind the wheel in all of America.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/detroits-one-of-the-deadliest-cities-to-drive-in-america/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan Left Off Justin Timberlake’s Latest Tour Announcement</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:13:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We were excited to see Justin Timberlake mounting a comeback... until he snubbed the mitten state with his tour announcement. Find out how far you'll have to drive to see him in 2024 <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/justin-timberlake-tour-no-michigan-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We were excited to see Justin Timberlake mounting a comeback... until he snubbed the mitten state with his tour announcement. Find out how far you&apos;ll have to drive to see him in 2024 <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/justin-timberlake-tour-no-michigan-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Do the Headstones in These Michigan Graveyards Move on Their Own?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:47:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It has long been urban legend in Michigan that the McManus gravesite in Petoskey and the Witches Ball in Memphis, MI are haunted and appear to move on their own <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/witches-ball-mcmanus-headstone-michigan-haunted/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It has long been urban legend in Michigan that the McManus gravesite in Petoskey and the Witches Ball in Memphis, MI are haunted and appear to move on their own <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/witches-ball-mcmanus-headstone-michigan-haunted/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Spooky, Scary! The Mysterious Case of Michigan’s Moving Gravestones</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several headstones across Memphis, MI and Petoskey in Michigan are reportedly moving and mysteriously rotating. Is it human muscle, science-related, or otherworldly?  <a href="https://wgrd.com/why-are-michigan-gravestones-moving/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>“The Thing” Was Invented In Michigan…But What Is “The Thing?”</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:03:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Thing was actually a big deal when it was invented back somewhere between 1884-1885, so much so that it has it's own Michigan historic site landmark. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-thing-invented-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Thing was actually a big deal when it was invented back somewhere between 1884-1885, so much so that it has it&apos;s own Michigan historic site landmark. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-thing-invented-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>A Dad Pulls Out All The Stops To Put On An ‘At-Home’ Graduation</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 11:21:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Torrence Burson, in Memphis, decided he wanted to put together a homemade graduation ceremony for his daughter after her university's ceremony was canceled.
Source: FOX 13
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Torrence Burson, in Memphis, decided he wanted to put together a homemade graduation ceremony for his daughter after her university's ceremony was canceled.
Source: FOX 13
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      <title>TV Reporter Won’t Stop Repeating Same Question [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:56:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A Memphis man who was suspected of dealing drugs was being chased by the police and took shelter in a daycare.  
He gained entry last week by telling the employees that he needed to use the bathroom. Since there was children inside, the place went into immediate lockdown and the suspect was eventually apprehended, WHBQ-TV Fox 13 reported.
Fox 13 sent a reporter out to talk to an employee of the da <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wingsreporter-wont-stop-repeating-same-question-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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He gained entry last week by telling the employees that he needed to use the bathroom. Since there was children inside, the place went into immediate lockdown and the suspect was eventually apprehended, WHBQ-TV Fox 13 reported.
Fox 13 sent a reporter out to talk to an employee of the da <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wingsreporter-wont-stop-repeating-same-question-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Free Beer &amp; Hot Wings: Cops Tip Over Porta Potty to Get to Suspect Inside [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:59:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A Memphis man is calling foul on police officers after they tipped over the porta potty he was hiding inside after fleeing them on foot.  
He is claiming they used excessive force to get to him and were just looking to embarrass him and add insult to injury. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-cops-tip-over-porta-potty-to-get-to-suspect-inside-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A Memphis man is calling foul on police officers after they tipped over the porta potty he was hiding inside after fleeing them on foot.  
He is claiming they used excessive force to get to him and were just looking to embarrass him and add insult to injury. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-cops-tip-over-porta-potty-to-get-to-suspect-inside-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Years ago, a woman claimed to see the image of Jesus Christ in a grilled cheese sandwich. That helped set off a events in which people were seeing Jesus in everything from food to windows to toasters.  
Things had calmed down for a while with the Jesus sightings, but now he's back! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-lumber-yard-owner-says-he-found-jesus-image-in-a-tree-trunk-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Years ago, a woman claimed to see the image of Jesus Christ in a grilled cheese sandwich. That helped set off a events in which people were seeing Jesus in everything from food to windows to toasters.  
Things had calmed down for a while with the Jesus sightings, but now he&apos;s back! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-lumber-yard-owner-says-he-found-jesus-image-in-a-tree-trunk-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:26:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A clown in Memphis has found himself out of a job after making racist comments to a family attending the Delta Fair &amp; Music Festival over the weekend, WMC Action News 5 reported. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-clown-fired-from-fair-after-racist-comments-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A clown in Memphis has found himself out of a job after making racist comments to a family attending the Delta Fair &amp;amp; Music Festival over the weekend, WMC Action News 5 reported. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-clown-fired-from-fair-after-racist-comments-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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