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Friday, December 28, 2012  The National Highway Safety Administration said one in three people will be involved in an alcohol related crash.

Monday, September 24, 2012  'Science Guy' Bill Nye says religious-based dismissal of evolution endangers US science

Monday, September 17, 2012  The shooting death of a homeless Saginaw man in July continues to incite anger among groups calling for more police accountability.

Saturday, December 03, 2011  The nation's unemployment rate has dropped to eight-point-six percent and there is a similar trend here in Michigan.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle has been sentenced to 37 months in prison in a corruption scheme involving ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers and others.

Monday, September 27, 2010  Friends and family gathered at Lakeville High School to pay tribute to a mid-Michigan woman and her sons found brutally murdered Wednesday.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  Unless an appeals court intervenes, former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is due to report to a federal prison Friday to begin serving a sentence for corruption.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  The wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers has less than 30 days of freedom before beginning a 37-month federal sentence for taking a bribe as a Detroit City Council member.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  A lawyer for Detroit ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers says an appeal in her criminal case will focus on a judge's refusal to allow her to withdraw her guilty plea to corruption.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  Former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is relying on a court-appointed lawyer to pursue an appeal of her prison sentence for corruption.

Thursday, March 11, 2010  A federal judge has denied ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers' request to withdraw her guilty plea in a corruption case and sentenced her to three years and one month in prison.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  The most prominent person caught in an ongoing Detroit corruption investigation is returning to court for her sentence in a bribery scheme involving a city sludge contract.

Thursday, February 11, 2010  A federal judge says he'll give additional instructions to jurors when they return for a fourth day of deliberations in the corruption trial of a political consultant who worked for Monica Conyers at the Detroit City Council.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  If they can get through snow, jurors will resume deliberations in the federal corruption trial of a man who worked for former Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers.

Thursday, November 05, 2009  The sentencing of former Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers for taking bribes has been delayed. Conyers' sentencing hearing has been moved from Dec. 1 to Jan. 15, 2010.