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Detroit News.

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  'Captain America' Wins Worldwide Rock Paper Scissors Competition

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:26 PM ET

  rock. Victory was his! (Watch a video of the final round below.) "I am a Michigan man who won it for the nation; I brought it home," Conrad told the Detroit Free Press two days after his win while still wearing his gold medal around his neck. Conrad, a 22-year-old employee of the Aeropostale a Read More

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  The Art of Tailgating

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 8, 2009 3:42 PM ET

  can be a fan of tailgating," Cahn told CNN.Cahn exhibits a certain joie de vivre as he displays a broad grin while tailgating in a hot tub before a Detroit Lions game. (Click the CNN link to see the pic.) He has participated in more than 500 tailgates since he sold his New Orleans Cooking Schoo Read More

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  Intriguing Nonprofit Innovation

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  the public's trust in the system.The second-place winner offers another little bit of excitement. Receiving the $7,500 prize is Urban Farming, a Detroit-based NGO that commandeers unused land and other surfaces to grow gardens and provide fresh food to inner-city food deserts. They even gro Read More

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  Steady As He Throws

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 8, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  will obviously go a long way to improve the field and make sure it stays open during the Motor City's leanest years in memory.Interviewed by The Detroit News, White's former baseball coach Morris Blackwell said, "He was good. Smooth left-handed swing."Park volunteer Deb Sumner added that h Read More

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  The Lions Roar

  By David Jenison | Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:51 PM ET

  Georgia quarterback Matt Stafford. Could the QB help get the Lions back on track? Hopefully, but either way, it was great news for football fans in Detroit who have long-suffered for their team. In addition to the losing streak, the Lions have won just one playoff game since winning th Read More

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  Jack White Revives Hometown Ballpark

  By Wynter Mitchell | Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:19 PM ET

  is.White who grew up in the area spent his childhood playing baseball at the center,  "He was good," said Coach Morris (Mo) Blackwell Jr., to the Detroit News, "Smooth left-handed swing."While White (who's government name is Jack Gillis) insisted that his donation be kept in secret, it didn' Read More

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  Inmates Garden to Feed the Needy

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:14 PM ET

  save the city more than $1 million a year by reducing costs to keep people in jail, according to an article by Jennifer Chambers in The Detroit News. "I love it out here. I like the work. These are living things just like us and I nurture them so they do well," Scott Graham, 24, tol Read More

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  Detroit Renaissance

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:40 PM ET

  high crime rates, urban blight. The list goes on. But, as NPR reports, amid the ruins of this once mighty city, some see the possibility that Detroit can rise again.The city's main draw now is its dirt cheap real estate. There are buildings that are inexpensive by real estate standards (on Read More

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  Usher Gives Youth a New Look at Life

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  the past. And this year is a good year to be involved; the students are attending for free thanks to a red-carpet fundraiser sponsored by MGM Grand Detroit.Usher started the New Look Foundation to have a bigger impact on the lives of youth than he could do through one-off donations to othe Read More

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• Ranking All the Rage

  By Lisa Germinsky | Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:29 AM ET

  rage — behavior typified by angry, over-reactive drivers, who among other things, text, talk, eat, tailgate, speed and honk­ — were Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta and Minneapolis. Miami, last year’s worst offender, fell to the #7 spot. But Baltimore, last year’s 4th worst city, cleaned u Read More

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