GM enters its second century by finally taking wraps off Volt
With Vice Chairman Bob Lutz driving the Volt on stage during the automaker's 100th birthday party, GM introduced the electric car to a standing ovation from hundreds of employees in the Renaissance Center and thousands more watching via satellite feeds beamed to the automaker's facilities around the world. - 1:07 am
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Fed bails out ailing AIG with $85B loan
The Federal Reserve forged an extraordinary $85 billion rescue Tuesday night of insurance giant American International Group Inc., offering a respite from two days of chaos in the American financial system. - 1:07 am
Bridge plans may stop roadwork
As construction crews hustle to finish their work before winter sets in,an impasse over a proposed second Detroit-Windsor bridge threatens to halt 136 Michigan road projects in two weeks. - 1:07 am
Kilpatrick's day in the slammer
Kwame Kilpatrick may not have known it at the time, but his day in jail last month could be a harbinger for what's to come for the mayor who is resigning Thursday and heading behind bars for 120 days on Oct. 28. - 1:07 am
Big Three lobby for $25B loan
Automakers stepped up their lobbying efforts Tuesday to win congressional support for $25 billion in low-interest government loans to retool auto plants with the top executives from Detroit's Big Three personally visiting Capitol Hill lawmakers. - 1:00 am
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Nation/World
- Asian markets mixed after US bails out insurer AIG - 05:36 AM
- Government steps in again, bails out AIG with $85B - 04:25 AM
- Offshore drilling up to Senate after House passage - 03:51 AM
- Official: US Embassy in Yemen hit by car bomb - 05:31 AM
Michigan
- High school teacher wins 'Big Brother 10' - 11:58 PM
- Detroit mayor doesn't answer deposition questions - 08:47 PM
- Obama proposes $5B trust fund for Great Lakes - 05:45 PM
- Flap over foreclosure challenges in Michigan grows - 03:41 PM
Page Ones
- More airline news in the Travel Blog
- Photos: Metro Airport's North Terminal
- Photos: Metro Airport North Terminal opens with a charity bash
- Brian J. O'Connor: Markets catch their breath as Fed offers tough love
- Findings may resolve DMC, WSU pay tiff
- Neil Winton: Russia booms, but auto investors' nerves must be jangling
- Porsche claims it has control over VW
North Terminal opens today, embarking on a new journey of comfort and convenience
The changeover is the latest piece of Metro Airport's massive overhaul efforts, which have turned the Romulus airport from one of the nation's most loathed to one of its most loved. - 1:00 am
Spartans' loss to Notre Dame is hard to forget
As an eager Michigan State scout-team player, Eric Gordon endured what every other Spartans fan did two years ago amid rain and driving winds at Spartan Stadium. The date: Sept. 23, 2006. The opponent: Notre Dame. The result: one of the heftiest punches to the gut of the Michigan State program in 111 seasons. - 1:22 am
Elite home-run club preps for new member
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Attention, Uncle Dwight. Be ready to leave at a moment's notice. - 1:00 am
- Lions-NFL: Former MVP Alexander visits Lions
- Columnists: Four Pistons seek one spot
- Columnists: U.S. captain insists: 'We are the underdogs'
- Tigers-MLB: Rodney blows another save as Tigers drop 6th straight
- Beefing up school security
- Council to hold special election
- 22 spans to undergo repairs
- Retailers weary of roadwork
Mayor takes Fifth -- 84 times
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick took the Fifth so many times during a civil deposition Tuesday that his attorney suggested using a system of sign language to expedite matters. - 1:07 am
- Obama proposes $5B effort to restore Great Lakes
- House: End drilling ban
- Economy returns campaign to reality
- Aide says McCain behind BlackBerry
Dems file lawsuit to block use of foreclosure lists to bar voters
DETROIT -- Democrats and Republicans battled in the media and the courts Tuesday over hotly disputed claims that the GOP could use lists of foreclosed homes to bar voters from the polls in November. - 1:07 am
- Rex Roy: Bigger cars lose luster as cost rises
- Metro area re-fitter lightens Corvette's gas use
- Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Jump-start smoke may be from cables
- Sneak peek: Mercury Milan (hybrid)
Audi delivers: Redesigned A4 offers more luxury and performance
Scott Burgess: The A4, which arrives this fall at dealerships, upgrades in all the right places. The 2009 model just might be the A-4-U. - 1:00 am
- Beefing up school security
- Alleged theft halts school's yearbooks
- Mich. universities leaders in alternative energy research
- Colleges teach green way of life
'Dangerous' E. coli strain at MSU is identified
Investigators have identified the strain of E. coli bacteria that has hospitalized several Michigan State University students as E. coli 0157:H7 -- the same strain that killed several children in 1993 after they ate undercooked hamburgers at a Jack in the Box restaurant. - 1:07 am
