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Charles Darwin is known as the father of evolution. But another British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, played a major role in developing the theory of natural selection before fading into obscurity. A trip to what's now Sulawesi in Indonesia, and the unique animals he found there, helped form his seminal ideas.

Ford Motor Company posted its third consecutive annual profit last year. It’s another sign that the company’s massive restructuring effort, which began in…

Robert "Steve" Miller is back in town.The former Chrysler exec known as "The Turnaround Kid" is running International Automotive Components. It's been…

Author Rajiv Chandrasekaran believes the U.S. has made multiple miscalculations in waging war in Afghanistan. In his new book, Little America, he says America should have learned from a largely forgotten U.S. adventure undertaken there a half-century earlier.

The city of Inkster, Mich., has just laid off 20 percent of its police force in an effort to make ends meet. The cutbacks illustrate a larger paradox currently at work in the labor market: While the private sector is slowly adding jobs, the public sector continues to shed them.

The Michigan Supreme Court says anyone can sue the state if they believe it's acting in a way that harms the environment. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra…

NASA Scientist James Hansen has been arrested in front of the White House. Hansen was participating in a protest against mountaintop removal coal mining.…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-926867.mp3Hundreds of brokers for oil and gas companies are offering…

Reverend Jesse Jackson is in Michigan this week to continue his campaign against the sweeping emergency manager law.Jackson wants to expand his Rainbow…

A new report argues that our current laws are not strong enough to protect the Great Lakes from major oil spills. The National Wildlife Federation wanted…