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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman "inexcusable" but said today she is willing to forgive him.

WASHINGTON — Police departments across the nation are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers — enough to staff the entire New York City Police Department.

Rochester Hills residents are being told they don't need to boil water after the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department completed a water main repair this morning that extended into Shelby Township, according to Rochester Hills.

Normal business and non-emergency telephone service will be down Friday in the city of Farmington Hills, due to ongoing construction work on the city hall campus.

LE BOURGET, France — Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said today in their first report into the June 1 accident.

CHICAGO — United Airlines' computers are back up and running at O'Hare International Airport, slowly easing long lines of passengers headed out for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

UPDATED AT 4:48 P.M.: Gov. Granholm has signed legislation for the expansion of Cobo Convention Center with tax dollars, allowing it to keep the North American International Auto Show.

Free Press business writer Tim Higgins is live blogging about today's General Motors hearing in a federal bankruptcy court in New York.

Updated at 10:30 a.m.: Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5%, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy.

Transport Canada, the Canadian federal transportation agency, said today it was finalizing the purchase of about 100 acres of riverfront land in Windsor to allow the construction of a new bridge across the Detroit River.

Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services said today it is teaming up with two local Ford dealers and three food agencies to deliver 575,000 meals this summer to the hungry in southeastern Michigan.

You can fool most of the people most of the time -- particularly when you're talking about diesel engines and hybrid cars. Most Americans never think of diesels at all. If they do, it's certainly not as an alternative to eco-friendly and technically advanced gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

Ricky Sandoval, the Detroit Lions' director of security, died early this morning after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 49. Earlier this week the Lions named their indoor practice field "Sandoval Field" in his honor.

Detroit Red Wings forward Dan Cleary's outstanding playoff performance has created the opportunity for him to compete for Canada in next year's Winter Olympics.

In a posting on TheWolverine.com "The Fort" message board Wednesday night, Morgan's parents wrote that the surgery on their son's left knee went well. The surgery, to repair articular cartilage, is projected to sideline him 4-5 months.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that longtime NBA and former Pistons coach Doug Collins has pulled his name from consideration for the vacant Pistons head coaching job.

Central Division opponents were quick to raid the Red Wings' cache of free agents Wednesday. The Blackhawks reeled in premier forward Marian Hossa and fourth-liner Tomas Kopecky. The Blues snared goalie Ty Conklin.

On the surface, the Red Wings lost a bit of luster Wednesday when Marian Hossa found a million reasons more to sign with Central Division rival Chicago, boosting an already top-notch competitor's roster.

Detroit --Detroit Police announced today it has reclassified the number of homicides for 2008 as 375, 36 more than previously reported. One month after The Detroit News reported the department systematically undercounts homicides, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing today said the statistics "called for a reconciliation of data to determine an accurate number of homicides" in the city.

Detroit --A lack of evidence is forcing the release tonight of the sole suspect in custody for Tuesday's shooting of seven youths near Cody Ninth Grade Academy, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy.

Detroit -- Reports of shots fired near Cody Ninth Grade Academy this morning appear unsubstantiated, city police and school district officials said.

Detroit --A 1-mile shuttered stretch of Interstate 75 in downtown Detroit reopened today to traffic five months ahead of schedule.

Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation aimed at keeping the North American International Auto Show in Michigan beyond 2010, preferably at its current home in Detroit's Cobo Center.

New York-- A judge ended the General Motors Corp. asset sale hearing at about 4 p.m. without signaling when he might decide whether to let the bankrupt automaker emerge as a new, largely debt-free company.

Lansing -- U.S. Army Major Miles Gengler was sworn in as a Michigan attorney today -- from 6,300 miles away in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Detroit -- Mayor Dave Bing is to meet with the U.S. Attorney General's office today to look at ways to curb violence in the city. This meeting was scheduled before a Tuesday incident in which seven young people were shot at a bus stop on the city's west side.

Washington -- Traffic deaths fell to their lowest level since 1961 in the United States last year, the Transportation Department reported today.

Washington -- Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have little appetite to spend and the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy.

Detroit --Detroit Police announced today it has reclassified the number of homicides for 2008 as 375, 36 more than previously reported. One month after The Detroit News reported the department systematically undercounts homicides, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing today said the statistics "called for a reconciliation of data to determine an accurate number of homicides" in the city.

Detroit --A lack of evidence is forcing the release tonight of the sole suspect in custody for Tuesday's shooting of seven youths near Cody Ninth Grade Academy, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy.

Detroit -- Reports of shots fired near Cody Ninth Grade Academy this morning appear unsubstantiated, city police and school district officials said.

Detroit --A 1-mile shuttered stretch of Interstate 75 in downtown Detroit reopened today to traffic five months ahead of schedule.

Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation aimed at keeping the North American International Auto Show in Michigan beyond 2010, preferably at its current home in Detroit's Cobo Center.

New York-- A judge ended the General Motors Corp. asset sale hearing at about 4 p.m. without signaling when he might decide whether to let the bankrupt automaker emerge as a new, largely debt-free company.