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  • Kid Rock says hes in the scalping business just like many other artists

    NEW YORK — Kid Rock is a scalper.The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said ...

  • Dow Chemical to Pay Off Up to $2 Billion of Debt

    The Dow Chemical Co. said Friday that it plans to use part of its recent payment from Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait to pay off up to $2 billion in debt this year. Earlier this month, Dow received $2.2 billion from that company to cover damages stemming from its 2008 withdrawal from a $17.4 billion joint venture with Dow days before it was set to launch. The Midland, Mich.-based chemical ...

  • Dearborn pays $300000 in deal with missionaries

    The city of Dearborn has paid $300,000 to several Christian demonstrators as part of settlement over their arrests at the Arab International Festival in 2010, according to documents obtained by The Detroit News. Officials initially did not disclose the amount when the deal with Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood and Paul Rezkalla was announced this month. The News filed a Freedom of Information Act with ...

  • HEADED FOR AUCTIONDetroit Museums Art May Be Sold to Cover City Debts

    Could the Detroit Institute of Arts' billion dollar collection, including works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse, be headed for the auction block to satisfy creditors of the financially troubled city? Bill Nowling, a spokesman for state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, ...

  • 17 rescued dogs recovering at Rochester Hills shelter

    Michigan Humane Society Rochester Hills Center for Animal Care Shelter Manager Marcelena Mace plays with one of the rescued dogs from an alleged puppy mill in Missaukee before taking it to be examined by a doctor on Friday, May 23, 2013 in Rochester Hills. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free ...


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Movie Review

Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

In terms of sheer loudness and crudity, its hard to top Bad Boys II, the latest offering from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay. Bay, perhaps trying to make up for having attempted an air of seriousness in 2001s bloated would-be epic Pearl Harbor, has gone back into full ADD mode, proving once again that hes never met a close-up or shaky camera movement that he did ... ...

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  • Game thread Kellys 2-run HR gives Tigers 5-0 lead in 3rd

    Jhonny Peralta singled to open the third inning, and with one out, Don Kelly's long fly ball hit the railing in front of the first row of the rightfield seats. ...

  • Free party planned in downtown Detroit to support ESPN X Games bid

    Beastie Boys DJ Mix Master Mike will headline a free all-ages party in downtown Detroit Tuesday night to support the ...

  • Red Wings are Exhibit A on how to build a dynasty

    Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) and defenceman Jakub Kindl (4) stop Chicago Blackhawks centre Marcus Kruger (16) from scoring in the 3rd period during Game 4 of their NHL Western Conference semifinals playoff game in Detroit, Michigan May 23, 2013. (REBECCA ...

  • Why Red Wings’ demise has been greatly exaggerated

    Detroit Red Wings right wing Daniel Cleary, right, celebrates his empty-net goal against the Chicago Blackhawks with teammate Henrik Zetterberg (40), of Sweden, during the third period in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs in Detroit, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Paul ...

  • Jeb Bush among Mackinac Conference speakers

    A potential presidential candidate, a nationally known crusader for education reform and members of Michigan's business and political elite will be on hand this week for the Detroit Regional Chamber's policy conference on Mackinac ...

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