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College basketball gets crazier by the week
There were eight losses for six top-10 teams. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 all went down. A total of 14 schools in the Top 25 had at least one loss. All in ...
Wisconsin beats No. 3 Michigan 65-62 in OT
When Ben Brust tied the game at the end of regulation with a shot just from just inside midcourt, his teammate Mike Bruesewitz looked over at ...
Spurs see 11-game streak end, then face tough trip
Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs lost for the first time in nearly a month — then faced a difficult trip to snow-swept New York. The Spurs ...
Spurs' streak ends in 119-109 loss to Pistons
Gregg Popovich was explaining before the game how his San Antonio Spurs had managed to win 11 in a row despite injuries to Tim Duncan and Manu ...
Indiana becomes latest No. 1 to fall
Indiana's latest run as No. 1 didn't last long, abruptly halted by a loss to unranked Illinois. Duke was bumped from the top spot twice in three weeks
In a switch, GOP governors back expanding Medicaid
Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into ...
Title favorites tough to find in men's basketball
Indiana climbed its way to No. 1 this week, back where it started the season. Fitting with the way this season has gone, the Hoosiers aren't likely ...
Humbled Toyota rolls out new Tundra pickup
Back in 2007, Toyota trumpeted its bulked-up Tundra as a game-changer that would cut into Detroit's dominance of the U.S. pickup truck market.
Coach shoots teen during robbery near Mich. school
A 70-year-old high school basketball coach shot and killed one teenager and wounded a second as they attempted to rob him outside the school, Detroit ...
Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 ...
No. 3 Michigan edges No. 10 Ohio State 76-74 in OT
Tim Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke made nearly every shot they took from 3-point range in the second half. When that somehow wasn't enough, Michigan's ...
2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record
Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of ...
No. 3 Michigan beats No. 10 Ohio State 76-74 in OT
Tim Hardaway Jr. kept Michigan in the game when the Wolverines weren't playing a whole lot of defense. Then he ended it by smothering Ohio State's ...
Lions cut Vanden Bosch, Peterman
The Detroit Lions released two veteran starters Tuesday, cutting defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch and guard Stephen Peterman. Vanden Bosch signed a ...
Postal Service honors Rosa Parks with new stamp
Hundreds of people, including some of Michigan's political elite, gathered Monday to celebrate the late Rosa Parks on what would have been her 100th ...
Gasol helps Lakers hold on to beat Pistons 98-97
In a season full of turmoil and frustration, this would have been a particularly exasperating loss for the Los Angeles Lakers. One of the most ...
No. 3 Indiana beats No. 1 Michigan 81-73
The No. 1 chants rained down from the student section even before Saturday's game ended. By Monday afternoon, it should be official. Cody Zeller ...
2 children, 1 adult die in Detroit freeway pileup
It took only seconds for the light snow to turn into a blinding curtain of white. Drivers slammed on their brakes, others swerved to avoid ...
Detroit, Toyota see big US sales gains in January
American consumers ignored tax increases and trudged through winter weather to buy new cars and trucks at an unusually strong pace last month. It was ...
2 children, 1 adult die in Detroit freeway pileups
Blinding snow squalls, high winds and a slick highway led to a mile-long series of crashes in Detroit that left at least three people dead Thursday, ...
Fights have spiked in another shortened NHL season
Wanna fight? If you're an NHL player, you can probably find somebody to drop the gloves. A lockout-delayed and shortened season has created a spike ...
Top-ranked Michigan rolls past Northwestern 68-46
Trey Burke raised his eyebrows in disbelief when asked about Michigan's most remarkable stat of the night. "We only had two turnovers as a team?" ...
Ford shares down as 4Q profit eclipsed by Europe
Ford is posting record profits in North America, but it's not enough to quell unease about the company's prospects elsewhere. Ford's shares dropped ...
Ex-Michigan justice pleads guilty to bank fraud
A former Michigan Supreme Court justice pleaded guilty to bank fraud Tuesday for concealing assets, including a Florida home she and her husband ...
Newtown expands scope of planned children's museum
Months before she was killed in a gunman's rampage, Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung wrote a letter expressing her excitement ...