Read more Detroit stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1807/detroit.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74371/detroits-silverdome-sells-for-1-of-56m-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a stunning sign of the imploding economy, Detroit is selling its $56 million sports dome for a bargain basement $580,000. The 80,000-seat Pontiac Silverdome, once home to the Detroit Lions, went for 1 percent of the cost to build it 35 years ago. The city of Pontiac...http://www.newser.com/story/74371/detroits-silverdome-sells-for-1-of-56m-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 2:06:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74099/gm-to-repay-bailout-early-posts-smaller-12b-loss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeneral Motors will start repaying its $6.7 billion debt to the US and Canadian governments early, with $1.2 billion quarterly payments beginning next month, reports the Detroit News . The accelerated repayment plan is a strong indication that finances are looking up for the troubled automaker, which today posted...http://www.newser.com/story/74099/gm-to-repay-bailout-early-posts-smaller-12b-loss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 6:48:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73446/abandoned-detroit-draws-pranksters-artists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDetroit's 80,000 abandoned buildings, from housing projects to high-rises to industrial plants, have become a magnet for all kinds of vandals, pranksters, and urban explorers. "Mayhem. That's what they should call the place. If you decide you want to push a dump truck out of a window, this is...http://www.newser.com/story/73446/abandoned-detroit-draws-pranksters-artists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 5:53:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72781/radical-muslim-cleric-killed-in-fbi-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leader of a radical Islamic sect was killed by the FBI today in a shootout in a Detroit suburb, part of a series of raids against the group, said to be plotting “an offensive jihad” in order to establish a state governed by Sharia law. Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53,...http://www.newser.com/story/72781/radical-muslim-cleric-killed-in-fbi-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 18:30:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72382/comic-soupy-sales-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSoupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, died tonight at 83. A longtime friend said Sales died at a hospice in New York, which he entered last week as...http://www.newser.com/story/72382/comic-soupy-sales-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 22:54:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72003/3-runners-drop-dead-in-detroit-marathon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichigan authorities will conduct autopsies today on three men who died within a 16-minute span during yesterday's Detroit marathon. Just after 9am, a 36-year-old collapsed on the course after 11 miles, and a few minutes later a 65-year-old longtime runner dropped to the ground near the same spot. At the...http://www.newser.com/story/72003/3-runners-drop-dead-in-detroit-marathon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 7:21:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70855/saturn-gms-biggest-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs General Motors’ Saturn experiment ends with a whimper, it’s important to understand that the brand was a failure from the start. Some obituaries blame GM for not providing a fuller roster of vehicles to build customer loyalty—but if anything, the automaker gave Saturn too much, writes Mark Ritson....http://www.newser.com/story/70855/saturn-gms-biggest-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 17:39:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70676/saturn-to-shut-down-as-penske-deal-collapses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn's hopes of a life after GM ended today when a deal to sell the brand to Penske Automotive fell through. GM said it will now begin shutting down manufacturing and dealership operations. Penske canceled the deal—which could have saved about 13,000 jobs—because it couldn't swing an...http://www.newser.com/story/70676/saturn-to-shut-down-as-penske-deal-collapses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:08:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70404/newspaper-heiress-body-washes-ashore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe body of Anne Morrell Petrillo was pulled from the Hudson River yesterday, three days after the newspaper heiress jumped off the same bridge where her stepfather leapt to his death more than a decade earlier. Petrillo, 38, was descended on her mother’s side from Detroit News founder James Scripps....http://www.newser.com/story/70404/newspaper-heiress-body-washes-ashore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 12:49:40 CDT