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    • 19 Ratings
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    The Road Less Traveled

    FEBRUARY 3, 2013 9:04PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: groundhog day, snowfall, five mile road, northville, michigan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4954 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Monday Night Lights: October Aurorae Surprise US Skywatchers

    OCTOBER 25, 2011 11:37AM

    By J. P. Major


    Topics: michigan, northern lights, aurora

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1790 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    We're Michigan and Most of Us Don't Deserve This

    APRIL 26, 2011 2:35PM

    By Ramona Grigg


    Topics: union busting, state policy network, scott walker, rick snyder, michigan, mackinac center for public policy, lansing rally, emergency financial manager, blossomtime's grand floral parade

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 1508 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Reverse Engineering A Rock

    MARCH 4, 2011 10:26AM

    By Jeff L. Howe


    Topics: cobble, jeff l. howe, canadian shield, michigan, geologic time, minerals, rocks, nature, geology

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1469 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Labor Unions Waiting for Godot

    MARCH 1, 2011 10:37AM

    By Ben Sen


    Topics: labor unions, autoworkers, wisconsin, indiana, michigan, ben sen's essays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2291 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Burgers are in my blood

    MAY 29, 2010 9:44PM

    By Lucy Mercer


    Topics: ohio, toledo, michigan, saginaw, german immigrants, bison, sliders, burgers, food/drink, skc burger

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 2246 Views
    • 82 Comments
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    The Ripple Effect

    MARCH 25, 2010 10:36AM

    By mamoore


    Topics: family, michigan, teacher lay-offs, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1319 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Oh, tidings of crankiness and oy

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 10:22AM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: family, michigan, unemployed, christmas, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 74 Ratings
    • 3406 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    What Happened to Speling, Grammer and Geografie?

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 3:35AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: chico marx, napoleon, brahms, alexander the great, books, comedy, sports, media, michigan, brazil, gps, geography, grammar, spelling, spelling bee, school district, pitcher, picture, alright, katmandu, nascar, burger king, dangling participle, gerund, visigoths, neanderthal man

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1315 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    John Desmond Ott

    OCTOBER 15, 2009 2:13AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: genesee cream ale, brokklyn bridge, michigan, nyu, quito ecuador, bungalow 6, facebook, john desmond ott, brooklyn bridge

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2851 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Life after newspapers: On the public dole

    AUGUST 6, 2009 9:43AM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: newspapers, michigan, unemployment, open salon, livingston county courthouse, betty anne waters, hillary swank, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2624 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    No Longer a Casino Virgin: Casino Culture in America

    JULY 20, 2009 8:47AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: casino, culture, gambling, casinos, michigan, odawa, resorts, vegas, rich, poor, jackpot, poker, slot machines, young, old, senior citizens, class, capitalism, society, america, winning, competition, pleasure, entertainment, life, lifestyle

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1227 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
    • 29 Ratings
    • 2637 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    I Lost the Only Job I Had Left--My Newspaper Column

    MAY 4, 2009 9:54AM

    By From The Midwest


    Topics: pinched, newspaper, job cuts, newspaper downsizing, michigan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2167 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    When Michigan Finally Recovers, Who Will Be Left?

    APRIL 24, 2009 4:39PM

    By mamoore


    Topics: jennifer granholm, michigan, economy, everyone is leaving town, family, news, open call, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1338 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Last gasp for suburbia?

    APRIL 21, 2009 1:33PM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: mcmansion, home sales, housing, real estate, ann arbor, university of michigan, lansing, commute, gas prices, public transportation, sprawl, livingston, business, environment, development, suburbs, michigan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 776 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    My vids of the Tea Bag Party in Lansing (MI)

    APRIL 16, 2009 9:02AM

    By Bonnie Bucqueroux


    Topics: tea party, teabag, teabaggers, joe the plumber, lansing, michigan, anti-tax protest, bucqueroux

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3717 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Life after newspapers

    APRIL 2, 2009 9:15AM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: newspapers, michigan, livingston county, ann arbor, detroit, free press

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1254 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    I Still Have a Job and I Feel Guilty

    MARCH 9, 2009 11:44AM

    By mamoore


    Topics: economy, unemployment, michigan, pot lucks, pinched

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1023 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    My Father's Funeral

    OCTOBER 31, 2008 1:14AM

    By alexzola


    Topics: the soprano's, cards, arizona, phoenix, michigan, scottsdale, detroit, holocaust survivor, romania, jews, jewish funeral rites, shiva, kaddish, gambling, jackie mason, bela lugosi, aron zola

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