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Three die in Detroit marathon

Three runners died Sunday during the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan, police told CNN.

SI.com: Ted Keith: Cabrera's unexplainable night is a punch in the gut to reeling Tigers

Whether in their highlights or their shortcomings, this has been a season unlike any other for the Detroit Tigers.

SI.com: Mitch Albom: The Courage of Detroit

This was Christmas night. In the basement of a church off an icy street in downtown Detroit, four dozen homeless men and women sat at tables. The smell of cooked ham wafted from the kitchen. The pastor, Henry Covington, a man the size of two middle linebackers, exhorted the people with a familiar chant.

SI.com: Austin Murphy: Michigan looks to get past controversy, win big games again

How famished were Michigan fans for signs of improvement? On the Wolverines' third offensive play of the season against Western Michigan last Saturday, true freshman quarterback Tate Forcier scrambled three yards on third-and-two, moving the chains and unleashing a pent-up roar from the Big House crowd of 109,000-plus.

SI.com: Judge awards Fedorov $60 million in loan lawsuit

DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan judge says former Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov is entitled to $60 million from a man accused of failing to meet a loan obligation to the hockey player.

Michigan courts given leeway to force veil removal

Michigan's Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday allowing lower state courts to "exercise reasonable control" over the appearance of witnesses and parties, a rule change proposed after a Muslim woman refused to remove an Islamic garment in a small claims court.

School closings likely in Detroit, financial manager says

More than 20 of Detroit, Michigan's public schools may close and 600 teachers will be laid off in an attempt to reduce a projected $303 million deficit, the state-appointed financial manager of the schools said Thursday.

People.com: Doctor Once Stranded at South Pole with Cancer Still Fighting for Life

A decade ago Dr. Jerri Nielsen's ordeal riveted the nation - and it's not over

Fortune: Newspapers: Can things get any worse?

As one might expect, the gathering of the Newspaper Association of America annual convention was a somber and lightly ­attended affair, relatively speaking. Highlights, if you could call them that, included bold talk of reinvention and threats from the Associated Press to clamp down on online pilfering of its content.

Deal aimed at keeping San Francisco Chronicle publishing

San Francisco Chronicle has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union on contract concessions, a key step in keeping the newspaper from being sold or closed, officials announced Monday.

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