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Remember “Hot Sam” Pretzels? Where Are They? I always felt pretzels were an acquired taste. I never cared one way or another about em. They were too dry, no zing, no zap, not much flavor, and if you ate too many of them, the roof of your mouth could get shredded. But Hot Sam changed that for me. A Hot Sam pretzel was soft, warm, flavorful, and especially good with mustard, butter and/or cream cheese. Some people even put ketchup, cheese sauce, and fudge sauce on em. The only place you could...

Oddly, unexpectedly, it was sad to stroll through the empty shopping cemetery. The place was the internet before the internet, our source of entertainment. It was where babies spit up on Santa, girls had their ears pierced for the first time, boys with wispy Orange Julius mustaches ogled the Farah Fawcett poster at Spencer Gifts, and parents ignored the organ demonstration at Fletcher’s Music on their way to Sears. The mall in its glory was where Friday night football heroes were even bigger ...

How Fifth Third Bank Seeks to Bridge The Wealth Gap The Fifth Third Bank in Rochester Hills, Michigan (iStock.com/RiverNorthPhotography) When it comes to driving African American engagement in wealth building, Gail Perry-Mason has been a tireless advocate for the movement. For 24 years, Perry-Mason, who rose in the securities industry from a receptionist to First Vice President of Investments for a national financial firm, has taught African American youth business and financial principles thr...

Grit and grace: Hot Sams Detroit celebrates 100 years Hot Sams Detroit Cliff Green (left), Lauren Stovall and Tony Stovall are celebrating the 100th anniversary of mens clothing shop Hot Sams Detroit, founded in 1921. Lauren Stovall didnt always see her place in the family business. Her father, Tony Stovall, is co-owner of Hot Sams, a mens fashion fixture in downtown Detroit since 1921.   "I had many opportunities growing up to work in the store," said Lauren, who is 38. "(But) I didnt see my...

Century Plaza remembered: Vintage photos of demolished Birmingham mall Updated Jan 06, 2021; For generations of Alabamians, it is forever Christmas inside the walls of Birmingham’s Century Plaza. From memories of last-minute shopping, to whispers in Santa’s ear, to Jingles the Talking Bear, mentioning the now-gone shopping mall on Birmingham’s eastside inevitably brings up visions of Yuletide cheer for longtime residents and those who came to the Magic City to find the right gifts. And s...

These stairs. he said at some point while the two were in the stairwell, sam turned. >> michael claims that he was in fear and closed his eyes and just fired his gun. >> then he, you know, comes toward me and i just you know, i just -- i closed my eyes and i just pulled the freaking trigger and im so sorry. >> with all the things hes telling you hes in a relationship with danielle, do you start to think we need to talk to danielle dreher. >> yes, so the next step was lets hear danielles story. >...

Time. this time immediately after sam had been shot. >> that same man. it just gave me chills. >> came running up the stairs towards me. i just looked at him and said what are you doing here? >> she recognized him and you can hear her on a 911 call. >> i didnt see -- i dont know. >> what are you doing here? >> i remember him just kind of making this motion like whoa. then he ran off. >> did you start to think in those split seconds that this mystery man was really after sam? >> yeah, i mean it w...

He found her tone to be strangely flat and unemotional. >> that was troubling to me. that was disturbing to me. >> i cannot believe he did this. >> danielle went on to say she had no idea michael planned to talk to sam that day. >> so michael never said anything about going over there? >> no, he didnt. >> but detectives were skeptical. they wondered if danielle knew more about michaels intentions than she was letting on. >> at this point, i dont know whether to believe her or not. >> youre not d...

Or that it was michael who shot sam. instead he started by asking danielle about her marriage to sam. danielle candidly described it as troubled. >> we had been not getting along for many months. >> danielle also explained that she knew sam was having an affair despite sams best efforts to conceal it. >> dull know where he went today? >> today? im sure he went to his girlfriends, yeah. but he always goes to her house. im not surprised by that. >> danielle then admitted she too was unfaithful. >>...

Her upstairs neighbor, dianne mcknight also tried to aid the victim. >> there was just blood everywhere. and i didnt -- i just didnt know what to do. i ran back into my apartment and got towels. >> as the minutes ticked by, trish began to worry the shooter might still be in the area. >> then all of a sudden, you start to think, wow, i wonder where the person is that did this and for all i knew, the person upstairs shot him. >> but those questions would have to wait. soon paramedics arrived on th...