Detroit News

Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz is seeking to cash in on an obscure state law that would boost his pay $73,000 at a time when county workers and officials are taking pay cuts. Full Story »

As movie cameras roll, a group of actors brandishing weapons is poised to kick in the front door of a house. A squad of police officers suddenly rushes into view, pistols drawn. Full Story »

Detroit -- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox spent Friday answering questions under oath in connection with a federal lawsuit brought against Detroit officials by the family of a slain exotic dancer. But he still isn't finished testifying in the case. Full Story »

Mount Clemens -- Tim McGuire was disgusted Friday after learning a Clinton Township man accused in a 2008 crash that killed his son may not serve jail time. Full Story »

Clinton Township -- It's a service nobody hopes to use. But for rape victims who find themselves in the care of a forensic nurse, there's no more important job in the world. Full Story »

Hazel Park -- The Michigan Department of Transportation reopened the Nine Mile Bridge over Interstate 75 on Friday, nearly five months after it was destroyed in a massive tanker explosion and several weeks ahead of schedule. Full Story »

Washington -- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, and Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, are highly admired by their colleagues, according to a survey of House and Senate members released Friday by National Journal magazine. Full Story »

Lansing -- Say it is next summer and Michigan's public smoking ban is in place and the guy in the next booth at a restaurant is puffing away. No one does anything. What can you do? Full Story »

Detroit -- In the midst of a battle with Detroit Public Schools over ways to cut costs and reduce a $219 million deficit, a union activist said a movement is afoot to oust Detroit Federation of Teachers President Keith Williams. Full Story »

Traverse City -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion fishery. Full Story »

Detroit -- The historic Old Wayne County Building regains some of its fabulous baubles, on the eve of becoming empty. "Victory and Progress" the majestic statues of horse-drawn chariots, will be lifted by a very tall crane back onto the Beaux-Arts landmark this the weekend. Taxpayers footed the $668,000 bill for the statues' extensive repair and cleaning. Full Story »

Hazel Park -- The Michigan Department of Transportation has this afternoon reopened the Nine Mile Road Bridge over Interstate 75. Full Story »

Detroit -- Using crime data to fight violence and drug dealing has paid off in one east-side area of Detroit, and the same approach will soon be used in other city neighborhoods, law enforcement officials from federal, state and local government agencies said today. Full Story »

Roseville -- Police have two Warren men in custody in connection with an identity theft and credit card fraud ring, officials said today. Full Story »

Mount Clemens -- A Clinton Township man accused for his role in an April 2008 crash that killed three L'Anse Creuse students was found guilty this morning. Full Story »

Former Detroit Public Schools CEO Kenneth Burnley called an analysis of real estate deals "inaccurate" during testimony at an investigative hearing into the transactions, saying he saved the district money. Full Story »

Detroit -- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox ended a daylong deposition in the Tamara Greene civil lawsuit shortly after 5 p.m. today but is still not finished answering questions in the case. Full Story »

Every month, more than 7,000 requests for food come into the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. And increasingly, they're coming from the suburbs. Full Story »

Detroit may be one step closer to a light rail system after the U.S. House passed a provision in a bill Thursday clearing a key funding hurdle for the city. Full Story »

After years of watching their home values drop and their neighborhoods suffer under the stigma of having environmental issues, more than 130 St. Clair Shores residents came looking for answers at a public hearing Thursday night. Full Story »

A developer suing the city to reclaim 138 acres of Eliza Howell Park that his family donated to Detroit said he testified last week in front of a federal grand jury investigating City Hall corruption. Full Story »

Kandia Milton, a top aide to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty to a bribery charge Thursday, becoming the highest-ranking former city official to acknowledge he is cooperating with an ongoing FBI corruption investigation of City Hall. Full Story »

Detroit -- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is to appear at the federal courthouse in Detroit today to give sworn testimony in a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a slain exotic dancer. Full Story »

Mount Clemens -- A Macomb County jury found an Eastpointe man guilty Thursday on multiple charges connected to the May shooting death of his former girlfriend's new boyfriend. Full Story »

Warren -- Forty-six cats and four dogs taken from a Warren motel room earlier this week have been euthanized after a veterinarian at the Macomb County Animal Shelter determined they weren't adoptable, the county's chief animal control officer said. Full Story »