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Authorities drilled through concrete and removed wet soil samples in a modest Detroit-area neighborhood Friday in the latest effort to find the remains of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared in 1975....

In seeking support in Michigan, Obama speaks frequently about how the federal bailout of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group led to GM's resurgence as the world's No. 1 automaker and 32,000 more auto-related jobs in the state since the companies emerged from their 2009 managed bankruptcies. Romney opposed the move, even writing a New York Times opinion piece in 2008 that carried the headline "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt."

Four people died at a campground outside Detroit, Michigan, Sunday after severe weather moved through the area, according to the St. Clair County sheriff's department.

A well-respected veteran Detroit, Michigan, police officer was gunned down early Monday, the first time in about five years a city officer has been killed in the line of duty, the city police chief said.

At least one tanker truck crashed Wednesday on Interstate 75 just north of Detroit, Michigan, sending billowing flames and clouds of smoke into the air and causing an overpass to collapse.