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Get ready Detroit for another Ford Freedom Award! The theme for the 2014 program will be "The Power of Perseverance."

The business currently has studios in Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, Birmingham and even Los Angeles and serves more than 1 million students.

The harshest winter in decades isn't done affecting Michigan just yet. This shudder-inducing winter has had a little bit of everything: near-record snowfall -- 90.7 inches and counting in metro Detroit, nearing an all-time mark of 93.6 inches set in the winter of 1880-81; the second-most days below zero in a winter ever in the Flint area -- 27, one ... (more)

Sarah Clayman, managing director and Kevin Nixon, president of the Detroit Institute of Music Education, are photographed Wednesday as the rock music education start-up prepares to open.

Northville has almost nothing in common with Detroit. Straddling western Wayne and southern Oakland counties, Northville is among Michigan's most affluent cities.

A classroom at the closed Southwestern High School in Detroit has had its pipes torn down and its blackboards ripped off the walls and left on the floor, Feb. 18, 2014.

Police say the victim unsuccessfully tried to fight off the suspects with a knife.

Metro Detroiters found a tonic to survive the seemingly unending, record-breaking winter: soup, the ultimate comfort food.

When it comes to paying back their community, the employees of Associates Therapeutic Massage went the distance this year.

Matthew Webb, a senior at Cass Technical High School, now has a shot at a $20,000 grand prize in the national competition April 29-30 in Washington, D.C. Webb, 18, who's active in theater at Cass Tech, won $200 for his school, $200 for himself and a plaque in the state competition at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing.

In the back of a historic church near Comerica Park in Detroit, bloodied skulls are on display in an art exhibition about Syria's suffering.

Marathon Petroleum Corp., which received a $175-million tax break from Detroit in a mammoth expansion project, is coming under fire from City Council for failing to hire enough local residents.

Andre Jones, 18, a senior at Osborn Academy of Math, Science and Technology, is greeted Friday by Howard University students as he enters the gym for a rally.

State police say a man found dead at Selfridge Air National Guard Base apparently became disoriented in the cold and succumbed to the elements.

SEARCH YOUR APP STORE FOR WDIV. EVROD. ALL RIGHT ANDREW, THANK YOU. LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE, THAT'S THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN TO ONE OF THE MEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN 2010 SHOOTING 17-YEAR-OLD JERRY BLAKE IN DETROIT.

A man walking his dog about 11 a.m. Sunday in Detroit discovered another dog trapped inside a trash can.

Two men allegedly involved in the rape of woman before a massive arson fire on the city's west side have been arraigned on felony charges in connection to the sexual assault, police announced Friday.

Science teacher goes on McDonald's-only diet to prove it's not where you eat, but what you eat (and... Chauncey Owens, shown in Wayne County Circuit Court on Feb. 13, 2014, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old high school student Je'Rean Blake in Wayne County Circuit Court.

For every bit of criticism aimed at Mr. Ford, there is the tangible proof of the philanthropy, jobs, public works, health and wellness and outright dedication to Detroit that will be his legacy.

Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano hasn't said he's a candidate for re-election - but neither has he said he isn't.