Jason Collins denies he is seeking book deal
Jason Collins, the NBA veteran who last week announced he was gay, is disputing reports from publishing insiders who say he is shopping a book deal.
View ArticleRed Wings beat Ducks 3-2 in Game 4, tie series
Damien Brunner scored with 4:50 left in overtime, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 series-evening win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
View ArticleFDA wants cancer warnings on tanning beds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight, under a proposal unveiled Monday by the Food and Drug...
View ArticleFrantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Ohio
CLEVELAND (AP) — The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10...
View ArticleLimo driver, survivor views differ on fatal fire
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — As smoke thickened and a fire grew in the back of a limousine, Nelia Arellano desperately tried to squeeze through a 3 foot by 1 ½-foot partition.
View ArticleTiger, mountain lions seized from Kansas property
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A tiger and two mountain lions were among a menagerie of wild cats seized from private farmland in rural northeast Kansas, where they lived in inadequate chain-link enclosures...
View ArticleACT to start giving tests digitally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads.
View ArticleMany voters headed to polls today around county
Several Monroe County school districts are seeking tax renewals, Ash Township voters will decide on a road tax and Rockwood residents will vote on a tax increase Tuesday.
View ArticleMilan: Girl, 4, bitten by dog while walking with mom
A 4-year-old girl was bitten Saturday near Country and Gay Sts. in Milan. The victim and her mother were walking along the sidewalk near the Milan Post Office around 11:30 a.m. when a large “pit...
View ArticleBill would allow wine tasting at Mich. farmers markets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Legislation in the state Senate would allow small winemakers to get permits to offer tastings and sell wine at farmers markets around Michigan.
View ArticleMichigan schools should better use food program
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan officials say schools in the state should take better advantage of a program to get discounted foods from the federal government.
View ArticleMonroe School issues winning, Ash, Rockwood proposals fail
Three millage renewals for Monroe Public Schools appeared to be winning while voters in Ash Township and the City of Rockwood rejected property tax increases for roads and general operations.
View ArticleSix school districts pass levies
Besides Monroe Public Schools, six area school districts Tuesday renewed non-homestead property tax issues that expire this year.
View ArticleTitus Young, ex-Lions receiver Young arrested twice in Calif.
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence then arrested again the same day for trying to take...
View ArticleDucks reveling in pressure of Game 5 vs Detroit
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Getzlaf knows the Anaheim Ducks could be getting frustrated.
View ArticleMich. family shares letters from American held in Iran
DETROIT (AP) — An ex-Marine incarcerated in Iran for nearly two years says in the first letters written to family in Michigan that he is praying for his ailing father and that his grieving mother...
View ArticleMichigan students to celebrate Bike to School Day
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of Michigan students, parents and teachers are gearing up to participate in events for the second annual Bike to School Day.
View ArticleMichigan's break from Webber, Taylor, Bullock ends
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan's 10-year dissociation from Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock has ended.
View ArticleDetroit: Man accused of throwing girlfriend out window
ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has set a $765,000 bond for a suburban Detroit man who's accused of throwing his girlfriend out a third-story motel room window, then attacking her as she lay...
View ArticleHapp latest pitcher hit in head by line drive
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — J.A. Happ raised his glove in front of his face as quickly as he could, a futile attempt to shield himself from the line drive headed straight for his temple.
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