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Would You Care If Your Local Paper Stopped Home Delivery?
Detroit's major newspapers the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News will no longer greet residents on their front porches every morning, as these papers are the first in the US to end daily home delivery. The newspapers decided to cut service down to three days a week, thanks to the cost of ink, fuel, and paper. Since 2002, both papers have seen about a 20 percent decrease in circulation.
Briefing Book! Car Execs Will Take $1 Salaries For Bailout
- Bailout: Problem solved? Big Three CEOs agree to cut salaries to $1 a year if Congress grants auto industry bailout. — Huffington Post
- Biden: Lucky us?
Top 5 Most Dangerous Cities List Puts New Orleans at No. 1
With a murder every 40 hours, New Orleans crime rate is hard to beat. The latest City Crime Rankings looked at reported incidents of six major crimes to determine the most dangerous dwellings in the US. With a population of only 250,000 that changed drastically after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans came out on top.
Should Congress Bail Out the Automakers?
If Michigan-bred Mitt Romney doesn't think Congress should bailout the auto industry, then the plan to save Detroit might need a set of jumper cables. Mitt wrote today: Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor, and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority, and never-ending job losses.
A Car That Gets 65 Miles Per Gallon?! Not in the US
Picture this: a brand-new, five-seat compact car, complete with a navigation system, gas mileage up to 65 miles per gallon, and a $1,300 tax deduction with purchase. Are you ready to buy? Well you'll have to move to Europe first!
Should Politicians Be Able to Send Sexy Text Messages?
Finland's popular foreign minister is the latest politician to lose his job over naughty text messages. Ilkka Kanerva sent over 200 erotic text messages to a stripper, pictured. He initially denied the story when it broke in a gossip magazine, but later confessed to using his taxpayer cell phone to send the messages while attending an EU meeting in Brussels.
Detroit's State of the City Includes N-Word and Wild Applause
Kwame Kilpatrick. Tell it. I've loved this mayor since I first saw him and his aggressive pinstripes on Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Cute Alert: Baby Aardvark at the Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo has a cute addition to its menagerie: an adorable aardvark who was born with four-inch ears! The Zoo Director of Conservation and Animal Welfare, Scott Carter, said it best when saying that Amani (Swahili for "peace") "can only be described as hideously cute." Click here to read more about this hideously cute beast.
Front Page: Democrats to Ban Domestic Violence as Preexisting Condition
- Democrats in Congress have vowed to ban all health insurance companies from using domestic violence as a preexisting condition. — CNN
- President Obama has told top lawmakers that there will be no troop cuts in Afghanistan. — New York Times
- Congress will have to sign off on Washington DC's bid to legalize same-sex marriage.
Front Page: US Navy Heads to Rescue Captain From Pirates
- A US Navy warship has arrived off the Somali coast where pirates are holding the captain of a cargo ship hostage. — Telegraph
- President Obama has invited friends and aides to a private seder dinner at the White House tonight to mark Passover. — AP
- Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi predicts that earthquake reconstruction will cost several billion euros.
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