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Could Barack Obama Make a David Paterson Move in Michigan?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: John-Cherry, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, David Paterson, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Andy Dillon, Debbie Stabenow, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

In New York, Paterson is down 17 points in general election polling and a whopping 46 percent in a primary. Could it really be that bad for John Cherry in Michigan? Actually, yes.

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Five One-Way Tickets to Michigan, Please

Jeff Bocan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Venture Capital, Michigan, Jeff Bocan, Entrepreneurs, Vc, Entrepreneurship, Economic Revitalization, Beringea, Business News
Jeff Bocan

This summer, I decided to move my wife and three little kids away from the sunny beaches and new media millionaires of Southern California to -- you guessed it -- Michigan.

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Detroiters React To Special Screening Of 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

MLive.com | Jessica Nunez | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Capitalism Movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Film, Michigan, Michael Moore, Entertainment News

After Michael Moore debuted his new film "Capitalism: A Love Story' near his Michigan home in the northwestern village of Bellaire, he opened the film...

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Anti-Abortion Group Politicizes Memorial of Slain Pro-Life Activist

Chris Savage | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Pouillon, Owosso, Abortion, Operation Rescue, Michigan, Harlan Drake, Planned Parenthood, George Tiller, Politics News
Chris Savage

Although anti-abortion groups decried the "politicization" of the killing of Dr. George Tiller, it appears that they are perfectly happy to use this tragedy to their own political advantage.

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Harlan James Drake: Anti-Abortion Activist Killed Outside Michigan School

AP | TIM MARTIN and ED WHITE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Anti-Abortion, Michigan State Police, Owosso, Michigan, Activism, Shiawassee County, Mike Fuoss, Detroit, James Pouillon, Politics News

OWOSSO, Mich. — A man carrying grudges against several people set off on a shooting spree Friday morning, authorities said, killing an abortion ...

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What if They Held an "Energy Citizen" Rally and Nobody Noticed?

Chris Savage | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Green Jobs, Energy Citizen, Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Michigan, Green Energy, Astroturf, Green Energy Economy, Business News
Chris Savage

Could it possibly be that they held an "Energy Citizens Rally" in Michigan and nobody actually noticed? Not one single media source picked it up?

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Alternative Energy Companies Want To Convert Shuttered Ford Plant

AP | DAVID EGGERT | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Detroit, Cars, Ford Plant, Green Energy, Ford, Alternative Energy, Michigan, Green Technology, Sustainabilty, Green News

LANSING, Mich. — Two alternative energy companies planning to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory near Detroit want to convert it into the count...

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You Can Feel the Electricity in the Air...

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Green Cars, Chevy Volt, Jennifer Granholm, Green Jobs, General Motors, Michigan, Battery-Powered Car, Green Business, Green News
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

A car that gets 230 miles to the gallon? It's coming soon to a dealer near you. And jobs in America making it all possible.

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County Commissioner Brings Swastika Sign To US Rep. Schauer Health Care Rally

Chris Savage | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, Swastikas, Michigan, Mark Schauer, Organize for America, Tea Party, Swastikas Protesters, Racist Signs, Health Care, Photos Swastika at Health Care Rallies, Politics News
Chris Savage

"This is how Hitler started out," Duckham said. "First, Obama took over the auto industry, then the banking industry. We don't need him to take over the health care industry."

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Armed Paramilitaries Guarding Detroit Grocery Stores

CNNMoney.Com | Steve Hargreaves | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Farming, Food Banks, Economy, Urban Farming, Middle Class, Supermarket Guards, Recession, Hunger, Grocery Stores, Detroit, Supermarket, Financial Crisis, Armed Guards, Michigan, Detroit Michigan, Business News

On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in m...

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Raucous Politics -- Rep. John Dingell Calmly Faces "The Screamers"

Chris Savage | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Matt Mccormick, Health Care Town Halls, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, John Dingell, Michigan, Barack Obama, Home News
Chris Savage

Health care rationing, euthanizing the elderly, socialists taking over...the town hall in Romulus, MI was a non-stop regurgitation of every right-wing anti-health care reform meme I've ever heard.

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Michigan Republican Introduces Bill To Create Pet Care Tax Deductible

The Michigan Messenger | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pet Care Tax Deductible, Gop, Pet Product News, Thaddeus McCotter, Pet Care, Pet Lobby, Michigan, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter has introduced legislation to create a tax deduction for pet owners' expenses related to their pets....

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Dozens Of Gitmo Cases Sent To U.S. Prosecutors

Associated Press | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Civilian Courts, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Military Tribunals, New York City, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Eric Holder, Guantanamo, Washington DC, Obama, Taliban, Gitmo, Al Qaeda, Virginia, Obama Guantanamo, Michigan, Iraq War, Embassy-Bombing, Guantanamo Bay, September 11th, Kansas, Politics News

(WASHINGTON - AP) Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation's capit...

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Bulletin - Clunker Program May Already Be Over!

Steve Parker | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, National Automobile Dealers Association, White House, Automotive News, Fred Upton, Congress, Chrysler, Cars, Obama Administration, Car Allowance Rebate System, Ray Lahood, Susan Collins, Cash for Guzzlers, General Motors, Cash for Clunkers, Detroit, Michigan, Department of Transportation, Business News
Steve Parker

I've said when program was first announced that the slated $1 billion would run out well before the time limit. But I don't think anyone expected this!

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Publishing Michigan to Granholm: We Want Clean Energy

Bruce Nilles | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Gov. Granholm, Dirty Coal, Clean Energy, Coal, Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm, Environment, Environmentalism, Green News
Bruce Nilles

Michigan residents want Governor Granholm to get this message loud and clear: No more coal. We want clean energy!

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Feral Cat Colonies In Michigan Auto Plants At Risk

upi.com | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Feral Cats, Cat Colonies, Cats, Cats in Auto Plants, Michigan, Animals, Green News

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., July 27 (UPI) -- Feral cat colonies in Michigan sites like an auto assembly plant in the city of Sterling Heights are facing ...

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Hard Times Driving More People In Michigan To Fish For Food

Michigan Messenger | Eartha Jane Melzer | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Food, Fishing, Recession, Michigan, Fish, Business News

Despite health deptartment warnings that many Michigan fish are contaminated with mercury, PCBs, dioxin and other chemicals, more people are fishing i...

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Obama Struggles To Resurrect American Manufacturing

nytimes.com | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Buy America, Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, Obama Administration, Michigan, Business News

If the Obama administration has a strategy for reviving manufacturing, Douglas Bartlett would like to know what it is. Buffeted by foreign competiti...

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Obama's Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Citi, Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, p3s, Public-Private Partnerships, Bailouts, George W. Bush, President Obama, Shock and Awe, Public Works, Infrastructure, Morgan Stanley, Tax Incentives, General Motors, Janesville-Wisconsin, Rustbelt, Michigan, Iraq War, Privatization, Goldman, Economic Stimulus, Tarp, Tax Havens, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.

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Yes, Virginia, You Can Be Too Cynical About Politics

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Detroit Renaissance, Appalachian-Trail, Phil Power, Michigan Governor, Attorney General, Mark Sanford, Bromance, Michigan Democrats, Michigan, Democrats, Babydaddy, Center for Michigan, Mike Cox, Media News
Susan J. Demas

I apparently work in the wrong field, because romance and politics rarely go hand in hand (unless you discover your Argentinean soulmate on the Appalachian Trail) and it probably won't end well, anyway.

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Conyers Ethics Probe Sought By Conservative Group

The Detroit News | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Conyers, Conyers Ethics, Representative Conyers, Monica Conyers, Monica-Conyers-Bribery, Epa, Detroit, Conyers Ethics Probe, The Landmark Legal Foundation, Michigan, John Conyers, Politics News

A conservative group asked the House ethics committee today to investigate whether U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, possibly violated ethics rules a...

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If Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm Had Resigned Instead of Sarah Palin

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Tim Allen, John McCain, Sweden, Ann Coulter, Bill Pascoe, Sarah Palin Vice President, Canada, Jennifer Granholm, Sarah Palin Resignation, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Fox News, Pure Michigan, Michigan, Dan Mulhern, Douglas MacArthur, Medc, Comedy News
Susan J. Demas

Sarah Palin is wading back into the warm bowels of victimhood, whining that everyone's pilin' on about her steppin' down.

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AP: Economic Stress Up In Much Of Nation

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: California, Economy, South Carolina, Detroit, Ap-Economic-Stress-Index, Michigan, Recession, Business News

California, Michigan and South Carolina suffered the most financial pain in May as unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies rose, according to...

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Traverse City, Michigan Is A New Foodie Haven

AP | John Flesher | Posted 07.31.2009 | Style

Read More: Northern Michigan, Michigan, Food, Wine, Eating, Traverse City, Drinking, Travel, Style News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Attention, traveling foodies: Something yummy is happening in the Traverse City area, and it's even grabbed the attention of lu...

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Arthur Delaney

Michigan: Surging Unemployment, Shrinking Safety Net

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Welfare, Unemployment, Welfare Reform, South Caroline, Unemployment Rate, Michigan, Oregon, Business News

Welfare rolls are swelling in states across the country as unemployment rates surge -- except in Michigan. With an unemployment rate of 14.1 percent...

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