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  'Captain America' Wins Worldwide Rock Paper Scissors Competition

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

  Captain America prevailed, throwing paper again as his opponent threw 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 gol Read More

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  The Amazing Green Race

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:08 PM ET

  powered cars from 16 countries lined up at the starting line in Darwin, Northern Australia, last Saturday. Among the entrants: the University of Michigan's Infinium (one of the favorites to win) and Cambridge University's The Endeavour. The 650-lb Infinium's solar panels are "the same one Read More

  More like this in: Technology, The New York Times, Travel, NASA, Australia, Emissions, Japan, Planet, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Environmentally Friendly
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  Grand River Rescue

  By Sarah Parsons | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:40 PM ET

  too. One group, Grand Rapids Whitewater, aims to re-engineer the turbulent river to remove the low-head dams and restore more natural rapids to the Michigan river. If the changes are implemented, Grand Rapids Whitewater's cofounder, Chip Richards, says that the river will be more aestheticall Read More

  More like this in: Kayak, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Kindness
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  EEStor's Ultracapacitor Delivered in 2009?

  By John Casey | Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:37 PM ET

  an automated production line, is ready to deliver ultracaps to Zenn for its electric car drivetrain before the end of 2009 and is in talks with Michigan state officials to build another manufacturing plant there.If EEStor delivered a production-model ultracap, or, for that matter, even Read More

  More like this in: Texas, Canada, Solar Energy, Electric Vehicles, EEStor, Ultra Capacitor, Zenn Motors
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  Who Should Mind the Forests?

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:59 PM ET

  premise on which the U.N. is making plans to manage the remaining forests of the world.But it turns out, according to a study by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the U.N. is wrong.Research shows that, overall, commonly held forestlands sequester more carbon than government owned lands Read More

  More like this in: Global Warming, New Scientist, University of Michigan, Science, Environment
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  Mountain Formation Sends Evolution Peaking

  By David Bois | Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  up for adaptation to the new and differing conditions on opposing sides of the barrier. Photo courtesy of Steve Jurvetson, via Wikimedia Common Read More

  More like this in: University of Michigan, Rocky Mountains, Science, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Recession: A Prescription for Longevity

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:50 AM ET

  available to those who are no longer worried about office hours, nagging bosses or those pesky investment portfolios! Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Health, Science, Recession, United States, Science Daily, Stress, Drinking, University of Michigan, Life Expectancy
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  Big Fish... For Real

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:36 PM ET

  caught in the world.Healy wasn't intending to set any records when he and his longtime fishing buddy set out along the Manistee River in central Michigan looking for salmon. They had already had some success when Healy got a nibble that felt a bit more forceful than what he encountered earlie Read More

  More like this in: Arkansas, Sport Fishing, US, Entertainment
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  Ford Makes Room for Sustainable Role

  By Catherine Lincoln | Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:19 AM ET

  to fuel efficiency.At Ford we're always looking for ways to reduce the amount of water and electricity we use. The roof our Rouge Complex factory in Michigan has the world's second largest green roof!We also are investing in renewable resources. So we now can make seat foam from soy beans instea Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Children, Economy, Business, Transportation, Investing, Fuel Efficiency, Ford Motor Company
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  The Cash Man

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:01 AM ET

  A concerned Michigan citizen creates an alter-ego to remind people of the economics of donating cans vs. cash to feed the hungry Read More

  More like this in: Money, Local Food, ABC News, US, Kindness