DETROIT (AP) — As she hurried to join fellow City Council members in a closed session regarding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a publicly embarrassing text-messaging sex scandal, Martha Reeves fla » Full Story

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SPARTA (AP) — A 23-year-old Michigan man credits God for allowing him to survive an about 100-foot fall while hiking with a friend in Colorado, and recalls thinking he would die as his body tumbled. » Full Story

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday he thought the union was close to a contract deal to end a strike against American Axle until the auto parts supplier offere » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country’s energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a De » Full Story

KALAMAZOO (AP) — Some state Republican lawmakers are proposing to temporarily eliminate Michigan’s sales tax on gasoline for the summer driving season. » Full Story

SPARTA (AP) — A 23-year-old Michigan man credits God for allowing him to survive an about 100-foot fall while hiking with a friend in Colorado, and recalls thinking he would die as his body tumbled. » Full Story

SALINE (AP) — Authorities say a group of parents rented a bus to take their kids to Saline High School’s junior-senior prom, then got on board and drank beer in the parking lot last weekend. » Full Story

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A Michigan man was convicted Friday of driving the wrong way on an interstate and slamming his pickup truck into a minivan, killing a Maryland mother and four children who were ret » Full Story

FLINT (AP) — The big river cleanup begins this weekend, but some heavy lifting has already begun. » Full Story