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Motor City blues
Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, took the unprecedented step last week of announcing that he considers Detroit's elected leaders incapable of fixing the city's fiscal problems, and so he will appoint an emergency financial manager with...
Tags: Finance, Politics, Rick Snyder, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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Classic car auction: GM's Dan Akerson cuts loose his '58 Corvette
GM Chairman Dan Akerson loves this car — his hardtop-convertible "regal turquoise" '58 Corvette with dual headlamps and twin chrome trunk spears. But he's giving it all up — to help Habitat for Humanity and Detroit. That car represents...
Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, Chevrolet, Auction Service, Nissan
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Marla Dickerson named business editor of L.A. Times
Readers' Representative JournalA memo to the newsroom from Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin: We’re very happy to announce that Marla Dickerson is the new Business editor of the Los Angeles Times. A career financial journalist who has served as...... -
Jerome Horwitz dies at 93; developed potent anti-AIDS drug AZT
Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the...
Tags: Medical Research, Science, Food and Drug Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, HIV
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Hobo or Boy Scout? Credit quiz tells the score
Funny MoneyIt's one of the most important numbers influencing life on this planet, and I don't mean your ZIP code, dress size or how much you spent on Mother's Day gifts for your wife. I mean your credit score, which, besides determining how much credit you get...Tags: Alprazolam (drug), Mother's Day, Mortgages, Credit and Debt, Rentals
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SUNDAY GRAVY: Joe Girardi working his magic with Yankees
New Haven Register, Conn.O.J. Simpson appeared in court earlier this week. Let's hope his search for the real killers is going a little better than his search for the prison salad bar. --Managers often get too much credit when a baseball team succeeds, especially in major...Tags: Travis Hafner, NASCAR, New York Mets, Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees
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Report: Toyota sudden acceleration class action may cover 22 million owners
Autoblog.comFiled under: Government/Legal, Safety, Toyota, Earnings/Financials A total of 22.6 million current and former Toyota owners have been sent notices that they may be eligible to receive compensation from the automaker for damages related to the unintended... -
Some students to receive new MEAP math scores
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some students will get new Michigan Education Assessment Program math scores after a problem with some questions on the exam. Students in grades 4, 7 and 8, as well as special education students in grades 3-8, can expect...Tags: Politics, Freedom of the Press, Education, Detroit Free Press
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tipsheet column
St. Louis Post-DispatchESPN insists the Cardinals face a middle infield crisis. Writing earlier this week for ESPN Insider, Paul Swydan wrote this: "The middle infield duo of Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma has predictably been a disaster." That was an odd bit of analysis...Tags: Kobe Bryant, The Miami Herald, ESPN (tv network), Ryan Jackson, Kolten Wong
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Dad: Titus Young has brain disorder
Titus Young's father said Monday his son needs help because the former Detroit Lions receiver suffers from a mental health disorder. Titus Young was arrested Friday in California for the third time in a week for allegedly breaking into a house. Less...
Tags: Titus Young, Seroquel (drug), Schizophrenia, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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Report: GM to go coastal on dealer improvements
Autoblog.comFiled under: Car Buying, GM According to a report from The Detroit News citing "sources familiar with the company's plan," General Motors will spend $200 million to revamp dealerships on the East and West Coasts, specifically in California, New York and... -
College graduates getting a B.A. in IOUs
Funny MoneyIt's commencement season, which is the time when middle-aged crabs like me offer our sage wisdom to you, our graduating young'uns. We do this not only out of a sense of duty but also because we are deluded enough to think that you might just pay...Tags: Credit and Debt, Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Apple iPhone, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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