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Look Sharp Wednesday: Rare Cuts (from Neil Young), Deep Cuts (at GM) and Rough Cuts (jobs)

Stylized by Ralph Krawczyk Jr Neil Young was just a few days shy of his 23rd birthday in 1968 when he performed a now-legendary solo show at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor. You can read about the show and listen to some of the album…

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Boom, Bust, Bailout & Bankruptcy Monday

â€œWe put all our chips on a poker hand called durable goods manufacturing, particularly the autos,â€ said Charles L. Ballard, a professor of economics at Michigan State University. â€œIn the middle of the 20th century, every…

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Frosty Tuesday: Silver Bells, Falling Snow & Skidding Autos

Thistle Stop by photoshoparama The 24th annual Silver Bells in the City takes place this Friday (Nov 21) in downtown Lansing. The event features a parade of lights, the lighting of Michigan's Christmas tree and (weather permitting) a fireworks…

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Social vs Antisocial Monday

Social! The Detroit Pistons have launched a new social network called Posting Up. It's a place where fans can network and share blogs, photos, videos and their love of the Pistons. Antisocial! The annual UM/Ohio State game has lost some…

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Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

Tom's Vision by G0Da From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to "point forward" to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, "change" has been very much in the air of late. One part…

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What about water Wednesday?

AuSable river flood waters by sunrisepenny Michigan is known as The Great Lakes State, but we could easily be called "The Water State". 10,000 lakes? Please. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes (15,000 if you count the little ones!). All that…

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Post-election withdrawal Wednesday

Voting is a family affair by Eye See 360 Election 2008 is more or less in the books and while we don't have complete results, we can hit the high points before politics slides off the front page and those elected get down to the very difficult…

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The Week for November 3-9

Autumn Leaves by cedarkayak Welcome to 'The Week' for November 3-9. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and…

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Are we there yet Monday?

expressionism by powerbooktrance If you're anything like me, you're more than ready for tomorrow and an end to the arduous Election 2008 cycle. Here's a few things that can help you pass the time. mLive notes that a record number of…

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Electionpalooza Tuesday: The 2008 Election in Michigan

Guardian Building Flag by paulhitz Election Day (November 4, 2008) is just a week away. That means that today is probably a good day to focus on the election and how to get informed about the issues and the candidates. We also invite you…

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Forward-Thinking Monday

the creative big three by vanessamiller (John Howkins, Charles Landry & Richard Florida) We'll lead off with a quick plug for an upcoming conference and a look back at one from the recent past. The Conference on Michigan's Future takes…

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Creative Cities: an ecology of hope

Hope This is the Fountain of Youth by Cherie S. I came to Detroit for the Creative Cities Summit unprepared, frankly, for the scale of the challenge that Michigan's largest city is facing. As we toured sights selected to offer hope this…