Terry Jones Plans to Return

(DEARBORN, Mich.) -- Controversial pastor Terry Jones says he plans to return to Michigan this week to protest the violation of his First Amendment rights to free speech.

Jones is also planning to sue the Wayne County prosecutors' office for violating his civil rights. Jones and assistant pastor Wayne Sapp were arrested on Friday after refusing to pay a $1 bond. A jury decided that Jones and Sapp could not protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn as it would disturb the peace.

Jones and Sapp left for Florida on Saturday but say they will return.

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Regional Jobless Numbers Haven't Improved

(LANSING, Mich.) -- The jobless rate in Michigan counties has been steady over the past few months, according to recent analysis of federal data.

Of the state's 17 major regional markets, six saw no change in the jobless rate, seven saw minor increases and four had marginal declines.

Lansing's regional unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in March. That's 0.3 percent higher than February's rate.

The Grand Rapids region's unemployment rate for March remained the same as it was in February, at 9.3 percent.

Detroit's numbers also were the same in February and March at 11.8 percent.

The state's jobless rate was 10.3 percent in March while the national rate is 8.8 percent. Michigan's jobless rate in February was 10.4 percent.

Michigan has lost approximately 800,000 jobs in the last decade.

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Terry Jones Fights to Hold Protest Outside Islamic Center

(DEARBORN, Mich.) -- Terry Jones, 59, the pastor from Florida who burned a Koran in March, will be in court Friday to determine if he can protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn.

Dearborn officials denied Jones a permit to protest on the site and offered alternative sites. Jones refused to move the protest site and refused to pay a peace bond.

A jury will decide if the protest can go ahead on Friday.

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Fed Building Bomb Suspect Indicted

(DETROIT) -- The United States Attorney's Office says Gary Mikulich has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three charges related to the attempted bombing of the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building in Detroit.

The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade and FBI Special Agent in Charge Andy Arena.

Mikulich has been indicted on charges of attempting to damage and destroy the McNamara Building by means of an explosive, using and carrying a destructive device in relation to a violent crime and possessing an unregistered destructive device.

The charges carry a possible 40 years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

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Local Billionaire Donates $56 Million to U-M Medical Institute

(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) -- Detroit billionaire Alfred Taubman has donated $56 million to the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan, the school announced Thursday.

Taubman's donation was given to the school to help research treatments and cures for chronic diseases. The high-end retail business mogul has now given the medical institute $100 million.

His $141 million in donations to the university make him the largest single donor in the history of the school.

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