Sochi unveils medals for 2014 Winter Olympics
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Sochi organizers unveiled the medals for the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday — and now hope to make sure most of them stay in Russia to make up for the miserable medal...
View ArticleSecret Service: Letter to White House intercepted
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Barack Obama and similar to ricin-laced ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been...
View ArticleTowers in Mich.'s Irish Hills could be demolished
CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say a pair of deteriorating wooden observation towers built in the 1920s in Michigan's Irish Hills could be demolished if money to stabilize them can't be...
View ArticleMich. freeway shootings suspect's trial is in Nov.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says a man charged in a series of shootings on and off Interstate 96 in Michigan will stand trial in November.
View ArticleJefferson invites residents to hear about tax proposal
On Aug. 6, the district is seeking a .95-mill sinking fund levy for building improvements.
View ArticleMurder charged in Calif. dog pack mauling death
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man was arrested Thursday on a felony murder warrant stemming from the mauling death of a jogger by a pack of dogs earlier this month.
View ArticleThief strikes at Dundee campground
A 29-year-old Lincoln Park woman was arrested in connection with the theft of a cigarette rolling machine, baseball gloves, a GPS unit and a woman’s leather purse Sunday at the Wilderness Campground in...
View ArticleDisneyland worker arrested in park's dry-ice blast
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Police arrested a Disneyland employee on suspicion of putting a so-called dry ice bomb in a theme park trash can where it exploded, authorities said Wednesday.
View ArticleLions sign special teams standout Montell Owens
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed special teams standout Montell Owens.
View ArticleChicago Sun-Times lays off photography staff
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire full-time photography staff Thursday, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, in a move that the newspaper's management said resulted from a need to...
View ArticleMonroe toddler suffers rare stroke
A spaghetti dinner will be held Friday to raise funds for little Elijah (Eli) Holton, a 22-month-old boy who suffered a stroke at the brain stem March 29 and lost all his motor skills and sense of...
View ArticleFranchitti wins pole for 1st of 2 races in Detroit
Dario Franchitti won his second poll of the season Friday and the 31st of his career.
View ArticleDatsyuk hopes to sign new deal with Red Wings
DETROIT (AP) — Pavel Datsyuk says he hopes to sign a new deal with the Detroit Red Wings this summer.
View ArticleFamily: Mother killed in Syria kept many secrets
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The family of a 33-year-old Michigan woman says the FBI confirmed Thursday that she was killed in fighting in Syria.
View ArticleJudge orders Google to turn over data to FBI
A federal judge has ordered Google Inc. to comply with FBI warrantless demands for customer data.
View Article2 dead when tornado hits Oklahoma City area
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A violent storm formed over the prairie west of Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon, dropped a tornado in a suburb and rolled into the state capital as viewers brave enough to...
View ArticleStudy on female breadwinners ignites verbal brawl
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly said Friday that she's offended by a male colleague's suggestion that children of working mothers don't fare as well as children with stay-at-home moms.
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in Cass St. burglary
Police are looking for a suspect who forced his way into a Cass St. house, tied up the resident, robbed him and stole his van earlier this week.
View ArticleDickerson homer gives Orioles 7-5 win over Tigers
Chris Dickerson hit a three-run, game-ending homer with two outs in the ninth inning, capping an four-run uprising against Jose Valverde that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Detroit Tigers 7-5...
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