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Twins snap skid with 3-2 win over Tigers

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:21:23 -0400

DETROIT - Joe Mauer provided the early power, and P.J. Walters gave Minnesota the start it needed on that mound.

Tigers fall to Mauer, Twins 3-2

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:09:24 -0400

DETROIT - Doug Fister's one shaky inning was enough to send the Detroit Tigers to defeat.

Twins OF Ramirez leaves game after collision

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:17:04 -0400

DETROIT - Minnesota Twins center fielder Wilkin Ramirez has left the game against the Detroit Tigers after a scary collision on a fly ball.

Gardenhire ejected from Twins' game at Detroit

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:07 -0400

DETROIT - Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected from Saturday's game at Detroit while arguing a call at second base.

Twins call up Walters to start against Tigers

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:12:05 -0400

DETROIT - The Minnesota Twins have called up right-hander P.J. Walters from Triple-A Rochester to start Saturday against the Detroit Tigers.

Fraudster Ed May, blind, seeks release from prison

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:07:06 -0400

DETROIT - A 76-year-old suburban Detroit man convicted of a $200 million Ponzi scheme said he's lost virtually all his eyesight and wants to be released from prison while he pursues appeals.

Brass bell stolen from Detroit Catholic church

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:08:58 -0400

DETROIT - Thieves struck a Detroit church and swiped a brass bell that's more than 100 years old.

Detroit's Compuware Corp. a finalist for DOD award

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:04:20 -0400

DETROIT - Detroit's Compuware Corp. is a finalist for an award given for employer support of Guard and Reserve employees.

Twins nearly no-hit in 6-0 loss to Tigers

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:59:27 -0400

DETROIT - Joe Mauer is becoming quite the spoiler.

NY man is granted bond in Mich. cyberstalking case

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:39 -0400

DETROIT - A 21-year-old New York man has been released after a month in custody on cyberstalking charges filed in Detroit.

Dearborn pays $300K in deal with missionaries

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:22:05 -0400

DEARBORN, Michigan - A Detroit suburb has paid $300,000 to a group of Christian missionaries arrested in 2010 at an Arab cultural festival.

Museum art collection at risk amid Detroit's woes

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:03:35 -0400

DETROIT - The Detroit Institute of Arts' collection could be sold to help satisfy creditors if the financially troubled city of Detroit seeks bankruptcy protection, officials said.

Detroit museum: City can't sell art to cover debt

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:47 -0400

DETROIT - The Detroit Institute of Arts says the city can't sell its collection to cover long-term debt.

Officials: 150 dogs removed from Mich. facilities

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:08:59 -0400

LAKE CITY, Michigan - More than 150 dogs have been removed from locations owned by a breeding facility in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, where officials said the animals were living in outdoor enclosures with little protection.

Report: New state school district overstated power

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:01:06 -0400

DETROIT - A published report says the state district set up to turn around Michigan's lowest-performing schools overstated its authority to take over failing schools in a bid to win a $35.4 million federal grant.

Annual St. Mary's Polish Country Fair this weekend

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:05:53 -0400

ORCHARD LAKE, Michigan - The 42nd Annual St. Mary's Polish Country Fair is being held this weekend on the grounds of a Detroit-area prep school.

Blackhawks hope to rally from 3-1 series deficit

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:29:49 -0400

DETROIT - The Chicago Blackhawks began the year with a record-breaking start.

Tigers lose on Fielder's single off Burton's glove

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:05:31 -0400

DETROIT - Ron Gardenhire has never made a secret of his admiration for Prince Fielder.

Man's car stolen with wife's ashes in trunk

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:05 -0400

DETROIT - A man planning to take his deceased wife's ashes to a memorial service for her mother says his car and the ashes inside it were stolen in Detroit.

Kwame Kilpatrick's lawyer is off corruption case

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:47 -0400

DETROIT - An attorney who has represented Kwame Kilpatrick through years of scandal was dismissed Thursday after the former Detroit mayor said their relationship had deteriorated long before a six-month corruption trial that ended with a conviction in March.

Conyers hits Farrakhan 'racist, anti-Semitic' talk

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:42 -0400

DETROIT - A Michigan congressman apologized Thursday for his participation in a Louis Farrakhan appearance at a Detroit church six days earlier during which the Nation of Islam leader made anti-Jewish remarks.

Family hopes billboard helps find kidney donor

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:22:06 -0400

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan - A Michigan family hopes an electronic billboard along Interstate 75 will help find a kidney donor.

GM aims new Chevy Cruze diesel at Volkswagen Jetta

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:17 -0400

DETROIT - The marketing people at Chevrolet make no secret of the goal for the new diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze: Take sales from Volkswagen.

Behind response to airport bomb threat that wasn't

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:58 -0400

DETROIT - Thickly wrapped in newspaper and duct tape, several packages stowed in a man's luggage as he passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport security last month had local and federal law enforcement officers believing they'd detected an explosive. As the terminal was partially evacuated and a bomb squad called, officers' suspicions grew because the man became agitated, smelled of alcohol and couldn't initially say exactly what was in his bag.

Detroit voting board rejects residency challenge

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:50 -0400

DETROIT - A Detroit election board has rejected a challenge to mayoral candidate Mike Duggan over whether he's been a city resident long enough.