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• Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

  (AP) -- Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress -- a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligen   Read more »

• Family shares letters from American held in Iran

  (AP) -- An ex-Marine incarcerated in Iran for nearly two years says in the first letters written to family in Michigan that he is praying for his ailing father and that his grieving mother should not come visit him.Amir Hekmati's sister Sarah Hekmati tol   Read more »

• No bail for Adam Savader as judge orders him to face Internet extortion charges in Michigan

  A federal judge refused Friday to set bail for a young Great Neck man accused of trying to extort women by threatening to release nude or revealing pictures of them if they did not send him sexually explicit pictures of themselves or make contact with hi   Read more »

• Eric Fisher selected No. 1 overall in NFL Draft by Kansas City Chiefs

  The Kansas City Chiefs selected Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher with the first overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.It was initially expected that the Chiefs would select Texas A&M; offensive lineman Luke Joeckel.   Read more »

• McDonald's settles suit on halal foods

  DETROIT -- A judge on Wednesday finalized a $700,000 settlement between McDonald's Corp. and members of Michigan 's Muslim community over claims a suburban Detroit restaurant falsely advertised its food as prepared according to Islamic law.Ahmed Ahmed, t   Read more »

Around the web

• Mike Rogers Has Options

  By Jason L. Riley Republicans inside and outside of Michigan think that Rep. Mike Rogers is their best shot at winning the Senate seat being vacated when Democrat Carl Levin retires next year. But President Obama may have other plans for Mr. Rogers, if t 3 m ago from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• You Can Make A Michigan Senator Your Boy Toy For As Little As $16,000

  On Wednesdy, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and Freshman Senator Darwin Booher introduced a bill that would reduce Michigan's post foreclosure redemption period from 6 months to 2 months. This after the two of them have taken a combin 9 m ago from Implode-Explode Read more »

• Unemployment benefits are still available over the Memorial Day weekend

  The State of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) will be closed on Monday to observe the Memorial Day holiday. However, unemployed Michigan workers will still be able to contact the Michigan Automated Response Voice Interactive Network (MARVIN 31 m ago from WDIV Read more »

• K-Connect wants public input on how to coordinate millions spent on Kent County's social services

  GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A group trying to better coordinate how social services are delivered in West Michigan is planning a pair of public input sessions May 28 and May 29 to gather ideas about how it can most effectively move forward. K-Connect, a group whi 52 m ago from MLive.com Read more »

• Lansing to Washington: Advocate begins walk to highlight fetal alcohol exposure and mental illness

  Jim Casha stands before the Austin Blair statue outside the Michigan Capitol on May 24, 2013. He's walking to Washington D.C.Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com LANSING, MI -- Jim Casha is walking to Washington D.C. The 58-year-old Michigan native, who currentl 11:05 AM from MLive.com Read more »