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    • OPINION |
    • Columnists
    • May. 25, 2013

    Entrepreneur’s urban tree farm is taking root

    Andy Williams, urban farmhand, and Mike Score, president of Hantz Woodlands, are sweating in the hot sun, attacking three vacant, overgrown lots with chainsaws and a backhoe.

    • May. 25, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Wings' Jimmy Howard accepts big money for starring role without ego

    Afterward, as reporters peppered Jimmy Howard with questions inside the Red Wings’ dressing room, the goaltender deflected them all with ease, too. He talked about confidence, but steered clear of cockiness.

  1. Déjà vu all over again, again

    Things are starting to feel alarmingly familiar in Hollywood.

    • May. 25, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Ten questions about Wings-Hawks series: Abdelkader answers the call

    Here are 10 questions many fans have asked about heading into either the end of this Western Conference series — or beginning of the next one.

  2. The real meaning of Memorial Day

    Have you seen anyone wearing a red poppy?

    • 6:24 PM, May. 24, 2013
    • LIFESTYLE

    Nursing student needs primer on rules of the dating game

    Dear Abby: I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a 'people person' and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend.

  3. An aortic tear is often a death sentence

    Dear Dr. Roach: I wrote to you previously about my wife’s death from an aortic dissection. She was in the hospital for a urinary tract infection and was being examined by a resident doctor so she could be released within 12 hours. All of a sudden, she cried out because of a sharp pain in her back. Then she closed her eyes and stopped breathing. I would like to know what caused this. Was it medicine, old age or high blood pressure? I have lost a lot of sleep over this shock. She was 82.

    • May. 25, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Teachers lead the way in influencing future

    Curtain climbers. Yard monkeys. Cherubs. Whippersnappers. Ankle biters. I don't know what you call them, but our children have been turned loose on the world. School is out for summer (at least it ends this week here where I live). By the end of summer I'm afraid my description of these little animals will be a bit stronger. I'll be ready for them to return to the classroom.

    • 8:22 AM, May. 24, 2013
    • BUSINESS

    Detroit still fails to keep residents

    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.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Wings one win away from once-implausible feat

    This is being decided in the toughest areas of the ice, in front of the net, in their relentlessly grinding effort. And make no mistake about this — it’s also being decided in the head.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Dallas five-star center Elijah Thomas builds relationship with Michigan

    The evidence of Michigan’s elevated profile on the college basketball scene continues to manifest itself on the recruiting trail. The latest example of this is the Wolverines’ sudden strong presence in the recruitment of Thomas.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    MSU goes down to the wire with four-star Ohio safety Darius West

    Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic four-star safety Darius West is scheduled to make his commitment next Thursday and named a top four of Michigan State, Kentucky, Louisville and Wisconsin.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Red Wings have Hawks on ropes, and on brink of elimination

    There was the Red Wings’ Henrik Zetterberg, casually holding the hockey stick of his captain counterpart, Chicago’s Jonathan Toews. And Zetterberg simply refused to let go, even after the whistle blew and the referee skated in to separate the two players.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Red Wings match Blackhawks hit-for-hit to take command

    There was much talk before this game, including from coach Joel Quenneville, that the first 10 minutes would be important, especially for the Blackhawks. But the Red Wings were with them every step of the way.

    • May. 24, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Road construction set to crisscross Wayne County this summer

    Get ready, Wayne County, because there’s a heaping helping of road construction headed your way this summer season.

  4. Trim spring flowering shrubs after they've bloomed

    If your lilac did not explode in color this spring, and you are sure it's getting enough sun and has not been over-fertilized, it may be in need of a haircut.

  5. Retired auto worker uses car seats to create unique furniture

    Ernest McClenney of Macomb Township would like to offer you what could very well be the best seat in the house (or office).

  6. Lots of ways to level uneven concrete

    Over the past 30 years, I've always received questions about fixing uneven concrete walkways or driveways.

  7. Sergio Garcia 'chicken' gaffe reveals our thin skin

    Given the events of the last week, I'm not sure it's permissible for me to make this admission.

  8. Couple faces Parkinson's with humor and resolve

    Whenever I watch correspondent Bill Geist on CBS 'Sunday Morning,' I see traces of my mother. Same thing with Muhammad Ali. His rhythmic hand shaking and the ...

    • 6:17 PM, May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Prisoner Re-Entry an investment in public safety

    Prisons, and the nearly $2 billion we spend on them every year, are rarely a popular budget line item. Nonetheless, Michigan allocates over 25 percent of its ...

    • 7:19 PM, May. 23, 2013
    • LIFESTYLE

    Wedding thank-you note fails to deliver intended message

    Dear Abby: My husband and I attended the wedding of the son of some old friends in another state. Rather than buy the young couple a gift, we instead gave them ...

  9. Asthma meds tied to high blood pressure?

    Dear Dr. Roach: I use Advair every day, two times a day, and I now have high blood pressure. I have heard there is a connection between the two.

  10. Review: 'Fast and Furious 6' is dragged down by lousy lines and lazy characters

    'Fast & Furious 6' is spectacular junk. Which is to say it is both spectacular and relentlessly dumb. The ga-ga wonder of its stunts and explosions and over- ...

  11. Despite hybrids, batteries, fuel cells, conventional engines win long-term

    'Calm down, dear' became a catch-phrase in Britain linked with a TV ad, and maybe the world's automotive manufacturers could take the notion on board as they ...

    • May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Justin Verlander can't be the Tigers' ace all the time

    Count a certain white-haired scribe among those who sometimes fail to acknowledge Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is one of us. Because he spins no-hitters and ...

    • 12:08 PM, May. 23, 2013
    • BUSINESS

    Rationale behind Beaumont-Henry Ford merger still alive

    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 ...

    • 4:46 PM, May. 23, 2013
    • AUTOS
    • DRIVE

    Drop top season: 12 great summer convertibles for under 35K

    There are good cars and not-so-good cars, but there is no such thing as a bad convertible on a sunny day. I know this because I have driven the Chrysler 200 ...

    • May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    ‘Not in Ohio’ football just a fun part of the Michigan-OSU rivalry

    When I was growing up, Michigan football was looked at as old, stodgy, boring and unimaginative. It was a winning program, but one that could not laugh about ...

    • May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION
    • Columnists

    Lions need Ndamukong Suh, Nick Fairley at front of line as leaders

    Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley were the first to line up — Fairley won, barely — but Washburn immediately called for a rematch, asking the rest of the group ...

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