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Federal investigators concluded their first day searching property Monday in Oakland Township for the body of legendary Detroit labor leader James R. Hoffa. The search ended just as a severe thunderstorm warning sounded at the northeast Oakland County site of the dig, which was prompted by a tip from a former high-ranking alleged member of the Detroit area La Cosa Nostra. The FBI believes a tip ...

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

Lahser High School senior Jourdan Paige, 18, of Bloomfield Hills fills out a final senior survey as she and classmates rehearse Thursday for graduation. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ...

Kevyn Orr Detroit's emergency manager, estimated the embattled city's shortfall on pension liabilities is around $3.5 billion, not $644 million as estimated ...

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was ...

F.B.I. special agent, said the agency and its partners had a sealed search warrant allowing them to dig in the field. Mr. Hoffa was supposed to be meeting with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia captain when he disappeared in 1975 from a Detroit-area restaurant. In February, a reputed Mafia captain, Tony Zerilli, told WDIV, a Detroit television station, that he knew where Mr. Hoffa ...

Crews digging for Jimmy Hoffa's remains in Oakland...: The FBI is digging in Oakland Township, looking for the body of Jimmy Hoffa. Tammy Stables ...

"The Voice" will come with a big Detroit sound Tuesday night.Bob Seger has been enlisted for the season finale of the NBC singing competition, his manager confirmed this evening. The Detroit rocker will perform with the Swon Brothers, the Oklahoma duo who drew acclaim -- and a Top 10 iTunes showing -- for last week's performance of Seger's "Turn the Page."It's a ...

A 15-year-old girl who disappeared Friday from Oxford High School was found dead Sunday morning, a family member said.The body of Megan Abbott, a freshman at Oxford High School in northern Oakland County, was found in a wooded area near the school. Lapeer city police, who announced the discovery on the ...

Investigators look over the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Monday, June 17, 2013, where officials search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos ...

Kevyn Orr, emergency manager for the City of Detroit, sits for a photograph in his office at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Orr, 54, a Washington bankruptcy lawyer who worked on the reorganization of Chrysler Group LLC, became the emergency manager March 25 against the opposition of the nine-member city council. Photographer: Jeff ...

Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan talked to the editorial board at the Detroit Free Press on Friday, March 1, 2013. / Eric Seals/Detroit Free ...

Peonies are beautiful flowers for a wedding, and these bouquets take advantage of the different shades of pink they come in. Here, they accented by pale green hydrangeas for texture. (Provided by Jared Wilson Photography/MCT) / ...

Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon celebrates after getting the last out against the Washington Nationals on May 25, 2013, in Washington. / Associated ...

SAGINAW — The National Weather Service says a wave of severe thunderstorms has hit parts of ...

FERNDALE, Wash. (AP) - Deputies say two Whatcom County men who were shooting guns along the Nooksak River Sunday afternoon inadvertently shot and killed a Ferndale woman while she was attending a family barbeque more than a half mile away.The 23-year-old woman was at a Father's Day barbecue in the 6100 block of Gadwa Road when she was shot in the chest just before 4:30 p.m., according to ...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Carl Levin has taken to the floor of the U.S. Senate to plead for the release of an American ex-Marine imprisoned in Iran on spying ...

Detroit's default and debt restructuring plan are precedent-setting in the US municipal market, Moody's Investors Service said, because the city is looking to bondholders, as well as labor unions and pensioners, to share the ...

Max Scherzer is looking to become the first 10-win pitcher of the American League this season as the Detroit Tigers host the Baltimore Orioles for the opener of a 3-game set at Comerica Park.Right-hander Jake Arreita is scheduled to start for the ...

In this October 2012 image from video provided by David J. Ruck, diver Tom Kucharsky passes timbers protruding from the bottom of Lake Michigan that were discovered by Steve Libert, head of Great Lakes Exploration Group, in 2001. / David J. Ruck/Associated ...

The Detroit Lions participated in the Bass Pro Shops KVD (Kevin Van Dam) Charity Classic at Kensington Metro Park on Kent Lake Monday,June 10, 2013. Detroit Lions' Ezekiel Ansah untangles his line while out on the lake. Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free ...

From the dust, smoke and rubble of Morrill Hall, a commemorative plaza arises. The plaza outlines where Morrill Hall once stood with lines of shade trees, flowering shrubs and features a main walkway that aligns with the path of the old ...

CHICAGO, June 17 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:51pm EDT CHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness Cargill Inc said on Monday it is acquiring the grain storage and fertilizer business of Northstar Grain LLC, based in southwestern Michigan. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is Cargill's third investment in a North American grain company in the past three weeks. The deal, ...

Steve Libert, head of the expedition seeking the explorer La Salle’s lost ship the Griffin, stands on a fishing boat as dive teams prepare to inspect a site Saturday, June 15, 2013, in northern Lake Michigan where he believes the vessel may have ...

Newly appointed Wayne State University president M. Roy Wilson talks with press following a special board meeting electing him on Wednesday June 5, 2013 at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit. / Ryan Garza / Detroit Free ...

When I came to Detroit as a youngster from Poland, the Motor City was still rolling along on a clip that had been set decades before. In just a few years, that economic powerhouse skidded to a halt. A ...

Jim Leyland has never been one to not tell the Detroit sports media what he thinks. This weekend he went on a tirade about how the media and the fans see the problem ...

Jimmie Johnson was closing and had a faster car. Even though it appeared he had enough time to hold off the five-time champion trying to win at MIS for the first time, it was close enough that he couldn't relax.Bam!Johnson's right front tire went down and sent the No. 48 into the wall."I love it when the 48 crashes trying to catch us," Biffle said on his radio.Perhaps it was ...

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Operators have restarted the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan after finishing repairs to a water tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake ...