Believe in this? After promising preseason, Lions fall flat
John Niyo: ATLANTA -- If Lions fans are to believe in now -- as the team's preseason ad campaign hopefully suggested -- they'll have to forget about yesterday. And trust that the Lions' defense really isn't as bad as it looked in its 2008 debut. - 9:12 am
Monday, September 8, 2008
Cockrel and Kilpatrick to meet for 'smooth transition'
DETROIT -- City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. is slated to meet today with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to review plans in preparation for Cockrel to succeed the mayor. - 9:12 am
Controversy, Conyers seem far apart
DETROIT -- Already known for its verbal volleys and frequent fireworks, the City Council could get hotter this month when Monica Conyers takes charge as its president. - 9:27 am
Half-day kindergartens to cost districts
WESTLAND -- Hundreds of school districts across the state are wrestling with options for kindergarten following a recent change in the way the state funds those programs. - 9:27 am
7 Oak Park assaults probed
OAK PARK -- Seven people have been attacked in random street incidents in the past two weeks, including three who were beaten in robbery attempts. - 9:12 am
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Nation/World
- Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on - 09:50 AM
- Powerful Hurricane Ike may swipe Florida Keys - 09:02 AM
- Stocks surge on plan for mortgage giants - 09:47 AM
- US government takes on big role in mortgage market - 08:45 AM
Michigan
- Spokesman: Kilpatrick fundraising site fake - 06:18 AM
- Obama campaigns Monday in Flint, Farmington Hills - 04:47 PM
- Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans - 04:40 PM
- Mich. Legislature appears close on energy plan - 01:00 AM
Page Ones
Commentary: Marinelli's team embarrasses itself, losing opener to Falcons, 34-21
The Lions weren't ready for this. Unbelievably, they didn't appear ready for anything. Has a season ever been tarnished so quickly, in the first quarter of the first game? The Lions began 2008 as they ended 2007, trying to piece together what went wrong. Their defense still looks shattered, and if they can't figure out a way to fix it, they'll be doomed before they barely get started. - 1:52 am
Missouri up to old tricks to sway Heisman voters
OK, does anyone really think that sending Heisman Trophy voters cool little gadgets might actually sway their votes? - 8:56 am
- More Colleges: Monday Morning Quarterback
- Columnists: Offensive hum will have to wait
- Columnists: Spartans met 2 goals of Dantonio
- Tigers-MLB: Tigers win with another rally
- Nader opposes fed help for Big 3
- Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans
- Protest against India's Tata Motors called off
- Protest against India's Tata Motors called off
Auto sales down in West Europe
It may still officially be summer, but a chill wind is blowing through Western Europe's economies and auto markets. A regional downturn in vehicle sales that began in May gathered pace in July and August, as high fuel prices and sagging consumer confidence reduced demand sharply. - 1:00 am
- Ferguson arrested again
- Program helps city lights to go green
- Wayne Briefs
- Oakland Briefs
'Fake' site solicits donations for Kilpatrick's restitution
A Web site calling for supporters of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to donate money for his $1-million restitution as part of his plea deal in the text messaging scandal is fake, a mayoral spokesman said Sunday. - 1:17 am
- Congress to reconvene with focus on campaign
- Michigan gets first look at GOP team
- FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet
- State: Dillon recall attempt on ballot
Palin missing from interviews
WASHINGTON -- Three of the politicians seeking the nation's highest offices appeared in lengthy broadcast interviews Sunday, but the hottest topic for all of them was the missing fourth candidate -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. - 1:00 am
- 'Fake' site solicits donations for Kilpatrick's restitution
- The new pajama look hits runways
- Hope rises for Michigan housing market
- Google will keep pushing the envelope
U.S. takes over giant mortgage lenders
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis. - 9:12 am
- Esquire magazine unveils cover with electronic ink
- Real-estate site expands ad deal with newspapers
- Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home
- Much-delayed game lets you play God
Google will keep pushing the envelope
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. - 1:00 am
- Congress to reconvene with focus on campaign
- Nation/World Briefs
- Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw
- Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm
'Hurricane fatigue' shows
KEY WEST, Fla. -- With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of the attitudes from Louisiana and Texas residents returning from an arduous evacuation and already showing signs of "hurricane fatigue." - 1:17 am
- DPS audit delay may risk funding
- Reformers target high cost of textbooks
- EMU offers returning vets free counseling
Room with a Deju Vu
EAST LANSING --Thirty years ago, Rich Robell packed up his fancy tan 1973 Grand Torino sports car, picked up his buddy in Westland and made the trek to Michigan State University where the two would make their mark -- and a bit of mischief -- in their new home: dorm room B310 in Emmons Hall. - 1:00 am
