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Major construction projects such as The Varsity have increased the population of downtown Ann Arbor by 56 percent since 2000. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

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Different high school football programs have different philosophies when it comes to two-a-day practices. Some like to start early, others late. Saline High School and Ypsilanti Community both took the early-bird mentality and got their first practices of the first day of practice started bright and early at 6 a.m. Monday.

Surly comedian Lewis Black, who hosts a segment on "The Daily Show" called "Back in Black," is, fittingly, heading back to Ann Arbor - specifically, the Michigan Theater on Saturday, October 12 at 8 p.m.

Michigan is emerging as one of 10 battleground states for the success of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Detroit News reported.

Huron will take on Windsor Massey to kick off the high school football season.Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com file

Game of the Week is back, and the first poll is a party poll.

Eastern Michigan University's business school has invited more than 30 accomplished alumni back to the Ypsilanti college to offer current students tips on how to succeed in the field.

This hydraulic cylinder reportedly shot into the sky like a rocket at a pole barn fire near Chelsea Monday morning. Courtesy of CAFA

The 71-year-old Freedom Township woman seriously injured in a head-on collision that killed two people in Pittsfield Township last month has been upgraded to stable condition and is expected to survive.

Ann Arbor police are investigating two assaults reported during the weekend, both of which ended up with women being struck in the face during the altercations.Continue reading Women hit in face during weekend assaults in Ann Arbor...

Annie Capps, Whit Hill and Kitty Donohoe, an impressively talented trio of individual female singer/songwriters, team up for “Songwriters In the Round” on Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room’s intimate stage Friday night.