Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Two Detroit students shot near Mumford High
Detroit -- The first day back to school ended badly this afternoon with two teens shot not far from Mumford High School on the city's west side. - 7:42 pm
Winds fuel flames of more than a dozen Detroit fires
Wind gusts of up to 35 mph and low humidity are fueling the flames of several fires throughout the city. The arid conditions, combined with high winds, were reportedly responsible for at least 15 reported fires. - 8:32 pm
Michigan lawmakers reach tentative budget deal
Lansing -- A tentative budget deal has been reached for the state's 2011 fiscal year, potentially averting a government shutdown. - 7:42 pm
Torture, murder charges upheld against Powerhouse gym scion
Detroit -- A Wayne County judge declined today to throw out or reduce charges against a man accused of torturing and killing a woman in his downtown luxury apartment. - 7:42 pm
PETA slams U-M's use of cats, pigs in medical training program
An animal rights group today called for a federal investigation into a University of Michigan course that teaches students to save human lives but uses cats and pigs to train them. - 7:42 pm
Tigers believe Carlos Guillen is done for season
The Tigers aren't expecting the second baseman to return this season. The oft-injured Guillen hit .273 with six home runs and 34 RBIs in 253 at-bats. But he's under contract for $13 million in 2011. - 7:22 pm
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- Close calls doom Tigers in loss to White Sox
- MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS: Mark Dantonio: MSU won't look ahead to Notre Dame
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Wolverines seem to be on right path
- WINGS-NHL: Valtteri Filppula, brother could play together for Wings
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- TIGERS: Guillen done for the season
- RED WINGS: Dog days for Wings' Patrick Eaves
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U-M just misses spot in AP Top 25 poll
On the heels of Saturday's 30-10 victory over Connecticut, Michigan received 71 points in the latest Associated Press poll and was ranked just behind No. 25 Stanford. Michigan State received two votes and was ranked 42nd. - 7:22 pm
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- Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran - 09:03 PM
- Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs - 09:01 PM
- Colorado fire forced residents to make mad dash - 09:01 PM
- Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico - 09:02 PM
Michigan
- Dems launch TV ads in bid to save U.S. House seats
- Gov candidates expect race to tighten up
- State departments bracing for new round of cutbacks
- White House defends King quote on Oval Office rug made in Michigan
Bernero asks Snyder to help push Congress on small business aid
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero today challenged Republican opponent Rick Snyder to join him in asking Congress to support the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. - 4:52 pm
- AAA: Michigan gas prices up 7 cents
- Tom Greenwood: Labor Day weekend tips
- WB I-94 in Harper Woods moving slowly after crash
Post-Labor Day commute will face ramp, street closures
Tom Greenwood: Motorists returning to work today from the Labor Day holiday will find themselves confronting a number of new ramp and street closures across Metro Detroit. - 1:47 pm
- Two Detroit students shot near Mumford High
- Detroit area students return to bigger classes, costlier fees
- Jesse Jackson slams urban farming, jokes about stolen SUV
- Businessman sues Detroit, cites treatment by police
- Granholm backs longer school year
- Maslamani to go on trial Wednesday in carjack slaying
Bus, teacher glitches hurt first school day for some in Detroit
Detroit -- Despite transportation trial runs in advance of the first day of school, Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb had to wait 35 minutes at a bus stop this morning to get to Spain Elementary School. - 8:46 pm
- Petraeus: Burning Quran endangers troops
- John Lennon's killer up for parole in N.Y.
- Non-word 'refudiate' gets most online searches
- Colorado wildfire pushes hundreds from homes
Chicago Mayor Daley won't run for re-election
Chicago -- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who has presided over the nation's third-largest city for 21 years, like his father did before him, announced today that he will not run for a seventh term, saying the time "just feels right." - 7:42 pm
- Two Detroit students shot near Mumford High
- Detroit area students return to bigger classes, costlier fees
- Granholm backs longer school year
- Detroit area students return to bigger classes, costlier fees
- Westwood 9th, 10th graders open New Tech High School
- Teen nets $5,000 for creative PSA
Bus, teacher glitches hurt first school day for some in Detroit
Detroit -- Despite transportation trial runs in advance of the first day of school, Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb had to wait 35 minutes at a bus stop this morning to get to Spain Elementary School. - 8:46 pm
- Analysis: Economic pain failed to ease in July
- Macho Duke Nukem returns after a decade in limbo
- AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online
- Unions gear up to push agenda at the polls
Burger King adds pancakes in breakfast push
New York -- Burger King is introducing nine new breakfast items, including blueberry biscuits and pancake platters, and planning a major breakfast marketing blitz -- all with an eye toward eating up some of McDonald's morning business. - 10:27 am
- AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online
- Craigslist 'censors,' but sex ads remain
- Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's 'quiet' challenger
Macho Duke Nukem returns after a decade in limbo
When Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. pulled the plug on the long-in-development "Duke Nukem Forever" last year, most observers in the video-game industry thought they'd seen the last of its titular hero. - 11:32 am
