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IE LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL 7 turnovers haunt Western as Purdue hangs on, 37-32 SPORTS, 1B I 1 i fit I. .5 tea fej i. 5 v- STAFFORD SNUEBED AS G1AFITS GETS FINAL QO SPOT SPORTS, 1B 'i fv ir Jc, 1 (MR IKt I pes DETROIT'S FINANCIAL CHiSiS 'TRY TO BE STRONG' AFPGETTY IMAGES ii Even some critics of intervention approve of picks By Paul Egan and Steve Neavling Free Press Staff Writers LANSING The makeup of a panel that will review Detroit's finances under the emergency manager law received some positive reviews Tuesday, even from those opposed to state intervention into Detroit's finances. Former Detroit Police Chief Isaiah McKin-non, retired Wayne State University president Irvin Reid and former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Conrad Mallett Jr. are among those on the 10-member team.

"You can't deny that these people come to the table with experience and sensitivity toward this community," said state Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, who fought the new law in the Legislature and remains opposed to an emergency manager for Detroit. "You couldn't ask for better appointments," but "I'm most concerned about what's going to happen at the end of this process." Under a controversial law backed and signed by Gov, Rick Snyder in March, the review is another step in a process that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager to take control of the city. Alternatively, it See DETROIT, PAGE 5A The review team i :9 1 -7 1 LL i. WILUAM ARCHIEDETROIT FREE PRESS CAPITAL CASE Iran seeks death penalty for Flint grad accused of being CIA spy METRO, 3A REAL ESTATE Home prices creep up again in metro area BUSINESS, 1C FORECAST Auto sales in 2011 expected to hit highest levels since '08 BUSINESS, 1C Tianca Hogan of Belleville prays during Tuesday nighf candlelight vigil in the 14400 block of Promenade in Detroit for her niece Renisha Landers and Demesha Hunt cousins who were found dead nearby in the trunk of a car.

1 Family of slain cousins seeks comfort, answers Gov. Rick Snyder described the state-appointed team that will review Detroit's finances as "the right mix of expertise to tackle this very challenging job and ensure a thorough, objective and fact-based review." MORE, 5A Andy Dillon, treasurer and former House speaker i Demesha Hunt graduated with honors in 2005 from Henry Ford High School and studied business at OCC Renisha Landers, born and raised in Detroit graduated from West Side Academy in 2006. She worked for Chrysler. 1 PHOTO NOT 3 AVAILABLE Website cooperates as escort ads are probed By Tresa Baldas and Megha Satyanarayana Free Press Staff Writers Chikita Madison couldn't hold back the tears as she recalled her recent car shopping trip with her daughter. It was a Friday, Dec.

9, when Renisha Landers, 23, an assembly-line worker at a Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, went to a dealership with her mom to buy a Chrysler 300. Ten days later, Landers was found dead in the trunk of that shiny new sedan, alongside her 24-year-old cousin Demesha Hunt. Madison, numbed by her daugh- Jack Martin, accountant Frederick Conrad Headen.Trea- Mallett sury official DMC Sinai-Grace CEO ter's death, was blindsided by another revelation to come: Police have linked at least one of the cousins to a website that advertises escort services. Police made the connection after discovering two more dead women in the trunk of another car on Sunday, their bodies burned beyond recognition. Police said three of the four victims have ties to Backpage.com, an online classifieds site that features escort ads.

Madison is skeptical and outraged. "These were good girls. They were not out on the street. They had homes. don't know anything until we have some proof," said Madison, who is calling on the public to help find the person or people involved.

"If anybody knows anything, please come forward. I want to know See WOMEN, PAGE 5A NO SNOW BUT A BIT COLDER Partly sunny most of day. FORECAST, 2A INDEX Bridge 4D Business 1C Life 1D Classified 3C Lottery 2A Comics 7D Metro 3A Corrections Movies 3D Deaths 8A Puzzles Editorials 9A Sports 1B Vol.181, Number 238 0 2011 Detroit Free Press Printed in the U.S. Isaiah McKin-non, former Detroit police chief Irvin Reid, former Wayne State president Glenda Price, former Mary-grove College president Ill 11000 40788 1ML LlLiJ mzL 3 ii "imar'iiiiini it irra tliTt ni ti if $1.00 Brom Stibitz, Treasury adviser Doug Ringler, state Internal Audit Services director Shirley Stancato, New Detroit CEO Consumers, DTE make progress on renewable energy target By Kathleen Gray Free Press Staff Writer Solar, wind, landfill gas and power derived from Michigan's flowing rivers all are contributing to the electricity needs of the state's residents. It's still not enough, though, according to legislation passed in 2008 by the Michigan Legislature that requires the state's utilities to generate 10 of their electricity from renewable sources by 2015.

Michigan's two largest utilities are approaching the 10 mark Consumers Energy is at 5 and DTE Energy is at about 6 but Consumers has two Metro JESSICA J. TREVINODETROIT FREE PRESS Solar installations, such as this one on a Blue Cross Blue Shield parking structure in Detroit are helping DTE Energy reach a renewable energy goal set by the state. MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION 1-94 road projects coming Next year could be a long one for you if you frequently drive 1-94 west of Detroit. Roadwork will include replacement of the freeway's bridges over I-27S in Romulus, as well as an overhaul of I-94's bridges over the Southfield Freeway in Allen Park. 3A the electric reliability division at the Michigan Public Service Commission.

"No one is fooling around or taking the statute lightly. They're putting forth a very robust effort to meet the statute." See ENERGY, PAGE 6A wind farm projects in the works that will get it much closer to the goal by the end of 2012. "Consumers will make its goal easily, but Edison is going to have to work at it," said Paul Proudfoot, director of.