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  1. Mike Thompson: Obama' s terrible/pretty darn good week

    What a difference a few days made for President Barack Obama

    • 8:01 AM
  2. Michigan State wide receiver Bennie Fowler scores the game-winning touchdown today in Bloomington, Ind. Brian Spurlock/U.S. PRESSWIRE

    Hey Joe: 10 thoughts from MSU's escape at Indiana

    The bottom line after today is that MSU’s Big Ten title hopes have dimmed. The Spartans’ performance – despite the second-half turnaround – was not one of a champion.

    • Oct. 6, 2012
  3. Indiana quarterbacks Nate Sudfeld (7) and Cameron Coffman warm up before a game against Northwestern. Benny Sieu / US PRESSWIRE

    Hey Joe: Let’s talk Indiana

    For some insights on the Indiana Hoosiers, I always go to Terry Hutchens of the Indianapolis Star, who has been on that beat for a long time and used to help me way, way back when I was a college journalist. Ah, the ‘90s. OK, here we go.

    • Oct. 5, 2012
  4. Waves pound the boardwalk, the Malecon, during the passing of Tropical Storm Isaac in Havana Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. The hurricane center said the storm, which was swirling north of the central coast of Cuba in the pre-dawn hours, was expected to be near or over the Florida Keys sometime later Sunday or Sunday night. Ramon Espinosa/AP

    Ellen Creager: Cuba trips reviving -- but still too slowly

    Whether through a miracle of sudden organizational efficiency or intense public pressure, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the past week began renewing licenses of organizations offering “people-to-people” Cuba trips.

    • Oct. 5, 2012

  5. Your Mike: The winner of our presidential debate cartoon caption contest!

    Check out the winning entry in our cartoon caption contest on the presidential debate!

    • Oct. 5, 2012

  6. Mike Thompson: Presidential debates, circa 2012

    Presidential debates ain't what they used to be.

    • Oct. 3, 2012

  7. Your Mike: Vote for the winner in our presidential debate cartoon caption contest!

    President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney square off in the first presidential debate! Vote for your favorite submission!

    • Oct. 3, 2012

  8. Mike Thompson: The Detroit Tigers are A.L. Central champs!

    After a wild season, the Detroit Tigers come out on top in the American League Central.

    • Oct. 2, 2012

  9. Mike Thompson animation: You write the presidential debate script!

    Put words into the mouths of President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney...literally.

    • Oct. 2, 2012
  10. Ohio State's Travis Howard is tackled by Michigan State's Isaiah Lewis (9) and Chris Norman. KIRTHMON F. DOZIER/DFP

    Hey Joe: Monday Mail expands to classroom, Twitter feed

    Before we get to the traditional emails that make this weekly feature go, I figured I’d entertain some questions from other forums.

    • Oct. 1, 2012

  11. Mike Thompson: Time's running out for Romney

    Mitt Romney is trailing in the polls, but he's not throwing in the towel just yet.

    • Sep. 30, 2012

  12. Your Mike: Enter the presidential debate cartoon caption contest!

    President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are facing off this week. Share your thoughts by enter our contest!

    • Sep. 30, 2012

  13. Mike Thompson: Jimmy Hoffa

    Same result in the search for Jimmy Hoffa.

    • Sep. 29, 2012
  14. Michigan State Spartans wide receiver Bennie Fowler drops the ball during the second half of a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Spartan Stadium. Ohio State won 17-16. MIKE CARTER/US PRESSWIRE

    Hey Joe: The OSU version of a director's cut and other thoughts from MSU's loss

    Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi clearly wasn’t happy with what he thought was unsportsmanlike editing, and Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer claimed he had no idea about the issue.

    • Sep. 29, 2012

  15. Hey Joe: Let’s talk Ohio State

    For some perspective on the Buckeyes, we turn to one of the top scribes in the Big Ten, Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

    • Sep. 28, 2012

  16. Mike Thompson: Voter suppression

    Efforts to suppress the vote are positively un-American.

    • Sep. 28, 2012

  17. Eric Millikin: Man's severed finger found inside trout; he doesn't want it back

    Plus: Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from space. And: Bungling robbers leave credit card at scene.

    • Sep. 28, 2012
  18. MSU RB Le'Veon Bell.

    Hey Joe: Early birds didn't get the Bell

    Can’t talk to Le’Veon Bell? Talk about Le’Veon Bell. In the case of this story (please link Bell story), Bell serves as a prime example of the recruiting mistakes that are possible as the process accelerates.

    • Sep. 28, 2012

  19. Your Mike: The winner of our Obama and the economy cartoon caption contest!

    Check out the winning entry in our cartoon caption contest on Obama and the lousy economy and check out the funny finalists!

    • Sep. 27, 2012

  20. Mike Thompson: Mike Duggan for Detroit mayor?

    Democrat Mike Duggan is exploring a mayoral run in the city of Detroit.

    • Sep. 27, 2012

  21. Your Mike: Vote for the winner of our Obama cartoon caption contest!

    Pick the best entry in our cartoon caption contest on President Barack Obama and the economy.

    • Sep. 26, 2012

  22. Mike Thompson: Those blasted replacement refs!

    Replacement NFL refs blow the Green Bay - Seattle game.

    • Sep. 26, 2012

  23. Mike Thompson: Life's greatest questions - the Mitt Romney version

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is quite the deep thinker!

    • Sep. 25, 2012

  24. Hey Joe: Monday mailbag seeks answers for MSU passing game

    Can you guess the sort of questions I received this week? Lots of variations on the same basic question: What is up with the MSU passing game? I’m actually impressed with how many different ways that can be asked.

    • Sep. 24, 2012

  25. Your Mike: Obama and the Emmys cartoon caption contest!

    Complete this rough sketch on President Barack Obama and the Emmy Awards!

    • Sep. 23, 2012

  26. Mike Thompson: The NHL lockout

    Anyone notice the the National Hockey League lockout?

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  27. Michigan State Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio enters Spartan Stadium with his team prior to a game against the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Mike Carter/US PRESSWIRE

    Hey Joe: Mt. Dantonio erupts after MSU's win over EMU

    Really, what observations can emerge from a game like this? It’s very simple for the Michigan State football team right now.

    • Sep. 23, 2012
  28. Ford needs the 2013 Fusion to be a hit, so engineers scrambled to make the MyFord Touch controls more user-friendly. Ford

    Mark Phelan: Milestones in race to build improved cars

    On a good week, Detroit is the best place in the world for an automotive journalist. This was a very good week. Executives from Chrysler, Ford, GM and Hyundai were out talking about everything from their latest vehicles to improving long-term reliability. From my notebooks:

    • Sep. 22, 2012

  29. Mike Thompson: Matty and the Gateway Project

    Poor, poor Matty Moroun.

    • Sep. 22, 2012

  30. Your Mike: The winner of our Kate Middleton cartoon caption contest!

    See the winner and funny finalists in our cartoon caption contest on those Kate Middleton photos!

    • Sep. 21, 2012

  31. Hey Joe: Let’s talk Eastern Michigan

    We’re hitting up the student ranks for some thoughts on the Eastern Michigan Eagles, MSU’s opponent at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Al Willman, sports writer for the Eastern Echo -- EMU’s student paper -- was nice enough to answer a few questions on the team he covers.

    • Sep. 21, 2012

  32. Do Good Detroit: Nissan supports Greening of Detroit

    Nissan Technical Center North America will give the keys of a Nissan Titan truck to The Greening of Detroit at its annual fall tree planting kick-off event on Saturday, September 22, 2012 in Detroit. The Greening of Detroit, an environment-focused not-for-profit, works to create a greener Detroit through planting and educational programs, environmental leadership and advocacy.

    • Sep. 21, 2012

  33. Mike Thompson: Child poverty is still climbing

    We're the richest, most powerful society in the history of humankind. Why can't we take care of our young?

    • Sep. 21, 2012

  34. Eric Millikin: Grandfather wrestles 7-foot gator attacking his dog

    Plus: Doctors perform world's first mother-to-daughter womb transplants. And: Anger management student jailed for brawl over 'Madden NFL' video game.

    • Sep. 21, 2012

  35. Hey Joe: It's Hall of Fame day at Michigan State

    Respert wasn’t big, couldn’t jump out of the gym (though people who saw him in high school, before his knee injury, say he had more explosiveness before that) and was just OK at putting the ball on the floor by his senior season. But he was a deadly enough shooter to be the No. 8 overall pick in the NBA draft. Respert’s career scoring record at MSU isn’t likely to be in jeopardy any time soon, and he left another mark: He started the tradition of kissing the “S” at midcourt at Breslin.

    • Sep. 20, 2012

  36. Mike Thompson: Mitt the Twit

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's had a bad week.

    • Sep. 20, 2012

  37. Your Mike: Vote for the winner of our Kate Middleton cartoon caption contest!

    Vote for the winning submission in our cartoon caption contest about those Kate Middleton photos.

    • Sep. 19, 2012
  38. Detroit Police Chief Ralph L. Godbee, Jr. Kimberly P. Mitchell

    Do Good Detroit: Neighborhood Safety Meeting

    The Detroit Police Department will be holding a community safety meeting to discuss the results of the Manhattan Institute's pilot program to identify and reduce crime in the Grandmont-Rosedale area.

    • Sep. 19, 2012

  39. Eric Millikin: Attention all units: Police looking for 4½-foot wooden beaver

    Plus: Brothers, 48 and 50, use knife, pipe, barbecue fork to fight over bicycle in front of grandma. And: Man steals 1.5 tons of hay to impress his girlfriend.

    • Sep. 19, 2012

  40. Mike Thompson: Mitt Romney's latest gaffe

    Mitt Romney's "inelegant" comments about 47% of Americans draws a backlash.

    • Sep. 18, 2012
  41. Geraldine “Geri” Walsh of Sterling Heights will receive a new roof through the "No Roof Left Behind" program sponsored by Ridgecon Construction.

    Do Good Detroit: Cancer survivor wins free roof

    Jay Elie, who along with his brother Matt are co-owners of Ridgecon Construction and directors of the “No Roof Left Behind” program, has announced that the 2012 recipient of a free roof is Geraldine “Geri” Walsh of Sterling Heights.

    • Sep. 18, 2012

  42. Eric Millikin: Man arrested for having way too much going on inside his pants

    Plus: Arsonist starts fire to scare demons, threatens police with shovel, jumps out window; 'Frankenstein' arrested for robbing four gas stations in 90 minutes for his birthday.

    • Sep. 18, 2012

  43. Mike Thompson: Obama and Chinese auto subsidies

    President Barack Obama goes after China on auto subsidies.

    • Sep. 18, 2012
  44. Michigan State quarterback Andrew Maxwell looks to pass while under pressure against Notre Dame. JARRAD HENDERSON/DFP

    Hey Joe: Mailbag, plus an analysis of every throw by Andrew Maxwell

    Today we have some mail and then a rather sick exercise on my part — a recap of all 52 times Michigan State quarterback Andrew Maxwell dropped back to pass in Saturday’s 20-3 loss to Notre Dame.

    • Sep. 17, 2012

  45. Eric Millikin: Naked man jumps out second floor window, chews on woman's head

    Plus: Woman to get double arm transplant after flesh-eating infection. And: Man jailed for displaying his karate moves to karate class.

    • Sep. 17, 2012

  46. Your Mike: Those Kate Middleton photos

    Scummy paparazzi snap topless photos of Kate Middleton. Share your thoughts.

    • Sep. 16, 2012

  47. Mike Thompson cartoon: NFL replacement officials

    Replacement officials are calling National Football League games.

    • Sep. 16, 2012

  48. Hey Joe: Five thoughts from Michigan State's loss to Notre Dame

    In honor of MSU’s offensive ineptitude in a 20-3 defeat – the same score as that Central Michigan game to open the 1991 season, the last time an MSU team was so unproductive in Spartan Stadium – we’re cutting the thoughts in half this week.

    • Sep. 16, 2012

  49. Your Mike: The winner of our Detroit Lions cartoon caption contest!

    Readers voted, now see the winning entry in our Detroit Lions cartoon caption contest - and the funny finalists!

    • Sep. 15, 2012

  50. Do Good Detroit: Find your new best friend

    In order to help more animals find loving homes, Michigan Humane Society will hold three off-site adoption events at Petsmart locations around metro Detroit this weekend, September 14 through 16, 2012 featuring adoptable dogs, cats, rabbits and more.

    • Sep. 14, 2012

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