Because of a pending federal probe of Robert Bopp, the Grosse Pointe South hockey players were only recently told of the secret recordings last season by Bopp.

A federal judge in so many words told political consultant Sam Riddle to cease tweeting about his criminal cases. But Riddle responded defiantly later today -- by tweeting.

A 19-year-old Detroit man is in Detroit Police custody for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook, police said today.

Autopsies show that a Laingsburg man and a Waterford man died of heart attacks while running in the Detroit half-marathon last month. A third race fatality, an Ohio man, was blamed on heart disease.

Former Synagro Vice President James Rosendall was sentenced today to 11 months in prison in the Detroit bribery scandal surrounding a $1.2-billion sludge contract.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will meet with with state lawmakers in Lansing Tuesday to discuss regional cooperation and the city's financial crisis.

Maybe the folks at the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office should send their photos out to Target or CVS. When the Council on American-Islamic Relations/Michigan submitted a freedom-of-information request for the autopsy photos of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the head of

State and local police are on the lookout for a man accused of gunning down four family members in Florida on Thanksgiving.

The 2011 Ford Mustang to be unveiled at this week's Los Angeles auto show will offer a more powerful engine and improved fuel efficiency.

The carrot is tantalizing: a share of $4.3 billion set aside in federal stimulus money to help a handful of states revamp failing schools. But some in Michigan's educational establishment are balking at the stick: more charter schools, expanded alternative

Small manufacturers like Herb Trute, caught between extremely cautious bankers and automakers who need more parts, are struggling to get their businesses back on track after the recession.

Detroit City Councilwoman Martha Reeves could touch off a heat wave and dancing in the streets as she hosts a "Come and Help Me Go Away" party at Bert's Market Place in Eastern Market Thursday night.

The Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure.

This week in the auto industry is all about the L.A. Auto Show. With the exception, perhaps, of General Motors' Saab Swedish brand.

I think all Americans have a right to screw up their own marriages. I don't know if Tiger Woods has exercised that right or not. We might never know. It is, frankly, not our business.

Tickets go on sale Saturday for popster John Mayer's February show at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

LANSING — Michigan health officials say influenza has killed 59 people in the state since April 1 and 49 since Sept. 1, when swine flu began gaining steam.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation today said it would assume responsibility for the underfunded pension plans covering more than 4,780 workers and retirees of Northville-based Hayes Lemmerz International, the world's largest maker of wheels for cars and trucks.

FT. GRATIOT TOWNSHIP — Authorities say a Port Huron area man chased down and abducted a teen who ran off after ringing his doorbell.

Just a few days after telling the Free Press a 2010 campaign was "very unlikely" for him, Lansing's recently re-elected Mayor Virg Bernero said today he's "seriously considering" a run for the Democratic nomination for governor.