MICHIGAN

The US Gov. says the metadata program may stop the next 9/11; critics say it is not valuable enough to justify the privacy intrusion.

On July 21, two people were robbed at a gas station in Detroit. On Saturday, unidentified officers recognized an alleged suspect in bystander photos as a Detroit Police Department sergeant.

Strong demand in the U.S. for trucks and SUVs helped boost second-quarter earnings at the key U.S. automaker.

The notice of alleged violations came ahead of an impending financial settlement between energy regulator, FERC, and the biggest U.S. bank.

Fast food workers in seven cities have gone on strike, asking for a raise of $15 an hour and the right to unionize.

The House failed to adopt a measure halting the NSA's bulk data collection last week. But the reform momentum is building.

Perrigo hopes to capitalize on Elan’s multiple sclerosis drug, and save on operating costs and taxes by acquiring the Dublin-based firm.

As Chinese real estate prices continue to soar, investors are moving their money to Detroit in hopes of turning a profit.

On Monday, workers from chains including KFC, Wendy’s, Burger King and McDonald’s will be staging strikes in a movement for higher wages.

Communism has a long and winding history in Italy, the very center of Western Christendom.

With more inventory than last year, incentive spending is up. July sales growth could see highest jump in 2013.

But opponents of the NSA's snooping program say Wednesday's vote is just the beginning.

Supporters of a narrowly defeated House bill that would have defunded the NSA's controversial surveillance were encouraged by the extremely close vote.

An amendment to the defense appropriations bill would end the NSA's bulk metadata collection program.

Most of the new jobs will be in Michigan and 80 percent of the new employees will be engineers and information technology specialists.

As Japan formally joins talks for massive free trade zone, U.S. auto workers pressure Washington over access to Japanese market.

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a nearly 450 year-old Spanish fort built in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains, nearly 300 miles from the Atlantic Coast.

A Detroit news station may have accidentally broadcast images of the floating dead body of Anthony Zellars, a 55-year-old man from Ypsilanti, Mich.

Ford is spending heavily on shifting its global positions while U.S. sales are booming.

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has filed for divorce from Kathleen Glynn after 21 years of marriage.

The bill has finally come due for decades of impossible pension promises to municipal unions, corruption and cronyism.