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Credit card companies' practice of charging excessive interest rates hurts consumers — and it should be illegal, says financial historian Charles Geisst. The author of a new book about consumer debt, Geisst says one small change helped to shift attitudes about debt: what we call it.

The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant near South Haven is shut down again. This is the second time this summer Entergy Corporation has had to shut down the…

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department serves more than just the City of Detroit.It's water and sewer lines stretch beyond the city's boundaries and…

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says the city is “at a critical and pivotal time like none in Detroit’s history."But during his third annual State of the City…

A new task force says $63 billion dollars of Michigan’s housing value was lost between 2006 and 2010.The Michigan Foreclosure Task Force teamed with Grand…

It looks like a system that monitors drinking water for at least three million people in southeast Michigan will stay online for another year.The…

The Bush administration's top housing official announced his resignation Monday. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson says much has been accomplished during his tenure, but critics say they hope the change will bring about policies that will help solve the housing crisis.

With clean-up efforts underway, relief workers in southern India concentrate on removing corpses and finding potable water. Emergency workers are also trying to get drinking water to tens of thousands of survivors. Health workers worry contaminated drinking water may result in more deaths then the 7,000 the tsunami caused. Laura Womak reports.

This past Sunday marked the second successful Water Hill Music Festival.Named after the west-side Ann Arbor neighborhood that hosts it, the festival…

Next week, the African National Congress will choose its next leader. An intense rift between the candidates — South African President Thabo Mbeki and his one-time deputy Jacob Zuma — is causing many to question the party's future.