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Brandi Gibbs and her friend, Tamara Stewart , ran when gunfire erupted at a block party in Ann Arbor's Stonybrook subdivision on July 29, 1995, Gibbs testified Monday.

Deondre Byrd, long suspected in a rival gang shooting that left a 16-year-old girl dead on Ann Arbor's south side in 1995, will go on trial today in that case.

From right: Valerie and Andy Christofferson look at TVs this morning with the help of sales associate Travis Armbruster at Best Buy in Pittsfield Township.

Though the fourth quarter isn't necessarily the "make or break" time of year for Big George's Appliance Mart in Ann Arbor, pressure from national retailers that are extending hours the day after Thanksgiving means that Big George's will also offer extended hours on Nov.

Wind Chill: 25 F Font Size: Police say an icy road conditions have claimed the life of a man on Interstate 94 near Chelsea.

Numerous spinouts and minor fender-benders have been reported throughout Metro Detroit this morning because of wet road conditions, according to broadcast media reports and www.traffic.com . Crashes in Ann Arbor and Sterling Heights, in particular, are affecting the early morning commute.

An accident involving at least three vehicles is slowing traffic on the bridge over I-94 on Ann Arbor-Saline Road, a main passageway to Ann Arbor's Black Friday action.

It's been Christmas since July for David Archuleta. The seventh season 'American Idol' runner-up went into the studio over the summer to record 'Christmas from the Heart,' his second studio album and his first Christmas set.

Ann Arbor police seized a car Monday that was being used by two people in the city's south side as part of a scam to solicit money, police said.

Your stories regarding my personal life and family decisions , and the resulting commentaries you published, many of which were anonymous, have, I fear, temporarily distracted your viewers from the extremely serious challenges our school district now faces.

Toyota is considering shifting its Los Angeles-based product planning, accounting, travel and data services operations to Kentucky or Michigan, according to Bloomberg.

Christmas came early this year for one child from South Lyon. Battling terminal cancer, his parents asked for help to make his holiday wishes come true, and people from around the world sent their love and support.

A pellet gun was the weapon used in Friday night's shooting of a 15-year-old boy, who was pranking neighbors by ringing doorbells, in Green Oak Township's County Lane Estates, according to a resident of the neighborhood.

The "buy local" movement in Ann Arbor strengthens this region's economy, but it also has connections to national efforts that support independent businesses.

"Who put the Ohio State sign in the King School parking lot?" There are many types of cultural differences - racial, ethnic, gender, sexual preference, religious, socio-economic, education, class - and many types of minorities struggling to have their voices heard, but there is no cultural divide in Ann Arbor so marked as that fueled by the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - University of Michigan economists are looking at what Michigan's troubled economy might do in 2010.

Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors , despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to a largest of its kind study in the November 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics , the official ...

There are many needy families in Washtenaw County in need of help in gathering food for their Thanksgiving meals.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture ; Vascular ; Hypertension Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST New education strategies for better controlling hypertension and research suggesting a possible link between short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution and increased risk of ...

Slick road conditions were likely the cause of a collision between a motor scooter and a car tonight that has left the motor scooter riders in the hospital, Ann Arbor Police Lt.

Children who are fearless at 3 years of age might just be poised for a life of crime.

1. Fraser said the lack of good information from 911 callers on the home's location contributed to the delay in response by the city's fire department.

The Ann Arbor Senior Center Task Force announced today its launching an online survey to gauge feedback about the city's senior center.

In the "spotted at the Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op" department: I picked up Volume 1, Number 1 of The Bohemian , a new free monthly alternative paper serving Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and published by the Cromwell Publishing Co.

There may be some improvement in the availability of financing for real estate in 2010, but not much, according to panelists at a University of Michigan conference Wednesday.

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan... FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., where one of hundreds of librarians from all over the world was helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of ...

A man who University of Michigan police say grabbed a female student's buttocks at the Michigan Union Tuesday was arrested today, police spokeswoman Diane Brown said.

A second man accused of stealing money out of a street musician's tip bin in Nickels Arcade last month was arrested, Ann Arbor police said.

A 20-year-old man was assaulted early Monday during a fight at the The 5th Quarter that involved the club's security personnel, Ann Arbor police Lt.

The city of Ann Arbor Green Living website is a central place to find environmental news and information.

A dog bit an Ann Arbor woman in the thigh, "puncturing her running pants and skin," while she was jogging Sunday on Barber Avenue, an Ann Arbor police report said.

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Ann Arbor voters came out in strong support of the incumbents on Election Day, reelecting Sabra Briere to a second term in the 1st Ward and Marcia Higgins to a sixth term in the 4th Ward.

The annual Sundance Film Festival is expanding to Nashville and seven other cities.

Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead _ to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.

We've all got them -- those ideas that we know, just know, would make a fortune if we could get them to a store shelf.

WHAT IT IS: Essentially, no joke here, a real bible of all things smoked pig, an engrossing, affably rambling, borderline obsessive one-stop swine seminar, from the genealogy of Wilshire-cut bacon to an appreciation of the repulsive lardo , with two-dozen bacon-centric recipes you don't see every day .

New listings this week from Ann Arbor SPARK's online jobs board : A senior sales executive and a senior systems administrator with technology company Logic Solutions Inc.

Canton Township -- Police are looking for a woman who they say stole a purse in Ann Arbor and used the victim's credit cards in Canton Township and Westland.

Leigh Greden gives a speech at his last meeting as a member of the Ann Arbor City Council, apologizing to his colleagues for e-mails he sent that have caused controversy this year.

Ann Arbor firefighters this morning are investigating a blaze they termed suspicious in a vacant home on Miller Avenue.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 Borders Group Inc. says it will close 200 Waldenbooks stores and cut 1,500 jobs in January to make the chain smaller and more profitable.

Two masked men armed with handguns robbed a Bank of America branch on Ann Arbor's south side this morning, Ann Arbor police said.

Something unusual is happening in Northville. Tiny doors have appeared at 31 businesses around the city's downtown, and word is that a new type of merchant is setting up shop.

Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter.

An elderly woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash early this morning. Howell police said preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of a Livingston Essential Transportation Service bus was traveling northbound on Highlander Way when it entered the intersection against the signal.

"Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon: Stories of Pork Bellies, Hush Puppies, Rock 'N' Roll Music and Bacon Fat Mayonnaise" by Ari Weinzweig What it is: Essentially, no joke here, a real bible of all things smoked pig, an engrossing, affably rambling, borderline obsessive one-stop swine seminar, from the winding genealogy of Wilshire-cut British bacon ...

A worker at Integrated Sensing Systems' facility in Ypsilanti Township. An Ypsilanti-based maker of high-tech sensors is looking to hire 40-50 workers in the next 30 months as it undertakes an $18.5 million expansion and possible relocation to neighboring Ann Arbor.

Madison and Keiffer Hubbell, winners of the 2008 junior U.S. ice dance title, are switching coaches.

Authorities have identified three members of a family killed in a fire in their southwest Ann Arbor home and said today the preliminary cause of death is smoke inhalation.

When you've been nationally recognized as a bike-friendly community , you can rightly take pride in that.

Spotlight on the Michigan Theater Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 668-Time map TICKETS FOR FILM ADMISSION Tickets are available beginning 1/2 hour before show time.