Authorities say a newborn baby girl was found in a trash bin outside a Garden City collision shop. Police tell local broadcasters that the baby was found about 5:30 p.m. Friday. Police were called after people heard a noise from the bin. The baby was taken into the shop until police arrived. Authorities say they've located the mother, but weren't... Full story »

WWJ reports an interesting tidbit from Friday's Detroit City Council meeting, which centered heavily on a crackdown of strip clubs. Full story »

Inspired by a post at Vice Magazine, we at MLive Detroit are tackling something new: Keeping an eye on the coverage of Detroit from, well, everywhere else besides Detroit. We're tallying up the photos of Michigan Central Station, the number of various spins on the terms "grocery chain-starved" and other offenses commonly found in newspapers, blogs and other non-local media.... Full story »

Coogan Terrace More than 10,000 people swarmed a low-income apartment building in Melvindale as word quickly spread about Section 8 vouchers being offered at the residence. Melvindale Housing Director Teresa Kirk tells The News-Herald that in order for Coogan Terrace, located on Oakwood Boulevard, to maintain its Section 8 status, it had to keep a waiting list of at... Full story »

Columnist Bob Herbert has a piece in today's New York Times which explores a familiar topic in the national media: the decline of the Motor City. Usually this would be fodder for Detroit Cliche Watchdog, but instead Herbert offers a new perspective on why Detroit is suffering. Herbert visited the city, where University of California - Berkeley professor Harley... Full story »

A Detroit-area animal shelter that took in about 100 Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes this summer following a hoarding case is trying to find homes for cats and kittens. The group Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter plans to hold the "Kitty Spectacular" event on Saturday. It's at the Dearborn Animal Shelter training facility at 2621 S. Telegraph Road. Up to... Full story »

Authorities have identified a man who died after being Tasered by police as 61-year-old Jesus Gillard of Detroit.  Full story »

About $55 million in state revenue sharing funding is expected to be released to Detroit following the city's submission of a late financial audit. Mayor Dave Bing says in a release Friday that the 2008 fiscal year financial report and deficit elimination plan has been turned over to the state Treasury Department. An audit of city finances is due each... Full story »

A former Detroit resident has been charged in the 16-year-old slaying of a man whose body was found wrapped in a curtain and dumped in a field. Detroit police say in a release Friday that "cold case" investigators identified Leslie Bryant Wilson and tracked the 42-year-old to Georgia, where he has been living since 1999. Wilson faces a Nov. 30... Full story »

Andrew Arena, the FBI's Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit office, last night described corruption as "a tumor" sickening the city.  Full story »

Brothers Carl and Sander Levin -- one a Senator, the other a Representative from Royal Oak -- appear willing to compromise on the public option opt out provision. But it seems not all Democrats are ready to play nice. Full story »

Detroit police say officers shot and wounded a suspect who fled from a car early this morning on the city's northeast side. Full story »

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has laid off more than 460 city workers since taking office in May and now wants the City Council to approve a $250-million bond to cut the city's outstanding debt. Full story »

The Dearborn Heights Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for Grace McKenzie Tardiff, a one-year-old who may be with her mother, Megan Tardiff, recently released from a hospital for psychological issues. Full story »

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder continued the federal government's campaign to reach out to local Arab Americans, saying last night in Detroit that civil rights must be maintained even as the country deals with security threats. Full story »