Former GRPD Officer Gene Tobin (May 23, 2013) 

Target 8: Stress behind the badge

Gene Tobin's dream became a reality in 1998, when the kid from Hudsonville put on a Grand Rapid Police Department uniform.

    Synthetic marijuana knock-offs, such as K2 and Spice, are seen in this photo (April 9, 2012) 

    Synthetic pot charge for store owner

    A Muskegon store owner has been charged with selling synthetic marijuana containing XLR-11, even though it was recently banned from being sold in Michigan.

      Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) 

      Storms slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup

      A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week.

         

        Mich. unemployment falls .6% in April

        Michigan says that the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate is down 0.6 percentage points statewide and in most major labor markets.

          Boy Scouts from right, Joey Kalich, 10, Steven Grime, 7, and Jonathon Grime, 9, raise their hands at the close of a news conference held by people against the change in the Boy Scouts of America gay policy Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero) 

          Boy Scouts to accept openly gay youths

          In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.

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