| USA: Casa Cristina to Be Available at Sears and Kmart Stores Winter 2010 This fall, Sears and Kmart are excited to announce the launch of an exclusive new soft home collection, Casa Cristina(TM). Created by well-known Hispanic journalist and talk show host Cristina... | |
| My foolish prediction? Lions aren't totally bad "I made a bad throw, and he made a nice play," Stafford said, and that pretty much sums it up. Nobody will care in a week. I don't think too many people cared the moment it happened,... |
| Kara DioGuardi exits 'American Idol' as judge Fox said Friday that DioGuardi made the decision to leave the hit singing contest, which she judged with DeGeneres, Cowell and Randy Jackson - who's now the only one left on the panel.A new lineup of... |
| Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and... |
| Dubious Michigan "Tea Party" Left Off Ballot (AP) A shadowy group calling itself "The Tea Party" won't be allowed on the state's November ballot after a Friday order from the Michigan Supreme Court. The high court's 5-2 vote lets stand a... |
| 14-foot high waves expected in Lake Michigan MARK J. KONKOL Staff Reporter/mkonkol@suntimes.com An early shot of autumn-like weather is expected to stir up big waves, powerful rip currents and strong gale-force winds in Lake Michigan over... |
| AT&T Accelerates Timetable for Expanding Service in Michigan MUSKEGON, Mich., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* said today that the timetable for expanding AT&T service in Michigan has been accelerated and that it expects to complete network upgrades on... |
| 'Tea Party' off Michigan ballot The Michigan Supreme Court ruled today the controversial Tea Party group -- criticized as a Democratic ploy to siphon votes away from Republicans -- will not be on the November ballot. "We are... |
| Last-minute shakeup could prevent Flint mayor recall effort FLINT (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--A last-minute shakeup in court could prevent the recall effort of Mayor Dayne Walling from making the November ballot. The lawyer for the committee to recall Walling --... |
| Flint police search for bank robbery suspect FLINT (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--Flint police are looking for a man suspected in three recent bank robberies, one as recent as Thursday. His picture was caught by surveillance cameras. He was wearing a... |
| Elms Road Bridge reopens GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--Back in June, we told you about the repair of a major local bridge. At the time, the Genesee County Road Commission said the new Elms Road Bridge in Flushing... |
| Police search man's house after receiving tip about growing op, meth lab GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--Lapeer County Prosecutor Byron Konschuh says he has not received police reports yet and no charges have been issued following a raid earlier this week at a... |
| Local schools get federal grants to help students MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--After they were judged to be among the lowest-achieving schools in the state, three local high schools and a middle school are getting big federal grants to help... |
| Former city manager's death could mean financial windfall for Sagianw SAGINAW (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--Former Saginaw City Manager Cecil Collins died last month and was buried in the state of Washington. We still are not sure how he died, but we are finding out that his... |
| Blog: Eric Millikin: Butts Arrested in Boob Murder Case : "Police have arrested a third person in connection with the murder of Samuel Boob. Boob was shot and killed at his home ... Kermit Butts, 26, of Madisonburg, is accused of driving the suspected... |
| Warren mayor lashes out at Obama over GM decision to stay in Detroit Warren Mayor Jim Fouts sent a scathing letter to President Obama Friday in response to reports saying the White House quashed efforts by General Motors to move from Detroit to the GM Tech Center in... |
| Report: GOP's Snyder raised most in gubernatorial race (Last updated: 1 hour ago) Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder spent more than seven times the amount of money as Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Lansing... |
| Hamtramck sues Detroit in tax revenue dispute The City of Hamtramck filed a lawsuit this afternoon in Wayne County Circuit Court against the City of Detroit in hopes of receiving $4 million in tax revenues Hamtramck officials said the City of... |
| Facebook juror gets homework assignment A Warren juror was fined $250 and ordered to write a five-page essay on the Sixth Amendment after a Macomb County judge found her in contempt of court for declaring a defendant guilty on Facebook... |
| Travelers upbeat as they begin long holiday weekend MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--If your Labor Day plans include a getaway, you are not alone. Travelers were in a pretty upbeat mood Friday along I-75. The weather looked good, gas prices were... |
| Man arrested in connection with soccer complex fire SAGINAW TOWNSHIP (WJRT) -- (09/03/10)--Saginaw Township investigators have arrested a man they believe intentionally set a fire that destroyed a soccer pavilion. That fire happened last month at... |
| Man indicted after wife is eaten alive by maggots CINCINNATI - A grand jury has indicted a Cincinnati man for allegedly not taking care of his bedridden wife and allowing her to be eaten by maggots while... |
| Important phase of FRIB project approved , received critical decision 1 approval Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Energy, which establishes the design of the building to house the facility and the next phase’s cost. With this... |
| Academic power at heart of DPS, Bobb suit The school board filed suit last summer against Robert Bobb claiming that he illegally is making academic decisions and has failed to share financial plans with the board as required by law. The... |
| Employees to return to Selfridge after Legionnaires' disease outbreak Officials at Selfridge Air National Guard base will be moving about 180 employees back into two buildings scrubbed clean of Legionnaires' disease after an outbreak in... |
| Celldex Plunges After Pfizer Ends Cancer Vaccine Pact Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. is pulling out of an agreement with Celldex Therapeutics Inc. to fund the development of an experimental brain tumor vaccine. Celldex shares fell the most in almost... |
| NFL fines Ndamukong Suh $7,500 NEW YORK (AP) -- Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined $7,500 by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-the-passer penalty on quarterback Jake Delhomme in an exhibition game... |
| John A. Mattera, Founder of Mattera Reserve, Donates to University of Michigan School of Natural Resource BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- John A. Mattera, founder of the Mattera Reserve, Inc., graciously donated to the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources. A graduate... |
| Michigan man kills 3-foot gator while picking corn BURR OAK, Mich. — A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator. The animals have been showing up far north of their... |
| MSU guard Lucious pleads guilty to reckless driving EAST LANSING -- Korie Lucious, a junior basketball guard for Michigan State University, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor reckless driving in 54B District court, according to court... |
| Schneider: Avid MSU football fan gets surprise visit from athletic department EAST LANSING -- It's only fitting that Tom Tabler's 90th birthday is Saturday - on the day of the MSU Spartans' first football game of the season. Tabler is, by all accounts, as avid a Spartans... |
| Detroit police gun buyback nets 800 weapons DETROIT - All of the $20,000 donated for a gun buyback program held Thursday by the Detroit Police Department was spent and thousands more were committed in vouchers to cover the more than 800 guns... |
| Detroit's archbishop to bless grave for fetuses The head of the Catholic Church in Detroit is to bless a grave marker Saturday at a pro-life event remembering fetuses that were found in 2008 in a Lathrup Village... |
| Trial postponed in dirty-look murder case The first-degree murder trial of Chauncey Owens, accused of killing a Detroit teenager for giving him a dirty look, was rescheduled this morning for Nov.... |
| Setback For Personalized Medicine As Pfizer Drops Celldex Brain Drug new personalized cancer treatments moving through trials that will target only the patients whose tumors have the bad genes. The Celldex drug, undeniably a long-shot, would be a big deal for brain... |
| Arctic Glacier, Michigan authorities reach deal on antitrust allegations WINNIPEG - A subsidiary of packaged ice company Arctic Glacier Income Fund (TSX:AG.UN) announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with authorities in Michigan to resolve allegations that it... |
| Pfizer ends deal with Celldex has terminated its agreement to develop a potential brain cancer vaccine. Celldex said in a statement that Pfizer has decided that the program “is no longer a strategic priority”. The... |
| Man serving life for deaths of 2 boys loses appeal BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has refused to overturn the murder conviction of a Battle Creek man who is serving a life sentence for the deaths of two young... |
| Mich. man kills 34-inch gator while picking corn Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn field near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had seen an... |
| Honored as a hero after dying from a fall off the toilet : "CHINA HAS produced all kinds of heroes in the six decades since the revolution, but the latest public servant to qualify for hero status, who died after falling off the toilet, is causing a major... |
| Baby pronounced dead revived by mother According to a CBS report, the Australian mother used a skin-to-skin contact method called the "Kangaroo Care Method" to save the life of one of her premature babies who was born without vital signs.... |
| Feel the music at Detroit's jazz fest! Take in the music this holiday weekend with the sweet sounds of jazz at the Detroit International Jazz Festival. The festival is touted as one of the world’s premier jazz festivals on Labor Day... |
| Lucious pleads guilty to reckless driving to a reckless driving charge. According to a copy of the ticket issued to Lucious, his blood alcohol content was 0.09 when he was pulled over. Lucious, a Milwaukee native, averaged 5.6 points and... |
| Arctic Glacier Reaches Agreement With Michigan Attorney General to End State Investigation Arctic Glacier Income Fund (TSX:AG.UN) today announced its U.S. subsidiary, Arctic Glacier International Inc., has agreed with the Michigan Attorney General to resolve, without any admission of... |
| Cincinnati, Detroit Selected As Final Health IT Pilot Communities Under Innovative HHS Recovery Act Beacon Program HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health information... |
