Man accused of urinating on several people during Detroit-area gay pride event

FERNDALE, Mich. — A 31-year-old Detroit man faces a misdemeanor assault and battery charge after allegedly urinating on several people during an annual gay pride event. The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak reported the man had been drinking and was upset that he was splashed with water aimed at street dancers Sunday during the Motor City Pride Festival.

Good Samaritan mugged after stopping to help female motorist in Michigan

SALINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — For one man, no good deed went unpunished after he was mugged while stopping to help a female motorist. The Washtenaw County sheriff’s department told The Ann Arbor News and the Detroit Free Press the man stopped his car around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. While attempting to remove a spare tire from the trunk of the distressed vehicle, a man hit him over the head with a bottle.

USA Today eyes mobile platforms, plans new service for digital replicas of print

NEW YORK — USA Today’s new publisher said Wednesday he hopes to expand the newspaper’s revenue from mobile phones and portable electronic reading devices, and pledged to fight The Wall Street Journal’s bid for readers in hotels.

Ford Foundation gives $1 million to Detroit Symphony to aid fundraising efforts

DETROIT — The Ford Foundation is boosting the struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a three-year, $1 million grant to help expand its donor base.

Detroit official charged city pension fund $20,000 for trip to conference in Dubai

DETROIT — Records show a Detroit official charged the city’s police and firefighters pension plan more than $20,000 for a trip to the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai.

Judge upholds right of Detroit reporter refusing to ID sources in story on prosecutor

DETROIT — A federal judge upheld the right of a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter to invoke the Fifth Amendment when he refused in court Tuesday to reveal his sources in a 2004 story about a terrorism prosecutor.

Judge upholds right of Detroit reporter refusing to ID sources in story on prosecutor

DETROIT — A federal judge has upheld the right of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Detroit newspaper reporter to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to reveal his sources in a story about a terrorism prosecutor.