http://wwj.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:37:57 EST en-us The numbers say it all.&nbsp; Five turnovers for Michigan.&nbsp; Ohio State 21, Michigan 10.&nbsp; Michigan had five turnovers all thanks to quarterback Tate Forcier who fumbled and threw four interceptions. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:32:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096515 As the peak holiday travel season approaches, Detroit Metropolitan Airport is announcing several new routes that will be servicing the area. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:53:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096322 Authorities say the woman escaped serious injury. The Muskegon County sheriff's department says she was looking for her dog Thursday evening in the Montague Township barn, which was filled with hundreds of round hay bales. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:04:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096332 If you work with an outstanding &quot;mature&quot; worker -- who is 50 or older -- you can nominate them.&nbsp; Operation Able provides free or low cost training to older workers who are re-entering the workplace.&nbsp; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:48:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096466 Chrysler is trying to end the year on a positive sales note as they kick off a big year end sale.&nbsp; WWJ's Jeff Gilbert reports the holiday season is a good time for Chrysler to reintroduce itself to customers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5094652 <br /> U.S. Senator Carl Levin will investigate e-mails between Major Nadal Malik Hassan and a radical Muslim cleric. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5094521 Federal officials say the Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5094140 Wayne County is wheeling the H1N1 vaccine to those most at risk―in the County's 40 foot, homeland security mobile command post. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5093671 On Friday, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing approached City Council to request more than $200 million in bonds to help plug the City's deficit. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5093498 Police have&nbsp;cancelled an Amber Alert for a missing one-year old girl from Dearborn Heights.&nbsp; Police say McKenzie Grace Tardiff and her mother, 25-year old Megan Tardiff, were located at a friend's house. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5089174 50th anniversary festivities continue tonight at the Roostertail. Get Ready ('cause here I come)! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092252 Michigan State University has gotten wind of a grant to put up anemometers around the state. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:01:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092033 Geoffrey Fieger's law firm has agreed to pay a $131,000 fine to the Federal Election Commission, to resolve an investigation into donations to John Edwads' 2004 presidential campaign. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:54:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092029 Stefanie Spielman, a former WWJ Newsradio 950 staff member, died Thursday at the family's home in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb. She was 42. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:12:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092051 DNA samples of Asian Carp have been found on the wrong side of the electric barrier meant to keep the large fish out of Lake Michigan. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5093377 DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced Thursday that they are stripping the 2009 Division B Football Championship title from Southwestern High School after finding some players were ineligible. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:06:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5088094 A 27-year-old Detroit man faces trial in the death of a firefighter killed when part of a burning house fell on him. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:03:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5088092 A new Web site -- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.semflu.org">www.semflu.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;-- has been created to offer the public a single source of information on H1N1 public immunization clinics for seven southeast Michigan counties as well as the City of Detroit. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5087459 Public health officials will only say the person who died is an adult who did not have any significant underlying medical condition.&nbsp; Vaccination clinic set for Sunday at Eastern Michigan University. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5087365 Detroit Public School officials announced Thursday that they are removing a championship title from a high school football team. An audit by a law firm shows DPS&nbsp;had several students playing sports when they shouldn't be. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5087224 A high school hockey coach honored as one of Michigan's best has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Robert Bopp faces a minimum of 15 years in prison for the charges. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5087188 A shoot out in Taylor Thursday&nbsp;landed three people to the hospital. Officers say a car drove by the Van Born Party Store on Van Born Road and opened fire on three people. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:57:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5086581 Another major drug bust for Detroit Police.&nbsp; Officers&nbsp;confiscated 14 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $6 million on Detroit streets.&nbsp; More than $200,000 in cash also was recovered from Wednesday's bust. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5086297 Gabrielle Tanez Butler was found in a coffee shop in Howell.&nbsp; She's okay.&nbsp; Butler&nbsp;had been missing since Wednesday afternoon.&nbsp; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5085959 Local author, a sex abuse victim-turned-advocate, describes how child-on-child sex abuse can start. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:37:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5084917 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:10:00 EST http://www.wwj.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/State/MI/n/MI--SilverdomeFutu &quot;I want you to come to Warren, and I'll be there to welcome you into Warren,&quot; says mayor Jim Fouts, who is throwing down a welcome mat for everyone. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:17:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5084806 At Thursday's &quot;Beat Ohio State&quot; pep rally at the University of Michigan campus, the 'pep' will stand for pepperoni. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:38:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5084721 Marching bands, speeches and Santa Claus welcomed shoppers to the newest Wal-Mart store in Macomb County. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:06:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5079481 Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans lined up Wednesday at a Grand Rapids book store to get the chance to meet the former Alaska governor as she kicked off a national tour for her book ``Going Rogue.'' Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5079446 MSU&nbsp;says&nbsp;it will direct $8 million in federal stimulus funds to assist more than 8,000 students who lost state support when scholarship money was cut out of the budget.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:46:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5079379 (WWJ)&nbsp;-- Over one million Michiganders are expected to travel 50 miles or more for this Thanksgiving, according to AAA Michigan. The number traveling is up almost two percent from last year.<br /> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:37:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5079617 Oakland County Sheriff investigators and the FBI are trying to find a bank robber who made off with three-thousand dollars from the Bank of America on Maple Road in Commerce Township. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:58:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5078808 Today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., Aramark is hosting a free job fair at Cobo Center. Bring resumes--there will be on-site interviews for experienced food service workers for next year's auto show. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:32:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5077283 Actor and director David Schwimmer, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Ross Geller in the TV sitcom &quot;Friends,&quot; is directing a film called &quot;Trust.&quot; And you can trust that such a big production will mean some street closures in&nbsp;Plymouth. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:44:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5077086 Photographer John Sobczak's photos include the Thanksgiving Day parade, Eastern Market vendors, and the Woodward Dream Cruise. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:19:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5077049 The Metro Times is holding a career fair today at the University of Phoenix's Livonia campus on Laurel Park Drive. It's being run through their online jobs portal, JobbyJobster.com. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:19:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5076734 Film crews have been busy in Michigan over the past year and a half. Film office says 47 of those projects are from 2009. They include TV pilots, documentaries, reality projects and feature films. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5072366 The 2010 Fusion beat out 22 competitors, including the redesigned Toyota Prius, the BMW 7-Series and the Chevrolet Camaro, to&nbsp;win&nbsp;Motor Trend magazine's car of the year. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:05:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5071912 Arts, Beats and Eats is considering a move to Royal Oak.&nbsp; The festival has drawn hundreds of thousands of people to downtown Pontiac on Labor Day weekend, but currently doesn't have an agreement with Pontiac. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:41:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5071790 A Michigan man has won the world Rock Paper Scissors championship in Toronto. Tim Conrad of Taylor clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches at the Steam Whistle Brewery on Saturday night. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:19:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5071701 Police in East Grand Rapids say a man has died in custody after two officers responding to a domestic disturbance call used stun guns on him three or four times. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:16:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5071022 Report says some strengths of the state are the low rate of uninsured and low occupational fatalities.&nbsp; Among the challenges are a high prevalence of binge drinking, obesity and a high rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease.&nbsp; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:04:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5070479 Ford shares jumped to nine dollars Tuesday morning for the first time in two years. The stock is up 25 percent since October first and have more than tripled this year. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:41:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5069619 Traffic in the evening will be affected Tuesday thru Thursday nights. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:56:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5069445 Falling more than 35 percent in the last year, the college graduate job market has bottomed out, said a news report from Michigan State University. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:05:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5064390 Following up on a call from a citizen, sheriff's deputies went to the home on Short Road, off Gratiot near the city of Richmond, around 8 p.m. Sunday and found three men and a woman.&nbsp; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5063047 The economy's been a roller-coaster, so here's your chance to hop on for the ride. Cedar Point is hosting a Talent Search next Monday, filling over one hundred jobs around the theme park.
<br /> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:40:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5063896 A group of 55 Michigan State Police troopers&nbsp;are back at work, more&nbsp;than four months after they were laid off as a result of budget cuts.&nbsp; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:20:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5063156 AAA Michigan says that prices fell 9.4 cents per gallon to a statewide average of $2.57, though that's nearly 60 cents a gallon higher than this time last year. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:36:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5062450 A die-hard U of M football fan is hoping to use a trick play during Saturday's Michigan-Ohio State game--and you're getting in on the action. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:35:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5061880 The project would create a central location for people to store the college credits they have received from multiple institutions. Colleges and universities would then &quot;bid&quot; for the students. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:10:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5061730 Forty-four-year-old Daniel Allen of Clinton Township faces felony assault and other charges. Winfred Fernandis Jr. claims Allen, who says he's HIV positive, bit him in the face after a disagreement over an errant football throw. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:18:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5061304 Flint police are investigating a triple murder. A fourth person was also injured and hospitalized in critical condition following Sunday morning's shooting. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:51:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5061408 The Michigan Public Service Commission says Michigan residents could be in store for a cost-efficient winter. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:10:00 EST http://www.wwj.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/State/MI/n/MI--WinterHeatingCost There will soon be a new look to Jefferson Avenue in Detroit thanks to hundreds of volunteers&nbsp;who are spending their Saturday planting trees.&nbsp; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:47:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5054308 Detroit Daily Press Publisher Mark Stern, who is teaming with his brother Gary,says the paper will sell for half that of other daily papers in town, 50-cents daily and one dollar on Sundays. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:52:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5052102 The Salvation Army&nbsp;is hoping to raise $7.8&nbsp;million&nbsp;to keep its annual services going.&nbsp; The Salvation Army says demand for their services has spiked 60 percent in the last year due to the economy. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:30:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5048505 Article praises Mary Sue Coleman's fundraising efforts and says from 2000 to 2008, the school raised $3.2 billion, beating its goal of $2.5 billion. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:52:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5048543 The proposal&nbsp;would continue to limit lawmakers to 14 years in the Legislature but would allow lawmakers to split their time between the House and Senate or spend all 14 years in one chamber. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:49:00 EST http://www.wwj.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/State/MI/n/MI--TermLimits The Michigan Senate has voted to eliminate state park entrance fees and instead ask drivers to voluntarily pay higher vehicle registration fees. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5044485 The Michigan Senate has rejected Gov. Jennifer Granholm's order letting her appoint two department directors now named by commissions. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5044462 Redford Township police are looking for a burglar believed to be involved in several robberies.&nbsp;&nbsp;Detectives say the suspect has been stealing lottery tickets, cigarettes and&nbsp;alcoholic beverages&nbsp;from stores on Grand River, Seven Mile and Five Mile roads. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5043351 Skip Kelley Lane Jr. was visiting with friends at a home near 8 Mile and John R in Detroit on August 11, 2005. A passer-by asked him for a cigarette. Moments later, Lane was shot dead. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:36:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5036663 A pitbull attack on Detroit's west side this morning has left one woman seriously injured. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5035819 Police have arrested seven people, including two 15-year-olds, believed responsible for a string of at least 20 armed robberies and carjackings on Detroit's east side. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5028934 Local Arab and Muslim groups have spoken out strongly against the shootings at Fort Hood Texas that have left 12 dead and 31 injured. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:12:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5008243 Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Edward Ewell reversed a lower court ruling, Friday, allowing Art Blackwell to travel while he awaits trial on embezzlement charges. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:10:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5007930 During an Arts League Michigan event, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibarguen announced $5 million in grants to Detroit-area programs. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:27:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993738 The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced it will hold an open house to update the public on their project replacing the Nine Mile bridge over I-75. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:06:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993652 George Edward Herron, was arraigned in the 39th District Court Wednesday and accused of criminal sexual conduct and aggravated indecent exposure. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:52:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993574 Former Detroit Public Schools Reform Board Chairman Freman Hendrix testified today before the DPS District's panel on questionable real estate transactions during the first state take over of the district. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:47:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993044 State wildlife officials say they've confirmed the sighting of a cougar in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:16:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993195 <a target="_blank" href="http://wwj.com/VIDEO--Ford--Cobra-Jet-/5588937"><img height="82" hspace="4" width="110" align="left" vspace="2" border="0" alt="" src="http://imgsrv.wwj.com/image/wwj/UserFiles/Image/Automotive/cobra-jet.jpg" /></a>Ford shows off a limited edition hot rod version of the Mustang called the &quot;Cobra Jet.&quot; WWJ's Jeff Gilbert&nbsp;reports. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:05:00 EST http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=33&contentId=87039 We usually don't think too much about bats...until Halloween.&nbsp; Thursday night, there were plenty of bats on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, visiting from The Bat Zone at Cranbrook Institute of Science. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4964454 In the tough economy, many people are cutting back -- or even cutting out -- their prescription medications to save some much needed cash.&nbsp; But a local pharmacist says it doesn't have to be that way. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:31:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4948590 The Detroit Free Press is remaining mum on who supplied text messages for its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories that led to criminal charges last year against then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:41:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4843889 The bank&nbsp;manager&nbsp;allegedly&nbsp;stole $340,000 but says she gave it away. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 04:53:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4823326 Tight budgets could require the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to close or turn over to outside management more of its 145 state forest campgrounds once the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:36:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4600945 The case of entertainers Rihana and Chris Brown has brought attention to&nbsp;domestic violence. Detroit Police want women -- and men -- to know there are resources available to help you prosecute your abuser.&nbsp; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:54:00 EDT http://wwj.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4442029