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BOSTON (AP) -- A defamation lawsuit filed by the founder of the rock group Boston against the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer was reinstated Tuesday by the Massachusetts Appeals Court....

NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC is cutting its aging "Dancing With the Stars" back to two hours and one night next season, creating a slot for a new drama series based on the Marvel Comics world that's aimed at expanding the network's audience, its programming chief said Tuesday....

The Pioneer High School student who pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge from the Pioneer-Huron High School football brawl received four months probation Tuesday.

Bashir Garain

Courtesy of WSCO

Continue reading Student guilty of swinging crutch in Huron-Pioneer brawl gets 4 months probation...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas....

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) -- A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world....

Susan Wade will serve at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder for killing her father last June.

Susan Wade

Courtesy of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office

Wade, 49, admitted in court Tuesday to stabbing Ronald Mason, 86, multiple times. Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Donald Shelton accepted the plea agreement, which will see a count of open murder dismissed at sentencing.

Continue reading Woman pleads guilty but mentally ill in fatal stabbing of father...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company....

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena power in a "reverse class-action suit" to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate defendants into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that can be bought or rented for less than $10....

Jill Miller dropped her 14-month-old son Chase off at Michael Curtiss’ home on Oct. 21. She’d never see her son alive again.

Michael Curtiss

Curtiss pleaded no contest to killing Chase after a night of heroin-fueled abuse just before his trial was set to begin last month. He was sentenced Tuesday to 30 to 60 years in prison for the child’s death.

Continue reading Man sentenced to 30-60 years in prison for 'egregious, horrible abuse of an innocent child'...

NEW YORK (AP) -- He started from the bottom, but now he's on top at the BET Awards: Drake has 12 nominations....

The Aug. 6 primary ballot in Ann Arbor is set after Tuesday's filing deadline came and went for partisan candidates interested in running for City Council.

Five incumbents are seeking re-election this year, but only two of them — Marcia Higgins and Stephen Kunselman — will have to defend their seats in the primary.

Continue reading 2 contested Ann Arbor City Council races on Aug. 6 primary ballot...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half- from .08 blood alcohol level to .05-matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man....

The Pittsfield Township man accused of stabbing his wife to death in January will face trial in July, according to court records.

Jean-Pierre Trias

Courtesy of the WCSO

Continue reading Trial date set for man accused of stabbing wife to death...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Husband-wife duo Shovels & Rope is the top nominee for this year's Americana Honors & Awards, but longtime favorites Buddy Miller and Emmylou Harris lurk nearby....

CHICAGO (AP) -- One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring - removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful."...

NEW YORK (AP) -- As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Univision Communications said Tuesday that it is pairing with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez on the English-language El Rey television network that is geared to young viewers and scheduled to debut this December....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe their calling-card hairdos in the 1950s and `60s, has died at age 86, said Kevin Lee, creative director of Battelle's company, on Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year - the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago....