DETROIT (AP) — A project to encase one of Detroit’s thousands of abandoned homes in ice this winter to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region is moving forward and expanding. » Full Story

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Entergy Corp. has asked federal regulators for more time to complete its planned spinoff of Vermont Yankee and four other nuclear stations to a newly created company. » Full Story

DETROIT (AP) — The University of Michigan agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit with a former dental student who claimed she was illegally kicked out of school. » Full Story

TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Police say a man walking along a Norfolk Southern Railway line in the Detroit suburb of Taylor was struck and killed by a trai. » Full Story

LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Senate has voted to exempt baby-sitting from day care regulations after the state ordered a woman to stop watching her friend’s children before school.

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — One of four teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a Warren man hit with a chunk of concrete has been sentenced to probation on a lesser charge. » Full Story

LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Senate has voted to eliminate state park entrance fees and instead ask drivers to voluntarily pay higher vehicle registration fee. » Full Story

By ERIK SCHELZIG

Associated Press Writer

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. and Tennessee officials on Thursday broke ground on a $1. » Full Story

By COREY WILLIAMS

Associated Press Writer

DETROIT (AP) — An attorney who won an $8. » Full Story

By ED WHITE

Associated Press Writer

EASTPOINTE, Mich. » Full Story