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DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler LLC has decided to keep its requirement that all workers take the same two-week summer vacation. The company told employees by e-mail on Wednesday that the 2009 summer break will take place the weeks of July 13 and 20.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joe Biden's emergence at the center of speculation about who will be Barack Obama's running mate may say more about Obama's challenges in the presidential race than it does about the final selection.

Organizers have met their participation goal for the first Brooksie Way half-marathon race in October and say the numbers could skyrocket in the next six weeks.

If a major criminal, terrorist or natural crisis should occur at Oakland University, students, staff and professors will now be immediately notified by text or voice mail message under a new system launched by campus police.

Rape charges against a one-time Oak Park kindergarten teacher have been dropped, as prosecutors from Livingston County decided to not pursue a case that has lingered for three years.

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HAZEL PARK -- The school district is reinstating its police liaison officer at Hazel Park High School. School board members Monday night voted unanimously to bring an officer back to the school.

MADISON HEIGHTS -- A Madison Heights man who tipped police and helped them arrest two suspected catalytic converter thieves will be nominated for a special Citizens Award, police say.

ROYAL OAK -- Police Chief Ted Quisenberry can have all the sergeants he wants as long as he promotes from within, doesn't backfill positions and stays within his budget.

State lawmakers, blamed for raising taxes last year, proved they can raise something else -- a house. Most of the 110 representatives and 38 senators spent part of the day Tuesday working on houses built through Habitat for Humanity.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison.

DETROIT (AP) -- A state representative wants Michigan State Police to reopen an investigation into a rumored wild party that reportedly took place in 2002 at Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's home.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Barack Obama shows up Saturday in Springfield, Ill., on his way to the Democratic Convention, he'll have his new running mate grinning beside him. But that man or woman is still unknown, even as speculation rises to a fever pitch.

A request for individual packets of Kool-Aid for water bottles sparked a flurry of fundraising efforts that has resulted in 57 special care packages being sent to troops overseas.

There's nothing like a state fair to relive great memories of having fun as a child or to create new ones. The 11-day "Great 2008 Michigan State Fair" opens Friday, and is expected to attract some 300,000 visitors by the time it closes on Labor Day.

ROYAL OAK -- An Ohio man who allegedly looked at more than vintage vehicles at the Woodward Dream Cruise faces a preliminary examination for using a pen-sized camera lens connected to a cable to videotape underneath a woman's skirt.

ROYAL OAK -- The rift between City Commissioners Terry Drinkwine and Stephen Miller resurfaced Monday, but a challenge to set up a televised meeting between the pair to continue their debate today on personal and public issues won't happen.

WARREN -- Women voters will play a key, perhaps decisive role in choosing the next president of the United States, two prominent female Democrats said Tuesday.