Royal Oak Daily Tribune

MADISON HEIGHTS -- A Madison Heights man is jailed on attempted murder and other charges after police say he choked a woman unconscious and locked her in the trunk of her car. Full Story »

School districts from Rochester and Walled Lake to Pontiac and Farmington Hills already took the ax to their budgets because of state funding cuts, and now must pick it up and chop away again. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian prosecutor says three Americans detained on the border with Iraq have been accused of espionage. Full Story »

The four U.S. representatives serving Oakland County were split down party lines in regard to Saturday’s passage of a health care reform bill. Full Story »

Michigan State Police officials have declined to comment on whether a suicide victim and suspected sex offender was a suspect in the the Oakland County child killer case. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Full Story »

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell. Full Story »

As Congress gathered in Washington to begin debate on legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system, local people gathered in Royal Oak to rally in support of the bill. Full Story »

SELDEN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in New York say a woman who had about 20 dead dogs buried in her backyard on Long Island faces a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge. Full Story »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say an early morning fire tore through a home in Oklahoma City, killing all four people inside. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trolleys, subways and buses were running again Monday and riders were trickling back to the city’s transit system after an early-morning contract agreement ended a crippling six-day strike. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army spokesman says the man suspected in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition at Texas hospital. Full Story »

DEARBORN (AP) — AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are down 7.8 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $2.67. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother’s funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. Full Story »

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan State Police detective testified that Detroit police prevented him from reviewing tapes of 911 calls and computer files that might have contained evidence of a rumored party at the official mayoral residence in 2003, a newspaper reported Sunday. Full Story »

Pontiac Emergency Financial Manager Fred Leeb said he would know if there will be an “open” auction of the Silverdome next Monday, or if bids received as of Thursday, will be the only ones reviewed. Full Story »

, Journal Register News Service Hundreds demonstrate in Royal Oak. By Karen Workman ROYAL OAK — As Congress gathered in Washington to begin debate on legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system, local people also gathered here to rally in support of the bill. Full Story »

MDOT to host discussion on rebuilding project with residents, business owners. Full Story »

Author will talk about strategies against Taliban. Full Story »

"I love that new lighting fixture over your table," said a neighbor last week. "But I liked the old one with the real candles better." Full Story »

FERNDALE — The city's newest council member is also the most popular with voters. Full Story »

In the face of tough economic times, Palace Sports & Entertainment improved upon last year's attendance averages at DTE Energy Music Theatre and Meadow Brook Music Festival during the 2009 summer concert season. Full Story »

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — A doctor at a hospital where several of the wounded from the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas were taken says some patients are still at risk of dying. Full Story »