Detroit (Michigan)

Faith healer

Mitch Albom is the picture of American health. His skin glows, his dark-brown eyes twinkle and his thick thatch of black hair springs away from his scalp with uncontrollable vigour. All of this despite the fact that he is just...

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Maryland joblessness rises to 7.3%

Employers add 1,500 jobs in Oct. but more than 215,000 seeking work Maryland employers created 1,500 jobs last month, but the number of out-of-work residents on the hunt for work grew even faster. Maryland unemployment rose to...

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Jobs Chat: Target federal applications to a few bulls-eye positions

Group, is a career counselor who specializes in government job searches and military transition. This is adapted from a recent chat at washingtonpost.com. Detroit: I am frustrated with my search for a federal job. I am finding...

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Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala

Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala. By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press Writer DETROIT —...

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Chrysler offers deals to lurebuyers

By Jeff Bennett Dow Jones Newswires DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC will offer zero-percent financing or as much as $4,500 cash back on its 2010 vehicles in an effort to remain competitive and lure customers into showrooms after...

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Report: Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez not planning on going anywhere

coach Rich Rodriguez said he believes he will return next season. Rodriguez appeared on Detroit Free Press columnist's Mitch Albom's radio show on WJR-AM 760 on the eve of the Michigan-Ohio State game Friday. Albom, according...

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Dead Bodies Pile Up in Abandoned Detroit

Dead Bodies Pile Up in Abandoned Detroit - Thousands of houses are abandoned, roofs ripped off, windows smashed. Block after block of shopping districts lie boarded up. Former manufacturing plants, such as the giant Fisher body...

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Council OKs Bing's bond sale

The Detroit City Council voted 6-2 Friday to approve a $250-million fiscal stabilization bond sale that will allow the city to pay off its short-term debt and restructure its long-term financial obligations.

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Detroit tree lighting helps put focus on holidays, not hard times

All eyes were on the towering Norway spruce in Campus Martius Park on Friday night as Santa Claus began the countdown at the annual Detroit tree lighting ceremony. "Detroit, are you ready to light the tree?" Santa asked....

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Pianist-composer mixes Latin, jazz and classical in concerto

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No. 1 tapped into two larger currents at Thursday's Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert with the composer as soloist.

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