Mekeisha Madden Toby: FALL TELEVISION PREVIEW

Bloodthirsty viewers will enjoy sinking their teeth into vampire romance

Vampire boy meets mortal girl. Vampire boy falls in love with mortal girl, and mortal girl falls in love with vampire boy. - 09/06/2008

• Chemistry makes HBO show explode

Mike O'Hara: 2008 NFL preview

Lions coach Marinelli elects for endurance

No matter what happens from week to week -- upset victories, games lost that should have been won, and everything in between -- the Lions must be ready for the long haul of 16 games in 2008. - 09/06/2008

• Serving a full term: Johnson's injuries behind him, and he's ready to take off
• Rising in the polls: Defensive coordinator Barry vows additions will change last-place unit
• Lions incumbency
• Lions chiefs of staff: Colletto & Brown

• Forum: Sound off in Lions Talk
• Complete 2008 NFL preview
• CyberSurvey: How many wins for the Lions this season?
• Week 1: Lions at Falcons

Brian J. O'Connor: Money & Life

Throwing the book at a bad economy

We pause, Money & Lifers, to honor the 15th anniversary of the books known as The Complete Idiot's Guides. - 09/06/2008

Marge Colborn

Talented team creates showhouse that can grow and change

A house structurally designed from a woman's perspective by female architects -- what a novel concept. But that's what Wellington Chase Homes, working with Swanson Meads Architecture, did with the Birmingham Showhouse, a new, 4,580-square-foot arts-and-crafts-style home, constructed in an established Birmingham neighborhood. - 09/06/2008

• Video: Designers prepare for opening of the Birmingham Showhouse

Glenn Haege: The Handyman

Shut down your cottage for the winter

Many folks are facing the end of the summer cottage season and making plans to shut down their cottage for the winter. So now is the time to develop a cottage hibernation checklist to make sure your vacation home is safe and sound for the winter. - 09/06/2008

Scott Burgess: First 100 Miles

Ferocity in a tuxedo: Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 is plush, fast and cool

When you drive the 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG high performance coupe, you need an escort, a passport or any other reliable radar detector. - 09/06/2008

Mekeisha Madden Toby

Chemistry makes HBO show explode

We've all seen vampire/mortal romances on the small screen before, but the chemistry between Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) on HBO's new vampire thriller "True Blood" is so palpable and intense that those other pairings seem paltry by comparison, making this series one of the best this fall. - 09/06/2008

• Bloodthirsty viewers will enjoy sinking their teeth into vampire romance

Glenn Haege: You can do it!

Replacing cracked ceramic tile is a snap

Over the past couple of weeks, I have showed you how to fix ceramic tiles in the bathroom/shower area and how to replace pieces of vinyl tile. Now we can talk about damaged ceramic tile on the floor in a kitchen or foyer. Ceramic tile is hard and sturdy, but it can get damaged. With a few steps, a piece of ceramic tile can be replaced easily. - 09/06/2008

Nancy Szerlag: Gardening

Enjoy the best of season's end

Harvest celebrations are a great way end the gardening season, and here are two events you won't want to miss. - 09/06/2008

Jeff Ball: The yardener

Organic fertilizer provides best nutrients for the yard

October is the best time to fertilize the lawn. Most of the energy provided by the fertilizer is going into growing roots rather than grass foliage. In fact, those roots will continue to grow into December in many cases. - 09/06/2008

Marney Rich Keenan: Home Life

Scientists find another reason why men cheat

Just when John Edwards insidiously calls his affair "the mistake," just when Eliot Spitzer resigns over obscenely high-priced call girls, and just when Kwame Kilpatrick's sexually explicit e-mails to his ("Do you know who the 'blank' I am?") paramour spark his downfall, a new scientific discovery links a man's philandering to a gene in his DNA. - 09/06/2008

Rob Parker

Winning record is must for Lions' Marinelli

A LLEN PARK -- The free ride is over for Lions coach Rod Marinelli. - 09/06/2008

• Lions' Smith interested in one thing: winning

Khristi Zimmeth: Trash or treasure?

Though old, clock is not particularly rare

'The enclosed photo is of an old clock that came with the house when my parents purchased it back in the mid-1950s," wrote Detroit resident Vera Magee to Trash or Treasure recently. - 09/06/2008

Jeanne Phillips: Dear Abby

Neither funny biker nor hard worker is woman's match

Dear Abby: I am a woman living with a man, but "in love" with another man whom I formerly dated but broke up with because he's an alcoholic. - 09/06/2008

Jeanine Matlow: Smart solutions

Imagination is guide to bringing blooms indoors

Our gardens may need some attention, but they give us beautiful blooms in return. Take the time to broaden their fleeting beauty with some do-it-yourself displays for the home. - 09/06/2008

Duane Kimmey: Pets

Dogs in rural areas need Lyme disease protection

Dear Dr. Kimmey: We just purchased a 3-month-old puppy. We have a wooded area behind our house, and see skunks, opossums, raccoons and a occasional fox or deer. - 09/06/2008

Bob Wojnowski

Lions are better? Well, prove it

ALLEN PARK -- Teams love slogans. I'm sure you've noticed the Lions relentlessly touting theirs in a barrage of TV ads. "Do you believe in now?" It's not a rhetorical question, but I'll give the only logical response, the one fans have muttered for years: Prove it. - 09/05/2008

• Stopping the run is Lions' first priority
• Sharing time with Johnson won't bother Smith
• Giants put squeeze on Redskins

• Forum: Join the discussion in Lions Talk
• Lions blog
• John Niyo answers your Lions questions at 3 p.m today

Daniel Howes

Commentary: Detroit's doubts don't end here

The resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his agreement to spend four months in a Wayne County jail are supposed to end Detroit's lengthening nightmare, to remove the instability that business hates and investors abhor. - 09/05/2008

Bob Wojnowski

U-M, MSU fans: Chill out

One thing about college football around here is people know how to keep everything in perspective. - 09/05/2008

• Miami seeks to tighten defense
• Spartans linebackers hope to add toughness

• Big Ten Blog
• Forum: Join the discussion in Big Ten Talk

Laura Berman

Commentary: Beatty, the woman left behind

The mayor breezed by Christine Beatty as if she wasn't there, too, in Courtroom 303. Once she was powerful, exciting, important. Now she is the invisible woman, the shamed woman, the woman left behind. - 09/05/2008

• Cockrel won't take city's reins from Kilpatrick until Sept. 19
• For Beatty, scandal lingers

Tony Paul: Covering the Bases

Yankees' Moose is tracking toward Hall

There are those out there who would have you believe that if Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina doesn't win three more games this season, or 33 more for his career, then he's just not Hall of Fame material. - 09/05/2008

• Rogers nearing the end of career

Nolan Finley: Commentary

McCain defines dividing line

ST. PAUL -- Yes We Can became Yes He Will on Thursday night as John McCain and the Republicans sought to stress the advantage of a candidate with the experience to lead over one with the words to inspire. - 09/05/2008

Nolan Finley

Commentary: Lamentable fall of gifted leader leaves city with need to rally

The story of Kwame Kilpatrick is more complex than just another corrupt politician fading away into the criminal justice system. - 09/05/2008

• Cockrel won't take city's reins from Kilpatrick until Sept. 19

Mekeisha Madden Toby: Web tube

'90210' gives The CW a much-needed victory

Despite being thin on plot and purpose, The CW's much-talked-about remake of "Beverly Hills 90210," which is now simply titled "90210," drew the fledgling network's highest ratings ever for a scripted drama. - 09/05/2008

Frank Beckmann: Commentary

Kilpatrick brings end of mayoral reign on himself

A part of me is saddened that this saga ended with the resignation of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. What a waste of talent, destroyed by greed, arrogance and irresponsible leadership. But he did it to himself. - 09/05/2008