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Cars, Cows, Politics & Tigers

January 15, 2008 – 11:15 am

Well, there was supposed to be a Five Things you need to know about Michigan here but my job got in the way. Here's a couple things that would have been here ... you can see why this sort of thing is normally grouped under the "Five Things you need to know about Michigan" headline...
The [...]

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Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 13, 2008

January 14, 2008 – 9:23 am

The third episode of The Week features more Michigan Notable Books, author Tom Bissell, the the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and a great iceboating video from our video group, and lots of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.

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2008 Detroit Auto Show

January 8, 2008 – 9:10 am

Welcome to a special edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan presenting the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, held January 19 - 27, 2008 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
We say Detroit Auto Show, you say..?
We're going to continue to call the 2008 North American International Auto Show the "Detroit Auto Show" [...]

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The Woodward Dream Cruise, a Detroit Classic

August 14, 2007 – 10:17 am

family cruise by radiospike
The annual Woodward Dream Cruise happens this Saturday, August 18, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. It's billed as the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, and with more 1.7 million visitors and over than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles, it delivers. Be sure to check out [...]

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Michigan History: What happened to car ferries at the Straits?

July 16, 2007 – 8:18 am

Soon after the Mackinac Bridge opened in November 1957, the celebrated structure was taking a toll--and it had nothing to do with vehicles traveling its length. Among those people not excited about the opening of the bridge were the men who operated the car ferries that carried thousands of Michiganians across the Straits of Mackinac.In [...]

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Shop Michigan: UP Copper License Plate from Copperland

July 9, 2007 – 8:36 am

The UP Copper License Plate is a beautiful copper plate that's perfect for letting them know where you're from ... or want to be.
Copperland is located in Lake Linden, Michigan (Houghton County) and is operated by the Gariepy family. Founder Jake Gariepy worked twenty-eight years as a furnace operator for the Calumet & Hecla Mining [...]

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Rock Stars, Cars & Guitars at the Henry Ford

June 5, 2007 – 8:59 am

This summer the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn presents Rock Stars' Cars & Guitars (has loudish music, a very cool presentation!). It opens to the public on June 9 and continues through Sept 30, 2007. The exhibit includes legendary cars from rockers along with 30 guitars.
Featured cars & guitars include:

The 1999 "Kisscat" Plymouth Prowler (pictured [...]

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Blogs We Dig: GM FastLane Blog

April 4, 2007 – 9:02 am

Bob Lutz introduces the Volt electric
GM FastLane keeps its readers up to date on all GM's happenings, from the unveiling of its new Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in electric hybrid concept vehicle to gritty discussions about fuel economy. One of the coolest parts is the fact that GM's executives are writing most of the posts.
It was [...]

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Auto industry, unions talk climate change with Congress

March 15, 2007 – 7:46 am

howling jed, my 'baby' by oldbrushes
The AP article Auto industry leaders discuss climate change with Congress reports that the leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union appeared yesterday before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee seeking means of dealing with carbor emissions. The thrust of their testimony was an [...]

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Iceboat vs. Chevy on Lake St. Clair

March 13, 2007 – 9:17 am

The news today is kind of heavy, so how about an iceboat racing a Chevy on frozen Lake St. Clair off Mt. Clemens in the 1930 equivalent of viral video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJeEjWfbNOE