| Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
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| More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff
In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
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| Flu season, ailing economy aiding Mich. drug maker
A Michigan drugmaker is doing well even though it's located in the state with the country's highest unemployment rate.
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| Man gets 35-90 years in Mich. woman's strangling
A western Michigan man convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in the strangulation of a pregnant woman has been sentenced to 35 to 90 years in prison.
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| Charge filed in Mich. ozone-depleting deal
Federal agents went undercover to catch a man who's accused of using Craigslist to commit a crime against the ozone layer.
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| Habitat, Wal-Mart put Michigan families in homes
Habitat for Humanity is putting homes in the hands of two Detroit-area families, with help from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its employees.
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| 14 kilograms of cocaine seized by Detroit police
Police have seized 14 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $6 million on Detroit streets.
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| TV ad seeks to recruit Arab-Americans to CIA
The CIA has a new commercial aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans for careers with the agency.
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| Fraud charges against former Engler aide dropped
Charges have been dropped against former Gov. John Engler's northern Michigan representative, who was accused of fraud involving a Marquette condominium development.
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| Mich. Dad charged in fatal shooting of son, 15
Wayne County Prosecutors have charged a 37-year-old father in connection with the fatal shooting of his teenage son in a vacant lot near the boy's Highland Park home.
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