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Recent weather proves climate crisis, Gore says at Wayne State - Detroit Free Press

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:11:55 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Oct. 14 - Recent weather proves climate crisis, Gore says at Wayne StateDetroit Free PressReacting to a cool-off in concern over global warming, former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore was unbowed and unrepentant in blaming recent storms, droughts and wildfires on climate change. Gore, speaking Thursday in ...Nobel prize-winning scientist giving talkBCLocalNewsall 17 news articles »

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Arrest of Wall Street protesters sparks a national movement

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:08:25 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Oct. 04 (News) - ABC NewsArrest of Wall Street protesters sparks a national movementDetroit Free PressAP NEW YORK -- Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, to show anger over the economy and what they see ...Taking to the streetsDeseret NewsAnti-Wall Street protests spread nationwideAlbany Times UnionNY Police Can't Use Bus Drivers in Protest Arrests, Union SaysBusinessWeekSan Francisco Chronicle -CNN -New York Postall 4,716 news articles »

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GM, UAW deal would add or save 6,000 jobs

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:27:53 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Sep. 20 - The tentative labor contract between General Motors and the UAW will add or save more than 6,000 U.S. jobs during the life of the four-year contract, people familiar with the pact told the Free Press.

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In House GOP budget plan, the rich get richer

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Apr. 24 (Editorial) - The long-term budget plan approved earlier this month in the U.S. House of Representatives would give new succor to the most well-off Americans.

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For 2 refugees, a nightmare in captivity | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:07:27 -0800

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Feds fine Abercrombie & Fitch $1M for violating immigration law

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By Greta Guest - Sep. 28 (News) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Detroit said today it had levied one of its largest fines -- $1 million -- against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for violations of federal immigration law at its Michigan stores.

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America the vulnerable: Insecurity will last as long as nation's best traditions

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By Brian Dickerson - Sep. 12 (Opinion) - Today, I cannot think of the helplessness I felt watching the Twin Towers collapse in 2001 without recalling the similar sense of impotence I experienced in October 2008, when the confluence of phenomena I scarcely understood sent the numbers by which I reckon my own economic security -- the value of my home and retirement savings, the revenues of my employer, the tax revenues available to my city, my county and my state -- plummeting. Read more: Brian Dickerson: America the vulnerable: Insecurity will last as long as nation's best traditions | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20100912/COL04/9120437/America-the-vulnerable-Insecurity-will-last-as-long-as-nation-s-best-traditions#ixzz0zR3scLWO

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Michigan Tea Party has some Democratic ties

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By John Wisely, Dawson Bell, Kathleen Gray - Sep. 03 (Investigative Report) - Despite blanket denials from top Michigan Democratic Party officials, the elusive group that wants to call itself the Tea Party on the November ballot has been linked repeatedly to Democrats since it emerged in May, a Free Press investigation shows. From the group hired to collect signatures, to party activists who found candidates and the candidates themselves, the Michigan Tea Party has many ties to Democrats.

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It's Whitacre's GM now

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Tim Higgins - Dec. 02 (News Report) - GM Chairman Ed Whitacre became chief executive officer Tuesday and sent a clear message: More changes are ahead for the automaker that already has been through a historic government-backed bankruptcy this year.

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Medicare a touchy health care topic

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:15:17 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Oct. 04 - Medicare a touchy health care topicDetroit Free PressWASHINGTON -- At 72, Elaine Jacek of Taylor is all for health care reform if it is done right, but that means not messing with her Medicare ...On rationing, pharmaceuticals and prescriptions under MedicareChicago TribuneLetters: Don't pay for health care on backs of seniorsAppleton Post CrescentGroup Health Plans, Employers Would See Many Changes in Senate ...Leagle, Inc.Montgomery Advertiser?-Topeka Capital Journalall 150 news articles??

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Politics, economy may hamper effects of PAYGO proposal

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By Chuck Raasch - Jun. 11 (News Analysis) - For most American families, matching income with expenditures is a no-brainer. But not for a government that has run up more than $10 trillion in debt and is slated to gush a record $1.8 trillion in red ink this year.

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GM rescue fraught with political risks for Obama

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By Todd Spangler - Jun. 02 (News Analysis) - ... the president will have to explain to tens of thousands of people who lose their jobs why the sacrifice he has ordered for GM is best for them and the nation.

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Other firms survived this and succeeded

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Detroit Free Press - By Brian Tumulty - Jun. 01 (News Analysis) - Can General Motors Corp. file for bankruptcy and reemerge from Chapter 11 as a profitable and viable automaker?

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California gay marriage fight echoes past | Freep.com

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Aurelio Rojas - Feb. 26 (News Report) - As Derald Granberg follows the legal challenge to Proposition 8 now before the California Supreme Court, he thinks back to 1966. That year, in a case that divided Californians as much as same-sex marriage does today, the court overturned a voter-approved measure that had allowed housing discrimination based on race.

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NAACP faces plenty of challenges in year of Obama

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - Feb. 13 (Editorial) - While celebrating its 100th birthday this year, NAACP leaders are asking whether — and how — a civil rights organization can remain relevant in an America that has just elected its first black president.

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Auto execs could face pay cut with new rules

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Justin Hyde - Feb. 05 (News Report) - The rules require companies to put their pay plans for top executives to a nonbinding shareholder vote, limit spending on travel and entertainment, and allow companies to recover bonuses from the 20 top executives if those bonuses were based on faulty data.

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Nobody needs an office decorated with greed

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Mitch Albom - Feb. 01 (Opinion) - It was the wastebasket. That did it for me. No, you can't justify $87,000 for a rug and you can't justify $35,000 for a commode -- yes, a commode -- but you really, really can't explain $1,400 for a wastebasket. Made out of parchment. Who buys a wastebasket that can catch fire faster than the trash inside it?

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As condition of loan, UAW can't strike against GM

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Justin Hyde - Jan. 08 (News Report) - As part of the loan, the U.S. Treasury defined several conditions that would trigger a default, including that “any labor union or collective bargaining unit shall engage in a strike or other work stoppage.” If the loans are in default, the Treasury has the power to call them back immediately and force GM into bankruptcy.

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Hey, you senators: Thanks for nothing | Freep.com

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Mitch Albom - Dec. 13 (Opinion) - Kill the car, kill the country. History will show that when America was on its knees, a handful of lawmakers tried to cut off its feet. And blame the workers. How suddenly did the workers — a small percentage of a car’s cost — become justification for crushing an industry?

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7 myths about Detroit automakers | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Mark Phelan - Dec. 05 (Editorial) - Myth No. 1: Nobody buys their vehicles Myth No. 2: They build unreliable junk Myth No. 3: They build gas-guzzlers Myth No. 4: They already got a $25-billion bailout Myth No. 5: GM, Ford and Chrysler are idiots for investing in pickups and SUVs Myth No. 6: They don't build hybrids Myth No. 7: Their union workers are lazy and overpaid

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For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Rochelle Riley - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - Congress is running out of time to finally make the Bush administration own up to its actions for eight years. If Congress isn’t careful, the president who already has issued 171 pardons could also pardon every appointee and employee he has ever had – and their dogs.

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6 myths about the Detroit 3 | Freep.com

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Mark Phelan - Nov. 17 (News Analysis) - The debate over aid to the Detroit-based automakers is awash with half-truths and misrepresentations that are endlessly repeated by everyone from members of Congress to journalists. Here are six myths about the companies and their vehicles, and the reality in each case.

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No medals yet for China on human rights

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:05:19 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Aug. 06 (Editorial) - For participants and most of the people watching, the Olympics are about the competition, the world's premier athletes giving their all to see who among them will be declared best in the world. But for the host country, the games are also about image and opportunity, about investing billions of dollars to show off a dynamic place to the world and, when the games are gone, attract investment and tourism. For China, where the summer Olympics open Friday, this is also a bid to leave the ranks of the world's "rising powers" to take a permanent seat next to the United States at the table of global leaders. China has much to display. No nation in human history has ever moved so many people so quickly from poverty to a semblance of middle class. The visible progress in China's major cities is truly stunning. But there also is much that China would like to hide. On human rights, environmental protection, intellectual property rights and trade, the Chinese still prefer to play by their own rules. China clearly has not made the kind of social progress the International Olympic Committee hoped for when the games were awarded to Beijing seven years ago.

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John Sidney McCain

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:18:43 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Jun. 08 (Special Report) - McCain was named for his father and grandfather. He attended the Episcopal High School boarding school in Alexandria, Va. In 1954, he entered the Naval Academy. In July 1967, McCain, then a naval aviator, survived a fiery disaster on the USS Forrestal that killed 134 of his shipmates and nearly sank the aircraft carrier in waters off North Vietnam. That October, his A4 Skyhawk attack bomber was shot down over North Vietnam. He endured severe brutality as a prisoner of war for more than five years. After his return and a divorce from his first wife, he relocated to Arizona, remarried and worked for the company of his new father-in-law, Jim Hensley, a beer wholesaler and distributor. He ran for the U.S. House in 1982, served two terms and was elected to the Senate in 1986.

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Michigan do-over election hits a new wall

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:10:03 -0800

Detroit Free Press - By Kathleen Gray - Mar. 08 (News Report) - Obama rejects Granholm idea, state party says -- The obstacles to a do-over election to pick Michigan's delegates to the Democratic National Convention seemed to grow Friday, after Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign officials told ...

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