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  1. A grab taken from a video aired by the official Iranian state TV on December 18, 2011 shows a young man identified as Amir Mirza Hekmati. AFP/Getty Images

    Flint family holds out hope for release of son imprisoned in Iran

    The Hekmati family hopes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will hear about his situation while visiting the U.S. the week and arrange the release of Amir Hekmati.

    • 1:23 PM
  2. A whitetail deer pauses for a rest as it passes through the Madison Heights Nature Center in Madison Heights, Mich. on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press

    DNR: Virus has killed more than 4,200 deer in Michigan's Lower Peninsula

    The outbreak is concentrated in the south-central part of the Lower Peninsula with Ionia, Branch, Kent and Calhoun counties reporting the most dead animals so far.

    • 4:04 PM
  3. In a Jan. 3, 2012, photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney applauds after addressing a crowd of supporters with his wife Ann and their sons Matt, Josh, Craig and Tagg behind him. Tagg Romney will address voters at a Reagan Day Dinner in Macomb County tonight, Monday, Sept. 24. Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press

    Tagg Romney courting Macomb County voters tonight

    Tagg Romney, said he expects the Romney family history – his granddad George was a popular three-term governor in Michigan – to sway the state’s voters to his father Mitt in the last six weeks of the campaign, along with the continued hammering away of the message that the Obama administration has failed to right a troubled economy.

    • 6:02 PM
  4. Suspect in a Waterford bank robbery. Waterford Township police

    See the video: Do you know this Waterford bank robber with exploding dye pack?

    The suspect handed a note to a teller demanding cash during the Saturday morning robbery at the Charter One Bank branch at 7670 Highland Road. The teller gave the suspect money, and he shoved it in his coat sleeve before running out of the bank.

    • 5:11 PM

  5. Two lanes of eastbound I-696 still closed in Farmington Hills

    The two right lanes of eastbound I-696 are still closed in the area of Halsted and Orchard Lake roads in Farmington Hills after a tanker truck flipped on its side early this afternoon, according to Michigan State Police.

    • 8:47 PM
  6. Patrick Mikes Jr., 21, right, listens to testimony next to his lawyer, Chris Andreoff, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2012. Tammy Stables Battaglia/Detroit Free Press

    Troy man accused of killing bicyclist dad heard voices in his head, brother testifies

    Andrew Mikes, 16, testified today during the preliminary examination for his brother, Patrick Mikes Jr., 21, today in front of Judge William Bolle in 52-4 District Court in Troy.

    • 3:12 PM
  7. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves Federal Court after the first day of his trail on Friday, September 21. 2012. Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick, friend Bobby Ferguson and ex-city water boss Victor Mercado are charged with running a criminal enterprise through the mayor's office to enrich themselves. WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press

    Witnesses in Kilpatrick trial tell of lavish lifestyle, wads of cash

    When Kwame Kilpatrick needed his credit card bill paid, a security guard says the former Detroit mayor asked him to dig out a wad of cash from a shoe.

    • 5:35 PM
  8. Keenan Ellsberry, 36, left, wants the officers involved in the incident prosecuted and fired. He has sued for damages as well, and his lawyer is David A. Robinson, right, a former cop. KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/DETROIT FREE PRESS

    Suburbanite's police brutality lawsuit hinges on Detroit officer who broke code of silence

    Keenan Ellsberry said the last thing he expected when he drove to his ex-wife's house in the wee hours of May 2, 2011, was to be mistaken for a drug dealer and beaten by police. "I thought I was going to die," the 36-year-old advertising executive from West Bloomfield said of the events that morning in Detroit.

    • 12:56 AM

  9. Local leaders split on state's tough emergency manager law

    Local government leaders in Michigan are sharply divided over the state's toughened emergency manager law, according to a survey by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

    • 12:52 AM
  10. Semi trucks make their way across the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit. The Ambassador Bridge is owned by Manuel (Matty) Moroun. 2010 file photo byPatricia Beck/Detroit Free Press

    Appeals court rules against bridge company on private vs. public issue

    The ruling stemmed an earlier Michigan Supreme Court ruling that held DIBC exempt from City of Detroit regulations because the company was a federal instrumentality. The U.S. government sued to counter that finding, saying the company was a private company with nothing to do with the U.S. government.

    • 2:32 PM
  11. Chrysler said today that 70 of its employees have moved into the company’s new office space at Chrysler House, formerly known as the Dime Building. WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press

    Chrysler workers move to new downtown Detroit office space

    Chrysler said today that 70 of its employees have moved into the company’s new office space at Chrysler House, formerly known as the Dime Building.

    • 11:00 AM
  12. Teri Kniffen of St. Louis says her yard is so contaminated, birds die and she can't even plant flowers. She lives three doors from a former chemical plant site where PBB, a killer of farm animals, was made in the 1970s. The town is quiet, with nice people and sparkling water, she says, but living there takes a toll: "If I could leave here today, I would." ERIC SEALS/DETROIT FREE PRESS

    Living with PBB: Michigan Chemical plant dumped poisons, impacting town for years

    The dead robins that drop in Teri Kniffen's yard and the signs scattered in town bear the evidence of unseen hazards, an alphabet soup of toxicity. They are the result of Michigan Chemical -- the plant responsible for a shipping mix-up in 1973 that set off one of the largest agricultural disasters in U.S. history.

    • 12:32 AM
  13. A crowd gathered at Rivera Hall at the Detroit Institute to take part in the Pure Michigan singalong, which was recently pulled from YouTube. JEWEL GOPWANI/Detroit Free Press

    Talks on to put Pure Michigan 'Singalong' back online

    A copyright claim has led to withdrawal of a YouTube video of a statewide sing-along shot for Michigan's tourism agency.

    • 6:10 PM

  14. 2 men steal armored car from ATM site in Detroit

    Two men stole an armored car as bank employees were servicing a local bank's ATM about 7:15 a.m. today on Detroit's east side.

    • 1:09 PM
  15. AP PHOTO

    Michigan police partner on prescription drug take back

    State police in Michigan are partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration and other local law enforcement agencies for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

    • 1:25 PM
  16. Bobby Ferguson, left, and ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leave court after the first day of their public corruption trial. William Archie/Detroit Free Press

    Courtroom blog replay: Security man for Carlita Kilpatrick says he got cash from Kwame's shoe

    Detroit Free Press staff writer Jim Schaefer blogged live today from the federal courthouse in downtown Detroit as testimony began in former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's public corruption trial. Read what readers asked and he wrote.

    • 1:36 PM

  17. Video: Ex-Kwame Kilpatrick bodyguard says mayor hid cash in a shoe

    And more from the first day of testimony in former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s public corruption trial.

    • 5:50 PM
  18. Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court Friday, the first day of his trial on charges of running a criminal enterprise. William Archie/Detroit Free Press

    IRS agent 1st witness to testify in Kilpatrick case

    An IRS agent will be the first government witness to testify today in the public corruption trial involving ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and three others. Agent Ron Sauer's testimony will come more than a decade after a questionable contribution to the Kilpatrick Civic Fund sparked an Internal Revenue Service investigation.

    • 7:18 AM
  19. U-M Provost Phil Hanlon covers college affordability. JARRAD HENDERSON/DFP

    U-M course teaches students where their cash goes

    The 50 students gathered in a basement auditorium on the University of Michigan campus on a cool September evening have at least 13,000 or so reasons to pay real close attention to this class. The course -- UC 270 -- focuses on how U-M's budget, including the $13,000 or more each student pays annually to attend classes, is being spent.

    • 1:28 AM

  20. Shooting leaves teen girl dead

    DETROIT A 15-year-old girl was shot in the chest and killed Saturday evening in Detroit and two others were injured. The teen was with a 23-year-old woman on Cicotte Street about 6:45 p.m. when a man shot at the car they were in, hitting them both, said Sgt. Alan Quinn, Detroit police spokesman.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  21. Authorities seek tips on I-75 fatal crash

    Investigators are asking for information from anyone who may have seen a crash on southbound I-75 overnight that killed a Keego Harbor man.

    • 8:32 AM

  22. AAA Michigan: Gas prices fall about 11 cents

    AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have fallen about 11 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.90 per gallon.

    • 7:59 AM

  23. 1 dead, another hurt after Saginaw fights

    Police say a 19-year-old man is dead and a 21-year-old wounded by gunfire following several large fights at a Saginaw housing complex.

    • 5:45 AM
  24. A depiction of the Detroit Zoo fountain appears on the Ferndale tribute, a glass-paneled pillar on Woodward Avenue. Photos by PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press

    Sculptures along Woodward pay tribute to its storied past

    At a cost of $150,000 each, two more pillars of artwork are being constructed along Woodward as a means of threading a link between the communities along the avenue and their histories. Urban planners call the sculptures tributes. One is going up this week in Royal Oak and another in Highland Park, joining the two in Ferndale and Pontiac.

    • 12:51 AM

  25. Illinois man dies in I-94 crash, authorities say

    Authorities say an 84-year-old Illinois man is dead following a crash in southwestern Michigan near the Indiana state line.

    • 6:00 AM

  26. Lottery results for Sep. 23

    Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  27. Prior and pending lawsuits against the officers

    The Detroit police officers named in the Keenan Ellsberry lawsuit -- Brian Terechenok, Justin Lyons, William Zeolla and Jason Kile -- have been sued before. Here is a summary of the lawsuits.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  28. Graphic: Lead-up to an assault

    Keenan Ellsberry says two Detroit police officers assaulted him on May 2, 2011, after pulling him over for a traffic stop. The officers said it was Ellsberry who assaulted them. But a judge dismissed felony charges against the Detroit-area advertising executive after the officers refused to testify at his preliminary examination in Detroit’s 36th District Court. Ellsberry and his ex-wife are suing the officers over the incident.

    • 12:53 AM

  29. Once a Detroit cop, lawyer helped police the department

    David A. Robinson spent 13 years as a Detroit police officer. Now, he polices his former profession. Since 1988, the 57-year-old Southfield lawyer has been successfully suing former colleagues for mistreating prisoners, shooting civilians and violating the rights of city residents.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  30. Construction season is winding down, but a couple of projects will last into late fall. 2005 Free Press photo

    Will metro Detroit have another wimpy winter?

    Even before fall began this weekend, many eyes were looking toward winter, wondering whether this year's would be as mild -- and snowless -- as last year's and whether we'll get a break again from high utility bills.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  31. Marines veteran William Cook receives the Congressional Gold Medal from Lt. Col. Lindell Holm at the police academy in Detroit. Photos by KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press

    Montford Point Marines of metro Detroit receive their medals

    Because of health issues, John McDowell couldn't leave Detroit for the ceremony in Washington, D.C., in June when the Montford Point Marines were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He figured he'd get his in the mail.

    • Sep. 22, 2012
  32. Lewis (Lou) Ferrin was a gentle man who worked hard. Family photo

    Family shocked by fatal stabbing of nightclub security man, a 'gentle giant'

    Lewis “Lou” Ferrin, a father of three who lived in Warren, was stabbed as he escorted a man out of Pandemonium night club on East Congress around 1 a.m., said Sgt. Alan Quinn, Detroit police spokesman.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  33. 2 men sought after woman is raped, left in Pontiac road

    Officials said the 39-year-old woman, who spoke to police reluctantly, told investigators she was raped by two men and then left in the area of Lois and Shirley streets around 11 p.m. Saturday.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  34. Pontiac man critically wounded after police chase, crash, ejection from car

    The accident happened at Woodward and South Boulevard shortly before 4:30 p.m., the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said in a police report. The Pontiac man was ejected from the car and taken to McLaren Oakland hospital in Pontiac where he was listed in critical condition.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  35. Gunfire kills girl, 15, sitting in a car in Detroit; 2 others hurt

    Ileana Cuevas was with a 23-year-old woman on Cicotte Street around 6:45 p.m. when a man shot at the car they were in, hitting them both, Detroit police spokesman Sgt. Alan Quinn said.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  36. Lori Morris, 55, of Garden City is convinced that health problems in her family are tied to cattle feed tainted with polybrominated biphenyl, or PBB, from the 1970s. "I know there's not proof or nothing," she said. "But we were healthy -- perfectly healthy -- until that PBB mess." KATHLEEN GALLIGAN/DETROIT FREE PRESS; top photo fr

    Decades later, PBB contamination suspected in illnesses and deaths

    Lori Morris doesn't have a thyroid; her sister's esophagus was removed years ago. Three out of four of Hilda Green's grown children are gone, each plagued with health problems and one dead at 50 of leukemia.

    • Sep. 22, 2012
  37. On Thursday, Martin Jones visits Covenant House -- his home for three years. Photos by JESSICA J. TREVINO /Detroit Free Press

    Covenant House Michigan celebrates 15 years of caring

    One of the worst days in Martin Jones' life was when at 19, he became homeless and found himself wandering along 8 Mile and Woodward in Detroit, lugging his belongings in bags. "I had no idea where I was going to be," Jones said.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  38. Ines Storhok, 49, of Ann Arbor hops along Hopscotch Detroit on Saturday. The 22,000 chalk squares stretch from Campus Martius to WSU. Photos by KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press

    Hopscotch Detroit gets passersby to hop along

    David Brennan wasn't planning to get playful Saturday morning, but then something on the sidewalk in Detroit caught his eye. "This is the longest freaking hopscotch I've ever seen," the 51-year-old said. So he started hopping. "Oh, that's so cute. He's hopscotching," thought his wife, Simone Brennan.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  39. Access to mammograms is hospital program's goal

    COUNTYWIDE McLaren Macomb has launched Bravo for Women, a free mammogram program for uninsured women in Macomb County. The program is designed to ensure women without health insurance have access to mammograms. Funding was provided through BRAvo, a yearly event designed to increase awareness of breast cancer issues and prevention.

    • Sep. 22, 2012

  40. Belle Isle habitat projects celebrate $1.9M boost

    Two wildlife habitat restoration projects at Detroit's Belle Isle are celebrating a $1.9 million boost from the federal government.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  41. Lisa Ponke feeds hay to one of her horses at her rescue farm in Cottrellville Township. A dry summer has diminished the hay crop and forced up prices, so she is concerned that owners may abandon horses because they cannot afford to keep the animals. PHOTOS BY WENDY TORELLO/TIMES HERALD

    Horse owners fret as hay shortage pushes up prices

    As she dropped hay into her horses' stalls, Lisa Ponke said she considers herself one of the lucky ones. She still has worries about increases in grain prices and pending repairs, but unlike some horse owners, Ponke, who owns Day Dreams Farm Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation in Cottrellville Township with her husband, Dave, will be able to feed her horses through the winter.

    • Sep. 22, 2012
  42. Little Rajjee was spooked at a circus, then thundered through a department store, tipped a car and trampled a person. Lansing State Journal file photo

    This week in Michigan history: Runaway elephant is shot and killed in Lansing

    A circus elephant broke loose in Lansing on Sept. 26, 1963. Local police shot it dead. Despite the elephant's presence in Michigan's capital, there was no word on its political affiliation.

    • Sep. 22, 2012
  43. Visitors can hold tarantulas, pet scorpions or try to make nice with other insects, including this Madagascar hissing cockroach. ROD SANFORD/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

    You haven't lived in Michigan until you've buzzed over to the MSU Bug House

    SOUNDS KIND OF CREEPY. It is a bit creepy crawly, yes. It's housed in Michigan State University's Department of Entomology and features both living and dead specimens.

    • Sep. 22, 2012
  44. A new sign marks Washington Boulevard at Fort in downtown Detroit. KATHLEEN GRAY/Detroit Free Press

    Stupak recalls vote

    We didn't have a chance to catch up with former U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak at the Democratic National Convention, so we touched base with him last week. See, we heard Stupak -- who played a key role in getting the Democrats' health care reform law passed in 2010 -- wasn't exactly happy with the Obama administration.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  45. Democrat Gary McDowell, left, lost in 2010 to Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, just finishing his first term in Congress.

    Tight battle in 1st District: Conservative Traverse City area, blue-collar U.P. unpredictable mix

    Of all this year's congressional races in Michigan, one is considered an absolute toss-up: The campaign for the vast 1st District covering most of northern Michigan and all of the Upper Peninsula. It's one of the districts Democrats must retake if they are to have any chances of regaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  46. Security guard at Detroit night club fatally stabbed

    A security manager at Detroit night club was fatally stabbed early this morning while escorting a man out.

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  47. A cool Michigan website

    www.flintexpats.com

    • Sep. 22, 2012

  48. Lottery results for Sep. 22

    Lottery results for Michigan and Ohio games

    • Sep. 22, 2012

  49. Red vs. blue by district

    A quick look at Michigan's 14 U.S. House elections: DISTRICT 1

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  50. Toxin's long-term effects on health still aren't clear to experts

    Understanding the long-term fallout from Michigan's PBB contamination is no easy task. "That's environmental epidemiology for you. There are limitations in the science," said Lorraine Cameron, an epidemiologist in charge of the Michigan Department of Public Health's long-term health study of about 4,000 Michiganders who were acutely exposed to PBB.

    • Sep. 22, 2012

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