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Ex-coach pleads guilty to sex charges

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:29 GMT

A high school hockey coach honored as one of Michigan's best has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

Group challenges Silverdome's sale

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:54 GMT

A judge has temporarily blocked the sale of the Pontiac Silverdome.

Man dead after Tasering near Detroit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:35 GMT

Bloomfield Township police said officers were alerted about 5:45 p.m. Thursday to a van driving erratically in the Detroit suburb.

MI man is Rock Paper Scissors champion

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:31:05 GMT

A Michigan man has won the world Rock Paper Scissors championship in Toronto.

Dad fatally shot teen son in head

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:14:46 GMT

Highland Park police say an argument that turned physical ended when a father fatally shot his 15-year-old son in the head.

$583,000 bid for Silverdome

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:34:56 GMT

A city official says a Canadian company has submitted a high bid of $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome and plans to bring a soccer franchise to the largely unused stadium.

Taylor soldiers depart for TX then Iraq

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:17:05 GMT

Approximately 14 Michigan National Guard soldiers from the Taylor-based 777th Military Police Detachment departed Monday in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Police: Couple found dead in their home

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:52 GMT

Police say a couple have been found dead in their home in Milford Township.

The Boss in Auburn Hills: "Hello Ohio!"

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:46:16 GMT

For Bruce Springsteen, Friday the 13th might have had less to do with bad luck and more to do with faulty geography.

Remembering The Fitz - 34 years later

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:48 GMT

A ceremony in Detroit is paying homage to sailors lost on the Great Lakes on the 34th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Biden in MI for Dem fundraising events

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:26:54 GMT

Vice President Joe Biden is making a trip to Detroit to raise money for two Democratic congressmen.

WMU opens Detroit-area recruit center

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:13:18 GMT

Western Michigan University has decided to open a recruiting office in Royal Oak and plans to start offering "new academic programming" in the Detroit area as well.

Man hides under bus, is hit and dragged

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:54 GMT

The 19-year-old Michigan State University student was killed after being dragged by a tour bus following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game.

4 nabbed in Ecstasy bust at U.S. border

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:32:13 GMT

Authorities say a man was caught smuggling nearly 90 pounds of Ecstasy across the Michigan-Ontario border, then cooperated with agents to pinch the men waiting for the delivery.

Probe of Silverdome thefts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:39:21 GMT

Few have come forward with an interest in buying the Pontiac Silverdome, but thieves are taking things from the former home of the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons.

Ex-coach to plead guilty to sex charge

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:03:58 GMT

A Michigan hall of fame high school hockey coach accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy says he'll plead guilty in state and federal court.

UPS driver: Didn't deliver pot, fired

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:40:16 GMT

A former United Parcel Services driver who claims he was fired for refusing to deliver a package containing marijuana has filed a lawsuit against the delivery company.

Ford workers reject contract changes

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:13:29 GMT

Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut its labor costs.

Man, 92, dies after raccoon blocks flue

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:59 GMT

Police say a 92-year-old suburban Detroit man died after a raccoon got stuck in his home's flue pipe from the furnace to the chimney.

Former soldier wins judgment vs. Army

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:06:28 GMT

A federal jury in Ann Arbor on Friday reached a verdict in the civil case in favor of 38-year-old James McKelvey of Macomb County's Macomb Township.

Three men die at Detroit marathon

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:50:11 GMT

Officials told the Detroit Free Press that two of the men collapsed at the finish line, and one man collapsed around the 12-mile mark at a drink station.

Child biter drunk at sentencing

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:41:56 GMT

The boyfriend of a Livingston County woman accused of biting her 3-year-old daughter to teach her a lesson showed up drunk to his sentencing hearing in the case.

U of M to use Segways for campus tours

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:47 GMT

The University of Michigan says it will start offering Segway personal transporters for tours of its tech and science-oriented North Campus.

No bags at Michigan Stadium rest of '09

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:29 GMT

Bags will be banned from Michigan Stadium for security reasons for the remainder of the 2009 Wolverines football season.

Crews rebuilding collapsed I-75 bridge

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:28:09 GMT

Crews are to begin replacing an overpass destroyed nearly three months ago in a fiery tanker crash on Interstate 75 near Detroit.

Mom of 2 kids dead in fire arrested

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:11:08 GMT

The mother of two children who died in a fire at a mobile home near Detroit has been arrested in the deaths, police said Saturday.

Police officer shot in arm at pawn shop

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:08:12 GMT

Authorities say a police officer has been shot in the arm while responding to an alarm at a pawn shop in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park and two other people were wounded.

Salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:28:58 GMT

State officials say an outbreak of salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened 12 people in Michigan, with two cases requiring hospitalization.

Silverdome heads for auction block

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:59:43 GMT

The former home of the Detroit Lions will be sold at auction to the highest bidder -- regardless of the price.

Thousands mob Cobo Center for free cash

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:47:04 GMT

Scuffles erupted and several people were treated for fainting and exhaustion as thousands of Detroit residents tried to apply for free federal money.