
Deal approved in Muslims' suit against McDonald's
A judge on Wednesday finalized a $700,000 settlement between McDonald's Corp. and members of Michigan's Muslim community over claims a suburban ...

GM to roll out new line of smaller pickups
General Motors plans to roll out a line of completely revamped midsize pickup trucks, with gas mileage and features designed to take sales from ...

AP source: 76ers, Collins discuss coach's future
Doug Collins is on his way out as Philadelphia 76ers' coach. It remains to be seen if he'll stick with the organization in some other role. A person ...

GM, Ford to collaborate on new transmissions
General Motors and Ford are putting aside their longstanding rivalry to work together to develop a new generation of fuel-efficient automatic ...

Lions sign Norwegian kicking prospect Rugland
The Detroit Lions are giving a Norwegian Internet kicking sensation a shot to make the team. Detroit signed kicker Havard Rugland on Thursday, ...
TV stations feel 'squeezed' by airwave auction
As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling ...

Blue Jays rally against 'pen to beat Tigers 8-6
J.P. Arencibia and Mark DeRosa gave the struggling Toronto Blue Jays a chance to feel good. Arencibia hit a three-run double in the seventh inning and ...

Autopsies: Detroit office shootings murder-suicide
Authorities determined Wednesday that a fired maintenance worker fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself inside a Detroit ...

Jeter may not return to Yankees until next month
Derek Jeter may not return to the New York Yankees until next month. His replacement at shortstop, Eduardo Nunez, joined the team's long list of ...
Fisker to cut three-fourths of its work force
Troubled electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. has laid off about three-fourths of the workers at its California headquarters as it struggles with ...

Detroit resident chronicles his city's desolation
Tony Majka has been chronicling Detroit's blight epidemic in a unique and popular way. Using the name "Tony Detroit," he takes smartphone photos of ...

No let up for auto sales in March; pickups star
America is getting back to work, and it needs pickup trucks. Strong truck demand in March drove U.S. auto sales to their highest monthly total since ...

Historic Motown Steinway piano back in Detroit
An 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motown greats during the label's 1960s heyday, and restored thanks to Paul McCartney, is back home in Detroit, ...

Mich. now right-to-work; effects will be delayed
A right-to-work law is on the books in Michigan, a mainstay of organized labor, but those considering opting out of paying union dues will have to ...

Donors give $8M for Detroit EMS units, police cars
Several businesses have pledged a total of $8 million to help cash-strapped Detroit pay for a new fleet of emergency vehicles, including 23 EMS units ...
Child tells US court in Detroit he was slave labor
Some of the children were only in middle school when a former tennis pro from Africa faked immigration papers and brought them to Michigan, where he ...

Detroit manager to listen, then assess priorities
A bankruptcy lawyer and turnaround expert tasked with reviving Detroit's beleaguered finances could be greeted by a crowd of protesters as he arrives ...

Relevance of Detroit officials in manager's hands
What role Detroit's elected leaders will play in the city's fiscal crisis is now up to a Washington, D.C., lawyer appointed by the governor to turn ...

Bankruptcy expert named Detroit emergency manager
Michigan's governor appointed an auto-industry turnaround expert Thursday to steer Detroit back from the brink of ruin. The one-time symbol of ...

Mich. grandma who killed grandson: I feared him
A 75-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as she told jurors how she repeatedly shot her teenage ...

Detroit council appeals fiscal emergency finding
Detroit City Council members on Tuesday made a longshot appeal of the state's declaration that the city has no adequate plan to fix its fiscal crisis, ...
Feds could add a million GM midsize cars to recall
Safety regulators in the U.S. are investigating whether to add more than a million General Motors midsize cars to a recall for brake light problems.

Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence
Jurors in a city buffeted by financial crisis convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges Monday, capping a five-month trial ...

Levin's retirement gives GOP rare shot at Senate
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate election, while ...

Bing's legacy clouded by emergency manager threat
In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge. But the overwhelming weight of Detroit's financial problems and other ...