New Fox sports network to debut in August
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox says its new sports cable network will launch Aug. 17.
View ArticleDow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average...
View ArticleHugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and...
View ArticleMichigan QB Gardner granted medical hardship year
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner has been granted an extra season of eligibility because of medical hardship.
View ArticleTSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced...
View ArticleHigh-speed chase in Carleton
An 18- year-old man was arrested after he led sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through a Carleton neighborhood that ended when the suspect struck a parked car and a mailbox Saturday.
View ArticleLions sign punter Clingan
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed punter Blake Clingan.
View ArticleLife for man who slew baby daughter on reservation
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for sexually assaulting and murdering his 3-month-old daughter on a northern Michigan Indian reservation.
View ArticleSnow storm barrels through Midwest to Mid-Atlantic
CHICAGO (AP) — A late winter storm packing up to 10 inches of snow sent officials in weather-hardened Chicago into action Tuesday to prevent a repeat of scenes from two years ago, when hundreds of...
View Article'Sinkhole season' has only just begun in Florida
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just a few miles away. On Tuesday, in a neighboring county, officials investigated...
View ArticleHoward, Red Wings top Avalanche 2-1
DETROIT (AP) — Niklas Kronwall scored in the second period thanks to a fluky bounce, and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Tuesday night.
View ArticleOhio set to execute 1994 crime-rampage killer
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man facing execution Wednesday for a murder in Ohio also killed a Livonia video store operator during the same multistate crime spree but wasn't prosecuted in...
View ArticleHendrix at 70: New album offers different look
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jimi Hendrix recorded everything. More than 40 years after his death, though, the tape is finally running out.
View ArticleDeadline approaching for crop loss loan sign-up
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Farmers and others who lost money because of Michigan crop failures last year have until the end of this month to seek loans under a state relief program.
View ArticleState supt. issues new school breakfast challenge
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Education Superintendent Mike Flanagan is issuing a new challenge to Michigan schools to get more children a healthy breakfast every day.
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