BLOOMFIELD HILLS — About eight people including union officials who told officers they wanted to meet with Pulte Homes Inc. executives to protest the company's labor and lending practices cooperated when police asked them to leave the company's headquarters parking lot this morning, Bloomfield Hills police Lt. Stephen Alexander said. Full Story »
The 22-year-old mother of a newborn girl found discarded in a Garden City trash bin waived her preliminary examination on charges of attempted murder, child abandonedment and second-degree child abuse today. Full Story »
The former Detroit City Council president will now be sentenced for bribery on March 10 in the Synagro sludge scandal. Full Story »
Members of the Troy-based St. Andrew's Society plan to attend a hearing Tuesday of the House Government Operations Committee in Lansing in hopes that the committee will let the Legislature vote to approve a state tartan. Full Story »
Detroit businessman John Hantz has named Michael Score, a consultant with Michigan State University's agricultural extension program, as president of Hantz Farms, a proposed urban farm in Detroit. Full Story »
The Environmental Protection Agency announced $13 million in funding late today for measures that would help keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Full Story »
Investigators seized $150,000 in fake designer purses, clothing and shoes in a Detroit raid Friday, part of a nationwide crackdown that netted $26 million in counterfeit products, officials announced today in Washington. Full Story »
Thieves broke into two Sterling Heights coney island restaurants over the weekend, breaking the glass front doors and stealing cash from the registers, according to police. Full Story »
Adarus Black, 38, of Detroit was convicted on cocaine and marijuana charges and escape from federal custody. Full Story »
Michigan leaders reacted to news of the death of former Detroit City Council President Erma Henderson. She died at age 92. Full Story »
A 45-year-old Detroit man died early Sunday in what fire investigators believe was an out-of-control cooking fire — and smoke detectors that didn't work. Full Story »
A federal judge today approved a settlement in a class action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of more than 100 people who were strip-searched during a police raid of a Flint nightclub in 2005. Full Story »
The latest push to repair Michigan's badly damaged Consumer Protection Act kicked off today at a news conference in Lansing where Democratic lawmakers declared Michigan a "buyer beware state." Full Story »
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of all state employees and office workers in the 40-story Cadillac Tower today in Detroit. Full Story »
The Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit is only about halfway to the group's 2009 fund-raising goal, with just over a month left in the campaign. Full Story »
Erma Henderson, the longtime Detroit City Council president and first African-American female elected to the council, died today at age 92. She served as president for 12 years, leaving in 1989. Full Story »
Taylor investigators say they're stymied to come up with a reason why a 28-year-old Lincoln Park man drove around two cars and slammed into a freight train over the weekend, killing himself and a new girlfriend. Full Story »
An impromptu meeting just began at 10:30 a.m. in the council chamber at Troy City Hall, where officials will briefly discuss plans for the Troy-Birmingham joint transit center, said an aide to U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township. Full Story »
GRAND RAPIDS — A 93-year-old Grand Rapids man who spent two days lying on his bathroom floor after a bout with dizziness and a hard fall is recovering at a hospital with a broken hip Full Story »
Livonia's school board will meet tonight to decide what to do about an $8-million midyear budget shortfall that's likely to reduce bus service and result in layoffs of teachers and other staff. Full Story »
The high-volume sale of guns and ammunition in the last year will lead to a big increase in funds for wildlife habitat and management across the United States, including Michigan. Full Story »
Growing concern about HIV/AIDS in the African-American community is bringing together leaders in Detroit today to combat a disease that state health officials said infects blacks at a rate about 10 times higher than whites. Full Story »
A couple was killed early Sunday when their car slammed into the freight train it was trying to outrun in Taylor. The crash happened shortly after 1 a.m. on the tracks at Goddard west of Pelham, Police Lt. Brian Raboczkay said Sunday. Full Story »
Rescue groups and the Michigan Humane Society said they have seen an influx of pet rabbits in the past few months, surrendered by owners who either can no longer afford them or are overwhelmed with the responsibility of caring for the floppy-eared creatures often picked up on a whim at Easter or the Michigan State Fair. Full Story »
NEW YORK -- Shoppers were making lists and checking them twice this weekend -- and then sticking to them, holding out for good deals that analysts say could be coming this week. Full Story »
A 6-day-old sheep relaxes with its mother at a zoo in Tokyo, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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