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A veteran Detroit police officer was arrested early this morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The female officer, on the force since July 2001, was arrested about 2:30 a.m. in Roseville, Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens said. read more..

Jay Cutler is not concerned about the Bears’ struggling offense. Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is set play in the team’s preseason finale against the Detroit Lions after missing nearly three weeks read more..

Detroit — Mayor Dave Bing is moving to end a yearlong standoff and impose a contract on the city’s largest union, after a labor fact finder blessed his calls for a 10 percent wage cut and benefit concessions. read more..

BEREA, OHIO — Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh grabbed Jake Delhomme’s face mask, twisted it, wrapped his arms around the Browns quarterback’s head and slammed him to the ground. It was hard to watch — in read more..

The Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays close out a four- game weekend set at Rogers Centre this afternoon. Detroit will give the ball to Rick Porcello, and the second-year hurler is just 6-11 this season with a 5.43 read more..

Grosse Ile — Dive teams today still are searching for a man who went missing in the Detroit River Friday evening. The man was on a 19-foot boat with two other men that capsized in the river and on the east read more..

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians and management were unable to reach a settlement on a new contract today during the final scheduled negotiating session before the current contract ends at midnight Sunday. read more..

Matthew Stafford threw a touchdown pass, rookie Jahvid Best had a 51-yard run and Aaron Brown scored twice in the fourth quarter to lift the Detroit Lions to a 35-27 win over the Cleveland Browns in a preseason game read more..

A 49-year-old Downriver man remains missing after he went into the Detroit River at East River Road and Bellevue. Grosse Ile police received a 911 call at 4:50 p.m. Friday informing them that a vessel carrying read more..

Detroit — One teen was arraigned today in juvenile court and two others were to be arraigned later today in 36th District Court on charges stemming from a brutal burglary in which an elderly woman was read more..

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say four men are being questioned in connection with the rape of a 90-year-old woman on the city’s west side earlier this month. read more..

Detroit — One teen was arraigned today in juvenile court and two others were to be arraigned later today in 36th District Court on charges stemming from a brutal burglary in which an elderly woman was sexually assaulted. read more..

DETROIT — A Belleville man faces several felony charges in connection with a fatal car/train crash that killed a Detroit man. read more..

DETROIT (AP) — Two Detroit teens have been charged in the home invasion, beating and sexual assault of a 90-year-old Detroit woman earlier this month. read more..

Sammy Hagar estimates that, save for some stadium dates with Kenny Chesney, he hasn’t opened for anyone since about 1979. But he was amenable to the invitation to support Aerosmith on its “Cocked, Locked read more..

Nearly 50 years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Rev. Jesse Jackson hopes to advance a new agenda that cuts across class — not racial — lines with a form of protest honed by earlier read more..

DETROIT (AP) — The stain of a rumored wild party involving strippers that allegedly occurred at Detroit’s Manoogian Mansion during the tenure of disgraced former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may prompt officials read more..

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions have placed defensive end Jared DeVries on injured reserve, meaning he will miss a second consecutive season because of injury. DeVries signed a one-year contract in read more..

More than 1,000 documents, including some dating back to the beginning of the Nation of Islam, were found in the attic of a home in Detroit, the city where the secretive movement started 80 years ago, a lawyer said read more..

The Detroit Lions have won 2 games in 3 years and will have a hard time building confidence for the 2010 NFL schedule as they have a tough slate of games to begin the year beginning at the Chicago Bears on September 12th read more..

DETROIT, Aug. 26 (UPI) — A Detroit march seeking to echo the 1963 March on Washington will “provide hope” to laid-off autoworkers, civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson said. Jesse Jackson - Civil and political rights - United States - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - Activism read more..

Detroit — Officer Sonya Justice remains in critical condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital today as an investigation into the crash that injured her continues. read more..

Eight people have been charged following a Detroit police raid on a home on the city’s east side where investigators uncovered a stash of heroin and marijuana with a street value of more than $2 million, police announced today. read more..

DETROIT A Belleville man faces several felony charges in connection with a fatal car/train crash that killed a Detroit man. read more..

A Detroit father pleaded guilty this morning to a felony firearm charge for the accidental shooting of his daughter in June. read more..