http://wwj.com Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:39:56 EDT en-us The U.S. Coast Guard&nbsp;reports&nbsp;four fishermen&nbsp;who had been missing on&nbsp;Lake Erie have been found alive.&nbsp; The boat they were in was overturned.&nbsp; The four, from the Lansing-area, will be transported to a hospital. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:13:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4285813 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't say why she decided to step down, but the surprise announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a bid for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:07:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4287135 City Hall sources say Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans will soon become Detroit's police chief. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:40:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4287496 Detroit police and fire officials were expected to announce Friday afternoon the arrest of a man suspected of setting a fire that claimed the life of a firefighter.&nbsp; Walter Harris died last November as he battled a&nbsp;vacant house fire. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:09:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4286814 A memorial service for Michael Jackson will be held Tuesday at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:42:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4285594 Michael Jackson will reportedly be buried in a $25,000 casket, solid bronze with velvet and 14-karat gold plating. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:55:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4285700 Debbie Rowe Tells TV Station She'd Undergo DNA Testing But Her Attorney Says She Hasn't Reached Final Decision on Custody Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:29:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4285505 Federal marshals took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday in a move that forced his wife to move elsewhere. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:34:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4285522 Prosecutor Kym Worthy cites insufficient evidence to keep Jamel turner in custody. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:42:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4280620 Food distributors across the country are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Minnesota milk processor. Michigan, other states affected. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:12:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4284495 A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower. Major stock indexes are down more than 2.4 percent in the late afternoon. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4281644 Businesses, residents and drivers in southwest Detroit&nbsp;celebrate the July 4th holiday--declaring independence from the orange barrels tied to the Gateway Project.&nbsp; Both Southbound and&nbsp;Northbound&nbsp;lanes are now open. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:39:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4278025 An attorney for a trio of bondholders opposed to General Motors' sale plan on Thursday urged a judge to call the government's bluff and require the automaker to restructure itself through a more traditional Chapter 11 process. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:07:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4280492 United Airlines' computers are back up and running at O'Hare International Airport, slowly easing long lines of passengers headed out for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:21:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4280247 Metro Detroiters are getting a head start on their Fourth of July fun, opting to take off Thursday and extend their three day weekend into four. But not as many are making the trip up north as in previous years. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4279877 Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:57:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4279765 Military Confirms One Serviceman Missing For 3 Days, Militants Say They May Consider Prisoner Swap Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:23:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4278340 Former British Bodyguard Recalls &quot;Confiscating&quot; Prescription Drugs; Says Star Had Secret Girlfriend Before Death Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:13:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4277245 Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died - music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged for his fans in the years to come. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:10:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4277185 At least 12 people, two of them suffering kidney failure, have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef suspected of having sickened people in nine states. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:07:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4277151 Michael Jackson's 7-year-old will was filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles court, giving his entire estate to a family trust but cutting out his former wife Debbie Rowe. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:41:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4273296 Automakers say market share has increased.&nbsp; Big 3 and foreign automakers report sales declines from 11 to 42 percent. Chrysler, GM offering new Incentives. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:34:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4273227 A senior member of President Barack Obama's auto task force testified Wednesday that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.'s operations if the automaker doesn't get approval to sell its assets. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:33:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4272781 It's a battle of the bulge and Michigan baby boomers are among those most at risk. A new report out Wednesday shows Michigan ranks second, behind Alabama, with the most obese 55- to 64-year-olds, 36 percent. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:59:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4272136 Reversing a decade-long trend, many of America's largest cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, yet another sign of an economic crisis that is making it harder for people to move. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:05:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4270522 Dunkin' Donuts has temporarily stopped selling hot chocolate and Dunkaccino brand beverages after learning equipment used at a supplier's facility might have been contaminated with salmonella. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:21:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4271020 Newspaper Publisher's Work Force Continues To Shrink Along with Sales Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:26:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4270649 Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:05:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4267307 General Motor's bid to sell its &quot;good'' parts into a new company and emerge from bankruptcy protection began Tuesday as hundreds of lawyers converged on a Manhattan courthouse. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:13:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4267171 Nearly eight months after voters went to the polls, the Minnesota Senate race has finally yielded a winner: Democrat Al Franken. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:37:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4267022 The question over custody of Michael Jackson's three children may have gotten quite a bit more complicated.&nbsp; According to a report on TMZ, Jackson was not the biological father of any of the kids. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:13:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4266322 A coaching change for the Detroit Pistons. Michael Curry has been fired by the team. &quot;This was a difficult decision to make,&rdquo; Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars said. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4265893 In his first appearance before Detroit City Council, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said the city &quot;is in a financial crisis.&quot; Bing sat down with Detroit City Council Tuesday morning to give an overview of his first 50 days in office. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:21:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4265807 A Macomb County Circuit Court judge has set bail that is expected to lead to the release of Ronald Jabalee who is charged with killing his parents nearly three years ago. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:25:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4265558 A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros, a Yemeni aviation official said. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4265131 Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4264363 Citing better-than-expected sales and traffic at dealerships, Ford&nbsp;said it plans to increase third-quarter production by 25,000 units - marking the automaker's second production hike in recent weeks. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:35:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4264676 The Detroit Public School's Emergency Financial Chief, Robert Bobb, considers bankruptcy&nbsp;filing to save the district.&nbsp; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:12:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4263672 At a&nbsp;hearing scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m., &nbsp;GM&nbsp;will ask a bankruptcy judge to approve its plan to refashion itself as a leaner automaker owned mostly by the government.&nbsp; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:16:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4259616 Effective July 6, Monica Conyers&nbsp;will resign her seat on the Detroit City Council following her guilty plea Friday to taking cash in exchange for her vote on a sludge-treatment contract. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:55:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4257607 New details were released Monday afternoon about the murders of a New Baltimore couple, and it appears money was the motive. Ronald Jabalee Jr. is behind bars and facing arraignment in Macomb County Circuit Court next Monday. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:10:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4258997 Television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack in his sleep, but further tests are needed to be sure of the cause of death, a medical examiner said Monday. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:02:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4258645 Katherine Jackson has filed to a petition become the administrator of Michael Jackson's estate to ensure his three children are its beneficiaries. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:53:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4258635 Bernard Madoff, the former Wall Street financier that pleaded guilty to defrauding clients out of billions in an unprecedented Ponzi scheme, was sentenced to 150 years in prison. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:53:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4257939 The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:01:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4257637 Chrysler begins its re-launch Monday morning as workers return to the assembly lines. Relieved is how one worker described going back to work.&nbsp; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:47:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4255863 More than one-thousand people turned out at the Motown Museum in Detroit for a candlelight vigil to remember Michael Jackson's life and legacy.&nbsp; Organizers say so many people showed up there weren't enough candles. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:25:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4253005 General Motors Corp. has agreed to take on responsibility for future product liability claims, removing what could have been a sizable roadblock on the automaker's path to a quick sale of its assets and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a new company. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:28:00 EDT http://www.wwj.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/State/MI/n/US--GM-Bankruptcy Michael Jackson's family wants an independent autopsy to determine the cause of the King of Pop's death, The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:55:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4250714 As moving vans and boxes added to the crush at Michael Jackson's rented Holmby Hills mansion, and as his family members gathered at their suburban L.A. compound, investigators increasingly are focusing on the role prescription drugs may have played in his death. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:46:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4250699 A 200-thousand square-foot Meijer's store may be the anchor store at The Shoppes at Gateway Park on Eight Mile east of Woodward, adjoining a corner of State Fair grounds. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:09:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4249758 The United States should aim to have manufacturing jobs comprise at least 20 percent of total employment, about twice what it is now, General Electric Co. Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Friday. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:44:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4249730 Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff must forfeit $170 billion, a federal judge ordered Friday.&nbsp; Madoff was ordered to give up his interests in all property, including real estate, investments, cars and boats. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:19:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4249107 9&nbsp;people died Friday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a line of cars stopped by an earlier accident&nbsp;in northeast Oklahoma. And in Indiana, a couple and their&nbsp;3 children died when their vehicle caught fire after being crushed between two semitrailers. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:48:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4249031 After losing thousands of auto jobs in the past years, Michigan will keep hundreds of jobs thanks to General Motors' decision to build a new subcompact car at its Orion Township plant. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:19:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4247634 Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers pleaded guilty in&nbsp;a U.S. Federal Courthouse Friday to one count of accepting bribes.&nbsp;Stay with WWJ&nbsp;for the latest developments. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:45:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4246577 Utility crews are making slow progress to restore power to thousands of customers who lost power as a result of severe storms. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4246526 A candlelight vigil to remember Michael Jackson's life and legacy is planned for Sunday at the original home of Motown Records in Detroit. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:41:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4245595 They're downsizing at Detroit Public Schools again.&nbsp; DPS emergency financial manager, Robert Bobb, says the district is cutting 1,776 employees or 13 percent of the work force.&nbsp; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:43:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4244925 The Supreme Court says a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:23:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4240578 Farrah Fawcett, whose luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV's &quot;Charlie's Angels,&quot; died Thursday after battling cancer. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4239987 In a move hailed by anti-smoking advocates as a major victory in the fight to reduce tobacco-related fatalities, President Obama on Monday signed into law legislation giving the U.S. government broad powers to regulate tobacco products. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:22:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4219146 When it comes to the number of workers who have bachelors degrees, Michigan ranks 37th out of the 50 states.&nbsp; If we&rsquo;re to compete in the future, Wayne State University President Jay Noren says that has to change. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:46:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4183917 Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:03:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4184653 A major decision Tuesday&nbsp;involving former&nbsp;Detroit Mayor&nbsp;Kwame Kilpatrick:&nbsp;A judge has granted him&nbsp;a green light to relocate to Texas where he will will work for Covisint, an arm of Compuware. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3647766 House leaders are urging General Motors and Chrysler to submit credible restructuring plans next week to the Obama administration.<br /> <br /> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:16:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3520744 The Detroit Public Schools are getting failing marks from the nation's new Education Secretary, as he talked about billions of dollars for education in the economic stimulus bill.<br /> <br /> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:21:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3520245 Read President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address, as prepared for delivery. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:33:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3384451 Speaking live on WWJ Newsradio 950 Friday morning,&nbsp; U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow said she's optimistic about the future, and thinks the industry will be viable in the long term.</object> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:13:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3240444 The Bush administration is seriously considering &quot;orderly&quot; bankruptcy as a way of dealing with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry.<br /></object> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:07:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3234098 While a majority of Americans believe that bankruptcy for U.S. automakers would have a major impact on the economy, they are evenly split about the prospect of government financial assistance for the big three, a new CBS News poll finds.</object> Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:27:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3182509 The possibility of job losses in Michigan&nbsp;are becoming more evident, even if the automakers receive the federal bailout loan.<br /></object> Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3159980 Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, alongside his wife Michelle to give 60 Minutes his first post-election interview.</object> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:39:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3071575 President-elect Barack Obama met privately Thursday with his former rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who Democratic officials say Obama is considering as a possible secretary of state.</object> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:32:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3062281 The White House didn&rsquo;t try to hide its irritation with reports in the morning papers that President Bush tried to wrangle a legislative deal with President-elect Obama.</object> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:29:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3042126 Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs do much good and worry about risks.<br /></object> Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:01:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2861447 A car bomb on a street in the Syrian capital of Damascus has&nbsp;killed 17 people and injured more than a dozen others.</object> Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:57:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2812619 The collapse of the credit markets and the volatility of the stock market have brought the U.S. economy to the brink of disaster. How will Michiganders weather the financial storm?</object> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2790719 Ken Cockrel Jr. will be Detroit's 61st mayor. Cockrel will take over in wake of Mayor Kwame Kipatrick's guilty plea and resignaton on Thursday, Sept. 4. Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:50:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2695912 A Wayne County Circuit Court judge will decide on Tuesday if Governor Granholm can proceed with hearings to remove Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick from office.&nbsp; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:05:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2668852 Hillary Rodham Clinton summoned millions of voters who supported her in the primaries to send Barack Obama to the White House Tuesday night.&nbsp; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:23:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2653153 A judge ruled Friday that there's enough evidence for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to stand trial on assault charges stemming from a confrontation with two investigators. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:34:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2588676 Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Leonard Townsend lifts travel restriction, removes tether.&nbsp; But same bond restrictions remain in place for mayor's assault case. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:07:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2584989 Governor Jennifer Granholm's legal team says she has no authority to pardon Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick because he hasn't been convicted of a crime. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:27:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2586053 The Obama campaign said Thursday that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick should not attend the Democratic National Convention later this month. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:11:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2588150 The Farmington Hills Police Department is asking the public to assist in finding a missing senior who suffers from dementia.<br /> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:54:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2580249 Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape. <br /> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:40:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2580150 WWJ's Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick reports that the state House Republican leader is calling on the House Democratic leader to take up four proposals that would send a strong message to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:55:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2568001 Senator John McCain will make another stop in Michigan on Wednesday, his second visit in a week. <br /> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:51:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2567123 The mayor faces two counts of assaulting or obstructing a police officer in the furtherance of their duties. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:43:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2551000 Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail, must pay $50,000 bond, allowed no travel, must wear a tether. That was the ruling&nbsp;by a Wayne Country Circuit Court Judge Friday. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:57:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2555944 Democratic officials&nbsp;say&nbsp;Clinton will give a speech on the third night of the convention, before an address by the as-yet-to-be-named running mate for Barack Obama. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:08:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2555316 Standard &amp; Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday cut its ratings for all three of the U.S.-based automakers further into junk status, citing worries about their mounting cash losses and the continued deterioration of the U.S. auto market. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:42:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2513454 New reports out Wednesday said that General Motors' latest cutbacks will include a 15 percent cut in its salaried work force, while Nissan offers buyouts to 6,000 employees. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:20:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2506287 On the same day she filed an amended complaint against him, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Tuesday accused&nbsp;Wayne County&nbsp;Prosecutor Kym Worthy of engaging in a &quot;personal vendetta'' in trying to convict him. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:36:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2460705 One of the mayor's strongest opponents says the upcoming hearings to remove Kilpatrick from office&nbsp;may have to be shelved because of the investigation. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:07:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2399137 Detroit City Councilwoman Barbara-Rose Collins answered questioned from&nbsp;two&nbsp;agents in a federal public corruption investigation&nbsp;related to a&nbsp;sludge hauling contract awarded to Synagro.&nbsp; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:05:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2383933 In a speech broadcast live on WWJ,&nbsp; Governor Jennifer Granholm asked a standing-room only crowd at the Mackinac Policy Conference to help her on three initiatives: pulling together a skilled and educated workforce; diversifying our state's economy; and lowering the cost of government. Fri, 30 May 2008 11:28:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2135587 There will be no Stanley Cup sweep for the Detroit Red Wings.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pittsburgh used two goals from superstar Sidney Crosby and beat the Red Wings 3-2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Pittsburgh Wednesday night.&nbsp; Wed, 28 May 2008 23:13:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2123048 Detroit City Council has scheduled forfeiture hearings next month to begin the process of removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office because of the scandal stemming from the police whistle-blower lawsuit settlement last year.&nbsp; Tue, 27 May 2008 19:37:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2115220 Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says talk of his resignation fails to deal with&nbsp;the aftermath. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:09:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1912432 Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:30:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1911264 Attorney Sam McCargo who represented Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick&nbsp; testifies before Detroit City Council saying he felt manipulated during the whistle blower settlement process.<br /> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:05:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1864802 Recalled:&nbsp; About 2,000 Interchange robot toys, made in China. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 19:46:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1860052 The brewer of Samuel Adams beer is recalling selected bottles of beer that may contain tiny bits of glass.<br /> Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:26:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1846657 Volkswagen is recalling over 400,000&nbsp;Passat because of potential problems with the underbody heat shield.&nbsp; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:01:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1835345