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Birmingham police are searching for a man who’s been missing since Friday morning. Police say 85-year old Norris Lee was last seen at the Community House in downtown Birmingham when his wife dropped him off for a meeting around 10:30 a.m. Lee has Alzheimer’s disease and may have become disoriented. Officers have searched the downtown [...]

A young lady from Roseville is dead after an early Saturday morning, head-on accident in Sterling Heights. Police say the woman was driving on Moravian north of 15 Mile Road just before 1 a.m. when her Pontiac Grand Prix collided with a Dodge Charger. The 20-year old from Roseville was pronounced dead at the scene [...]

A healthy economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class even more than a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said as he reaffirmed his commitment to work hard for America’s hardworking men and women. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama on Saturday outlined what he’s done to help the middle [...]

Firefighters from Highland Park and Detroit worked for hours to put out a fire at a vacant apartment building. The fire was reported around 7 p.m. Friday at the Highland Towers apartment building on Woodward near McLean. One witness told WWJ the fire started in the back of the building and spread to the entire [...]

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge wants more information before making a decision in a yearlong civil lawsuit aimed at taking academic control away from Detroit Public Schools’ emergency financial manager and restoring it to the elected Board of Education. Attorneys representing Robert Bobb and the school board made their final cases Friday before Judge [...]

The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn has reached its $10,000 fundraising goal to complete a sculpture of former White House correspondent Helen Thomas. The museum says in a release that as of Friday $10,031 had been pledged for the project with one week left in the campaign. Thomas was born to Lebanese immigrants in [...]

A Port Hope man whose pit bulls escaped and killed a sheep herd in Michigan’s rural Thumb region has been ordered to pay restitution and perform community service. The Bay City Times reports that 25-year-old Matthew Leese (LAY-see) was sentenced Friday in Huron County District Court. Leese will pay $21,000 and perform 30 hours of [...]

It’s a massive regional effort to keep drunk drivers off the roads this holiday weekend. It’s called “Drunk Driving: Over the Limit, Under Arrest.” Law enforcement agencies throughout southeastern Michigan and the Midwest are cracking down on impaired drivers with increased patrols. Michael Witter, Midwest Administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, says while [...]

If you’re considering buying a new car, you may want to consider buying it this weekend. Buyers will be able to find model-year closeout deals this Labor Day as dealers try to clear out excess 2010 inventory. CBS News Business and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis told Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith why the deals are [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a Great Lakes safe boating awareness effort focused on paddlesports. The Coast Guard Ninth District’s “Paddles Up Great Lakes” campaign begins Labor Day weekend and runs through Sept. 10. The Coast Guard says that paddlesports such as canoeing and kayaking are increasingly popular, but some people take to the [...]