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MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a man and woman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula who were accused of trying…

It all started last year.That's when police in Petoskey turned on their caped crusader - "Petoskey Batman."From UPI:This raises two questions. What in the…

They have records for....the longest basketball shotthe farthest behind-the-back basketball shotthe farthest basketball shot made with the headthe…

Every summer, it seems there's some new water recreation device on the Great Lakes, I wonder if we'll see the "Dolphinator" anytime soon.That's not what…

The Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream Company want to create a new ice cream flavor... one that captures the spirit of the Michigan outdoors.Here's more…

The front man for the pop music group the Black Eyed Peas, William James Adams, Jr., more commonly known as Will.I.Am, announced that he will start a car…

Yarn bombers have been "bombing" all across the country.They knit their creations around trees, parking meters, light poles, and statues.In Cincinnati, an…

In a fight over mittens, the gloves have come off.Michigan and Wisconsin are tussling over which state can rightly lay claim to using mittens in their…

Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in Michigan for high speed higher speed rail.For that, we'll get trains that can travel 110 m.p.h. for…

Sometimes we collect some great sound for our stories.Michigan Radio's Rebecca Williams caught this sound of Narragansett turkeys gobbling and barking for…