DETROIT (AP) — Auto industry cutbacks, double-digit unemployment and one of the nation’s highest home foreclosure rates have left Detroit with a dreary economic future.

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IONIA (AP) — After more than a century of use, a railroad line between Ionia and Lowell is being shut down.

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PORT HURON (AP) — Authorities say a 51-year-old man was critically injured when he was struck in face by a mortar-type firework while a group of people was setting off illegal fireworks in Port Huron » Full Story

IONIA (AP) — Authorities say an 18-month-old boy and a 2 1/2-year-old girl were injured after falling from an open second story window of an apartment in Ionia and landing on the sidewalk.

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks’ hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York.

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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the United States as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars linked to high gas » Full Story

BRECKENRIDGE (AP) — A 100-year-old patchwork quilt that includes the hand-stitched names of 70 Gratiot County students has been returned to the area.

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ANN ARBOR (AP) — Police say they’ve found suspected marijuana plants at a University of Michigan botanical garden for the second time this year.

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LANSING (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked President Bush to declare a major disaster for parts of Michigan following severe storms in mid-June.

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MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) — It was a lively couple of minutes on the Central Michigan University campus when a deer jumped through a first-floor window and charged at an instructor.

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