Red Wings get under the Blackhawks' skin -- and right back in the series

They found their legs. And then they used them. Again and again, shift after shift, the Red Wings did, pulling together until they’d pulled even, skating away with Game 2 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

• Photos: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 -- Game 2

State boating rules tightened, safety promoted as season starts

This is National Boating Safety Week, which leads into the Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer watercraft season.

Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush

Lottery officials announced winning numbers Saturday night in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. Estimates have put the jackpot at around $600 million.

Corktown course offers miniature golf with an urban twist

This Corktown lot - down the block from the vacant Roosevelt Hotel, next door to two burned-out houses -- actually is a miniature golf course known as “Roosevelt Par.”

Bad news: We have a surplus

Prosperity is the greatest enemy of fiscal discipline. When fortunes begin to reverse, the urgency to cut spending, find savings and use resources more efficiently wanes.

Editorial: New police chief inherits tough job

Native Detroiter and new Detroit Police Chief James Craig is returning to his hometown to accept his "dream job." His passion is welcome because he inherits a nightmare.

Up to 60 injured after car drives intoVirginia parade

Damascus, Va. — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

Plans languish for overhaul of NYC’s Penn Station

New York — The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena.

Woman testifies about ex-Italian leader’s wild parties during trial

Milan — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal.

Marine’s daughter seeks dignity for kids harmed by toxic water on base

Jacksonville, N.C. — As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date.

Tim McGraw puts new spin on ACM's TV special, airing Sunday

When the producers of the Academy of Country Music's annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program's format.

‘Game of Thrones’ star Rory McCann finds some commonalities with his character

Born and raised in Glasgow, Rory McCann is home in the northern Scottish Highlands, even mooring his sailboat in a region known as Wester Ross — almost the identical name of the fictional continent, Westeros.

Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

Vatican City — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.

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Red Wings dominate Blackhawks to tie up series

The Red Wings had 30 shots on net and limited Chicago to 20 on Saturday. That was a reversal from Game 1 (42-21 Chicago edge), as was the fact the Red Wings ...

Blog: Red Wings vs. Blackhawks

Thousands of excited, costumed fans descend on Comic Con in Novi

With an estimated 30,000 attendees expected between Friday and Sunday, the convention is proving that superheroes certainly have their following.

Neighbors shocked by woman’s strangulation death in Grosse Pointe Park

Grosse Pointe Park — Neighbors in the 1300 block of Wayburn Street were shocked to hear of the homicide of a 35-year-old woman as the peace in the ...

Detroit EM weighs options after pension trustees go to Hawaii

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr may place more safeguards to ensure Detroit’s pension trustees are spending money wisely in the wake of a scheduled trip by some ...

Michigan community reels as woman faces fraud charges for cancer claim

Lexington — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young ...

Thousands in pink hit Woodward supporting breast cancer awareness

Detroit - When Michelle Brown went into labor, there was one person who wasn't there to share in her joy. Her grandmother Jeannette Watson was scheduled for ...

Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan urges Detroiters ‘to have a fighting spirit’

Detroit — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told members of the Detroit City Council and other supporters not to let the struggling city collapse ...

Arrest made in attempt to firebomb Art Van Furniture chairman’s house

Grosse Pointe Park — Police have taken a suspect into custody after an attempted firebombing of the home of a prominent local family early Friday morning.

Guns traded in for grocery gift cards

Detroit - The Wayne County Executive's Office and the Sheriff's Department came together Saturday to hold"Groceries for Guns," a gun buyback, on the city's ...

Michigan growers bracing for a stink bug invasion

A tiny insect with a voracious appetite has found its way to Metro Detroit and soon could pose a big threat to Michigan’s fruit and vegetable crops. Called the ...

Arab International Festival in Dearborn postponed until next year

Dearborn — The Arab International Festival will not be returning this summer as planned, organizers said Friday.

Detroit Zoo welcomes warthogs Daphne and Violet

Royal Oak — A charming pair of baby warthogs — with their gray, wrinkly skin, elongated snouts and long, tasseled tails — are frolicking around the Detroit ...