Michigan News

A homebuilder who chairs the state housing authority has been the target of lawsuits seeking more than $100 million in judgments in Michigan and around the country over failed projects.

An estimated 1.7 million Michiganians will travel this week for Thanksgiving -- about the same amount that AAA of Michigan estimated for last year.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Film makers were in West Michigan Friday, hoping to persuade lawmakers that the state's generous film tax incentives are working.

NEW YORK - A minor leaguer in the Detroit Tigers' organization has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine under baseball's minor league drug program.

Sade Morris scored a a career-high 26 points and became the 21st player in school history to eclipse 1,000 points, lifting No.

Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.

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The Clinton Police Department has announced that a man arrested and booked on suspicion of drunk driving, believed to be an escaped convicted murderer from Michigan, is not a murderer after all.

Michigan's Thumb area may be better known for sugar beets than Chardonnay, but Steve Velloff and Connie Currie had no problem moving from downtown Chicago to Sanilac County -- to make wine.

PHILADELPHIA - Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged three men with diverting traffic from the Web site of telecom giant Comcast last year.

The ninth ranked Buckeyes have the Rose Bowl in their views but today their eyes are only set on one thing, the on-going rivalry between them and the Michigan Wolverines.

Organizers of the 2010 Michigan Apple Queen pageant are hoping their search for contestants will prove fruitful.

Federal officials confirmed Friday that DNA from Asian carp has been found in water past an electric barrier designed to keep the invasive and destructive fish out of Lake Michigan.

Michigan's official state Christmas tree is being lit during Lansing's Silver Bells in the City celebration.

According to Rich Rodriguez's agent, U-M president Mary Sue Coleman supports Rodriguez '100%.' Mike Brown told the Free Press today that the pair met on Monday -- he said he wasn't sure what the meeting was about or how it arose -- and that's what she told Rodriguez.

The fight over federal funding for abortion moved to the Senate on Thursday as opponents targeted provisions that are not as restrictive as one written by a Michigan lawmaker into the version passed by the House.

A Catholic priest who served churches in western Michigan has been sentenced to six months in jail for sexual misconduct.

Michigan's beleaguered economy will continue shedding jobs for two more years before a recovery starts to take hold in mid-2011, University of Michigan economists predicted today.

University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman said during today's Board of Regents meeting that "regardless of the weather, home-field advantage or the records, the Michigan-Ohio State game is always a classic," and she is looking forward to the game.