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DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A husband and wife are dead in the Lansing area in what authorities say is an apparent double homicide. The Lansing State Journal reports (http://bit.ly/rmU7ir) the bodies of 62-year-old Michael James Greene and 46-year-old Terri Linn Greene were found Thursday afternoon at a home where they lived in Eaton County's Delta Township. Cause of death wasn't immediately released. Authorities say Michael Greene's body was found inside the home and his wife's body was found in a pond outside.

BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities responding to an animal cruelty complaint say they found dead calves on property in Monroe County. The Monroe Evening News reports (http://bit.ly/zRil9c) the find was made Saturday at a farm in Bedford Township, about 50 miles southwest of Detroit. One of the dead calves was reported near a barn on land belonging to a 43-year-old man. Sheriff deputies also found live calves, a horse, chickens and pigs. A sheriff's department report described those animals as "healthy.

SOUTH BEND — Authorities have confirmed the identity for the body found floating in the St. Joseph River on Monday. The body was spotted by a pedestrian along the river near the Notre Dame rowing team’s boathouse on Northside Boulevard. It was recovered about a quarter of a mile from where it was originally seen near the shore in Howard Park. On Tuesday, after an autopsy in Fort Wayne, authorities confirmed for the family of Eddie Woods Jr. that it was him. Woods was last seen a week ago Sunday after police say he ran away from an accident at Lincolnway and Miami in South Bend.

HOME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a driver pointed a bow and arrow at another motorist's head in mid-Michigan during what's being described as a case of road rage. The Grand Rapids Press reports (http://bit.ly/rtckSI) a 23-year-old Shepherd man was facing felonious assault charges after Saturday's dispute involving a 24-year-old Vestaburg man in Montcalm County's Home Township, about 45 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. Authorities say the dispute began after the Vestaburg man tried to pass the other man's pickup, and the pickup driver ran the man's vehicle off the road.

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - Authorities have called off the search for two people who apparently jumped into the St. Clair River from under the bridge that connects Port Huron and Canada. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi (KNEE'-me) says searchers hunted for about 10 hours Friday for a man and a woman who reportedly jumped from shore near the base of the Blue Water Bridge, 60 miles northeast of Detroit. They haven't been found. Niemi says the couple either got out of the water or didn't survive.

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - Authorities in southwestern Michigan have charged a woman with cruelty to animals after they confiscated a pair of emaciated dogs found chained up outside an apparently vacant home. The Van Buren County sheriff's department says the dogs' owner 33-year-old Brandi Espinosa pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Thursday in District Court in Paw Paw. She was released. Her next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26. A message seeking comment was left Friday by The Associated Press at a telephone listing for Espinosa.

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a 2-month-old child has been killed and dismembered by a dog in his family's South Carolina home. Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet says Aiden McGrew's father was asleep and his mother wasn't home when he was attacked around 11 a.m. Friday. In a news release, Nisbet says McGrew was bitten numerous times and dismembered. He refused to answer additional questions. Deputies said earlier in the day that the baby's leg was severed by a retriever and that his mother called 911. Nisbet says two other children in the home were not hurt.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Firefighters in oxygen masks and protective suits have removed 31 cats so far from a squalid house in Fort Wayne, authorities said. Fort Wayne animal control officer Brad Block told The Journal Gazette ( http://bit.ly/yvsie8 ) Friday that about 15 or more cats remained to be removed from the unoccupied one-story, two-bedroom home. He expected the rescue operation would last through Sunday. Firefighters were setting humane traps baited with cat food throughout the house to catch the animals, he said.

ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a western Michigan woman offered a 2-year-old relative for sale on eBay and accepted a man's tongue-in-cheek bid. The Holland Sentinel says police located the 20-year-old woman in Ottawa County's Allendale Township, about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids. The woman had been caring for the 2-year-old girl, who's now in the custody of her mother in nearby Kent County. Ottawa County sheriff's Lt. Mark Bennett says police received calls about the Internet posting Monday from as far away as California.

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities searching part of Lake Michigan and a shoreline in southwestern Michigan for a missing woman have found her body. The Grand Rapids Press reports (http://bit.ly/qqZwdZ) the body of the 54-year-old Phebe Hall of Ottawa County's Park Township was found Thursday morning along the water in Holland State Park. Authorities say her death doesn't appear to be suspicious. An autopsy was planned. The search began late Wednesday.

You may not know his name, but likely have seen his artwork in many popular children's books. Mark Teague is best known for his artwork in the "How Do Dinosaur" books. He also wrote the "Mrs. LaRue" series about a dog and has authored 18 books. Teague visited four schools in Southwest Michigan Thursday. WSBT caught up with him reading his newest book, "The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf," to more than 150 students at EP Clarke Elementary School in St. Joseph.

"We have an emergency. Dead Stick. No Power. " For the first time we hear those words from the pilot of the Hawker Beechcraft Premier jet that crashed into a South Bend neighborhood on March 17. The FAA just released the air traffic conversation between the pilot, coming from Oklahoma, and the South Bend Airport air traffic controller. On the recording, which can be heard at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/2013-03-17/ , when the pilot makes initial contact with the South Bend Airport tower he sounds very calm and routine.

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 46-year-old man is dead after being struck by a SUV while crossing a roadway in southeast Michigan. The Monroe County sheriff's department says Timothy F. Walz of Newport was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Thursday night in Frenchtown Township. The SUV was driven by a 63-year-old Monroe man, who wasn't injured. The crash about 35 miles southwest of Detroit is under investigation. The sheriff's department says Walz was dressed in dark clothing.

DETROIT (AP) - A 31-year-old suburban Detroit man accused of sexually assaulting and robbing three women in Detroit since September is being held on a $2 million bond. Gabreil Cooper of Warren was arraigned Friday in Detroit district court on numerous charges and faces a preliminary examination has been scheduled on Jan. 29. Authorities accuse Cooper of raping and robbing a woman who was walking down a street on Sept. 26 and another woman shoveling snow on Dec. 29. Wayne County prosecutors also say he assaulted and robbed a woman Jan. 14 who invited him to her house after they met online.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a church funeral for Flint's last homicide victim of 2012 was the scene of one of the central Michigan city's first killings of 2013. Police Chief Alvern Lock tells Mlive.com ( http://bit.ly/WTcLqG ) that a man was shot to death Saturday afternoon inside Full Gospel Christian Church. Lock says the killer fled and is still at large. The victim is identified as 28-year-old Steven Lawton. The church was the site of Saturday's funeral for Gerrell Tyler, who was shot Dec. 30 to become Flint's 66th homicide victim of the year.

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a West Michigan man has been charged in the death of his 2-month-old son. Forty-year-old Anthony Casanova was arraigned Monday on one count of open murder in 60th District Court. The Muskegon Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/XePsu9 ) that Magistrate Michael VanEpps denied bond. Police searched a home near Muskegon on Friday and arrested Casanova. Prosecutors say an autopsy Saturday found that the boy had significant injuries.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in Florida say a man flashed a fake gun and badge and demanded free fast food at a McDonald's drive-thru. Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say Joseph Pineda told employees Friday that he deserved free food, had just come from a sting and didn't have his wallet. Workers called the police. Pineda initially ignored commands to show his hands but eventually surrendered at gunpoint. Authorities said they found two fake police badges and a handgun in the center console of his car. The 33-year-old was charged with impersonating a police officer and improper exhibition of a firearm.

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - Authorities in southwestern Michigan have charged a woman with cruelty to animals after they confiscated a pair of emaciated dogs found chained up outside an apparently vacant home. The Van Buren County sheriff's department says the dogs' owner 33-year-old Brandi Espinosa pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Thursday in District Court in Paw Paw. She was released. Her next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26. A message seeking comment was left Friday by The Associated Press at a telephone listing for Espinosa.

MILTON, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a 57-year-old man died when his lawn mower flipped over on top of him at the edge of an eastern Indiana lake. The state Department of Natural Resources says in a news release that campers at Manlove Park near Milton found the body of caretaker Ronald Trueblood of Connersville about 5:45 p.m. Campers who found Trueblood pinned beneath the lawn mower in the water of Manlove Park Lake pulled him to shore and attempted CPR, but he was later pronounced dead at hospital in nearby Connersville.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a 44-year-old southwestern Michigan killed in a tree-cutting accident. Mlive.com reports (http://bit.ly/OPFyPc) Sunday night that Frank Andrew Schaefer of Van Buren County's Columbia Township had been cutting down several trees Saturday afternoon when a tree he'd just felled knocked a limb off another tree. The sheriff's department says the limb fell 25 to 30 feet and hit the man in the head. His wife called 911. He was airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hospital in nearby Kalamazoo, where he died.