QUESTION: Why do NFL quarterbacks have a green dot or circle on the back of their helmets? | Post Comment

The Jewish community is leading a rally today at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills to protest the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York City. | 12 Comments

WASHINGTON -- While violent crime increased by only a slight amount in Detroit last year -- less than three-quarters of 1 percent -- overall crimes were up by 11 percent and the number of murders and non-negligent homicides went up by 18 percent. | 11 Comments

Emily Wetherington sat near tears at the finish line of the corn maze. "They're not going to find him, and then he'll be lost," the 4-year-old said. The lost boy was her 10-year-old brother, Douglas. He'd broken away from Emily, his twin brother Bradley, and their grandmother, Sharon Wetherington. | Post Comment

I-94 is about to get even more hellish as big-time lane restrictions kick in this week in Detroit. On your favorite expressway and mine, we'll need to brace for one lane to close each way for bridge repairs starting Wednesday on the roughly five miles between the Lodge Freeway and Conner on the city's east side. | 6 Comments

This weekend was Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is when Jews repent for their sins and fast for 24 hours. Every other day of the year, a Jew can't go 20 minutes without another Jew offering a piece of cake. Then, all of a sudden, eating is a sin. | 5 Comments

ROSEVILLE: The City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss bids for replacing the roofs of the sanitation and public works buildings and the building that houses the Police Department and 38th District Court. The Council will meet at 7 p.m. in council chambers, 29777 Gratiot Ave. | Post Comment

As you bid for things on eBay, be careful that you're not buying products that have been recalled by the government for safety reasons. A recent study found many recalled items for sale on eBay, even though their policy restricts such sales. | Post Comment

Is your TiVo fired up? This week's scheduled television debuts include Ken Burns' "The War" on PBS, "Bionic Woman" on NBC, "Private Practice" on ABC and "Cane" on CBS. Here are some beloved TV shows that debuted in past Septembers. | Post Comment

A sudden influx of illegal immigrants into Windsor is straining the city's social safety net, costing taxpayers an estimated $200,000 so far, and forcing the mayor to ask for help from the Canadian government. | 11 Comments

The Oakland County Health Division's Women, Infants and Children's Supplemental Food Program is planning a baby shower to promote National Infant Mortality Awareness Month from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. The shower will be at the former Montgomery Ward store at Summit Place Mall, 315 N. Telegraph in Waterford. It's free and open to the public. | Post Comment

Four months ago, Brian Kelly said sayonara to his corporate job and opened a comic book store. Kelly, 36, grew up on the east side of Detroit, near Harper and Hayes. He went to high school in Fraser and got a degree in telecommunications from Eastern Michigan University. | Post Comment

1. Pepperoni magnate Mike Ilitch received an honor in Washington, D.C., on Monday. He joins such past honorees as singers Toby Keith and Wayne Newton, actress Bo Derek and NASCAR driver Richard Petty. | Post Comment

Americans for Legal Immigration (also known as ALIPAC) is a group opposed to anything that would make it easier for illegal immigrants to remain in this country. I don't share its view that undocumented workers are the root of all evil. But I agree heartily with its belief that the problem of illegal immigration deserves at least as much public discussion as, say, the reasons for Britney Spears' fall from slenderness. | Post Comment

For nearly two years, Claude McCollum has been vilified as an evil man, someone who nonchalantly walked into a Lansing classroom to savagely rape and beat a college professor as she prepared to teach her first class of the day. | 5 Comments

Autumn begins at 5:51 a.m. Sunday, but don't pack away your shorts just yet. The forecast is sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s or low 80s this weekend, said Bill Deedler, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in White Lake Township. The good weather should last through Wednesday, he said. | 1 Comment

Surveillance videos and resident tips helped police nab five suspects accused of painting racial and sexual slurs at Flushing County Park and the city's river walkway, Flushing's police chief said Friday. | Post Comment

If you want to replace dead plants and trees, you don't necessarily have to wait until spring. Landscapers say right now is also a good time for many kinds of plantings. Autumn is about more than just planting bulbs. | Post Comment

UPDATED AT 6:00 P.M. -- The pilot of a homemade ultralight aircraft died in Monroe County today when his gyrocopter crashed in a weedy farm field just 400 feet from the Erie Aerodrome on Telegraph Road. | 2 Comments

JENA, La. -- The riders on the bus were buoyant as they began to head back to Detroit on Thursday afternoon from the small Louisiana town of Jena where they spent several hours among thousands on hand for a rally for the Jena Six. | 182 Comments

Born to an Italian Catholic father and Jewish mother, Frank Lanzkron-Tamarazo hardly ever went to synagogue as a young boy growing up in New York City. But he loved music, singing the lead role in school musicals with dreams of being the next Pavarotti. And he was an intense reader, devouring books and mastering several languages at a young age. | 3 Comments

Oak Park Police Sgt. Solomon Bell was only 30 when he died. But you probably don't remember his name, even if you were in Detroit's MotorCity Casino the day Bell blew his brains out on a blackjack table. | 13 Comments

Pit bull lovers say the dogs are the most loyal, intelligent and friendly dogs when raised correctly. They say rogue owners ruin the dogs’ reputation by abusing them and raising them to fight. | Post Comment

There's plenty of roadwork to slow drivers down this weekend, including a stretch of westbound I-696 that will shut down in western Oakland County. | Post Comment

Seven community development corporations have won awards from the Community Development Advocates of Detroit, a trade association for the corporations, for their efforts at revitalizing Detroit neighborhoods. | Post Comment

After more than 16 years heading one of Michigan's most active lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights groups, Jeffrey Montgomery is stepping down as executive director of the Triangle Foundation, the organization announced Thursday. | Post Comment

Online job hunting, privacy issues, references and more will be discussed during a program Saturday at the Sterling Heights Public Library. | Post Comment

WASHINGTON -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers said Thursday that he plans to hold hearings in Congress into the case of six black teenagers in Jena, La., who initially were charged with attempted murder in the beating of a schoolmate who is white. | 5 Comments

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issues about 400 product recalls per year. Yet only about 40% of the products ever are turned in -- leaving most in circulation to harm you and your family. | Post Comment