D.E.A.P.E. Citizen Action Center

DETROIT -- A 4-month-old infant was shot and killed at an apartment building early Sunday on the city's west side, police said.

LANSING - A federal bailout package for the U.S. financial industry could boost Michigan consumersand#39; psyche and banksand#39; willingness to extend credit, lifting some clouds over an already-jittery and struggling state economy.

The first direct attempt to permit casino-style gambling at Michiganand#39;s seven horse tracks since 2004and#39;s Proposal 1 effectively killed such efforts has been launched amid a chorus of skepticism from opponents.

VAN BUREN -- Township Police are investigating the death of 17-year-old Kenneth Jackson, who was shot in the neck Sunday morning after an alleged altercation at Pine Creek Golf Course.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As anxiety on Wall Street led banks and other investors to hoard cash last week, a different kind of market fear gripped cities across the Southeast.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told thousands of supporters Sunday he would "work every single day" to avoid a repeat of the Wall Street meltdown and attacked Republican John McCain as out of touch with middle-class economic struggles.Obama spoke supportively of the bailout deal reached early this morning by negotiators in Washington on spending as much as $700 billion to shore up shaky financial markets. But he declared the financial crisis "the final verdict" on a failed Republican economic philosophy.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told thousands of supporters Sunday he would "work every single day" to avoid a repeat of the Wall Street meltdown and attacked Republican John McCain as out of touch with middle-class economic struggles.Obama spoke supportively of the bailout deal reached early this morning by negotiators in Washington on spending as much as $700 billion to shore up shaky financial markets. But he declared the financial crisis "the final verdict" on a failed Republican economic philosophy.

Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even other energy sources that people haven't heard of yet.