INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two robbery suspects fleeing police lost control of their sport utility vehicle and crashed into a day care center Thursday, injuring four children and an employee in a shower of bricks and other debris, police said. Full Story »
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller accused the White House of “total stonewalling” on Thursday as lawmakers try to determine how a Virginia couple breached security at last week’s state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. Full Story »
Federal agents and Warren police raided a local clinic Wednesday but did not divulge the reasons for the search. Full Story »
LANSING (AP) — Michigan medical marijuana regulators say they’ve been deluged with applications from patients and caregivers and face a five-week backlog in processing them. Full Story »
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The congressman representing Flint says three post offices in the city that were in danger of being shuttered have been taken off the closure list. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for a New York woman who has denied having an affair with Tiger Woods has canceled a news conference that had been scheduled for Thursday in Los Angeles. Full Story »
DETROIT (AP) — The former lawyers for ex-Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov (FEHD’-ah-rahv) are asking a judge to dismiss his civil lawsuit against them. Full Story »
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan health officials say they’re loosening guidelines for who gets the swine flu vaccine and hope to make it available to the general public soon. Full Story »
CHICAGO (AP) — Fears that the voracious Asian carp will enter the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to demands that the government close the waterways connecting the lakes and the Mississippi River. Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods caused $3,200 in property damage, wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was driving erratically outside his Florida home before crashing into a tree, according to a final report released Wednesday. Full Story »
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants Michigan’s attorney general to take legal action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Full Story »
LONDON (AP) — In a move that could help improve relations between Google Inc. and the media industry, the Internet search company is offering publishers a way to build more solid “pay walls” around their online stories while still appearing in search results. Full Story »
EAST LANSING. (AP) — A new study says Michigan has lost $1.9 billion in economic output and $2.5 billion in home equity value over three years because of population declines in 63 of its 83 counties. Full Story »
SEATTLE (AP) — An ex-con accused of gunning down four police officers patched the gunshot wound to his belly with gauze and duct tape and managed to elude a massive manhunt until a lone officer stopped to check out a suspicious vehicle in the middle of the night. Full Story »
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A Macomb County jury has heard opening arguments in the trial of a 24-year-old man accused in the deaths of three 17-year-old boys. Full Story »
BRUSSELS (AP) — European and other U.S. allies will contribute more than 5,000 more troops to the international force in Afghanistan, NATO’s chief said Wednesday, declaring that “this is not just America’s war.” Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — As unemployment spikes, the cost of compassion is going up too. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The couple that got into the White House state dinner for the visiting Indian prime minister without invitations denied Tuesday that they were gatecrashers. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Diamond Pet Foods recalled select bags of dry cat food Tuesday after 21 reports of health problems in cats. Full Story »
NEW YORK(AP) — The economy seems on track for slow but steady gains, after reports Tuesday showed growth in manufacturing activity, construction spending and contracts to buy homes. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending 30,000 extra U.S. troops to Afghanistan on an accelerated timetable that will have the first Marines there as early as Christmas and all forces in place by summer. But he’ll also declare Tuesday night that troops will start leaving in 19 months. Full Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Jackson’s stunning death made him Yahoo’s biggest star this year. Full Story »
Tens of thousands of Michigan’s 733,000 unemployed workers today will begin to lose the financial assistance they’ve received to pay “COBRA” health insurance premiums. Full Story »
DETROIT (AP) — World AIDS Day will be recognized in a special music program aimed at encouraging Detroit youth to make correct choices when it comes to health and sex. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas. Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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