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Father seeks age waiver for son to play sports

LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan father seeking an age-limit waiver that would allow his son with Down syndrome to play football and basketball next season has made their feelings known to state lawmakers.

(PAUL SAKUMA/The Associated Press) Customers leave a Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse store in San Bruno, Calif. California State Sen. Ted Lieu , D-Torrance, is considering calling for a boycott of Lowe’s stores after the home improvement chain pulled its advertising from a reality show about Muslim-Americans. Calling the retail giant’s decision “naked religious bigotry,” Lieu said Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, he would also consider legislative action if Lowe’s doesn’t apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads.

Lowe’s pulling ads from Muslim show sparks protest

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Protesters descended on a Lowe’s store in one of the country’s largest Arab-American communities on Saturday, calling for a boycott after the home improvement chain pulled its ads from a reality television show about five Muslim families living in Michigan.

About 100 people gathered outside the store in Allen Park, a Detroit suburb adjacent to the city where “All-American Muslim” is filmed. Lowe’s said this week that the TLC show had become a “lightning rod” for complaints, following an email campaign by a conservative Christian group.

Ex-Detroit mayor freed after 14 months in prison

JACKSON, Mich. -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case.

Detroit-area man in critical condition after blast

WAYNE, Mich. -- Rescue workers spent all day and into the night combing through the pile of crumpled drywall, twisted metal and broken couches, dining sets and dressers that was once William C. Franks Furniture store in the hope that two buried workers might be found alive, as the store's owner was.

After more than 12 hours of searching, crews on Wednesday night instead recovered the bodies of a salesman and clerical worker who were killed in the natural gas explosion at the store in downtown Wayne, about 15 miles from Detroit.

Viva Chevy: GM puts brakes on memo nixing nickname

DETROIT -- Relax, Chevrolet fanatics. Turns out you can take your "Chevy to the levee" or any other darn place you please.

(The Associated Press) Dominika Stanley (left) the mother of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, who was killed early Sunday in Detroit, sits next to Aiyana's father Charles Jones in attorney Geoffrey Fieger's office in Southfield, Mich. on Tuesday.

Death in Detroit raises questions about reality TV

DETROIT -- When police burst into a home in search of a murder suspect, a reality TV crew documented the raid -- and may have recorded the death of a 7-year-old girl accidentally killed by an officer.

Militia suspect denies he was involved in any plot

DETROIT -- A Michigan man authorities accuse of being a "heavy gunner" for a Midwest Christian militia denies involvement in any plot to overthrow the government, his attorney says, and she plans to present evidence to prove he's different from his fellow defendants.

Not guilty pleas for 8 Christian militia suspects

DETROIT -- Not guilty pleas were entered in Michigan Wednesday on behalf of eight members of a Christian militia that prosecutors say plotted to kill police officers and spark a violent revolt against the U.S. government.

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