Mom leaves baby in car while shoplifting

Michigan - Police are asking Child Protective Services to investigate a woman who they say left her 4-month-old daughter in a locked car for at least 20 minutes as temperature hovered at 21 degrees. The 28-year-old mother faces retail fraud charges for allegedly shoplifting. When police arrived, the mother was at her car with her grocery cart, which police said contained stolen items.  More…

Father sues district over reading about slavery

Michigan - The father of a black student has sued a Detroit-area school district claiming that his daughter was racially harassed by a fifth-grade teacher’s reading aloud from a book about slavery. The suit claims Jala Petree’s teacher at Margaret Black Elementary School in Sterling Heights read excerpts from Julius Lester’s “From Slave Ship to Freedom Road” that contain racial epithets and racist characterizations. The suit was filed by Jala’s father, Jamey Petree, and seeks more than $50,000 in damages....More

Bizarre News-Police arrest Mich. man for car wash vacuum sex

THOMAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police say a Michigan man has been arrested after "receiving sexual favors from a vacuum" at a car wash.

The Saginaw News reports the 29-year-old Swan Creek Township man was arrested Thursday in Saginaw County's Thomas Township, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit.

Police Sgt. Gary Breidinger says a resident called to report suspicious activity at the car wash about 6:45 a.m. An officer approached on foot and caught the man in the act.

The suspect, whose name wasn't immediately released, is being held in the Saginaw County Jail.FCS-For Sale----Pics For Myspace----Political Roast----Lingerie Football Pics