The Oakland Press

Michigan is in line to lose one and maybe two congressional seats after the next U.S. Census, and perhaps billions of dollars in federal aid, if it doesn’t adequately count its part-time residents. Full Story »

LANSING (AP) — Michigan voters could decide whether to reduce automobile, home and business insurance premiums by 20 percent if a proposal qualifies for the 2010 statewide ballot. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — A radical American imam on Yemen’s most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday. Full Story »

LANSING (AP) — A group representing road builders says lawmakers need to act soon to raise more money for Michigan roads or risk seeing more fall apart. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies “R” Us are being recalled after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism. Full Story »

LANSING (AP) — Michigan health officials urge people with asthma to get the seasonal and swine flu shots as soon as possible. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor — despite the country’s apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Full Story »

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode their motorcycles to just take a look. Full Story »

LANSING — The state has applied for $290 million in federal money to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighborhoods in 12 cities including Pontiac, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is making a trip to Detroit to raise money for two Democratic congressmen. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. deputy commerce secretary is visiting Detroit to help launch the state’s effort to raise awareness of the importance of the upcoming 2010 census. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police have released the name of a 19-year-old Michigan State University student who died after being dragged by a tour bus following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game. Full Story »

Businesses should create a pandemic preparedness plan as the number of H1N1 flu cases increase sharply in Michigan, experts advise. Full Story »

It’s been 20 years since two teenagers ended the lives of a husband and wife in a park in northern Pontiac. Full Story »

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Kandahar province, Afghanistan — Deployed service members are able to communicate better than ever with their loved ones, through the Internet, phone centers and satellite phones, but for one Marine all it took was a quick flight. Full Story »

When author Bryan Rigg traveled to Germany to research his family tree, a chance encounter with an elderly veteran led him to discover that more than 150,000 soldiers of Jewish descent served in the German army during World War II. Full Story »

It was just over an hour after he heard about the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, when Pontiac resident Ryan Ortiz heard from his half-brother, Spc. Rashaad Rowls 20, who had been transferred to the Army post there a month ago. Full Story »

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan should be allowed to raise rates nearly 4 percent on its Medicare supplemental policies, less than the “excessive” 31 percent increase initially requested by the insurer, an independent hearing officer said Friday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — The wife of a Michigan soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, says her husband was injured but not shot in the rampage that left 13 people dead. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to reassure a nation shaken by the mass shooting on an Army post in Texas, said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended a rampage at Fort Hood. Full Story »

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — With the words “Let’s roll” — the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims’ relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — Police investigating the hit-and-run death of a college student following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game plan to view surveillance video from downtown hotels and shops. Full Story »