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Southgate eatery’s 3-foot-tall burger aims for biggest in the world
Francis X. Donnelly, Detroit News staff writer A Downriver restaurant doesn't just make the biggest hamburger in the world. It also apparently makes the only burger that grows. How else to explain the expanding dimensions of the signature sandwich at … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/10/21/southgate-eaterys-3-foot-tall-burger-aims-for-biggest-in-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Ted Nugent blames Ohio governor for lax animal law
Karen Bouffard, Detroit News Lansing Bureau Ted Nugent has a bone to pick with Ohio Gov. John Kasich over an exotic animal escape near Zanesville that captivated the nation Wednesday. The Motor City Madman and conservation activist monitored the situation … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/10/20/ted-nugent-blames-ohio-governor-for-lax-animal-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Michigan State reveals Nike Pro Combat uniforms for Michigan game
The Detroit News Michigan State unveiled Tuesday morning its special Nike Pro Combat uniforms the football team will sport for the Michigan rivalry game on Oct. 15. The uniform, which includes a bronze helmet and black pants, has inscribed in … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/09/13/michigan-state-reveals-nike-pro-combat-uniforms-for-michigan-game/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Cheney opposed Bush decision to save GM
David Shepardson, Detroit News Washington Bureau Washington — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he opposed the decision to save General Motors Corp. from collapse in December 2008. In a new memoir "In My Time" published Tuesday by Simon & … Continue reading →
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Civil rights icon, ‘spiritual giant,’ Eleanor Josaitis dies at 79
The Detroit News Eleanor Josaitis was just another suburban housewife when she felt a calling. Living with her husband and five children in Taylor, she felt moved to build racial harmony in Detroit's segregated communities, and help the poor. So … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/08/09/civil-rights-icon-spiritual-giant-eleanor-josaitis-dies-at-79/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looking ahead
Doug Guthrie, Detroit News staff writer Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will step out of prison a free man early Tuesday. But he'll have plenty on his plate, from strategizing with defense lawyers in his pending federal corruption and racketeering … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/08/01/former-detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-looking-ahead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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McCartney wings through Motown Museum on Detroit tour stop
Susan Whitall, Detroit News Music Writer He may be one of the world's most famous musicians, but when Paul McCartney walked through the modest blue front door at the Motown Historical Museum on West Grand Boulevard on Sunday, he was … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/07/27/mccartney-wings-through-motown-museum-on-detroit-tour-stop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Tourists despise tiny fish but anglers love them
Francis X. Donnelly, Detroit News staff writer They're oily. They're smelly. They draw flies. Alosa pseudoharengus, or alewife, has risen from the bowels of Lake Michigan and invaded the beaches of northwest Michigan. From Leland to Ludington, hundreds of thousands … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/07/26/tourists-despise-tiny-fish-but-anglers-love-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Metro Detroit luxury home sales rebound, but at bargain prices
Louis Aguilar, Detroit News staff writer Sales of $1 million-plus homes in Metro Detroit are brisk again after two years of stagnation, according to industry analyses and local real estate agents. But it's a painful recovery: Prices have been slashed. … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/07/13/metro-detroit-luxury-home-sales-rebound-but-at-bargain-prices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Once endangered, eagle population soaring in Michigan
Josh Katzenstein, Detroit News staff writer Since they were removed from the endangered species list in 2007, bald eagles have flourished in Michigan and across the United States. In fact, their population surge has happened almost too quickly. With more … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/07/11/once-endangered-eagle-population-soaring-in-michigan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Michigan effort under way to block invasive Khapra beetle
Steve Pardo, Detroit News staff writer One of the world's most destructive pests — with the potential to wreak havoc on the state's agricultural industry — has been found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at both the Detroit … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/07/06/michigan-effort-under-way-to-block-invasive-khapra-beetle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Kwame Kilpatrick to mag: ‘In a way, I did’ betray Detroit
Santiago Esparza, Detroit News staff writer Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says he was unfairly treated by the media, prosecution and a judge in a wide-ranging interview published in the current issue of an urban magazine aimed at prison inmates and … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/06/24/kwame-kilpatrick-to-mag-in-a-way-i-did-betray-detroit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Kalamazoo man calls Major League umpire for Wiffle ball ruling
Tony Paul, Detroit News staff writer Umpires get a bad rap, because you really only notice them when they've blown a call, or are going at it — nose to nose, expletive to expletive — with a manager or a … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/06/21/1153/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Brooklyn man tossed off flight after cursing may sue
Maureen Feighan, Detroit News staff writer A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who said he was thrown off a flight at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday for cursing is considering suing the airline, calling the experience "humiliating." Robert Sayegh had a layover … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/06/13/brooklyn-man-tossed-off-flight-after-cursing-may-sue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Kid Rock hints at Comerica concert
Adam Graham, Detroit News Pop Music Writer Kid Rock is hinting at a summer date at Comerica Park. The Detroit rocker posted a message on his website at midnight Thursday, underneath a picture of him from one of his 2009 … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/27/kid-rock-hints-at-comerica-concert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Michigan promotes men’s, women’s lacrosse to varsity status
Rod Beard, Detroit News staff writer Varsity lacrosse is coming to the University of Michigan. Athletic director Dave Brandon announced Wednesday that the men's and women's lacrosse teams — which had been club sports — would be elevated to Division … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/25/michigan-promotes-mens-womens-lacrosse-to-varsity-status/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Use of same vendor adds sauce to Lafayette, American coney competition
Tom Greenwood and Mike Wilkinson, Detroit News staff writers After decades of an almost Hatfield-and-McCoy coney competition, the Lafayette and American coney islands are now serving the same hot dog. Well, almost. Lafayette Coney Island recently switched to a frankfurter … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/25/use-of-same-vendor-adds-sauce-to-lafayette-american-coney-competition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps
Ron French, Detroit News staff writer A Michigan man who won $2 million in a state lottery game continues to collect food stamps 11 months after striking it rich. And there's nothing the state can do about it, at least … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/18/2m-michigan-lottery-winner-defends-use-of-food-stamps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Former U-M star Robert ‘Tractor’ Traylor dies at 34
Rod Beard, Eric Lacy and Tom Markowski, Detroit News staff writers Former Michigan star basketball player and Detroit native Robert "Tractor" Traylor was found dead in his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday. According to his professional team, … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/11/former-u-m-star-robert-tractor-traylor-dies-at-34/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Simply Katie Brown: Michigan’s decor diva reveals her secrets
Susan R. Pollack, Detroit News Design Writer Katie Brown grew up in northern Michigan in a large, extended family whose idea of fun was comparing tomatoes from their gardens and bragging about how many people they cooked for that day. … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/localdtw/2011/05/09/simply-katie-brown-michigans-decor-diva-reveals-her-secrets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>