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In softcover fiction, Jill McCorkle's cluster of retirees faces death with humor and sorrow. In nonfiction, Lawrence Wright peeks into the world of Scientology, Simon Garfield charts a history of maps, Jonathan Cott recalls his friendship with John and Yoko, Duncan Wall spins yarns about the circus and Mark Binelli welcomes us to his Detroit.

Detroit firefighters have won the right to subpoena and depose top members of Mayor Dave Bing’s administration.The firefighters union is suing the city.…

A Kenyan intelligence official says that the "high-value terrorist leader" whose residence was targeted in a Navy SEAL raid was the senior al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima. Ikrima is a Kenyan of Somali descent who boasts connections to both al-Shabab in Somalia and to a Kenyan jihadist group called al-Hijra.

A new study says Ottawa County is the healthiest county in Michigan. The county borders Lake Michigan’s shore directly west of Grand Rapids.Marcia Knoll…

It's finally summertime – time to relax on that lawn chair out in the sunshine and read a good book. Amazon.com has published its fourth annual list of…

The number of refugees re-settled in Michigan has dropped sharply over the past six months.That parallels a larger national trend, according to new…

Heidi Brown's Army uniform is decorated with one small star, which marks her as a brigadier general. But at this point in her career, "gender now shuts the door for me," she says.

The Education Achievement Authority (EAA), Michigan’s new reform school district, has been selected as the state’s only finalist in the U.S. Department of…

For those of you keeping score at home, it's GM 9,030,000 to Toyota's 7,900,000 for 2011.Those are "around" numbers for the number of vehicles sold in…

A Presidential election always brings more registered voters to the polls than 'off-year' elections.But as the voter numbers begin to be scrutinized, we…