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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- When Tony Parker started running low on masterful plays, Tim Duncan was there to take over and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first....

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:...

Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform at the Power Center on Tuesday.

Chris Asadian | for AnnArbor.com

Near the start of their co-headlining concert Tuesday, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin related that they've spent a lot of time in each other's living rooms, and they wanted to bring that feeling to the Power Center.

In a way, though, the audience was ahead of them: From the moment the pair walked on stage hand-in-hand, a particularly enthusiastic welcome made it clear they were already among old friends.

The two accomplished and beloved singer-songwriter-guitarists turned in a two-hour-plus show that maintained a loose, relaxed and fun vibe, while still keeping the musicianship tight throughout. It was just the two women's voices and their guitars, but that was more than enough.

Continue reading Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin bring it all home at the Power Center...

Michelle Chamuel performs on "The Voice" on Monday.

NBC

In what should probably come as a surprise to no one - considering how uniformly knocked out the judges were by her performance of Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason" on Monday night - former Ann Arborite Michelle Chamuel advanced to become one of the final 8 contestants left standing on NBC's singing competition "The Voice" on Tuesday, May 21.

During Tuesday night's live elimination show, wherein the two contestants with the fewest viewer votes are out, Chamuel's last remaining Team Usher teammate, Josiah Hawley, got the hook, as did Team Shakira's Kris Thomas.

Continue reading 'The Voice' 2013 reveals top 8, and Michelle Chamuel is all Team Usher has left...

The chart shows where the city's medical marijuana facilities are located and where potential ones may be placed.

Courtesy Ypsilanti

The Ypsilanti City Council delayed its decision Tuesday on the proposed emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow facilities, after several community members and business owners voiced their concerns during the meeting.

Council member Ricky Jefferson and Mayor Pro Tem Lois Richardson brought forth the ordinance, that requested no additional permits and licenses be granted related to medical marijuana until city staff reviews the present density of licenses already granted.

Continue reading Ypsilanti delays decision on emergency moratorium for medical marijuana facilities...

Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents hug children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded....

NEW YORK (AP) -- What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician....