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Last June diver Dave Leander discovered a message in a bottle nearly a century old in the waters off Harsens Island near Detroit.

Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley stands in Judge Cynthia Hathaway's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as the judge instructs jurors to continue to work toward a verdict after they sent her a note saying they are "stuck".

Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley testifies during his trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

The man who confessed to shooting his wife to death in March was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 40 years in prison on the charge of second degree murder.

Organizers of an effort to bring ESPN's X Games to Detroit for three years appear hard at work to make Friday's Go Skateboarding Day event at the old Brewster-Douglass Projects a success The event starts at 3 p.m. and is tied to Go Skateboarding Day events across the world.

That's because the rent is still too low for buildings to pay for themselves without relying on government subsidies and foundation dole, developers and city economic officials contend.

Started back in 1993, Concert of Colors was a modest, single day event with the simple goal of bringing the diversity of metro-Detroiters together through music from around the world.

When Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr speaks of restructuring the city's debt, he's on firm footing.

Selina J. Pramstaller Born Jan. 18, 1898, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Pramstaller.

DETROIT, MI - Get ready to rock at the Michigan Science Center. The museum, at 5020 John R, will unveil to the public Thursday a new exhibit called "The Science of Rock 'n' Roll" that show visitors how science and technology have changed the way music is made today.

The Knight Arts Challenge announced 84 finalists today in its $9 million competitive matching-grant program to fund arts and cultural programs in Detroit.

Jimmy Hoffa's remains were at the center of a dig at a field located in the Detroit, Mich.

Inspired from the sounds of Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana to The Smiths to Radiohead, Almost Free is the Detroit trio band that can be hard to pin into any one category of music.

Officer Joseph Weekley is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death.

The jury resumed deliberations Monday for a Detroit Police Officer facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl during a 2010 police raid.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, the great bard of the Jazz Age, famously said that there were no second acts in American lives.

Suburban officials say they need more answers if Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr expects them to buy into his plans to turn oversight of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department over to a regional authority.

In this June 4, 2013, photo, Grandearmere Burton, a freshman at the Detroit School of Arts, practices his violin with fellow students, in Detroit, Mich.

In this June 4, 2013, photo, Grandearmere Burton, a freshman at the Detroit School of Arts, practices his violin with fellow students, in Detroit, Mich.

The venerable Detroit Boat Club building on Belle Isle has seen its full share of boondoggle proposals for redevelopment ever since the membership left the building in 1996 because of financial difficulties.