Continuing coverage: Japan reeling from earthquakes, tsunami

Seger Nation

One of the longest-enduring stars of his generation, Detroit-born rocker Bob Seger has launched a new tour.

2010-11 NBA season preview

As the season begins, there are more questions than answers about the Detroit Pistons, and the issues go far beyond the playing court.

Special section: High school sports fall season preview

Detroit City Hall corruption investigation

The federal investigation of Detroit City Hall corruption that led to the indictment of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick began more than five years ago.

The Grand Experiment: Lopping the family budget

How hard is it to trim $1,000 from the family's monthly budget? Personal finance columnist Brian O'Connor conducts a 10-week experiment.

Ernie Harwell's remarkable life

It's fair to say that no one was more beloved in Metro Detroit than Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers for 42 years. Generations grew up listening to his broadcasts and mimicking his home-run call.

Michigan's top high school graduates for 2010

For a quarter century, we have been recognizing Michigan's best and brightest high school students through the Outstanding Graduates program.

Special report: Who is being paroled?

Over the last year, nearly 16,000 felons have been eligible for parole in Michigan and the state says it is releasing felons at a faster rate to lower corrections costs.

Continuing coverage: Terrorist threat on Flight 253

An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the...

Latest reports on the United Auto Workers

About 1,200 delegates from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico meet in Detroit this week to set the union's internal and public policies and elect its leadership.

Special section: Haiti tries to recover

Keep up with efforts from around the world to help Haiti deal with the effects of a major earthquake and aftershocks.

Decade in review: Au revoir to the '00s

Plenty of good things happened in the first decade of the 21st century. Truly. But events like 9/11, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the worst economic distress of our lifetimes can quickly overshadow the positives.

Ready or not, it's flu season

Find news reports, blog posts, resources and debate on seasonal influenza and the H1N1 flu. Should you be vaccinated for one, both or neither? When and where can you get the vaccine? Read on.

Kwame Kilpatrick under fire

The man who came into power as the youngest mayor in Detroit history leaves as the only chief executive charged with a felony.

The Recession Chronicles

Behind the grim headlines are the people of Michigan, whose courage, resilience and humor are carrying them through the worst economic times in at least a quarter century. These are their stories.

The Synagro deal: FBI investigates Detroit City Council

A waste contract approved last year by the Detroit City Council is under federal investigation. The council voted 5-4 in November 2007 to award Synagro Technologies Inc.

Leaving Michigan Behind

Outmigration is one of the best known and least understood problems facing Michigan.

Fifty fabulous years of Motown

Motown Records, one of the most iconic sounds of the 20th century, was founded in Detroit in 1959 by Berry Gordy.

Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych

As a 21-year-old rookie right-hander with the Tigers in 1976, Mark Fidrych became a baseball and pop culture phenomenon. He befuddled batters with a sinkerball at their knees as he racked up a 19-9 record, a league-leading 2.

Remembering Chuck Daly

Chuck Daly, who coached the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back NBA championship, passed away at age 78 after battling pancreatic cancer. His legacy is both large and simple and can be summed up like this: He changed things.

Ripple effect: Auto crisis extends to Japan

The crisis in the U.S. automobile industry has hit Japan like a tsunami, and everyone in the Japanese auto industry — the engine of the nation’s economy — is worried that it could get much worse if GM or Chrysler LLC fail.

Special report: Maxed out on prison spending

It costs $5 million a day, or $2 billion a year, to run Michigan's prison system, whose population stands at 50,200 and is projected to top 56,000 within five years.

Madonna, from Michigan to the Hall of Fame

Madonna might belong to the world now, but we had her first in Michigan. On March 10, 2008 -- 25 years after the release of her first album -- our own Material Girl will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Retraining for an uncertain future

With the loss hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, Michigan has a large workforce that finds itself jobless and unqualified for the few jobs that are available.

General Motors, 100 years old and counting

One hundred years ago, carriage maker William "Billy" Durant placed a big bet on the fledgling auto industry in the early 1900s and created General Motors Corp.

Russian market red hot for carmakers

All around St. Petersburg, the world's major automakers are putting up factories. Hyundai Motor Co. Will start building next month. Nissan expects to open a $200 million factory next year.

Continuing coverage: The death of Osama bin Laden

The foreclosure factory: Metro Detroit is a nation center of the crisis

Metro Detroit is a national center of the foreclosure crisis, leaving thousands of families financially ruined and depressing property values.

Back to school

Stories to help students and parents prepare for the new school season