Monday, March 15, 2010
MSU, Oakland ready for NCAA Tournament
Bob Wojnowski: Different paths, different perspectives. They all merge now, the best time of year, when it no longer matters where you've been, or who you are. Not everyone has the same chance in the NCAA Tournament, but everyone has a chance to grab something. Just take a look at Michigan State and Oakland University, headed to the same place from different directions, chasing their own special goals.
Emergency manager Robert Bobb to unveil Detroit Schools academic plan
The $540 million academic plan Robert Bobb will unveil tonight for Detroit Public Schools calls for rigorous achievement standards, offering college-level courses within all high schools and boosting graduation and attendance rates beyond the state average.
Sick, uninsured and in debt: One man's health care crisis
One afternoon, Kirk Miller, a 26-year-old with an easy smile and a quick wit, sat at his coffee table trying to make sense of the medical debt he has accumulated in the last few years.
Detroit union wants fewer cuts
Detroit --Leaders of the city's largest union are taking their beef with Mayor Dave Bing to the City Council on Wednesday to pitch a deficit-saving plan and demand an apology.
Tests cast doubt on runaway Prius account
An initial investigation by federal safety investigators has raised questions of whether a highly publicized incident of a runaway Toyota Prius in California could have happened, saying they could not replicate it during testing. - 6:52 pm
Play the favorite: Kansas will win NCAA Tournament
Angelique S. Chengelis: Why so confident? Because if Kansas get through that brutal Midwest Regional, which includes second-seeded Ohio State, third-seeded Georgetown and fifth-seeded Michigan State, there's no doubt they will have earned the championship.
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- TIGERS-MLB: Jim Leyland touched by several Tigers' attitudes
- WINGS-NHL: Rematch against Flames offers Wings chance at redemption
- BIG TEN: Spartans vs. Aggies
- LIONS: Lions hope another trade can solve backup QB issue
- LYNN HENNING: Bonderman's new pitch
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MSU, New Mexico State to battle in Jud Heathcote's backyard
The Spartans (24-8), a No. 5 seed, will play the Aggies (22-11), a No. 12 seed, on Friday in Spokane, Wash., home of former MSU coach Jud Heathcote.
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Mako Yamakura: The nose knows money.While I'm working on a few things prior to "Health-Ageddon 2010" this week, I had to post this article, summing up the … Continued
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John Niyo: OK, so that didn't take long. The Lions have agreed to deal one of their two seventh-round picks to San Francisco in a trade for QB Shaun Hill, … Continued
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- Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes - 03:50 AM
- US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect - 03:38 AM
- Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes - 03:21 AM
- Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie - 03:04 AM
Michigan
- Michigan St gets New Mexico St in NCAAs - 09:48 PM
- Menzies thrilled to have New Mexico State in NCAAs - 09:35 PM
- 5 states rush plans for $1.5B in housing funds - 08:37 PM
- Reports allege B.R. police misconduct post-Katrina - 08:18 PM
- Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop 'bully breed' ban
- Michigan developing plan to improve foster care
- Mich. must offer plan for housing aid
- Wayne County board to consider uniform contract
Family's innovative 'Amish Night' takes unexpected turn
Neal Rubin: David and Angel Sampson are involved and inventive parents who've come up with a number of notions involving kids that seem worth borrowing. Amish Night is not one of them, unless your idea of a valuable back-to-basics experience involves a flaming toilet. - 1:00 am
- Detroit program a job springboard to new jobs, workers
- Keys to getting a raise
- Avoiding 'Streep Syndrome' work snubs
Clean diesels bring a mess of decisions
Brian J. O'Connor: A clean diesel car can be good for the environment -- but will it end up cleaning out your wallet? With mileage that can be as much as one-third better than comparable gasoline engines -- hitting more than 40 mpg on the highway -- clean diesel engines can take a big bite out of your car's carbon footprint. - 1:00 am
- Slayings in Mexico include 3 with U.S. consulate ties
- Rains latest harsh-weather assault on Northeast
- Taliban: Bombings a warning to NATO
- Iraqi PM leads in early results
Avalanche kills at least 2 on Canadian mountain
Revelstoke, British Columbia -- An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said Sunday. - 1:00 am
- Dem support lags for health care vote in House
- Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill
- Efforts to lengthen state's term limits seem stalled
- Sen. Brown criticizes Obama's 'destructive' health push
Dodd to get GOP input on financial regulations
Washington -- The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal. Backing away from the proposal he offered four months ago, the chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is now incorporating GOP ideas. Sen. - 1:00 am
- Don't put off dealing with unpaid medical bills
- Israeli organ donation plan resisted
- Heart disease treatments for diabetics fail to reduce risks
- Dr. Paul Donohue: A person can be saved even if both of the lungs collapse
Study: Clip rivals heart-valve surgery
Atlanta -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer than surgery, and nearly as effective, doctors reported Sunday. - 1:00 am
- FCC proposes major push for access to high-speed Internet
- Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online
Amazon dumps Colo. affiliates after state demands it collects sales taxes
Last week, blogger Kristie McNealy, along with at least 4,000 others like them, lost a chunk of their business when Amazon.com announced it was cutting ties with its Colorado-based affiliate marketers -- Web sites and bloggers that help it sell products. - 1:00 am
- Give back parts of Detroit to county
- What's solution for Toyota's flaw?
- Amber Arellano: Detroit teacher union president all talk, no results for kids
- Taxes will sustain Sterling Hts. quality
Editorial: Michigan in no position to open state-owned bank
Some Democratic politicians have seized on the idea of opening a state-owned bank to inject more money into Michigan's slumbering economy. It could make loans to businesses and university students, buy down small banks' endangered mortgages, maybe even issue low-interest credit cards, under proposals launched by Senate Democrats and would-be gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero. - 1:00 am
