Happy Birthday! It's time to celebrate. The Detroit Zoo is turning 80 this year. and to commemorate the event there's a birthday party Friday from 10 to 3 at the...

There is new information on the murder of exotic dancer Tamara Greene, her killer may already be behind bars. INSIDE: CHERLY CHODUN REPORTS

The race for Wayne County Treasurer is gaining attention as one of the candidates is accused of using inflammatory images to get votes. INSIDE: TOM WAIT REPORTS

House and Senate committees have passed the Great Lakes Legacy Act, which would help fund programs to clean up the Great Lakes.

Local 4's Bisi Onile-Ere takes a Royal Oak man's car for a spin and doesnt use a drop of gasoline -- the car is battery operated.

Tunnel talks on hold
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Detroit is likely to put on hold any further talks on the proposed tunnel
deal with Windsor at least until after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's next major
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Granholm denies 60-day extension in mayor case
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA

Birmingham has fined the owner of Great Lakes Custom Building, Jim Wiese, $12,140 for chopping down a city-owned maple tree on 1620 Northlawn Blvd. on July 21 to make room for a new house. The 40-foot-tall, 31-inch-diameter tree was standing in the public right-of-way, making it property of Birmingham.

A Detroit City Council member, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and respected businessman Roger Penske speak out about the investiagtions swirling around city officials.

Local 4's Dr. Frank McGeorge explains just how important it is to quit smoking before and after a surgery -- or just in general.

The Coleman A. Young Municipal Building is going green—literally. Green plant life has been installed on the 25-year-old roof, which was in need of restoration.

Get your motor running, because Dream Cruise organizers are already announcing new partnerships and events for this year's Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.

Detroit police said they continue to look for a carjacker who stole a car with a 5-week-old baby inside. The car was recovered, and the baby was not hurt.

Like it or not, the people we have placed in office are no more and no less than we deserve. With a new vision and the addition of new, reform-minded residents, we can do better.

Life does go on. So regardless of newspaper headlines that blare scandal and woe, and the economy's beat down of our pocketbooks, Valerie J. Mercer, curator of African-American art and head of the General Motors Center for African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, has a job to do.

Gov. Granholm Announces Program To Develop Business

Authorities are looking for the person responsible for damaging a Detroit middle school with a firebomb early Thursday morning.

Get ready, Detroit. Dan Gilbert's first class of Bizdom U trained entrepreneurs is coming at you, aiming to start a revolution of grass-roots economic growth in the city.

Metro Detroit universities are feeling the pain of the ailing auto industry as automakers cut back or eliminate employee tuition reimbursement programs in an effort to trim costs.

Pudge Rodriguez may not have lived up to his Hall of Fame reputation every single at-bat as a Tiger, but he was the first superstar willing to come to a franchise that was threatening to fall off the major league map.

Local 4's Karen Drew has the Rescue 4 Investigation.

Bing says he's closer to running for Detroit mayor

By COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press Writer
4:01 PM CDT, July 30, 2008

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DETROIT - A state police investigation into a possible assault charge against Kwame Kilpatrick has pushed businessman and professional basketball Hall-of-Famer Dave Bing closer to a run for Detroit mayor.

IN OUR OPINION
At $10 trillion and growing, national debt is out of control
July 31, 2008

When you are in over your head, raise the ceiling. That's the fiscal philosophy these days in Washington, where Congress just voted to raise the limit for the allowable national debt to $10.615 trillion. That's trillion with a t. That is what we the people will collectively owe after the latest round of government borrowing. It is an impossible amount to comprehend.

IN OUR OPINION
Sheriff's Dept. cut goes too deep for safety's sake
July 31, 2008

Public safety must remain one of Wayne County's top priorities, and practically forcing Sheriff Warren Evans to lay off more than 200 deputies -- 20% of his force -- is not a responsible way to help balance the budget.

In a crazy Tigers season, Wednesday might have brought the nuttiest developments of all. First the Tigers traded Pudge Rodriguez. Then the notoriously close-lipped Dave Dombrowski summed up the trade as well as any columnist could: "It gives us, probably, a better chance."

Wayne State University's board of governors approved lower tuition hikes for students than those proposed by the administration, after some board members voiced concerns.