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Baby or baseball? Tigers' Guillen chooses All-Star Game for now Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
Truth be told, Carlos Guillen probably could have benefited from a break next week when the All-Star Game is played at Yankee Stadium.

Tigers score off backup catcher in 15th for win Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:07:00 EST
SEATTLE -- It was no crazier than the Tigers getting two hits, each of them a single, each of them by Pudge Rodriguez, during one nine-inning stretch in a 15-inning ballgame.

Nadal dethrones Federer at Wimbledon Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
WIMBLEDON, England -- Rafael Nadal, grass stains on his white shirt and a Spanish flag tucked under his arm, scampered through the Centre Court stands to celebrate his first Wimbledon title with hugs and handshakes.

Rothbury: Four days of bliss, music in western Michigan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
Rumors of hippie culture's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Hordes of modern-day hippies descended on the quaint western Michigan town of Rothbury over the weekend for the four-day Rothbury festival, a musical, cultural and ecological celebration that put Rothbury -- population 443, as of 2006 -- on the local, national, and even international musical map.

Bush defends decisions on North Korea, Olympics Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
TOYAKO, Japan -- President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid.

2 teens in custody following shooting death Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:26:00 EST
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP -- Police are investigating the weekend shooting death of a 40-year-old Van Buren Township man.

Mich. cargo plane crashes in Mexico, kills pilot Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico -- A Michigan company's plane carrying auto parts for a General Motors Corp. plant crashed Sunday as it was trying to land in northern Mexico, killing the pilot and severely injuring the co-pilot.

Reports: A-Rod's wife to file for divorce Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:37:00 EST
MIAMI -- Alex Rodriguez's wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports.

Northwest probes cause of dent in plane's nose cone Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:30:00 EST
Airline crews found that nose cone of a Northwest plane dented after the craft had flown from Detroit to Tampa, Fla., airline officials said Sunday.

Rothbury NATION Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:29:00 EST
Rumors of hippie culture's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Hordes of modern-day hippies descended on the quaint western Michigan town of Rothbury over the weekend for the four-day Rothbury festival, a musical, cultural and ecological celebration that put Rothbury -- population 443, as of 2006 -- on the local, national, and even international musical map.

Auburn Hills police officer fatally shoots Pontiac man Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:02:00 EST
AUBURN HILLS -- An Auburn Hills police officer fatally shot a 30-year-old Pontiac man in an armed robbery of a Salvation Army thrift store Saturday evening.

About 4,600 still without power after Michigan storms Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:18:00 EST
About 4,600 customers remain without power after thunderstorms swept across Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the past week.

Wixom man drowns at Caseville County Park beach Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:16:00 EST
CASEVILLE, Mich. -- Authorities say a 39-year-old Wixom man who was wading while using a metal detector to search for valuables has drowned in Saginaw Bay at the Caseville County Park beach.

Michigan Democrats express concern about government reform proposal Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Several top Michigan Democrats held a conference call Saturday with Gov. Jennifer Granholm to express worries about a sweeping ballot proposal to overhaul Michigan government.

Special eats, acts at Cityfest Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:57:00 EST
Close to 500,000 people are expected over the five-day span of the festival, which runs through Sunday in Detroit's New Center.

Gospel legend critically injured in car crash after leaving Detroit conference Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Gospel music great the Rev. Timothy Wright, his wife and their grandson were involved in a crash on a central Pennsylvania interstate Friday night.

83-year-old woman dies in hit-and-run in Redford Township Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:57:00 EST
REDFORD TOWNSHIP -- An 83-year-old woman died in a fatal hit and run Saturday near Telegraph and Five Mile roads.

State colleges must help more students graduate Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
With all of the recent publicity about Michigan cities' awful high school graduation rates, the state's attention has been focused on improving teenagers' school success. It's time the state expands its focus and strategies to improve graduation rates at Michigan's colleges and universities as well.

George Will: How military honors fallen warriors Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
"The curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know."

This week's talk Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
The Detroit City Council's attorney, William Goodman, seeks to clarify if the attorneys who filed a lawsuit to stop the council's attempts to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick are working for the mayor or the city. Kilpatrick's press secretary said Goodman "does not have the right to that information. That's covered by attorney-client privilege." Then the city attorneys are working for, and should be paid by, the mayor.

Thomas Sowell: History shows patriotism matters Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
The Fourth of July is a patriotic holiday, but patriotism has long been viewed with suspicion or disdain by many of the intelligentsia. As far back as 1793, prominent British writer William Godwin called patriotism "high-sounding nonsense."

Clarence Page: No one has monopoly on patriotism Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Sen. Barack Obama has been wearing his American flag lapel pin again, most appropriately during his speech this week in Missouri on patriotism. His critics may call that a flip-flop. I call it a sign that he's learning.

Michelle Malkin: Musician counters Hollywood's lack of patriotism Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Let us not, on this Independence Day weekend, dwell on the political pretenders to patriotism rushing to out-proclaim their love of country. Nor let us pay heed to the sneering movie directors and journalism pooh-bahs allergic to red, white and blue.

Charles Krauthammer: Obama seasonally adjusts his principles Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism."

Kathleen Parker: Courage under fire Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Being shot down may not qualify one to be president, as retired Gen. Wesley Clark infamously said recently. But what men do under fire might tell us about the character we may discover in a president.

Froma Harrop: Who cuts women's lives short? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
News that life expectancy among some American women has fallen earned startled headlines, as well it should. In this country, life expectancy is something that's supposed to go up. It took a big scourge, such as the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, to depress it.

Michael Barone: Obama's candidacy poses test Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
"They're going to try to make you afraid of me," Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. "He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" Obama was doing here by inference what many of his supporters do more explicitly. Obama's candidacy, in their view, puts American voters to the test: Are they open-minded enough to vote for a black candidate? Or are they still so overcome by racial prejudice as to reject the first black candidate with a serious chance to win?

Weather helps crews battling California's biggest fire Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:48:00 EST
LOS ANGELES -- Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County.

Blast in Pakistan capital kills more than 10 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing more than 10 police officers, officials said.

Ore. man completes flight of fancy -- in lawn chair Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
CAMBRIDGE, Idaho -- Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.

Betancourt gets good news from doctors after post-rescue checkup Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:32:00 EST
PARIS -- Ingrid Betancourt reiterated on Saturday that she does not believe her freedom or that of 14 other hostages was bought with a ransom to their Colombian rebel captors. But she suffered so much, she said, that had a ransom been paid, "why not?"

Challenges abound for Bush at last economic summit Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:37:00 EST
WASHINGTON -- The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies.

Pakistan nuclear proliferation case 'closed' Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:37:00 EST
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Two fires still raging along California's Central Coast Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:42:00 EST
BIG SUR, Calif. -- Cool, damp weather early Saturday helped crews gain ground on the huge wildfire that wiped out this coastal retreat's holiday tourist trade, allowing some personnel and gear to be shifted to a growing blaze farther south

Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:02:00 EST
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.

Obama: Response to Iraq remarks overblown Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:57:00 EST
ST. LOUIS -- Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.

Car lovers turn out for Camaro Superfest in Ypsilanti Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:57:00 EST
Camaro owners from all over Michigan, Ontario and seven other U.S. states shined up and displayed their cars along the Huron River in Riverside Park on Saturday as part of the 17th annual Camaro Superfest. The Southeastern Michigan Camaro Club put together the three-day auto show.

Eugene Robinson: Remember America's black patriots Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Anyone who took U.S. history in high school ought to know that one of the five men killed in the Boston Massacre, the atrocity that helped ignite the American Revolution, was a runaway slave named Crispus Attucks. The question the history books rarely consider is: Why?

Police: Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel dies Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:42:00 EST
SAN DIEGO -- Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.

Brewers close to deal for Indians' Sabathia Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:27:00 EST
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are extremely close to a deal to acquire Indians ace C.C. Sabathia in a trade that bolsters their rotation for a playoff push, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

Tigers' Inge sent to Toledo on rehab assignment Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:00 EST
SEATTLE -- The Detroit Tigers have sent injured utility player Brandon Inge to Triple-A Toledo begin a rehabilitation assignment.

Rodney blows late lead, Tigers back below .500 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Suddenly, it's May again for the Tigers. They got another fine pitching effort Saturday but missed time and again to take control of a game that begged to be grabbed in the early innings. That was enough for the Mariners, who got a pair of home runs from rookie catcher Jeff Clement, good for all three runs in a 3-2 victory.

Tigers' Leyland on Zumaya: 'He's not gonna start this year' Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
Jim Leyland regretted even mentioning it. And Saturday, the Tigers manager took it all back. Joel Zumaya, he said before Saturday's game against the Mariners at Safeco Field, will not start any games in the foreseeable future, which is the remainder of the 2008 season.

Ex-Tiger Weaver signs minor league pact with Tribe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians signed free agent pitcher Jeff Weaver to a minor league contract on Saturday, giving the veteran a shot at making his sixth big-league team.

White Sox, Twins both victorious Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time.

Wings' Filppula among 15 players to take clubs to salary arbitration Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
The deadline for teams to decide to take players to salary arbitration is Sunday.

Jerry Green: GREEN: Big Ten, Pac-10 should embark on annual football challenge Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:37:00 EST
EAGLE HARBOR, Mich. -- The fantasy is so vivid, so deep, so clever that it ought to be real. An annual Big Ten-vs.-Pac Ten College Football Showdown pitting these two rival conferences in a series of games to open the football season.

Kyle Busch edges Edwards under caution at Daytona Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic.

Stewart's bad luck streak continues at Daytona Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart's freaky season of bad luck took another turn when the two-time NASCAR champion fell ill during Saturday night's race at Daytona International Raceway.

Qualifying setups plague some at Daytona Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:42:00 EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Boris Said and AJ Allmendinger dropped to the back of the field to start Saturday night's race at Daytona International Speedway.

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