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Nearly 100 mayors of cities located near the Great Lakes are urging President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help fight historically…

With temperatures stuck in the 90s, patrons of Detroit’s only water park say they’re livid about plans to shut it down.Wayne County Executive Bob Ficano…

The G-20 summit was dominated by Europe's debt crisis and the fear that it could spread. For now, world leaders are hoping that Europe can largely solve the problem on its own.

President Bush cautioned that the country faces a severe economic crisis. The speech from the White House East Room Wednesday night, followed a second day of hearings on Capitol Hill with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Some lawmakers are pushing the White House to accept a smaller bailout of $150 billion.

Insiders are blaming Democrats' midterm losses in part on a White House failure to communicate effectively, says Richard Wolffe, author of Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. That failure can be traced to two rival camps fighting to shape the presidency, Wolffe says.

A new study suggests raising the water level in Lake Huron could cause as many problems as it solves. Eugene Stakhiv is U.S. Co-chair of the International…

Officials from Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s office say a union work slowdown is to blame for the city’s worsening bus service. Dozens of people lined up to…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Environmental groups say they may renew a legal battle if the federal government doesn't toughen proposed regulations of ship…

In fiction, Nathan Englander's short stories, Amanda Coplin's Pacific Northwest drama and Anthony Giardina's tale of miscalculated suburban escape arrive in paperback. In softcover nonfiction, Rachel Maddow takes stock of America's perpetual wars and Lauren F. Winner reflects on her crisis of faith.

Lake Michigan and Lake Huron could hit record low water levels in the next six months. That’s according to a projection by the U.S. Army Corps of…