Detroit Free Press

Redford Township Police have arrested three people who were in the process of breaking into a home this week. Full Story »

Tonight, the first University of Michigan "Building an iPhone Ensemble" class — believed to be the first such class anywhere — will put on its premiere electronic concert. Full Story »

U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg and assistant U.S. attorneys Julie Beck and Christopher Graveline, of the United States Attorney's Office — Eastern District of Michigan, were honored this week in Washington, D.C. for their prosecution of Alan Ralsky, called the spam king, and another case. Full Story »

A hip-hop concert is set for Thursday in Detroit to help the son of a Muslim leader killed in a shootout with the FBI. Full Story »

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is back on the stand in a Detroit courtroom for a hearing on his finances. Full Story »

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a Texas native to serve as the next bishop of Brownsville in his home state. Full Story »

Snowball 4 left metro Detroit early this morning with something precious aboard: 20 kids and 13 adults whose families lost a soldier in the line of duty. Full Story »

It's been more than a year since Kwame Kilpatrick graced the cover of the New York Times, but the former Detroit mayor is back in the national publication today for a trend story on incriminating text messages. Full Story »

A 60-year-old Detroit woman is in critical but stable condition after a fire that investigators believe was caused by smoking in bed. Full Story »

Heavy rains combined with metro Detroit's first significant snowfall are causing roadway flooding and the storm's effects across the nation are delaying flights. Full Story »

University of Michigan officials said Tuesday that they have established procedures to accept donated human embryos Full Story »

Kwame Kilpatrick can only hope today's return to the witness stand goes as well as Tuesday's. The restitution hearing is expected to resume around noon. Full Story »

Facing a cash flow crisis, Wayne County likely will borrow $100 million to make sure paychecks can be covered this month. Fees and interest will cost taxpayers about $2.5 million. Full Story »

Royal Oak officials, disappointed after losing a broadcast chain's New Year's Eve celebration planned for their downtown, were all smiles Tuesday when it became official the Arts, Beats & Eats festival is to relocate there in 2010. Full Story »

Eugene Pallisco paid for his lavish June 2002 wedding to Lesley Keith, took her and her young daughters on trips around the country, bought her jewelry and helped pay the household bills. But they were never husband and wife. In fact, they were never intimate. They were "just friends," he said. Full Story »

The government's immigration agency is seeking more than $40,000 from a Detroit-area company accused of failing to properly complete nearly 100 eligibility forms for workers. Full Story »

A U.S. couple was charged with threatening to sell photos of John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000, the FBI said in court documents. Full Story »

A 35-year-old convicted felon has been charged in the March 2008 sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl after a DNA sample collected from a rape kit implicated him, Detroit police said Tuesday. Lord Edward-Manwell Johnson was arraigned Monday on charges of kidnapping, four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Full Story »

Several traffic signals in downtown Plymouth could be out this morning as DTE Energy crews work on the power supply in the area. Full Story »

Police say an engaged couple from Kalamazoo beat the woman's ex-boyfriend before setting fire to his body and car. Full Story »

Despite a $10-million cleanup of PCB contamination in St. Clair Shores, new tests show higher-than-ever levels of the chemical in a drain and several canals. Full Story »

The devastating test scores earned by Detroit Public Schools students on a nationally respected test signal a far-reaching problem stemming from a lack of value on education, educators, experts and observers said Tuesday. Full Story »

If 85,000 children were struggling in raging waters, CNN would air the story every hour. Americans would travel from across the country to help. Angelina Jolie, children in tow, would hold a news conference. Full Story »

Katila Howard, 20, is juggling two majors at the University of Michigan while working in Washington, D.C., this semester, helping research reports that may circulate in the hallways at Capitol Hill. Then there's the law school exam she's prepping for, too. Full Story »

After the announcement that Detroit students posted the worst results in the 40-year history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress test, there was renewed support Tuesday for moves under way in Lansing to give the governor expanded power to help failing school districts. Full Story »