Provides the latest RSS feeds for Detroit News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Detroit News.Net http://www.detroitnews.net/ en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:53:38 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:53:38 -0500 30 Washington, Jan 6 : It is a well-known fact that our immune system adapts itself to every new microbe it encounters. Now, scientists from Wayne State University in Detroit have shed light on how human's antibody-forming system makes "evolutionary leap" to stave off infection. http://www.detroitnews.net/story/450099 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:00:13 -0500 Detroit News.Net http://www.detroitnews.net/story/450099 Beatty's family and friends packed the courtroom for the hearing. They included Beatty's Pastor's wife, who was overcome with emotion. Linda Griffin has been by Beatty's side during most of the last y... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909851&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:14 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909851&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 The parents of a middle school student who was repeatedly teased and harassed by other students can continue their federal lawsuit against Hudson Area Schools in Lenawee County, a federal appeals cour... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909828&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:22 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909828&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 SOUTHFIELD -- Charges against a 15-year-old Southfield boy in the slaying of pregnant Lathrup Village Rib Rack restaurant manager were changed to open murder today. Assistant Prosecutor Rob Novy amend... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909832&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:21 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909832&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 STERLING HEIGHTS -- Police are looking for a man who held up a Warren Bank on 19 Mile Road just east of Dequindre about 11:45 a.m. Lt. Luke Riley described the suspect as a white male, between 55 to 6... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909823&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:19 -0500 The Detroit News - Macomb http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909823&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait to go through with a joint venture with Dow. The company also said that it will continue with “aggressive steps to establish Dow as a high-performance, ea... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20907715&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:02:48 -0500 Philadelphia Business Journal http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20907715&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DOW ) announces wide range of legal, operating and financial actions that will keep it on track to fulfill transformational corporate strategy it has pursued since 2005. Chairman & CEO Andrew Liveris ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909847&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:49:29 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909847&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 (AP) — THE LATEST: Dow Chemical Co. will pursue legal action against a state-owned Kuwaiti company that pulled out of a joint venture last week. The company could potentially recoup $2.5 billi... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909840&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:25 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909840&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 NEW YORK (AP) — With luxury and electronic goods posting double-digit sales declines over the holiday season, shoppers still rung up warmth and good cheer in a spate of recession-inspired buyin... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909842&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:24 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909842&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 WARREN -- A 47-year-old Warren man was killed Monday night after being involved in a bicycle-car accident at Hoover and Meadowbrook, Police Commissioner William Dwyer said. David Francis Hampel was di... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909825&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:31 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909825&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 BERLIN (AP) — German automakers exported 22 percent fewer cars in December than a year earlier, with production down by the same amount, the country's main industry group said Tuesday. The aut... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909843&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:23 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909843&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 MILFORD -- The sign outside the Hickory Ridge Community Church across from the Milford Proving Grounds reads: "G.M. We are praying for you" but on Tuesday about 200 people gathered inside were remembe... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909827&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:29 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909827&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 An Oakland County assistant prosecutor said in court today that a teen charged in the shooting death of a pregnant supervisor at a Lathrup Village restaurant was allegedly in a gang and had been suspe... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909836&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:52 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909836&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 WASHINGTON (AP) — Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards were expected to appear in federal court to answer to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghd... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909846&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:23 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909846&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- The Wayne County Commission today unanimously voted to make Edward Boike its next leader. Outgoing chairwoman Jewel Ware, who had been under scrutiny for two months for allegedly using coun... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909829&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:24 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909829&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Regional unemployment rates increased in 16 of Michigan's 17 major labor markets in November. State officials say stores hired fewer retail workers for the holiday season... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909844&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:21 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909844&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Environmentalists and an American Indian tribe are voicing opposition to a proposed coal-fired power plant in northern Michigan. Local officials and state lawmakers, meanw... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909841&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:26 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909841&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 (WXYZ) Health Alliance Plan is helping moms and seniors splash their way to a healthy 2009 by kicking off a free water aerobics program.This month, HAP is offering the free classes called 'Moms in Mot... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909848&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:17 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909848&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 A 52-year-old man whose vehicle broke down on I-75 in Oakland County was killed after he was struck by a passing tow truck driver, leading to an hours-long shutdown of the freeway Monday.Michigan Stat... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909837&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:50 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909837&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- Firefighters were trying to determine the whereabouts of a man whose home caught fire this morning on the city's east side, near Hamtramck. The man's wife told firefighters her husband may ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909831&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:28 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909831&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Nearly a year after headlines revealed a City Hall sex scandal, the former top aide to ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sent to jail Tuesday to serve the same punishment as her boss: 120 days with time s... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909839&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:10:48 -0500 Gadsden Times http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909839&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 (WXYZ) The FBI is planning to hire thousands of people for a wide array of jobs.Word is spreading that the Bureau is looking for people, who can pass a security clearance, to fill openings for account... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909849&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:16 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909849&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Brian Burke was selected Monday night to fill the seat of former Mayor Pro Tem Kim Capello, who was elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in November 2008.Council members interviewed si... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909838&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:49 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20909838&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 WGO ), the nation's top-selling motor home manufacturer, was recently recognized by Ford Motor Company as receiving the "fully meets" classification as part of their Truck Quality Program. In or... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20901643&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:07 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20901643&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 D ETROIT - Sales conditions in the automotive industry are likely to remain brutal - especially for the next three months - but Detroit’s automakers are hopeful that the U.S. economy will get a ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904458&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:47:06 -0500 Boston Herald http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904458&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 WASHINGTON -- Michigan's new members of Congress are taking office Tuesday. Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters are entering the U.S. House after defeating Republican incumbents last November. Scha... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904586&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:37 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904586&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) — Nearly a year after headlines lit a City Hall sex scandal, the former top aide to ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sent to jail Tuesday to serve the same punishment as her boss: 120... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904594&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:58 -0500 New Jersey Online http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904594&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) - Greektown Casino in Detroit has hired a Las Vegas-based turnaround firm as the casino works to emerge from bankruptcy protection. The Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday the Fine Poin... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904600&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:49 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904600&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) — After a year in which U.S. auto sales tumbled 18 percent and GM had its worst year in nearly a half-century amid slack demand fueled by a terrible economic outlook and growing jo... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904591&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:26:17 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904591&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 ARGENTEUIL, France (AP) — Orders for Renault cars were boosted in December by a government-sponsored €1,000 bonus for French consumers who trade in old cars for new lower-emission models, ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904592&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:26:16 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904592&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Vatican City, Jan 5, 2009 (CNA).- Over the weekend Pope Benedict XVI made a number of appointments for North America, including selecting Bishop Allen Vigneron from the Diocese of Oakland to fill the ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904606&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:24 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904606&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama's new ride has arrived. The Detroit News reports Tuesday that a new model of a presidential limousine made by General Motors Corp. has been delivere... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904590&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:26:18 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904590&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (WXYZ) - Ex-Kwame Kilpatrick aide Christine Beatty is beginning her sentence for her role in the text messaging scandal that rocked the city for almost a year. Beatty is being processed into t... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904601&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:48 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904601&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 NEW DELHI: Car maker General Motors India on Tuesday said it would hike price of its cars by up to Rs 10,000 across all models from January 10, due to rising input costs and currency fluctuations. ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20901800&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:08:12 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20901800&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a press conference following the sentencing of Christine Beatty that she hopes the convictions of Beatty and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will help Detroit ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904587&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:41 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904587&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- An early morning fire sent a 60-year-old woman to an area hospital suffering smoke inhalation, Detroit Fire Department officials said. A fire was reported in her home on the 9240 block of E... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20902792&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:38 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20902792&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 (Sports Network) - The Detroit Red Wings will try for their fifth straight win on home ice tonight, as they begin a three-game residency versus the Columbus Blue Jackets at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wi... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904582&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:19 -0500 SportsNetwork http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904582&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) said it will pursue "legal options" against Kuwait following the country's decision to pull out of a multibillion-dollar joint venture that was a cornerst... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20903313&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:32:57 -0500 Smart Money http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20903313&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) - The guitarist for the Michigan based punk bank The Stooges has died.Ann Arbor police officers found Ron Asheton's body in his home this morning. They were checking on Asheton... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904597&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:53 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20904597&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DOW ), which received a blow last month when a multi-billion dollar agreement was scrapped by Kuwait, said Tuesday that it would pursue legal as well as other options concerning the collapsed deal. ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20902224&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:03:17 -0500 Quote.com http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20902224&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- The new spiritual leader of the Detroit area's 1.4 million Roman Catholics is a Michigan native who is invoking a city slogan about hope as he takes charge of a region tangled in economic ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20898434&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:12:30 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20898434&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 TOKYO (AP) - Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation's top automaker as it grapples with shr... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899592&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:26:18 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899592&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 ‘Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” states Lieutenant Columbo, slyly, to a brilliant murderer and his Mensa-esque colleagues, in the e... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20898189&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:10:41 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20898189&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 According to Farmington Public School District spokeswoman Diane Bauman, a parent saw the message and contacted officials Sunday.School officials and officers from the Farmington Hills Police Departme... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899589&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:09:17 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899589&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Nathaniel Abraham appeared sullen at times, at one point near tears, as he apologized in Oakland Circuit Court for his recent drug-dealing conviction, pledging -- once again -- to turn his life around... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899588&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:09:19 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20899588&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 LANSING -- State officials are proposing overly restrictive rules that would undo the intent of compassionate medical marijuana law that voters approved in November, backers of the new measure claim. ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895533&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:25 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895533&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DEARBORN -- Firefighters put out a fire in an historic boarding house Monday afternoon in the Menlo Park section of Greenfield Village, which was among the first to get electric lighting. The fire was... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895535&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:23 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895535&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Sonic Drive-in, the popular fast-food restaurant chain that recreates the feel of a 1950s drive-in diner, opened its second eatery in Metro Detroit -- on Groesbeck in Clinton Township on Monday. The M... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895527&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:17 -0500 The Detroit News - Macomb http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895527&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Economic blame game targets men It's one of those unified theories of the universe now being used to explain the economic, long-departed bubble and its current collapse. It might easily be extended n... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895532&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:24 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895532&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Christine Beatty sat at the counter of downtown Detroit's Lafayette Coney Island with her two children, wondering how she would face going to jail for her part in the tawdry text message scandal. "If ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895541&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:16 -0500 The Detroit News - Wayne http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895541&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 FARMINGTON HILLS -- A new museum will allow residents to explore the roots of Farmington Hills and the Farmington communities, which are among the oldest in Oakland County. The Heritage and History Ce... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895537&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:16 -0500 The Detroit News - Oakland http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895537&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- An army of national political consultants that helped Barack Obama win the presidency will be working with Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.'s campaign to help him hold off a flurry of tough compet... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895529&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:31 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895529&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 PONTIAC -- Two 14-year-old Pontiac boys will stand trial on charges related to the deaths of homeless men in the summer. Thomas Jay McCloud Jr. and Dontez Marc Tillman are charged with first-degree mu... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895539&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:13 -0500 The Detroit News - Oakland http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895539&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 WASHINGTON -- With its daunting list of economic challenges, Michigan's stake in the success of Barack Obama's presidency couldn't be higher. Some analysts say the state may benefit from having a pres... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895534&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:27 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895534&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- Even as an 8-year-old, Archbishop-elect Allen Vigneron had always wanted to be a priest and would pretend to celebrate Mass in the basement of his parents' southeast Michigan house. Now Vig... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895530&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:32 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895530&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 PONTIAC -- Nathaniel Abraham was given a gift 11 years ago when a judge sent the youngster to juvenile rehabilitation instead of adult prison for second-degree murder. But Abraham wasted that gift, pr... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895531&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:28 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895531&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 LATHRUP VILLAGE -- Two more people were arraigned Monday in the shooting death of a pregnant Lathrup Village Rib Rack restaurant manager, bringing to three the number of suspects held in the slaying. ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895538&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:11 -0500 The Detroit News - Oakland http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895538&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- The city Police Department has scheduled three town hall meetings for residents to discuss concerns about their neighborhoods with Chief James Barren. The events are expected to last from 6... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895545&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:10 -0500 The Detroit News - Wayne http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20895545&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) - Huge rebates and zero-percent loans couldn't overcome economic uncertainty as U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, capping a dismal year that saw sales free-fall by 2.9 milli... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892213&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:07:25 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892213&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. has scuttled a plan by some of its Michigan dealers to attend the North American International Auto Show. Nissan announced in November that it was pulling out of... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892209&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:04:33 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892209&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 SOUTHFIELD -- The last days of December triggered vigorous public demonstrations in Dearborn -- speeches, a street rally with hundreds toting signs, vigils, mass prayers and other public gatherings by... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892207&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:58:10 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892207&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 ATSAFRIR ABAYOV/Associated Press A shattered window is seen after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon today. http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892208&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:58:09 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20892208&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DEARBORN -- Firefighters put out a fire at a historic home in the Menlo Park section of Greenfield Village this afternoon, according to The Henry Ford spokeswoman Carrie Nolan. The fire was contained ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888070&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:19:25 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888070&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Chrysler has reported a staggering decline in vehicle sales for December 2008. U.S. sales for the automaker plunged 53 percent. Chrysler is blaming a weak economy for the ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888087&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:31 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888087&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- Police protection for council members has soared more than 100 percent since Council President Monica Conyers took over in September. Part of the reason for the increase is that Mayor Kenne... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20886226&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:19:24 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20886226&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Southfield, Mich. (WXYZ) - Two new suspects have been charged in connection with the murder of a young pregnant woman who was shot to death outside of the restaurant she worked at. http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888083&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:32 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888083&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Monday its December U.S. vehicle sales tumbled, capping off a tough year for both the automaker and the industry overall. http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888084&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:34 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888084&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT -- After Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 made historical references to Islam that were perceived by some Muslims and others as harsh criticism of the faith, Cardinal Adam Maida visited the nation's ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888071&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:19:23 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888071&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - Paw Paw's police chief says a heart found at a car wash in the southwestern Michigan village belonged to a deer. Investigators had been trying to determine the organ's origin ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888086&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:38 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888086&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 After a pedestrian fatality on I-75 between Sashabaw and Baldwin roads in north Oakland County, all southbound lanes were closed shortly after 3 p.m. Monday by Independence Township firefighters. http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888074&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:14 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888074&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 DETROIT (AP) - A group of about 15 Michigan Islamic leaders on Monday called on the public to contact lawmakers, donate to relief agencies and pray in an effort to end fighting and suffering in the Ga... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888082&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:37 -0500 WXYZ http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888082&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Automakers released December and 2008 U.S. sales figures Monday. These were the top-selling vehicles for the year and the month, with the total number sold and the percent change in sales from the... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888080&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:35:25 -0500 MLive http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888080&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Thomas McCloud and Dontez Tillman, both of Pontiac, are former classmates at Jefferson Middle School. They will be back in court before 50th District Judge Preston Thomas and could learn whether they ... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888077&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:12 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888077&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Parents are being advised to pick up their students from the school by noon, said Georgette Johnson, director of communications for the Pontiac School District. Students who arenʼt picked up by n... http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888076&cat=3d33b780d0e24349 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:11 -0500 Detroit Free Press http://feeds.detroitnews.net/?rid=20888076&cat=3d33b780d0e24349