Poor health forces Aretha Franklin to cancel shows
DETROIT (AP) - Aretha Franklin is canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May on the orders of her doctors, the singer's spokeswoman said Thursday...
Small time athletes find success in the Big Leagues
OPINION - Only one-in-four Americans come from towns of fewer than 50,000 people, but nearly half of NFL players and PGA golfers do...
House painters sue singer Anita Baker for $15K
DETROIT (AP) - Baker faces several financial problems including liens for $465,733 in unpaid federal taxes, $15,952 in unpaid state taxes and $3,470 owed to a window company...
'Christmas bomber' suspect fires lawyers, wants to plead
DETROIT (AP) - In February, law enforcement officials said he had turned against Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born Yemeni radical who claims to be his teacher, and had helped the U.S. hunt for him...
Jesse Jackson's SUV stolen, rims removed following march in Detroit
Rev. Jesse Jackson spent a lot of time last month describing the opportunity to rebuild Detroit, but first he'll need to rebuild the 2009 Cadillac Escalade he used while in town...
Residents assess damage caused by Detroit fires
DETROIT (AP) - At least 85 structures, some of them abandoned, were destroyed or scorched as flames from Tuesday's fires jumped from rooftop to rooftop, swelled by winds of up to 50 mph...
Detroit mayor calls fires 'natural disaster'
DETROIT (AP) - The Mayor of Detroit said firefighters confronted conditions "that were not manmade" and defended a fire department stretched by budget and staffing issues...
Winds pushing fire through two dozen Detroit homes
DETROIT (AP) - Tuesday night's fire has scattered through three neighborhoods, burning at least two dozen Detroit homes and knocking out service to at least 113,000 homes and businesses...
Early Nation of Islam documents found in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) - More than 1,000 documents were found in the attic of a home in Detroit, the city where the secretive movement started 80 years ago, a lawyer said...
Jesse Jackson to march for jobs, justice and peace
VIDEO - Rev. Jackson's objectives are to have Congress end the wars in the Middle East and redirect funds toward creating jobs in impoverished communities...
