Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Few delays at Metro Airport, traffic accidents as snow hits area
After the region dodged several major snow storms this season, Metro Detroit is expected receive 5 to 10 inches by Wednesday morning. - 12:42 pm
Toyota recalls 155,000 Prius, Camry and Lexus vehicles for brake issues
Toyota announced it would recall another three models in the United States -- covering 155,000 vehicles -- as it struggles to bolster it reputation. - 12:42 pm
Snow storm may cut deliberations in Riddle trial short
Officials have ordered in lunch for jurors who are in their second day of deliberations in political consultant Sam Riddle's corruption trial. - 12:37 pm
Man with hundreds of dogs in Dearborn home gets 5 years' probation
Kenneth Lang, the former Dearborn resident who had hundreds of live and dead dogs inside his home last year, was sentenced in Wayne Circuit Court today to five years probation. - 12:37 pm
Detroiter sentenced for mutilating housemate's body
Detroit --A man was sentenced to prison today for cutting a housemate into 40 pieces and hiding the parts in a basement freezer. - 12:37 pm
Drew Brees celebrates while Peyton Manning ponders another playoff blunder
John Niyo: The Saints' upset victory in Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17 over the Indianapolis Colts, vaults Drew Brees, the Little Quarterback Who Could, into a new realm of the game's elite.
- WINGS-NHL: Johan Franzen set for return Tuesday
- PISTONS-NBA: Kwame Brown to do it John Kuester's way
- TOM GAGE: If Tigers sign Johnny Damon, Carlos Guillen's role would change
- BIG TEN: Tough call
- COVERING THE BASES: 30 in 30: Oakland Athletics
- COVERING THE BASES: 30 in 30: New York Yankees
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Spartans' season is at a crossroads
With starting point guard Kalin Lucas still questionable, Purdue visits Breslin Center tonight with a chance to create a five-team logjam at the top of the conference.
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- Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally - 11:41 AM
- US Army closes in on targeted southern Afghan town - 11:49 AM
- Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic - 12:00 PM
- Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program - 08:50 AM
Michigan
- Michigan man with 100 dogs gets 5 years' probation - 12:21 PM
- Shock may make move without 2 All-Stars - 11:54 AM
- Detroit Shrine Circus finds new home - 11:53 AM
- Trial location an issue in Mich. activist's death - 11:34 AM
- Granholm calls Obama carp plan weak
- Experts evaluate details President Obama's jobs plan
- Obama: GOP and Dems together can spur job growth
- Gov. candidate's 'nerd' ad creating chatter
Testimony in Asian carp battle set for today
A top Michigan environmental official is expected to tell a House subcommittee this afternoon that failure to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes would have a devastating effect on the state's aquatic ecosystem. - 12:37 pm
- Daniel Howes: Howes: Toyota's ties to Congress face their first big test
- Ford ready to take wraps off Transit Connect Electric
- Nissan, absent in Detroit, returns to Chicago
- Ford puts one leader over performance teams
GM brings 1,000 jobs to hard-hit area
In a throwback to an era when auto plant jobs made Michigan a land of riches, General Motors intends to run its Lansing Delta Township plant day and night, Monday through Friday. - 12:42 pm
- Ship keeps St. Clair River flowing
- Hazel Park Raceway to host Shrine Circus
- Alleged road rage shooter freed
- Granholm calls Obama carp plan weak
Eastpointe teen left Cancun resort after grandmother's reprimand
Eastpointe -- A 16-year-old Dakota High School student was upset about being reprimanded by her grandmother when she fled a resort in Mexico, according to Mexican authorities. - 12:12 pm
- Pulte Homes posts loss for Q4
- Report: Detroit-area restaurant industry resilient
- Dow closes below 10,000 for the first time in three months
- Business briefs
Japan Airlines rejects Delta, stays with American
Tokyo -- Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines. - 10:32 am
- Grapevine: Lil Wayne heads to jail
- Rapper Drake's first headlining tour includes MSU, OU dates
- Drug trial for Anna Nicole Smith's doctors, beau set for August
- '70s teen idol Garrett charged with heroin possession in L.A.
Jackson doc makes plea
Los Angeles -- Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died unexpectedly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death. - 12:12 pm
- Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel
- First lady: President Obama had 'phenomenal year'
- Dubai landmark now closed to public
- Jackson doc makes plea
Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
Washington -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard. - 11:17 am
- Newborn blood test faces challenge
- Paul Donohue: High blood pressure leads to many complications
- Dr. Paul Donohue: Hydrating affected skin takes the itch out of eczema
- Free HIV testing today
FDA aims to rein in radiation-based medical scans
Washington -- The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will work with doctors and manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing for decades. - 11:37 am
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