Inauguration or BUST!
Presidential advice from soldiers' hearts
Complaints seem inappropriate considering the historic happenings in Washington D.C. Tuesday. Complaining, after all, is a consequence of freedom, not its cause. We were reminded of this by the soldiers we met Saturday. - 1:00 am
- Michigan truck driver takes center stage on Obama inaugural train
- Obama rides rails to Washington as onlookers cheer
- Rust Belt in a rusty Checker Cab
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Snow's back in Metro Detroit
A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 5 a.m. Sunday for southeast Michigan, where as much as 6 inches of new snow was forecast. - 1:00 am
NTSB: Pilot landed in Hudson to avoid catastrophe
NEW YORK -- The pilot of a crippled US Airways jetliner made a split-second decision to put down in the Hudson River because trying to return to the airport after birds knocked out both engines could have led to a "catastrophic" crash in a populated neighborhood, he told investigators Saturday. - 1:00 am
Detroit auto show opens to public
There were hundreds of people at Cobo as soon as the doors opened Saturday morning. It was a subdued atmosphere without the elaborate waterfalls, thundering music and other over-the-top glam of some previous years. - 4:52 pm
Israel declares Gaza cease-fire
JERUSALEM -- Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire Saturday in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. But Israeli troops will stay in the Palestinian territory for now and Hamas threatened to keep fighting until they leave. - 1:00 am
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Nation/World
- Crews hoist ditched plane from Hudson River - 01:18 AM
- Obama rides the rails to DC for inaugural kickoff - 12:18 AM
- Israel ceases fire but troops stay in Gaza - 01:19 AM
- FDA urges people to avoid peanut butter products - 12:29 AM
Michigan
- Subzero temps will ease, but not without snow - 11:35 PM
- Battery plant slated for Lansing to create 70 jobs - 07:51 PM
- Mich. truck driver enjoys time on Obama train - 10:40 PM
- People urged to avoid peanut butter products - 07:53 PM
Page Ones
- Detroit auto show opens to public
- Where to eat after day at the Auto Show
- Editorial: Support Metro Detroit by visiting auto show
- Readers pick Ford Taurus as best of show
- Picks and pans: Auto show offers mix of speed, style and eco-space age
- Photos: NAIAS 2009 Charity Preview
- Video: NAIAS 2009 Charity Preview
- CyberSurvey: Best concept car
- CyberSurvey: Best new model
- Interactive: Take a virtual tour of the 2009 auto show
- Complete Auto Show guide
- Auto show expected to boost city merchants
- Auto execs: Sore. Bankers? Soar!
- Gov inks $288M Cobo deal
Motown proud: Frosty outlook can't stop Charity Preview party
On a night with cold as punishing as the fearful economic outlook, Metro Detroiters put on their glitter and game faces, and turned out at the 2009 Detroit auto show's Charity Preview -- to support... - 4:52 pm
From the Auto Show Blog
- Snow does not keep away auto show fans
- Mustang-loving daughters may be in trouble with Chrysler dad
- DUB Magazine moves up at Detroit auto show
- Charity Preview: Why does it end so early?
- Jesse Palter keeps the mood jazzy at DADA party
Spartans' styles change, but standards remain high
The only major gripe Jud Heathcote has about protégé Tom Izzo's offense is free-throw shooting. The 81-year-old former Michigan State coach, who remains in regular contact with Izzo, made that point, loudly and profanely, over the phone recently. - 1:00 am
Nobody's laughing at the Cardinals now
Once they were the NFL's most comical floating craps game. They failed in Chicago, the No. 2 team in what once was called America's second city. This is the NFL team nicknamed the Cardinals -- the most ancient of all the ancient franchises in all of professional football. - 1:00 am
- Pistons-NBA: Pistons' skid reaches five games
- U-M: Ohio State edges No. 25 Michigan
- Lions-NFL: For Steelers, Ravens, familiarity breeds contempt
- MSU: Spartans rally to thwart Illini
- Gunfire kills one, wounds six on Detroit's west side
- Defendants dropped from Michigan trooper's suit
- Kellogg's recalls more peanut butter products
- Battery plant planned for Lansing
Hit man, drug king among witnesses in Detroit stripper lawsuit
Confessed city "hit man" Vincent Smothers and notorious drug kingpin Milton "Butch" Jones are among the names on a beefed-up witness list filed by relatives of a slain exotic dancer in their federal lawsuit against the city of Detroit. - 1:00 am
- Investigators work out logistics of removing jet
- Michigan truck driver takes center stage on Obama inaugural train
- Two U.S. service members killed in separate Afghanistan attacks
- Bush: U.S. must remain vigilant against terrorists
Crews hoist ditched plane from Hudson River
NEW YORK -- Salvage crews have used a big crane to lift a downed US Airways jet from the Hudson River. - 1:00 am
- Glenn Haege: Lots of home products are made in Michigan
- Jocelynn Brown: Framing soft sculpture can be a winner
- Martha Stewart: Simple 10-step, healthy-living plan will keep you on track
- Khristi Zimmeth: Discarded Civil War-era sword a 'real find'
A designer and her clients change a home with dramatic results
Marge Colborn: In today's challenging economic climate, change seems to be the new normal, even in decor circles. - 1:00 am
