http://www.detroitnews.com/graphics/detnews_printart.jpg http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage en-us Copyright 2013, detroitnews.com Saxotech Online online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT Sat, 25 May 2013 09:51:04 EDT 30 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250326/1001/rss21 ]]>As the nation pauses this weekend to honor fallen service members, businesses and job organizations are stepping up to help former soldiers and sailors find civilian jobs that will help them merge back into mainstream America. Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Michael Martinez - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250326/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250018/1001/rss21 ]]>Up and down the Detroit River, along Lake St. Clair and other Michigan lakes and waterways, marinas are adding amenities to become more than just boat docks. Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT By Michael Martinez | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250018/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250323/1001/rss21 ]]>Detroit — Dozens of city parks scheduled to be closed because of budget cuts will be ready for cookouts and baseball games Memorial Day thanks to the efforts of business sponsors and community volunteers. Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Steve Pardo - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250323/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250322/1001/rss21 ]]>U.S. Army engineer John A. James returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam in'69 with high entrepreneurial aspirations. Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Karl Henkel - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250322/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250339/1001/rss21 Detroit — Detroit's Compuware Corp. is a finalist for an award given for employer support of Guard and Reserve employees. Sat, 25 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130525/BIZ/305250339/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240027/1001/rss21 The exodus from Detroit continues, the Census Bureau says, more feet-on-the-ground evidence that the city's chronic mismanagement is perpetuating a problem years in the making. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:22:00 EDT Daniel Howes http://detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240027/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240031/1001/rss21 ]]>Richmond, Va. — Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:30:00 EDT Michael Felberbaum | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240031/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130524/ENT10/305240036/1001/rss21 ]]>Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series 'Arrested Development' will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:00 EDT By Michael Liedtke | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130524/ENT10/305240036/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240029/1001/rss21 ]]>New York — The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:13:00 EDT Scott Mayerowitz and Jonathan Fahey | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130524/BIZ/305240029/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230022/1001/rss21 ]]>Capitol Park, site of Michigan's first Capitol building and more recently where people wait for the bus, is a major front in the block-by-block battle to gentrify downtown. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:13:00 EDT Louis Aguilar | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230022/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230021/1001/rss21 Metro Detroit's mega-hospital merger may be dead, but the forces that pushed Beaumont Health Systems into the arms of its larger rival, Henry Ford, are very much alive. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:00 EDT Daniel Howes http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230021/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230379/1001/rss21 Washington — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:09:00 EDT Paul Wiseman Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230379/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/TECHNOLOGY/305230048/1001/rss21 ]]>— Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:00 EDT By Jason Dearen | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/TECHNOLOGY/305230048/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230313/1001/rss21 ]]>Kaiba Gionfriddo is a healthy toddler, thanks to a groundbreaking procedure at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Doctors there used 3-D technology to create a bio-absorbable scaffold to hold Kaiba's bronchus open until it grows strong enough to stay open on its own. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Karen Bouffard - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230313/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230026/1001/rss21 ]]>President Barack Obama's pick to head the Transportation Department vowed to keep up the government's fight against distracted driving. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT By David Shepardson | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/BIZ/305230026/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/NATION/305230337/1001/rss21 ]]>Biggsville, Ill. — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:00 EDT David Pitt Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/NATION/305230337/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130523/POLITICS02/305230423/1001/rss21 Lansing — A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday significantly shortening the redemption period for homeowners in foreclosure. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:00 EDT Gary Heinlein Detroit News Lansing Bureau http://detroitnews.com/article/20130523/POLITICS02/305230423/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220037/1001/rss21 ACO Home, Garden & Hardware, Michigan's largest independent hardware retailer, will close 14 stores in the state, half of them in Metro Detroit. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:00 EDT By Louis Aguilar | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220037/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220029/1001/rss21 ]]>The Cheesecake Factory has set an opening date for its location at the Twelve Oaks Mall. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:04:00 EDT - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220029/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220351/1001/rss21 ]]>Two of the region's largest health care systems, Henry Ford and Beaumont, have scrapped plans for a merger that would have created a 10-hospital system serving as much as 40 percent of the area's patients. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:09:00 EDT Karen Bouffard - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220351/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220010/1001/rss21 ]]>Books-A-Million, one of the nation's leading book retailers, has opened two stores in southeast Michigan in recent months and plans an aggressive search for more brick-and-mortar properties here. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Maureen McDonald | Special to - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220010/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220038/1001/rss21 Auburn Hills-based Reliance One is hiring 400 test drivers to meet a growing demand from local automotive companies. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:36:00 EDT By Bryce G. Hoffman | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220038/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220026/1001/rss21 It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:00 EDT Scott Mayerowitz | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220026/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220027/1001/rss21 Washington — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:00 EDT Christopher S. Rugaber | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220027/1001/rss21 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220028/1001/rss21 Washington — Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:00 EDT Martin Crutsinger | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130522/BIZ/305220028/1001/rss21