Karen Mendoza is going into her seventh year working for Habitat for Humanity in Abilene. She has seen many homes completed and families move in during that time.

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School superintendents from across Lenawee County gathered at the Lenawee Inter­mediate School District Tech Center on Friday to call for changes in school funding, saying districts have already made significant cuts in all areas of operation. In a news conference Friday afternoon, superintendents from the Adrian, Madison, Onsted and Addison districts talked about state funding during the past ...

Nick Tenant was running an auto detailing business in Detroit when the auto industry collapsed. He grew up in Warren, Mich.

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MONTVALE, N.J., March 10 -- It's no secret that Americans do not get enough sleep. This isn't just a health issue; it's also a public safety issue. Recent studies show that drowsy driving leads to 100,000 accidents in the U.S. each year, more than drunk driving.

Bob Lutz is not an adviser. He's 78, tired of the 4:30 a.m. alarm clock and in a role at General Motors as vice chairman in which he's not running anything. "My work is done here," he said in an interview with the Free Press after announcing plans last week to retire May 1.

It's no secret that Americans do not get enough sleep. Â This isn't just a health issue; it's also a public safety issue. Â Recent studies show that drowsy driving leads to 100,000 accidents in the U.S. each year, more than drunk driving. Â During a panel discussion at the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep Health and Safety 2010 Conference recently held in Washington, D.C., a Mercedes-Benz ...

There is a chance Toyota could face criminal charges in the U.S. over its handling of recent recalls for unintended acceleration. According to a report in USA Today, a federal law adopted in 2000 could make such charges possible. The law in question is known as the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act. [...]

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