Boy Donates Knee-Length Hair, Dog Chews Off Leg, DTE Energy's 'Scorched Earth' Campaign: Michigan News Digest

If you’re looking for a wild Valentine’s Day celebration, buy tickets now for adults-only event exploring how animals make woo and the zoo. (Photo courtesy of Detroit Zoo)

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• Rochester Son Held In Homicide of Elderly Parents
• Man Killed With Own Pickup After Trying to Help: Police
• Attorney Files $54 Million Lawsuit to Stop ‘Secret Scorched Earth’ Campaign
• Boy Plans Valentine’s Day Gift of Knee-Length Hair
• As Gas Prices Tumble, GM Plans to Idle Workers
• Police: Woman Abducted at Apartment Door
• Health Officials Confirm Measles Case in Oakland County, Set Vaccination Hours
• Man, 81, Who Always Wanted to be a Dad Gets Huge Surprise
• Police Searching Mid- and Lower-Michigan for Dead Baby’s Mom
• Watch: Gov. Rick Syder’s 2015 State of the State Address
• Love! Watch Polar Bear Making Snow Angels
• Wild Valentine’s Day Idea: How Animals Make Woo at the Zoo
• Abandoned Dog Chews Off Leg to Free Herself from Chain
• Pothole May Have Been Factor in Crash that Killed Father and Son
• Cost of a Butt: Michigan Smokers Spend Nearly $1.5 Million to Satisfy Habit

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