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They hardly looked like kindred spirits -- clean-shaven Dan Gilbert in a neatly pressed suit, alongside stubble-faced Sergio Marchionne in his trademark rumpled dark sweater -- at their joint appearance Monday morning in downtown Detroit.
The Tigers will be fine after leftfielder Delmon Young's arrest last week. But it's clear Young has a problem that he needs to correct.
Retire? After a measly 50 years? Bite your tongue. Ed Kingins is just getting started. For the last 50 years, he has been the music director at Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit. Think about that -- 50 years at one job. Amazing.
Granderson had his eighth home run, and those still lamenting Granderson wearing Yankees pinstripes rather than the Old English D had their 800th reason to regret the three-team trade three years ago that brought Jackson and Scherzer to Detroit.
College football will have a four-team playoff, somehow and some way. This is no longer a prediction, a dream or a shout in the wilderness. It is inevitable.
There's a scene in the play "Ernie" in which the actor playing Ernie Harwell re-enacts the way he broadcast minor-league baseball games in the 1940s, when there was no money to send him on the road.
I looked out the window of my office and saw Detroit's future sitting at a conference table. He was there because it was National Take Your Child to Work Day. But that wasn't really why he was there. He was there because his father works in the building. But that wasn't really why he was there.
I'm not sure I can adequately explain the purpose, scope and potential of a new venture taking shape in Allen Park, but I sense that it's important, so here goes:
If the 2013 Dodge Dart succeeds -- and based on its price, fuel economy and features, it should -- some credit should go to a meeting that took place before the new compact sedan was even in development.
My greatest ice cream weakness is old-fashioned butter pecan, followed closely by chocolate, pistachio, vanilla bean, black cherry, coffee and ... well, I'm crazy about ice cream, especially late at night, so the list could go on for a while.
Robert Shiller -- a Yale University economist who made his mark predicting the two big bubbles in stocks and housing -- isn't terribly surprised that many people aren't convinced that the U.S. economic recovery will stick.
The phone rang in Dave Dombrowski's room at the Tigers' midtown Manhattan hotel around 3:30 Friday morning. Long experience taught him that it probably wasn't good news.
To get through the University of Michigan in the early 1990s, my wife worked three jobs and took the maximum class load so she could graduate in three years. She did everything she could to come up with the $8,000 she needed each year for tuition, room and board and books.
When last we assessed the state of bipartisan cooperation in Michigan's state capital, Republicans and Democrats were in the midst of a heated constitutional debate over how to count to 73.
Things are about to get more hectic in Ron Weiser's already frenetic world. With former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney ready to take on President Barack Obama, the Republican National Committee finance machine kicks into higher gear.
Speech therapists spent about 25 years trying to get the State of Michigan to certify and license their profession, as 48 other states do. A law was finally passed in 2009, with all requirements to take effect next year.
Notes and quotes from the world of politics.
What kind of traveler is Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder? One who views the world as small and full of business opportunities. Snyder, who recently traveled to China, Germany and Afghanistan on behalf of Michigan, actually is traveling less these days than when he was CEO of Gateway computer company.
I'm on the phone with the always fabulous Tim Gunn, who, by the way, is hosting a free fashion show at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Somerset Collection North in Troy. But more on that in a minute.
TV heroes, local heroes and one real-life hero who showed the world that justice can win out over hate are all part of this week's entertainment schedule, which is dominated by a superhero movie, “The Avengers,” which is expected to hit theaters with the force of Thor's hammer and get more repeat business than the Hulk's tailor. Here's a look at what's on the horizon and who's having a pop-culture moment....
Those looking for that immediate gratification will judge the success or failure of this Lions draft solely on the contributions of a little known cornerback from a little known college. They’ll be disappointed.
The Tigers, who are now 10-10 after a fifth consecutive loss, can't even stay out into the wee hours of the morning without embarrassing themselves these days.
About 90,000 salaried retirees and former employees from Ford will soon decide whether they want to get a pension check each month or grab a bundle of money and go.
As Brandon Inge the ballplayer leaves the Tigers, he takes the public figure with him. And that is where this gets interesting -- not controversial, but interesting.
Dean Dompierre realizes that time is running out for his son, Eric.
While it seemed like every team in the NFL was making draft-night trades, the Lions stayed put. This either makes them very slow, very smart or very satisfied.
When will Sergio Marchionne's gravity-defying Chrysler machine come careening back to Earth? Not anytime soon, judging by its first-quarter profit of $473 million, more than four times last year's number.
Six weeks ago, in the middle of negotiating a financial consent agreement for Detroit, state Treasurer Andy Dillon was tapped for an urgent task elsewhere: jury duty. Dillon said what he experienced in Wayne County Circuit Court fueled his determination to figure out what's not working in Detroit and improve the quality of life for residents.
The Lions settled for safe, finally answering the cries of those angered over their reluctance in addressing their offensive line needs in recent years.
House Speaker John Boehner is the guest of honor at a fund-raiser tonight for U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, the Republican from the Upper Peninsula running for re-election this year.
There's lots of news cropping up in the local music scene, from American and European tours to new CDs, new projects, tribute acts and more. Let's get to it.
The * * * 2012 BMW 335i sport sedan holds the line against the weight gain that detracted from some of the automaker's recent vehicles. At $54,850 for the loaded car I tested, the 335i's price tag is awful hefty, though.
QUESTION: I recently read about the health benefits of kale. What do you do with it? How do you prepare it? -- Shirley Vickers, Columbus
Leo Ratte learned how abruptly the state can sunder the lifeline between a boy and his family on a Saturday afternoon in 2008, when a Comerica Park security guard alerted police that he saw Leo, then 7, sipping from a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade.
The food concept at Detroit's old-but-new-again Green Dot Stables is delightfully affordable and ingenious: a whole menu of $2 and $3 sliders with fillings that take the idea of meats-in-mini-buns to new levels of flavor and fun.
Best player available? Best fit possible? The preferred drafting criteria for the Lions should be cleanest specimen vial attainable. It's anybody's guess whom the Lions will take at No. 23 tonight -- provided, of course, they remain there.
A dream will start to come true Saturday when the first Dreamchasers: Hip-Hop Invasion takes over the Emerald Theatre.
The Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents a dream-team art-song recital on Saturday featuring two of the world's finest musicians in the idiom, baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Moreover, the program consists of an unusual -- and unusually thoughtful -- selection of songs by Gustav Mahler and Dmitri Shostakovich, composers who might seem to inhabit very different worlds of emotion and sound, but should find heightened meaning for being paired together.
One trillion dollars. If you're a parent or a student, dwell on that number like it's one of the worst report cards ever. Student loan debt has hit $1 trillion, and it's bigger than credit card debt and auto-loan debt.
The Limited is unveiling eloquii, its plus size clothing collection, at a special event at 5 p.m. on April 26 at the store's location at Somerset Collection North in Troy.
The numbers are numbing.
Is Michigan a miracle in the making, an economic comeback story of historic proportion? Or is Michigan a disaster, doomed to economic backwater status by decades of labor rancor and stifling regulation? We may hear a bit about both Michigans this week.
Former Pontiac Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler painted a gloomy picture of what could await Detroit based on his experiences in a smaller city with similar problems.
A blown umpire's call wasn't the reason the Tigers lost the series finale against the Texas Rangers on Sunday at Comerica Park. They lost because they can't hit right now. The Tigers' bats have gone the way of the Red Wings' forwards -- sleeping silently into the night.
Evidently, the Secret Service is a bit more interested in service than secrets. We discovered this recently when a group of Secret Service officers apparently decided that the greatest threat to President Barack Obama's safety, in Colombia, was the risk that prostitutes might go unemployed.
There was not much humor in the Red Wings' dressing room Friday night. The Wings were not just beaten. They were stunned. The Nashville Predators had just de-fanged them in five games. Henrik Zetterberg sounded frustrated. Niklas Kronwall sounded sullen. Nicklas Lidstrom sounded like Nicklas Lidstrom.
If you threw a party and the guest list included Johnny Depp, Kathy Griffin and Buster Bluth from "Arrested Development," you would have one great event. And if Pippa Middleton showed up, you'd have a paparazzi invasion, too. They're all part of this festive roundup of what's new on the horizon and who's having a pop-culture moment.
When some appraisers are valuing homes at even less than it would cost to replace the house itself in metro Detroit, many would have to wonder what gives. Haven't we hit bottom?
Because it's spring and because I haven't given away anything in a while, one lucky Free Press reader is going to get all four fragrances from Ralph Lauren's new Big Pony Collection for women. Yay!
As much as I love wintery chicken pot pies, roasted root vegetables and savory beef stews, I've more than had my fill of cold-weather foods this year. So when I began seeing Facebook postings, e-mail blasts and websites last week touting the arrival of new spring menus, I was suddenly craving lighter, seasonal fare.
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