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Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast

WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for...

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Pistons fire coach Lawrence Frank after 2 seasons

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Lawrence Frank's tenure in Detroit is over, and the Pistons are still searching for a coach who can revive the franchise.

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Digital public library with vast archive opens

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the country's top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive.

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Wind, weather knock out games

All Monroe County high school games have been cancelled today due to the bad weather.

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Mich. grandmother gets 22 years in teen's killing

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman is returning to court for her sentence in the fatal shooting of her teen grandson.

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Video: Monroe armory tumbling down

The historic, 85-year-old Monroe armory, a military home for decades, came down today to make way for a new pharmacy.

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Monroe: City taxes increase for garbage pickup

City of Monroe residents will pay slightly higher taxes for garbage collection starting this summer under a new city bud­get approved by the Monroe City Council Monday night.

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Feds using photo analysis in Boston case

BOSTON (AP) — Using futuristic photo-analysis tools, federal agents on the Boston Marathon case pressed the search Thursday for one or more potential suspects seen on video and considered releasing the...

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Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor,...

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Judge says teen is the victim in fatal shooting

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy by his Oakland County grandmother has exposed sharp difference among family members. But a judge is reminding everyone that Jonathan...

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Robinson, McGary returning to Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary are coming back to Michigan for their sophomore seasons.

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FBI releases images of 2 men at Boston Marathon

BOSTON (AP) — The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's help in identifying them.

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Yankees SS Jeter out until after All-Star break

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter will be sidelined until after the All-Star break because of a new fracture in his broken left ankle — a blow to a New York Yankees team already reeling from injuries and one...

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Mich. House OKs bill against indefinite detention

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House has approved legislation that would prohibit state and local law enforcement officials from helping the federal government indefinitely detain American citizens...

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Mid-Michigan minister sentenced in woman's slaying

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — A minister will spend up to 85 years in prison for killing a neighbor in a mid-Michigan trailer park as part of a fantasy of having sex with a corpse.

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Mariners shut out Tigers 2-0

SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a two-out RBI double off Justin Verlander in the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie and help give the Seattle Mariners a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on...

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Man charged in letters case described as troubled

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quiet neighbor and an entertainer who...

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More than 1,800 in Monroe without power

Affected area is west of Telegraph between Dunbar and M-50

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Coaching carousel starts to spin in NBA

The first time Byron Scott was fired, Lawrence Frank took his job. Now they're both looking for work, and the NBA's coaching carousel is already spinning in three cities.

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Monroe: Two city houses hit in drive-by shooting

Police are continuing to investigate a drive-by shooting where two homes occupied by a child and an elderly woman on Almyra Ave. were penetrated by bullets.

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