BREAKING NEWS
- Rain and Snow Chance This Evening
Rain and snow will be possible through the evening, especially south of Detroit. A much stronger storm system will bring accumulating snow to southeast Michigan Thursday night into Friday.
- Severance Scandal Fallout
An email sent to thousands of voters by a Wayne County commissioner asks if Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano should resign.
- Akerson give $1 million
GM Chairman Dan Akerson have given $1 million to Habitat for Humanity.
- Pollster explains results in new Michigan GOP…
Our pollster explains the results of the latest exclusive WXYZ/Detroit Free Press poll of voters planning to cast their votes in next Tuesday's Michigan Republican Primary. Rick Santorum has a slight lead over Mitt Romney. See how Ron Paul and Newt
- Islamic School lawsuit
A discrimination lawsuit has been filed over plans to move an Islamic center.
- Cleaning up the neighborhood
A family called 7 Action News to try and get the syringes in a lot near their house cleaned up.
- Murder for hire in Eastpointe
Police say a man facing a sexual assault charge was trying to hire a witness against him.
- The Hunger Games spikes reading
Kids say the Hunger Games books are increasing their reading habits
- Fundraising effort
A mother is reaching out to get help to pay for a treatment that may save her daughter's life.
- Mother charged with child abuse
A woman has been charged with child abuse because of a YouTube video that appears to show her force feeding her child.
- Valverde's antics continue at Spring Training
On a day where Kenny Rogers paid the Tigers a visit, Jose Valverde continues to steal the show with his rousing antics on the practice field. Brad Galli reports.
- Credit card offers jump
Credit card offers are jumping, but here's what you need to know before signing up.
- New developments in Highland Park
A financial review team is meeting in open as a member of the Highland Park school board attempts to stop them.
- Mom rescued from fire
A family was able to get out of their house as a fire burned their home.
- Detroit 300 searches for child killers
The community activist group Detroit 300 is searching for whoever killed a number of little children in the city.
- Dealing with stress in 2012
Do men and women deal with stress differently.
Investigators
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"Double-dipping" upsets county taxpayers
Is it smart policy, or an excuse to keep the same people in the same government jobs? One thing’s for sure: double-dipping is nice work if you can get it.
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Many question security chief's raise
Why is a local school district that is deep in debt and laying off teachers giving one staff member a more than 25-percent raise?
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County appointees get dual paychecks
Retiring has become less of a possibility for lots of people in today’s tough economy. But for some Wayne County officials, retiring has made them more money than when they were full-time staffers, and you’re paying for it.
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The FBI builds its case in Wayne County
The FBI was kicking around Kwame Kilpatrick’s administration for years before issuing its first charge in the public corruption probe. But the case made against two of Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano’s appointees took only a few months.
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Pontiac Schools sued over firing
Pontiac Schools' former interim superintendent says he was fired by the school board after looking into the the district's debt and reporting possible wrongdoing.
Consumer
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Exposing hidden sugar
Think you don’t eat a lot of sugar? Consider this, every day the average American consumes the equivalent of 22 teaspoons of “extra” sugar — sugar that’s been added to food and beverages.
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Used tires save money, but at what risk?
John Matarese looks into the growing popularity of used tires, as automobile tire prices soar.
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Shoppers unhappy with Target sell-outs
John Matarese explains why some women are growing unhappy with Target's new designer lines.
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Making a woman's dream come true
Nick Carter has been burning-up the pop music charts ever since he first started performing with the Backstreet Boys back in 1993. At that time, Nick was the youngest member of the band.
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Shopper unhappy with Target
Target has received lots of publicity in the past few weeks for its newest designer collection. Unfortunately, some of the publicity wasn't that good.
Health
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Control your stress
How do men and women deal with stress? Do we react to stressful situation differently because of our gender? Depends on who you ask!
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FDA to review inhalable caffeine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized
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Flu season is here after very late start
Health officials say the flu season is finally here — the slowest start in nearly 25 years.
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Arsenic in food
Researchers at Dartmouth College say there is a "worrisome" amount of arsenic in some baby formulas. And they say they believe the ones that list organic brown rice syrup as the primary ingredient are the likely culprits.
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Chia Pet seeds now considered super food
Ch-ch-chew on this. A famous gag gift is now considered a good-for-you food.
