LANSING - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears prepared to accept a plea agreement and plead guilty before Wayne Circuit Chief Judge Edward Ewell on Thursday morning. Should that happen it would effectively end the hearing that Governor Jennifer Granholm now has underway to determine if Kilpatrick should be removed from office. No plea agreement has
LANSING - A poll of 600 voters in Detroit, commissioned by non-profit leadership organization Detroit Renaissance, shows that while 80 percent of respondents believe the city is on the wrong track, 58 percent believe the situation will be better a year from now, 22 percent believe things will stay the same and 12 percent believe
LANSING - As part of National Food Safety Education Month, the Michigan Department of Agriculture has launched a new alert system to notify consumers when food-related recalls and warnings are issued. Foodborne illnesses are a serious public health threat. Although the exact number of foodborne illness in the United States is unknown, the Centers for
LANSING - While a substantial portion of the Michigan Republican Party had its heart set on Vice President Mitt Romney, they quickly jumped behind Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) announced Friday as his running mate. Palin, who is in her second year as governor of the 49th state, was a
LANSING - Now that Labor Day weekend is here and the peak summer traveling months are over, the tourism industry and the state are beginning to take stock of how far the millions spent in marketing have gone to increase travel in the state - some say the state's stock is rising, others say travel
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited has added another business to its growing Fort Custer Industrial Park complex - corePHP, a full service website development, graphic design and printing services company. Originally developed as a freelance company in 2001, corePHP provides expertise in web-based programming and content management systems for both small businesses and Fortune
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation could begin receiving applications shortly for Centers of Energy Excellence grants after the Michigan Strategic Fund named it the manager for the program and approved the application process. The program, $45 million over three years and $18.7 million for the current fiscal year, provides grants to energy technology
NEW YORK - An electronic gaffe at news outlet Bloomberg mistakenly sent an incomplete obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the wire on Wednesday afternoon, and a tipster promptly sent the soon-retracted file to gossip blog Gawker. The lengthy file contains not only a preliminary obituary for the iconic Apple chief, but also a
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A serious security hole in the latest iPhone software exposes e-mail, text, and voice messages to whoever gets a hold of the device despite it being password-protected. Basically, clicking emergency call and double-clicking the "home" button brings up the favorites on iPhone 2.0.2, which opens up the address book, the dial keypad
LANSING - While much of the legislative focus these days is given to an energy package that deals with electric customer choice and a renewable portfolio standard, there is legislation pending in committees that would provide tax incentives for consumers to purchase hybrid vehicles. The measures (HB 5603 , HB 6028 , HB 6384 and