Michigan State Fair opens (Detroit News)

Rain and cool temperatures did not deter Metro Detroiters from their elephant ears and corn dogs Friday, the opening day of the 161st Michigan State Fair in Detroit. It could be the fair's last year as the state plans to cut funding. Visitors rode the Ferris wheel and Bumble Bee Bop, tried their hand at winning plastic Spider-Man dolls and gazed at 6-foot-tall corn in the Great Lakes Gardens ...