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    Underemployed and Loving It

    MARCH 18, 2013 12:28PM

    By Kathy Peacock


    Topics: unemployment, 99 percent, detroit, freelance, satire, economy, work

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 2418 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    A job, a place to live, and hope: Alaska 1971

    JANUARY 25, 2012 11:25PM

    By grif -


    Topics: alaska, jobs, hope, detroit, anchorage daily times, nixon, had more money then than now

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 3278 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    John King's: A Storehouse for Book Hounds

    DECEMBER 4, 2011 10:17PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: open+call, declaration of independents, john k. king used and rare books, detroit, michigan's largest bookstore, beyond books, photography.

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 2358 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    More Michigan. For Real.

    AUGUST 1, 2011 7:12AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: belle isle, neighborhoods, vernor's, buddy's pizza, food, tourism, what makes michigan work, great lakes, unemployment, detroit, pure michigan

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 8338 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Me and My Cars

    JULY 19, 2011 12:07PM

    By David Wronski


    Topics: fonz, general motors, 1958, gullwing, bugatti, moon hub caps, bullet bumper, jayne mansfield, electric car, detroit, ford rotunda, hudson, mercedes benz, morgan, volkswagen, automobile, car

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 2296 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Pure Michigandering

    JULY 15, 2011 8:22AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: detroit, pure michigan, cherries, michigan left turns, fast drivers, detroit institute of arts, rivera court, john kings books, zingerman's, detroit eastern market, heidelberg project, photography, travel, tyree guyton, creative detroit, concept cars, ford country, detroit ruins, ribs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 525 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 4: She Comes to America and Has a Loss

    JUNE 21, 2011 8:00AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: family, grandmother, sicily, immigration, immigrants, early 1900s, detroit, memories, different times, heartbreak, music

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 5027 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Gun Laws, Legal Guns, and the Illegal Gun Trade

    JANUARY 27, 2011 12:23PM

    By Michael Kelly


    Topics: bloomberg, detroit, florida, gun control, guns, indianopolis, lakewood, lincoln city, nra, police shootings, port orchard, robocop

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1499 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Detroit Shooting Shows the City is a Petri Dish of Wrong

    JANUARY 24, 2011 8:24AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: unions, republicans, democrats, racism, corruption, government, police, politics, detroit

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1512 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Life after Newspapers: Groove is in the biscotti

    MAY 18, 2010 8:54AM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: food tuesday, foodie, tuesday, biscotti, nonna, cranberry, pistachio, pan, detroit

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1848 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Cash For Clunkers Could Use an Upgrade

    JULY 31, 2009 8:01PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: miles per gallon, mpg, environmental legislation, environment, is bailout one word or two, congress is like mtv's the real world only with more crazy, congress, beep beep, big three, detroit, obama administration, auto industry, cars, clunkers, cash for clunkers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 2761 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Examining My Parent's Marriage

    JULY 17, 2009 12:09AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: the zola system, alex zola, aron zola, marriage, detroit, phoenix, judy zola, atlantic, new york city, new year's eve, depression

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2170 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    GM Says Good-Bye, GM Says Hello

    JULY 9, 2009 4:32PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: auto bailout, autos, cars, brian deese, steven rattner, is bailout one word or two?, beep beep, carmakers, big 3, detroit, bankruptcy, auto taskforce, general motos, g.m., gm

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2406 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    It’s raining dead presidents in Detroit

    JUNE 17, 2009 4:07PM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: brookins institute, money, loomis, chrysler, detroit, unemployment, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3950 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Stanley Cup: A tale of two rust-belt cities

    JUNE 5, 2009 11:14AM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: henrik zetterberg, sidney crosby, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, detroit, stanley cup

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2434 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    GM & Chrysler in Ch 11--What's Going to Happen Now?

    JUNE 1, 2009 1:31PM

    By Walter Blevins


    Topics: business, bail-out, federal government, bankruptcy, big 3, detroit 3, detroit, car makers, auto industry, ford, gm, chrysler

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1224 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Finally, some good news from Detroit

    MAY 27, 2009 11:26PM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: michigan, penguins, pittsburgh, detroit, stanley cup, red wings

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1703 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Car Efficiency Standards: Who Are We Trying to Help?

    MAY 19, 2009 9:46PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: environment, beep beep, economy, politics, obama, cafe, emissions standards, big three, detroit, car makers, auto industry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2471 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    G.M., Chrylser Announce Thousands of Dealership Cuts

    MAY 15, 2009 2:25PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: chrysler, fiat, cars, automakers, big three, detroit, is bailout one word or two?, auto bailout, car bailout, detroit bailout, beep beep, g.m., gmac, general motors, dealerships, car dealers, economy, bankruptcy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 5209 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Fiat's Chrysler Buy-in: Just The Ideas, Ma'am

    APRIL 27, 2009 2:20PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: detroit bailout, car bailout, auto bailout, is bailout one word or two?, detroit, big three, automakers, cars, fiat, chrysler

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