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Miniature scenes of Native American life are among the most popular displays at the U-M Exhibit Museum. But now they’re being removed–because Native Americans say they’re outdated and hurtful.For nearly half a...

The departure of Ave Maria School of Law for Florida spelled opportunity for the fast-growing Thomas M. Cooley Law School.Ave Maria’s former building on Plymouth reopens this month as Cooley’s Ann Arbor campus....

In the aftermath of the global financial meltdown, it’s a rare piece of real estate that’s holding its value. But it seems to be happening at Ashley Mews–at least for the eight small “affordable...

A laid-off Ann Arborite hopes his star will rise as designer of the new Michigan Movie Magazine. “Nobody’s getting paid,” says Marck Heisler, an EMU grad who recently lost his job with Sheridan Books....

“The recession is driving enrollment pretty dramatically,” says Washtenaw Community College president Larry Whitworth.In the last academic year, WCC saw enrollment increases of 10 percent, 7 percent, and 16 percent...

Radio Free Bacon is back for its third season–in a new, far roomier home. For its first two seasons, the locally produced weekly live radio variety show was broadcast from the patio at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, first by...

When the votes were tallied in last month’s Democratic primaries, the defeat of influential Third Ward council member Leigh Greden was generally viewed as an upset.But mayor John Hieftje, who endorsed Greden in the...

Click here to view of zoomable map of July crime reports from the Ann Arbor Police Department and the public safety departments of the U-M and Pittsfield Township. Burglaries, robberies, and vehicle thefts all increased from...