Comments on: The Week for November 3-9 http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-week-for-november-3-9/ All Michigan, All the Time Fri, 17 May 2013 11:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Absolute Michigan http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-week-for-november-3-9/#comment-39377 Absolute Michigan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/?p=1871#comment-39377 Obama taps Granholm, Bonior

Gov. Jennifer Granholm was named to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team on the economy Thursday, and will meet with him and 16 other advisers today in Chicago.

Granholm’s appointment to the panel — former Macomb County Congressman David Bonior also is on the committee — comes on the heels of the dual roles she played in the late stages of the Obama-Biden campaign. She was a stand-in for Sarah Palin when Joe Biden was practicing for the vice-presidential debate, and was tapped by Obama as a traveling advocate for alternative energy.

Continue reading: The Detroit News

]]> By: Absolute Michigan http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-week-for-november-3-9/#comment-39327 Absolute Michigan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:23:40 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/?p=1871#comment-39327 Official: Pistons & Hamilton agree to three-year deal

The Detroit Pistons kept one All-Star guard under contract for years to come on the same day they sent one packing.

Richard Hamilton and the Pistons have agreed to a three-year contract extension worth about $34 million, a basketball official told the Associated Press on Monday night.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced, said two years of the contract are guaranteed and the third is partially guaranteed.

Continue reading: USA Today

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