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Photo Friday: river days Detroit - waterfountain fun by mojo.d

Dale says that this is the water fountain outside of the Ren Cen in Detroit and that it was warm, and a wonderful day to run thru the fountain. He's from Brisbane, Australia and this is part of his USA 2008 set.
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Road Trip: Detroit's Historic Eastern Market

Grown in Detroit by ellievanhoutte Since our 'Michigan History' article featured the Detroit Zoo today, it made sense (at least to me) that while there you take advantage of another one of Detroit's great attractions. It seems it would…
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Michigan History: The Detroit Zoo

detroit zoo by ercy Polar bears frolicking in a glass tunnel surrounded by 300,000 gallons of crystal-clear water; kangaroos bouncing about in a simulated Australian Outback; or hundreds of amphibians living in the world's only amphibian…
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Road Trip: International River Days - Detroit

Detroit River Days by paulhitz Starting June 20th and continuing through the 23rd, Detroit hosts it's annual International River Days, featuring carnival rides, a nautical parade, gigantic fireworks and a wide range of musical performances.…
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Barack Obama & Michigan

Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible. When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that…
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Photo Friday: Street Artists - Detroit Festival of Arts by MikeRyu

MikeRyu took this photo (and several more) at last weekend's 2008 Detroit Festival of Arts. It's part of his Detroit set (slideshow) and I don't think he'd mind if I linked to this Flickr slideshow of detroitfestivalofarts pics featuring…
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Fork in the Road: Flint and Detroit Inspired Coney Dogs

In collaboration with Eric Villegas and his nationally broadcast television show Fork in the Road, Absolute Michigan presents exclusive webisodes for your viewing pleasure. This time out it's dog wars and Chef Eric takes us to visit both Flint…
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2008 Detroit Red Wings bring the Stanley Cup to Hockeytown!

Welcome Back, Stanley!, photo by radiospike photography Originally posted at Michigan in Pictures. Spike writes that this photo was taken at 10:58pm on June 4, 2008 as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins to secure…
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Watch: Race for the Cure - 2008

This video by mattmb1 from High Gear Racing features a ride through Detroit with Andy Staub and other riders from Beat the Train and Saturday's Komen Detroit Race for the Cure. We're linking to the high quality version - if that doesn't…
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Photo Friday: Practice runs by LindaB

This photo is part of Linda's Red Bull Air Race set. FYI, the race takes place on the Detroit Riverfront May 31 - June 1 and you can get details right here.' Linda quotes one of my favorite photographers, Lewis Hine: "If I could tell…
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Proton Beam Group, Attacked by a lamp post

There's pretty much zero chance that I'm NOT going to post a link to an article titled "Proton beam group forms". More here. The photo is Attacked by a lamp post (150) by caterpillars. It's part of her Detroit show. Yow.
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Photo Friday: Eyes Wide Open by radiospike photography

This is one of a number of great photos of the Detroit Red Wings (slideshow) that Spike has for your viewing pleasure - a perfect way to warm up for the 2008 Stanley Cup vs the Pittsburgh Penguins. You can tell from this set - and others…