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  1. Michigan boating business rides wave to recovery

    After a six-year downturn, the boating industry is on the rise in the Great Lakes State. The Detroit Boat Show at Cobo Center is riding this wave of tentative recovery, boasting more boats, brands and leased exhibit space than in prior years when it opens Saturday, said boat show spokeswoman Nicki Polan.

  2. Beatty’s monthly restitution triples Kilpatrick’s

    Someone has stepped up payments toward restitution in the Detroit text-message scandal — and it’s not Kwame Kilpatrick.

  3. Judges hear church confession case

    Three Michigan Court of Appeals judges heard arguments Thursday in a case that could affect if and when church confessions can be used in court.

    • Feb. 10, 2012
    • SCHOOLS

    Michigan’s recovery school district needs $24M from donors by fall

    The state's Education Achievement Authority will need $24.7 million for start-up costs that include administrative salaries, technology for students and classrooms, and paying for a summer academy for teachers.

  4. When the NHL takes it outside, everyone wins

    It takes imagination to think big. It takes creativity and compromise to make it work. Based on sheer numbers of people and tickets and spilled cups of Canadian beer, this will be huge. And entertaining. And much needed.

  5. Former foes Wings and Leafs look forward to reliving storied rivalry

    Welcome to Hockeytown, eh? Those are fighting words. Or at least they used to be, as Ted Lindsay and Red Kelly and other former NHL greats were more than happy to remind us all Thursday.

    • Feb. 10, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Snyder’s budget provides more for schools, police and roads

    Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled his second budget Thursday that includes a modest 2.4 percent overall increase and more money for schools, public safety and transportation.

    • Feb. 10, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Bashara: ‘No motive’ for him in wife’s death

    Investigators on Thursday pored over forensic evidence taken from the garage where a 54-year-old marketing executive was believed to have been strangled to death, although police remained tight-lipped about the case.

  6. Michigan State's goal: Make Ohio State's Jared Sullinger work

    Before the season, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo thought Ohio State was the best team in the Big Ten. A little more than halfway through the conference season, Izzo hasn’t changed his tune.

  7. Ficano faces state probe of Medicaid spending by county

    Detroit — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is investigating Wayne County for Medicaid fraud, adding another layer to the probe of Executive Robert Ficano’s administration.

  8. Player posts leave sports atwitter

    Detroit Cass Tech cornerback Terry Richardson was good enough to earn a scholarship offer from Michigan coach Brady Hoke, and led the Technicians to their first state title. Then he appeared to almost blow it with a 110-character Twitter post.

  9. UAW marks 75th anniversary of victorious strike at GM

    Today, the United Auto Workers will mark the 75th anniversary of the victory they won over GM — a victory that forced the company to sign the first national contract with the union and sparked the growth of the U.S. labor movement.

  10. Stalled train blocks off east side Detroit neighborhood

    Detroit — Edith Floyd feared the day her east side neighborhood would be cut off. Sandwiched between several railroads and a closed eastbound McNichols Road east of Van Dyke, Floyd and other residents have long worried about being stuck in their neighborhood if a train ever broke down on the tracks.

  11. Woman, 58, dies in crash with school bus in Springfield Township

    Springfield Township — A 58-year-old Springfield Township woman was killed Thursday when her minivan collided with a Waterford School District bus, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies reported.

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