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An attorney for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired a private investigator to look into a sexual assault allegation made by a 20-year-old Georgia college student.

A special federal court expressed sympathy for parents coping with their autistic children, but concluded Friday that they had not proved the children's illness was a result of the mercury-containing preservative in the vaccine.

Some middle school students from Reeths-Puffer took their class projects underwater today.

Korean battery-maker LG Chem Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Troy-based Compact Inc. will make battery cells for electric vehicles at a plant in western Michigan.

Ford introduced its all-new Police Interceptor to a crowd of law enforcement officials today at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas and said it is developing a new sport utility-based police vehicle that it will unveil later this year.

The Michigan AFL-CIO has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero, igniting a battle for union endorsements in the race.

Hundreds of police and other mourners have turned out for the funeral of a Jackson police officer who was killed in a shootout.

Now that medical marijuana is legal in Michigan, can an employer fire a worker who tests positive for the drug? WalMart says it can, so it did.

The scores released Friday are from Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests given to third- through ninth-graders in the fall of 2009.

Michigan's public universities would face 3 percent cuts in state aid based on a bill moving through the state Senate.

He was taken to Mercy Hospital for a head injury. Hospital workers called police Sunday night to investigate whether abuse led to the infant's injury.

Police say Bart Cunningham was involved in a Feb. 26 domestic dispute and shot his wife, Wendy, and his 16-year-old stepson. The boy called 911 moments later.