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Detroit — Mitt Romney’s front-runner status in the race for the GOP presidential nomination has once again raised questions about his religion and voters’ acceptance of his candidacy. While polls show a decline in resistance to Mormonism there’s still opposition, especially among evangelicals, to many tenets of the little-known religion.
A fired top aide to Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano under FBI investigation billed more than $41,000 on restaurants, travel and other goods to a credit card of a county nonprofit he ran for three years, according to records obtained by The Detroit News.
Lorraine Engelbrecht grappled Monday with the grief of knowing the lone person admitting a role in her daughter’s death was released from custody without charges and now has an court-appointed attorney to represent him.
The state’s little-known homeland security center is expanding into southeastern Michigan, but the plans have civil libertarians and at least one local official urging more oversight.
What are the chances Brandon Inge will lose his presumed job to the younger and more versatile Danny Worth? Maybe greater than most fans would think. But first a word from our actuaries.
The Red Wings are finally coming home, but they’ll do so in a lousy mood. They ended a five-game trip and two-month stretch of being mostly away from Joe Louis Arena Monday with a 3-1 loss in Phoenix.
With his controversial new Super Bowl commercial and website, Pete Hoekstra seems to think he’s got the advertising instincts and guts of Chrysler’s Sergio Marchionne.
Mason— Meetings of the state-appointed team reviewing Detroit's finances are subject to Michigan's Open Meetings Act and must be conducted in public, an Ingham County judge ruled Monday.
Diligently and not so subtly, the Spartans are getting the look back, the one we know well. It has been on display most of the season, but now they’re determined to club people over the head with it.
Ayrionna Taylor has a busy life. She wakes up on school days at 5 a.m. and doesn’t get home until around 7 p.m. Then the senior basketball guard from Inkster High turns from student-athlete to mother.
Auburn Hills — An 11-year-old girl reported missing Sunday in a suspected parental kidnapping has been found and her father arrested, police said. Tavia Bentley was recovered safely about 8:30 p.m. Monday in the 14000 block of Dolphin Street in Detroit.
The All-Star reserves will be announced soon, but Pistons center Greg Monroe doesn’t expect to receive a phone call.
Detroit — Student truancy is noticeable in the city — so much so that Detroit Public Schools made 409 referrals to prosecutors in the 2010-11 year and also lost state funding because it fell below the state minimum of 75 percent attendance on 46 days.
The senior transfer from Valparaiso scored nine points, nailed a 3-pointer and grabbed four rebounds in 29 minutes. None of those numbers were far off Wood’s averages, but there was one difference — he did it coming off the bench.
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