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Petroleum coke piles have been growing along the Detroit River. This is a shot of the piles from Fort Street.

The NAB and CBS are among the supporters of the latest attempt in Congress to pass a federal shield law to prevent reporters from being compelled by the government or courts to reveal confidential sources.

First, New York. Then, Chicago and St. Louis. And on May 10, Detroit. Fast food workers nationwide, poor, upset and disgusted by the huge contrast between fast food CEOs' pay and their minimum-wage no-benefit jobs, are walking out of their restaurants by the scores.

Good Monday morning: I'm here with another edition of the U.S. Senate Update, MLive's look at the recent happenings in the race: Early endorsement: U.S. Rep Gary Peters , D-Bloomfield Hills, picked up a general election endorsement 536 days before the November 2014 election for U.S. Senate.

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives focused on the Fourth Amendment implications of domestic UAV surveillance at a hearing May 17, but did not get a unified message from witnesses on how to tackle the issue.

Eventually, courts will step in and have their say on the matter, determining how the unmanned aircraft fit into existing expectation of privacy standards and limits on government surveillance.

A man looks down at his smartphone as he walks past the offices of the Associated Press in Manhattan, New York, May 13, 2013.

The White House just came out in favor of a federal shield law to protect reporters.

The former Detroit City Council president completes a 37-month prison term for bribery today, and let others do most of the talking for her at a Corktown auto body shop where she's worked since she began home confinement in January.

ALSTON & BIRD INKS FOUR: Alston & Bird has inked four new clients, according to lobbying reports.

Rep. John Conyers , ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he plans to reintroduce the Free Flow of Information Act, the federal shield law bill that twice passed the Congress over the past few years before being stalled in the Senate .

"My question isn't about who's going to resign -- my question is who is going to jail over this scandal?" House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at... The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's ... (more)

Social Security changes proposed by Obama could hurt African Americans more than other groups, a new report by the Center for Global Policy Solutions finds.

Social Security changes proposed by Obama could hurt African Americans more than other groups, a new report by the Center for Global Policy Solutions finds.

The small-dollar loans that generate long-lasting debt for consumers and cost them billions of dollars each year are drawing the active attention of legislators and regulators alike.

In Norman Solomon's article, Don't Vent, Organize -- And "Primary" a Democrat Near You , he points out that 44 Progressive Caucus Democrats have not signed on to a letter promising not to vote for cuts to social security and two other crucial social compact programs.

Ask anyone you know and you'll find most Americans don't see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks and don't connect the dots to see how the injustice of the past shapes everyday life in America.

U.S. Rep. Gary Peters ended weeks of speculation by officially launching his campaign Wednesday for the first open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan in two decades.

The small-dollar loans that generate long-lasting debt for consumers and cost them billions of dollars each year are drawing the active attention of legislators and regulators alike.