Recently added articles from Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI):
Users will flip for new video device.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Wendland The personal technology device that has most rocked my world this year is not the iPhone but a very affordable shirt-pocket-sized video camera called the Flip. Now a new model, the Flip Ultra, should appeal to an even wider audience. Other than ...
Kings of Leon love the life of rock.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Ben Edmonds From the Wilson family of the Beach Boys to the battling Gallagher brothers of Oasis, rock `n' roll has a rich fraternal history. This is especially true of Southern rock. Beginning with the brothers Burnette (Johnny and Dorsey) and Everly (Phil ...
Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Tompor Oct. 10--Savers had fretted that higher rate CDs would disappear once the Federal Reserve cut rates. But so far, it's not a problem. "Banks are still very dependent on consumer deposits. So there is a reluctance to slam the door by cutting rates ...
SAFETY IN NUMBERS: Neighbors, cops, Web to fight crime.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Cecil Angel Oct. 10--When it comes to its low crime rate, Canton has a lot to brag about. But not when it comes to its Neighborhood Crime Watch program -- which, like many in metro Detroit, has fallen by the wayside. The township Police Department wants to ...
Jury set for U.S. terrorism attorney: High-profile case is over '03 trial.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Swickard Oct. 10--Defense attorneys Tuesday came out swinging the 9/11 and law-and-order banners even before they questioned the first potential juror to hear charges that former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino and former embassy security agent Harry Raymond ...
Natural gas cost expected to rise: But heating bills won't change much, report says.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alejandro Bodipo-Memba Oct. 10--Natural gas prices are expected to be slightly higher this winter, but Michigan consumers won't see much of a change in their heating bills, according to a report expected to be released today. The latest energy appraisal study ...
Carlyle to pay $6.3 billion for nursing homes.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patricia Anstett Oct. 10--In one of the largest purchases in the industry, the Carlyle Group, a private investment group, plans to spend $6.3 billion next week to buy a nursing home chain that has 31 Michigan facilities. Manor Care Inc. of Toledo has scheduled ...
State energy agency adds 2 members.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alejandro Bodipo-Memba Oct. 10--How much residents pay for their monthly energy bills is monitored and determined by the Michigan Public Service Commission. The three-member commission has two new members appointed this year by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Chairman ...
Contenders offer ideas to fix state's economic troubles.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Dawson Bell, Joe Guy Collier and Kathleen Gray Oct. 10--Michigan got a taste of the political big time again Tuesday, as nine Republican presidential hopefuls landed in Dearborn for a debate with all the trimmings -- noisy demonstrators outside and hordes of journalists ...
EDITORIAL: Focus on building opportunity in state.(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--For the last 20 years, Michigan's economic growth strategy and political wars have centered on tax policies. It's pretty easy to see what the state has to show for that. Businesses, investors and entrepreneurs look at far more than tax rates. While arguing over taxes, ...
Pointe principal is honored: His work with teachers is cited.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki Oct. 10--Grosse Pointe South High School Principal Allan Diver has been named 2008 Principal of the Year by his peers in the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals. "It was very, very humbling," Diver said Tuesday of his ...
FIVE THINGS: About leopards.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Cruden Oct. 10--This is the second Five Things on what are known as Africa's Big Five animals, based on some up-close viewing. Come back Friday for the rest. LONERS Leopards are solitary. Once a cub is about a year old, he or she leaves mom ...
Detroit Free Press Michael Rosenberg column: Tigers didn't want to do it, but they had to bring back Pudge.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Rosenberg Oct. 10--Here is what the Tigers can't say about their decision to bring back Pudge Rodriguez: They didn't want to do it, but they had no choice. OK, I mean technically they had a choice. Nobody held Mike Ilitch over a fire pit and pulled ...
Detroit Free Press Brian Dickerson column: Dems' chaos could infect GOP contest.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Dickerson Oct. 10--If you've ever dialed a telephone number and forgotten, just as the other party answered, who you were calling, you may understand how Republican presidential hopefuls felt as they made their first live TV connection to Michigan voters Tuesday. ...
Tigers bring back Pudge; Wilson to be backup; team now seeks SS, LH bat.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Paul Morosi Oct. 10--The reports began arriving last week, and Dave Dombrowski scrutinized them all. The Tigers' professional scouts submitted list after list, with name after name for every position on the diamond. The rankings allowed Dombrowski, the ...
U-M HOOPS MEDIA DAY: Beilein starting from scratch; U-M tried to get out of tough nonconference games.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Snyder Oct. 10--When he was hired six months ago, Michigan basketball coach John Beilein made no guarantees. He gave credit to outgoing coach Tommy Amaker, but said he was here to take the Wolverines to the next level. Apparently he'll be ...
Detroit Free Press Shannon Shelton column: The Big Tennys: Midseason report on a strange conference so far.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Shannon Shelton Oct. 10--It has been a strange season for Big Ten football. In the first week, Appalachian State -- a team from the division formerly known as I-AA -- beat No. 5 Michigan in Ann Arbor. Two weeks later, an Iowa team with a stingy defense fell to ...
U-M coach Carr speaks out on college football playoff.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Snyder Oct. 10--The season's rash of huge upsets -- from Appalachian State's dismissal of Michigan in Week 1 to Stanford's toppling of Southern Cal on Saturday -- hasn't shocked U-M football coach Lloyd Carr. On Monday, he pointed to a number of factors ...
Not all defense with Pistons rookie Afflalo: 'I'm a complete player': Guard scores 9 in exhibition opener.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Silva Oct. 10--Rookie guard Arron Afflalo doesn't want to be labeled as only a defensive player. "It's something I'm capable of doing," he said. "But I'm a good defender, and I take pride in that, so it's just one of the labels I get. But I take pride ...
Wings worry about fewer fans at Joe Louis; Zetterberg gets birthday shaving creamed.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Helene St. James Oct. 10--Inside the Red Wings' locker room, all the signs were normal: Mounds of shaving cream dotted the carpet, a sign that Kris Draper had been up to his trademark birthday mischief. The victim Tuesday was Henrik Zetterberg, who got a towel ...