• Car designers urged to simplify infotainment controls

  The new touch-screen interface features new simpler graphics and controls that are easier to use. Customers will experience significantly faster touch-screen response times, one of the top requests from owners. ...

• Man with claw hammer robs Speedway station in Waterford

  Waterford police are hoping someone will recognize a robber shown on surveillance video slamming a hammer onto the counter during a gas station heist early this morning.The man, armed with a claw hammer, entered the Speedway Gas Station at 4960 Dixie Highway at 3:38 a.m., according to a news release. He demanded money from the cash register, and the clerk complied after the man struck the ...

• High winds rain expected to roll through Metro Detroit

  The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 6 p.m. for Wayne County and parts of Lenawee, Washtenaw and Monroe counties as southeast Michigan braces for bad weather. The outlook for portions of southeast Michigan is rainy and windy Tuesday evening through Wednesday, with a line of thunderstorms moving through the region, the National Weather Service said. Strong ...

• Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project

  Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste storage project. For the past decade, Ontario Power Generation has been carrying out plans for a deep geologic repository - a massive underground storage vault for low- to medium-level nuclear waste - in the municipality of Kincardine. ...

• Wayne Co. commissioners fear rising jail tether costs

  Detroit - Wayne County Commissioner Ilona Varga is accusing the sheriff's department of unfairly favoring one of four vendors providing tethers to the Wayne County Jail in a funding shuffle that could cost taxpayers more than $320,000. Last year, commissioners approved a three-year contract for nearly $5 million for tethers and services. The contract was split among four firms, one of ...

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