Analysis
No joke: Lions will win nine
Here are some thoughts, opinions and predictions about the Lions halfway through the exhibition season. The Lions will win nine games, maybe more. They're super fast on defense, they will build a running game, protect the quarterback and have talent at wide receiver. I say 9-7 is the standard. Whether that earns a playoff spot remains to be seen, but this team will not fall apart, unless shredded by injuries. - 4:07 pm
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Goodman: Council will wait on appeal until Granholm considers ouster
DETROIT -- City Council attorney William Goodman said Tuesday the panel won't decide on whether to appeal a court decision halting its planned forfeiture of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick until after Gov. Jennifer Granholm's Sept. 3 removal hearing. - 3:57 pm
- Judge halts council's effort to oust Mayor Kilpatrick
- Illness may prompt another judge to hear Kilpatrick assault case
Former Kilpatrick aide under FBI scrutiny
DETROIT -- Derrick A. Miller, a former top aide to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is under FBI investigation in connection with the failed Asian Village development and a homeland security project he was involved in approving, according to federal court records and interviews. - 4:04 pm
Top QB recruit rescinds U-M commitment
Kevin Newsome, a top dual-threat quarterback, has decided to rescind his commitment to Michigan for the 2009 class. - 3:57 pm
Kansas governor asks Michigan women to back Obama
WARREN -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an early Barack Obama supporter and one of his potential vice-presidential running mates, kicked off the Obama campaign's outreach to Michigan women voters today, telling about 150 supporters "the road to the White House comes through Michigan." Sebelius avoided questions about Obama's vice presidential search, which appears to be nearing its end. - 3:57 pm
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- Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday - 08:05 PM
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- Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength - 08:03 PM
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Johnson finally gets gold in last gymnastics event
BEIJING -- Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's competition Tuesday night, the balance beam. - 4:17 pm
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- Group plans DPS college aid
- Stripper persists as rumor in a rumor
- Judge halts council's effort to oust Mayor Kilpatrick
- Cameras to ease Macomb traffic
Slaying of Metro family 40 years ago haunts Good Hart
The recent publication of a book about the murders shows that, even after four decades, the unsolved case continues to haunt people, from long-retired detectives to newly arrived residents. - 3:27 pm
- Fewer buyers are satisfied with Big 3
- Chrysler picks new design VP
- GM Style event a victim of cuts
- Brian J. O'Connor: Weak buck not boon auto firms expected
GM to bring back employee prices
General Motors Corp. is expected to make an announcement later today about certified used vehicles while at the same time offering employee pricing to all buyers on most of its 2008 lineup and some 2009 models. - 3:02 pm
- Chrysler picks new design VP
- GM Style event a victim of cuts
- Eco-driving embraced by automakers
- Briefs
Analog TV owners struggle to go digital
For some consumers, the coupons being distributed by the government for the converter boxes are expiring before they can find a box at the store. - 2:17 pm
- Car theft, peeping keep cops busy at Cruise
- Nursing home bill in works
- Farmington caps number of garage sales
- Jailer: They left me with Grant
Stripper persists as rumor in a rumor
EMT's claim that Greene told cops she was not only dancer at mayor's mansion stokes legend. - 1:00 am
- Leyland's mind is on next season
- Sabathia remains perfect
- Charting the majors
- Jones' shoulder still not healthy
Catchers start to blossom
Catching is a bit like oil these days. It's tougher to find and to develop. It's more expensive. - 1:00 am
- College presidents seek drinking-age debate
- Musharraf out; Pakistan to keep fighting terror
- Fay rolls across Florida as storm, not hurricane
- Kids study: Women delay longer, have fewer
Rice says NATO will punish Russia
Secretary of state steps up criticism of Kremlin as pledged troop pullout from Georgia fails to materialize. - 1:00 am
