Read more Michigan stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3087/michigan.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:22:16 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/73845/9-other-states-have-calif-sized-fiscal-messes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia has by no means cornered the market on enormous financial problems at the state level, with a report out today saying Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are also at tremendous risk. The Pew Center sees widespread unemployment, huge budget deficits, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/73845/9-other-states-have-calif-sized-fiscal-messes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70190/downtrodden-detroit-can-rise-again-green.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Detroit of Daniel Okrent’s childhood is gone. The “elm-lined streets” of the “City of Homeowners”—“the place that America once knew as the Arsenal of Democracy”—have become “the urban equivalent of a boxer's mouth, more gaps than teeth.” A devastating combination of racial tension and a lack of...http://www.newser.com/story/70190/downtrodden-detroit-can-rise-again-green.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 13:20:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69598/recession-crushes-white-collar-michigan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTens of thousands of middle-aged white-collar workers have been left jobless and stranded in Michigan by the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Auto industry veterans laid off by the Big Three are finding themselves competing against against younger people for a smattering of job openings. With property prices down...http://www.newser.com/story/69598/recession-crushes-white-collar-michigan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 1:26:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69234/man-shot-anti-abortion-protester-over-grudge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Harlan Drake, the 33-year-old trucker who shot noted anti-abortion activist James Pouillon in front of a high school yesterday, also shot a local gravel company owner, and intended to kill a third man before police arrested him. He had “a list in his head,” a police chief said. “The...http://www.newser.com/story/69234/man-shot-anti-abortion-protester-over-grudge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 8:24:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69195/mich-anti-abortion-activist-killed-in-drive-by.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA prominent anti-abortion protester was gunned down this morning outside a Michigan high school, the Detroit Free Press reports. Owosso High School students were among the witnesses to the drive-by shooting, which police say was committed by a 33-year-old man who was arrested at his home and promptly confessed to...http://www.newser.com/story/69195/mich-anti-abortion-activist-killed-in-drive-by.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66789/feds-tour-mich-prison-eyed-as-new-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagObama administration officials are traveling to Michigan today to visit a maximum-security prison that could be used to hold some or all of the 229 terrorism suspects now at Guantanamo Bay, reports the Detroit News . Members of the Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security Departments are all touring the facility. Local...http://www.newser.com/story/66789/feds-tour-mich-prison-eyed-as-new-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 6:17:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66146/mich-town-send-us-the-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the Obama administration floated Michigan’s Standish Maximum Security Correctional Facility as a possible landing point for Guantanamo Bay detainees yesterday, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and several state legislators swiftly condemned the idea. But residents of the nearby town are perfectly willing to take them, if it saves the endangered prison...http://www.newser.com/story/66146/mich-town-send-us-the-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 10:07:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65785/cash-for-clunkers-safe-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe rumors of the “cash for clunkers” deal’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, the White House said today, promising that the trade-in program will continue even after consumers have used up its allotted $1 billion. “If you were planning on going to buy a car this weekend using this program,...http://www.newser.com/story/65785/cash-for-clunkers-safe-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 11:03:26 CDT