6 GM execs dump more than 200,000 shares

Six General Motors Corp. executives have sold more than 200,000 shares of stock as the company moves toward issuing new equity.

Macomb mailman charged with stealing $19,000 in stamps

A Macomb County postal worker has been charged with stealing more than $19,000 in stamps and selling them at discounted rates after meeting people online.

Ford to sell up to 300 million shares, boost retiree health fund

Ford Motor Co. said today it plans to sell up to 300 million shares and said it would use part of the cash proceeds to fund a retiree health care trust fund.

Wings' Brian Rafalski could play in Game 6 vs. Ducks

Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski could be back in the lineup tomorrow night when the Red Wings look to eliminate the Ducks in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

BILL McGRAW’s MOTOR CITY JOURNAL | WITH VIDEO

Bing sworn in, inherits a world of woes

Judge Damon Keith Circuit swears in Dave Bing as mayor at the Department of Elections in Detroit. Monday May 11, 2009.

Inside a wood-paneled room decorated with an American flag and a tall plastic plant, Dave Bing took the oath of office today. He became Detroit’s new mayor, its third in eight months. Can you feel the difference?

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MITCH ALBOM

Others provide the drama — but it's the Mule that rules

Datsyuk was amazing, Hudler an eye-blinker, Helm sealed the deal, and Chris Osgood played the lights out way he had to on the limited shots he faced. But the Wings don’t win without Franzen.

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Bing sworn in, inherits a world of woes

MATT HELMS

Get ready for big-time Gratiot delays

Construction on the busy Macomb County route will have drivers jammed for most of the summer, starting this week.

MIKE'S MONDAY ANIMATED CARTOON

Who needs the Big 3?

The argument against saving the Big 3 is put to the test.

JEFF SEIDEL

Straight up, hard to say what's true now

In the Age of the Internet, it doesn't matter whether something is true. All that matters is that you have an opinion. And, of course, a picture of a couple of breasts can boost Web hits immensely.

CAROLYN HAX

4-inch heels ditched for shorter date

Dear Carolyn: Is it wrong of me that, now that I'm dating a man who is only about two inches taller than I am, I've banished all my fabulous four-inch heels to the back of my closet and refuse to wear them out on the town? -- Anonymous

MICHAEL ROSENBERG | DETROIT 4, ANAHEIM 1

Red Wings’ talent will trump the Ducks’ chippiness

This didn’t even seem like hockey. It was Harlem Globetrotters stuff. Moments after Johan Franzen scored on what appeared, for all the world, to be a no-look shot, Jiri Hudler performed some magic of his own.

BRIAN DICKERSON

Patterson casts his vote

Probably it was merely a coincidence that Patterson unveiled the new four-county consortium -- which happens to include neither Detroit nor its surrounding Wayne County -- the same day that six out of seven Detroiters declined to participate in their city's mayoral election.

STEPHEN HENDERSON

As mayor, Bing must pass timed test

We're at two down, two to go, in the absurd Detroit mayoral marathon of 2009. But we're actually about to enter the most critical period of this dizzying year.

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MATT HELMS

Get ready for big-time Gratiot delays

Construction on the busy Macomb County route will have drivers jammed for most of the summer, starting this week.

GUEST BLOGGER: CHRIS MCCARUS

The squeeze on Michigan’s farmland

Chris McCarus, this week’s guest blogger, looks at one Michigan industry that’s still growing and wonders why the state does so little to preserve it.

MARK SNYDER'S BLOG

U-M loses strength coach Mike Curtis to Virginia

Michigan lost a significant piece of its basketball and Olympic sports training programs. Mike Curtis, who came from the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies at the beginning of this school year, has left just as fast for his alma mater, Virginia.

MONDAY MEMO

The long reach of recession

It seems, according to this story in Sunday's New York Times, Grosse Pointe has got the economic blues too.

MARK SNYDER'S BLOG

U-M's Jevohn Shepherd gets look from NBA's Raptors

Michigan wing Jevohn Shepherd was never more than a role player at U-M. But when he showed athletic flashes, there was always a wonder what he'd be like if he sustained that.

MIKE BROOKBANK

How do you jump-start your Monday?

Isn't it hard getting back into the swing of things on Monday mornings? I can't seem to get past that sentence! More proof it's slow going for me this morning!

MARK SNYDER'S BLOG

Two soon-to-be Wolverines enjoy final H.S. All-Star game

Both Darius Morris and Matt Vogrich knew Saturday night would be their last chance at undisciplined basketball. So they took advantage of the chance at the Feinberg Academic All-American Classic at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif.

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It's not always love for mothers

Picture it: Sunday morning in a Baptist church full of church folk. The church folk let out a collective gasp when a young woman says she thinks she hates her mother.

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Obama lauds industry offer to cut health costs

UPDATED AT 2:40 P.M. — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today portrayed the health care industry’s promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years as “a watershed event” in the long search for a solution to the millions of uninsured.

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Bing takes oath as mayor; Conyers accuses Cockrel of locking her out

"It's the biggest challenge of my life," Bing said after taking the oath. "But I think it's one that I'm ready for." Meanwhile, Outgoing City Council President Monica Conyers accused outgoing Mayor Ken Cockrel of locking her out of the council president's office.

NATION/WORLD

Atlantis blasts off to fix Hubble space telescope

Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away today to the Hubble Space Telescope for an ambitious repair mission.

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TOM WALSH

Detroit can't afford to lose GM

Ka-boom! The first question at General Motors Corp. CEO Fritz Henderson’s telephone press conference today was this: “Is GM considering moving its corporate headquarters?”

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GUEST BLOGGER: CHRIS McCARUS

The squeeze on Michigan’s farmland

Chris McCarus, this week’s guest blogger, looks at one Michigan industry that’s still growing and wonders why the state does so little to preserve it.

ENTERTAINMENT

'Star Trek' launches with $76.5 million

“Star Trek” boldly went where the series has not gone before, and the voyage paid off at the box office.

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LIFE

They're ready for Bike to Work Week

Sally Palaian is at the fore of two initiatives that aim to get people to work without a vehicle, including National Bike to Work Week. But there is a community of cyclists who don't need the push.

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Mother's Day moments

Share special moments during Mother's Day weekend for a chance to win a $50 Macy's gift card! More from MomsLikeMe.com

SPORTS

THE OFFBEAT WITH MIKE BRUDENELL

Helm, Red Wings tough in the clutch

The Offbeat admits young Darren Helm may at times go unnoticed on a team chock-full of superstars. But when the Red Wings needed it Sunday, he came through with a goal to remember.