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TALK OF THE TOWN LOCAL BASKETBALL STARS NOW SHINE AS TV ANALYSTS SPORTS, 1B Jalen Rose Vol. 186, Number 353 2017 Detroit Free Press Printed in the U.S. $1.50 CONTACT US Delivery questions: 800-395-3300 News tip hotline: 313-222-6600 Classified: 586-977-7500; 800-926-8237 ONGUARDFOR185YEARS Saturday4.22.2017www.freep.com 4C 8A 10A 6C Corrections. 2A 6A 2C 1C 2A 4A 3C 4-5C 1B INDEX NICE WEEKEND, BUT COOL TODAY Warmer on Sunday FORECAST, 2A 58 38 High Low MISSION CRITICAL PRESSURE ON GM QUINN TO FIND TALENT IN THE DRAFT SHAWN WINDSOR, 1B Alabama TE O.J. Howard Belle Isle, now a state park, is drawing a slew of visitors to the island.

According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Belle Isle is the most-attended park in Michigan. the largest in terms of Ed Golder, DNR public information officer, said Friday. the best-attended park in the state park system. tracking it through car counts where we use a multiplier that assumes a certain number of occupants for each In 2016, 4 million people visited Belle Isle. That compares with 3.8 million in 2015.

The DNR keep numbers in 2014 because it BELLE ISLE REIGNS SUPREME KIRTHMON F. FREE PRESS Sandy Vaselopulos of Niles, takes in the beauty in the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle on Friday. 4MILLION VISITORS, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS KIRTHMON F. FREE PRESS Budding trees frame the view of downtown Detroit from Belle Isle on Friday. See PARK, Page9A By Perry A.

Farrell Detroit Free Press For the second time in a week, authorities have charged a metro Detroit doctor with breaking a federal genital mutilation law, this time arresting a suburban physician and his wife for allegedly helping another doctor perform genital cutting on 7- year-old girls in a Livonia clinic. According to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday, while a doctor removed parts of the genitals, the wife of the clinic owner held the hands order to comfort Two months later, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50, both of Livonia, were arrested Friday morning at the Burhani Medical Clinic in Livonia, where the alleged cuttings took place. charged with conspiring to perform genital mutilation on minor girls by letting a doctor use their clinic to perform the procedure. Prosecutors say two Minnesota girls had their genitals mutilated in February by Dr.

Jumana Nagarwala, who was charged last weekin what is the first federal prosecution of genital cutting. She was arrested April 12 and 2nd doctor, wife arraigned in Livonia genital mutilation Prosecutors: They helped with religious custom By Tresa Baldas and Robert Allen Detroit Free Press See GIRLS, Page7A COME BACK SUNDAY FOR MORE ON THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICE Sports Michigan St. football player charged with sexual assault 1B Metro 2charged in restaurant tax scheme 4A Trump: Young immigrants 2A Volkswagen must pay a criminal fine for purposely building a diesel engine equipped with software to cheat on greenhouse gas emissions tests. U.S. District Judge Sean Cox accepted on Friday a plea agreement reached in January between the automaker and the federal government that includes the fine.

He also sentenced the company to three years of probation and accepted the appointment of a federal monitor to oversee the compliance with federal regulations in the future. Cox said the criminal penalty is large enough, even though Volkwa- offenses, spanning a decade, were done on purpose as the automaker sold more than 590,000 vehicles with diesel engines that spewed emissions at levels far above acceptable federal levels. is a case of deliberate, massive fraud perpetrated by VW Cox said. case also involves a failure of the VW supervisory board, which is VW ordered to pay in emissions test scandal Criminal fine is part of earlier plea agreement By Brent Snavely Detroit Free Press See VW, Page7A AP Michigan Auston Robertson.