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    Motown Meltdown

    MAY 29, 2012 4:12PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: amtrak, detroit, memorial day, wayne state, berry gordy, michigan central station, escape from new york

    • 5 Ratings
    • 152 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Stranger in the House

    MAY 24, 2012 9:29PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: amtrak, michigan, detroit, mumbai

    • 2 Ratings
    • 202 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Mr. Auctioneer: Saving Our Homes One by One

    APRIL 19, 2012 10:55PM

    By Ramonas Voices


    Topics: detroit, evictions, foreclosures, in these times, jerome jackson, michigan, moratorium now, occupy detroit, people before banks, roger byee, steve babson, uaw local 600, william and bertha garrett

    • 0 Ratings
    • 223 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    February 24, 2012: Detroit Connections

    FEBRUARY 24, 2012 8:20AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, motown, black power, auto workers, labor, detroit

    • 11 Ratings
    • 816 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    One door closes. Then two.

    FEBRUARY 5, 2012 5:17PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: unemployment myths debunked, open+call, change, cleveland, detroit, detroit science center, dick costolo, facebook, great recession, jeff bezos, job hunting, jobs, larry page, liggett-stashower, mark zuckerberg, social media, unemployment, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1232 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 150 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Wild Card Wknd 2012, "Indoor Air Attack"

    JANUARY 7, 2012 8:08PM

    By Christopher Rogers


    Topics: sports, calvin johnson, megatron, new orleans, detroit, detroit lions, new orleans saints, drew brees, american football spectacular, salon.com, wild card, nfl

    • 1 Ratings
    • 583 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Back To The Future With Private Mortgage Lending

    DECEMBER 9, 2011 1:23AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: harness racing, sub prime mortgages, wall street, corporate fat cats, milt wilcox, jews, occupy wall street, detroit tigers, detroit, great recession

    • 35 Ratings
    • 9484 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    I’m Mitt Romney’s Hair Stylist

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 11:15AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: iowa, ihop, robotic, dukakis, mississippi, detroit, shoe polish, epoxy, cowlick, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2257 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.

    • 3 Ratings
    • 523 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Lou Reed's LuLu Calms The Savage Corgi

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 2:14AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: lawyer, new york, beagle, welsh cardigan cori, the university of michigan, detroit, lulu, bob quine, metallica, lou reed

    • 3 Ratings
    • 380 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Detroit as the mirror of America?

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 10:40AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: open salon blogger, ows, adversity, open call, detroit opportunity project, detroit

    • 2 Ratings
    • 368 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Pay To Play In Detroit

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 3:20AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: kickbacks, fbi, the manoogian mansion, randz company, hotel devur, pay to play, coleman young, detroit

    • 0 Ratings
    • 188 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Post-Season Baseball, 2011

    OCTOBER 10, 2011 3:54AM

    By jeffm23


    Topics: baseball, playoffs, sports, detroit, st. louis, arlington, milwaukee

    • 11 Ratings
    • 846 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    FDR,JFK,BHO-"...govt frozen in ice of own indifference..."

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 6:12PM

    By grif -


    Topics: politics, news, same old same old, we shall overcome, fight the good fight, truman, fdr, obama, jfk, detroit, labor day

    • 2 Ratings
    • 278 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Four Hours in Detroit

    AUGUST 31, 2011 1:30PM

    By Robert Isenberg


    Topics: detroit, motor city, rosa parks

    • 0 Ratings
    • 160 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Creations by Cynae

    AUGUST 2, 2011 3:45PM

    By MsCynae


    Topics: blackhair, atlanta, mscynae, creationsbycynae, norcross, detroit, cuts, color, weave, extentions, video

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1903 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 4846 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1571 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

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