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  • Hackers use alert system for zombie warnings

    JEFF KAROUB, MATTHEW BROWN,Associated Press

    DETROIT (AP) — Warnings about the zombie apocalypse may seem pretty amusing, but officials say they're dead serious about figuring out who hacked into the nation's public warning system to broadcast such messages in a handful of states. So far, people in California Michigan, Montana and New Mexico have heard the warnings about attacking zombies that have been sent over the Emergency Alert System. "Local authorities in your area have reported the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living," the me...

  • Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions

    JEFF KAROUB, JOHN FLESHER Associated Press

    LANSING, Mich. — The Republican-led Michigan House has approved a contentious right-to-work bill limiting unions' strength. AP Photo/Paul Sancya A protester holds an American flag at a rally on the State Capitol grounds in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday. The crowd is protesting right-to-work legislation passed last week. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. The measure approved Tuesday morning deals with public-sector workers. Another bill focusing on the private sector was approved last week, w...

  • Michigan Legislature sends governor right-to-work

    JEFF KAROUB JOHN FLESHER,Associated Press

    LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement. Unswayed by Democrats' pleas and thousands of protesters inside and outside the state Capitol, the House approved two final bills, sending them on to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. One dealt with private sector workers, the other with government employees. Both measures cleared t...

  • Super Bowl ad sends shivers of pride through Motor City

    JEFF KAROUB, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press

    Super Bowl ad sends shivers through Motor City JEFF KAROUB MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT — To a pulsating beat, hip-hop star Eminem drives a sleek Chrysler through the streets of Detroit, proudly cruising by the city's landmarks, towering skyscrapers and the hopeful faces of its people. His journey ends with an unapologetic message: "This is the Motor City, and this is what we do." A day after it aired, one of the most-talked about Super Bowl ads sent shivers of pride through the battered city, which hopes car buy...