Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Snow brings traffic crashes, few delays at Metro Airport
After the region dodged several major snow storms this season, Metro Detroit is expected receive 5-10 inches by Wednesday morning. - 1:26 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. - 1:17 pm
- Federal officials review Toyota Corolla complaints
- Howes: Toyota's ties to Congress face their first big test
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
Second judge recused from Blackwell case
Personal relationships with Highland Park's former state-appointed emergency financial manager have caused a second judge to step aside from overseeing criminal accusations against Arthur Blackwell II. - 1:32 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
Tomas Holmstrom skates but will be a game-time decision
The jury is still out on whether Tomas Holmstrom will play Tuesday night against the Blues, which means coach Mike Babcock won't be able to finalize his lines until game time. - 1:12 pm
- Johan Franzen set for return Tuesday
- Justin Abdelkader remaining confident
- Jack Johnson set for taxing journey
- MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS: Spartans' season is at a crossroads
- JOHN NIYO: Drew Brees celebrates while Peyton Manning ponders another playoff blunder
- PISTONS-NBA: Kwame Brown to do it John Kuester's way
- 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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Marcus Thames left Tigers No. 1 on an important list
Tom Gage: Thames hit 99 home runs for the Tigers. But he hit them in just 1,463 at-bats. Nobody in the Tigers' history with at least 1,500 plate appearances hit home runs with more frequency per at-bat than Thames. - 1:12 pm
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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
- GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit - 12:41 PM
- Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic - 12:00 PM
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
- Testimony in Asian carp battle set for today
- Granholm calls Obama carp plan weak
- Experts evaluate details President Obama's jobs plan
- Obama: GOP and Dems together can spur job growth
Snow delays Toyota hearing
Washington -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee canceled a hearing on Toyota's massive recalls set for Wednesday because of another snowstorm headed for the capital. - 1:17 pm
- Federal officials review Toyota Corolla complaints
- Daniel Howes: Howes: Toyota's ties to Congress face their first big test
- Ford ready to take wraps off Transit Connect Electric
- Snow delays Toyota hearing
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. - 1:17 pm
- Ship keeps St. Clair River flowing
- Hazel Park Raceway to host Shrine Circus
- Detroiter sentenced for mutilating housemate's body
- Alleged road rage shooter freed
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. - 1:12 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
- AP: Kerrigan father's death ruled a homicide
- Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel
- First lady: President Obama had 'phenomenal year'
- Dubai landmark now closed to public
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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