Posted: 4:34 PM A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall.

Updated: 4:27 PM A former adviser to President Barack Obama says the president would continue supporting a wide-ranging Great Lakes restoration program if re-elected. But Carol Browner says it's too soon to know how much money would be available during a second Obama term.

Posted: 4:25 PM Authorities say a Dallas-bound plane carrying 53 people landed safely at Grand Rapids airport after a warning light flashed soon after takeoff.

Posted: 4:24 PM Prosecutors say they're bringing first-degree charges against an imprisoned killer in the 1993 death of a 19-year-old college student.

Posted: 10:12 PM The Michigan House has passed legislation requiring prison sentences of at least 25 years for people convicted of three or more serious violent crimes who commit one more.

Posted: 10:10 PM Michigan authorities have cleared six Saginaw police officers in the fatal shooting of a mentally ill man in a parking lot.

Posted: 10:09 PM A 20-year-old Lansing man has been charged following an investigation into graffiti spray-painted on pillars at the state Capitol and a nearby war memorial.

Posted: 10:01 PM About 80 people have attended a Nuclear Regulatory Commission public meeting in South Haven to discuss a consulting company's report on safety at the Palisades nuclear power plant.

Posted: 10:00 PM A 13-year-old boy tells authorities that he was snatched from a Detroit elementary school doorway and sexually assaulted in a nearby abandoned house.

Posted: 9:57 PM A Wayne County initiative to increase voter turnout is resulting in more people registering to vote in the November general election.

Posted: 11:47 AM The state's "Pure Michigan" tourism campaign is launching a $2.6 million fall advertising push and has revamped its website.

Posted: 10:19 AM Authorities say an 18-year-old has collapsed and died while playing basketball at a fitness club in southeastern Michigan.

Posted: 10:18 AM Consumers Energy says its 1.8 million electric customers used more energy this summer than at any time in the Michigan utility's 125-year history.

Posted: 4:15 AM Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials are hosting a public meeting Wednesday in South Haven to discuss a consulting firm's report on safety at the Palisades nuclear power plant.

Posted: 9:35 PM Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing have called a news conference Wednesday on the future of Belle Isle park, a tattered green gem that has been subject of a city-state power struggle.

Posted: 9:34 PM More than 1,000 people have turned out for a vigil for a police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a 911 call about a possible suicide attempt.

Posted: 12:05 PM A bell that was once a staple at Western Michigan University football games is home again.

Posted: 12:03 PM A Michigan museum is commemorating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a new permanent World Trade Center exhibit.

Posted: 11:59 AM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants college campuses nationwide to take steps to eliminate tobacco use.

Posted: 11:53 AM Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is attempting to block plans for a $245 million American Indian casino in downtown Lansing.

Posted: 6:10 AM The Michigan Libertarian Party is pledging to appeal a court decision that keeps presidential candidate Gary Johnson off the state ballot.

Posted: 6:08 AM Authorities say a 63-year-old man has died after the tractor he was using flipped in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula.

Posted: 6:07 AM A vigil is planned for a police officer who was fatally shot in a Detroit suburb.

Posted: 9:52 PM Police in suburban Detroit say a man suspected of gunning down an officer who responded to a trouble call has been found dead.

Posted: 9:51 PM Federal regulators say the Canadian owner of a pipeline that ruptured in 2010 and dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a southwestern Michigan river has paid a $3.7 million fine.