Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb revealed his vision for a leaner Detroit Public Schools on Monday night by closing 45 schools this year and building new athletic facilities, a new campus for special needs students and reviving a closed high school site. This rebuilding, he said, will require another bond measure beyond the $500 million voters approved in November to remodel and build 18 schools.

Royal Oak -- A state agency today could approve tax credits to help the cast-off Saab brand open its North American headquarters in Royal Oak.

In a case police call "outrageous and disturbing," the parents of a 3-year-old could face child abuse and abandonment charges today after reportedly leaving the toddler at Caesarland on Saturday following his birthday celebration.

Detroit -- Seven weeks after giving testimony in the Tamara Greene case, Attorney General Mike Cox has not moved to unseal the transcript of his deposition, as a spokesman said he would.

He is gracious in victory, a 12-year-old tasting this first drop of celebrityand thanking his chess coach, his grandmother and all who made possible his title as Michigan junior high school champion.

Auburn Hills -- Some pastel-colored plastic eggs that showed up on several lawns over the weekend in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills didn't come from the Easter bunny, police say.

The last wild wolverine in the Wolverine State is dead. State environmental officials say the 28-pound female was found Saturday in the Thumb's Minden City State Game Area. Hikers discovered her body in a creek.

Brighton Township -- A 62-year-old Madison Heights man was charged Monday with fatally shooting his mother-in-law in her Brighton Township home during an apparent robbery.

Clarkston -- A woman who discovered a charred cross on her lawn in Oakland County's Independence Township last summer told a judge Monday she found the symbol scary.

Detroit -- A giant, 20-foot-high replica of the 2010 census questionnaire was unveiled Monday at Campus Martius in hopes of inspiring Detroiters to step up and get counted. The inflatable went up the same day census forms went out in the mail. Detroit Councilman Andre Spivey, who is leading turnout efforts in Detroit, said the census equates to "power and money."