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As the year comes to an end, NPR librarian Kee Malesky shares closing lines from some great novels — those last few moments spent with a story that you love.

The Enbridge pipeline that broke and spilled into the Kalamazoo River last summer was carrying raw tar sands oil.Enbridge spokesperson Lorraine Grymala…

Michigan’s economy stumbled in October. Comerica Bank’s monthly gauge of Michigan’s economic activity shows a slight dip in October. The state’s economy…

Detroit State Representative Lisa Howze says she wants to be the city’s next Mayor—even if she has to do it alongside a state-appointed emergency…

North Dakota's oil sector is booming, but agriculture remains the state's largest industry. And while many farmers and ranchers are profiting from the oil beneath the prairie, others complain that drilling is interfering with their business — and changing rural life as they know it.

LISTEN HEREThursday President Obama heads to Holland, Michigan. Mr. Obama will tour a new plant that will make lithium-ion batteries for electric and…

The lumbering boom in Michigan in the 1800s made some people very rich.It also left a lot of waste behind. Terry Heatlie and I took a walk in the mud on…

You have to wonder what Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun thought, when it was clear the proposed constitutional amendment he designed to protect his…

After a four-year absence, the Detroit Grand Prix returns to Belle Isle this weekend.The event officially kicked off Friday—despite steady rainfall--with…

Launched in August, the Maersk McKinney Moller is the first of a new class of megaships. It's 20 stories high and a quarter-mile long. NPR's Jackie Northam hopped on board in Poland.