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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Mich.</title>
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		<title>Fire at Michigan fuel facility may have started near electric meter, flames are mostly out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Eggert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility that caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations may have started near an electric meter, authorities said Wednesday.

Clio Assistant Fire Chief Kerry Paulson said the fire was &#8220;mostly out&#8221; at the White Oil Co. facility about 65 miles north of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New General Motors board tells management to bring vehicles to market more quickly</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-general-motors-board-tells-management-to-bring-vehicles-to-market-more-quickly-131468/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — At its first meeting, the board overseeing the new General Motors Co. ordered management to bring some new vehicles to market faster, a sign that the new 13-member board will play a far larger role than the old one.

Board Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr., in a conference call with reporters Wednesday, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Fire at Michigan fuel storage facility that prompted evacuations is &#8216;mostly out&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say crews have contained a fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations.

Clio Assistant Fire Chief Kerry Paulson said Wednesday morning the fire was &#8220;mostly out&#8221; at the White Oil Co. facility about 65 miles north of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crews to return to Michigan fuel storage facility where blaze sparked explosions, evacuations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/crews-to-return-to-michigan-fuel-storage-facility-where-blaze-sparked-explosions-evacuations-131270/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Eggert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Fire crews planned to return Wednesday to a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze sparked multiple oil barrel explosions and prompted area evacuations.

Crews battling the fire at the White Oil Co. facility about 65 miles north of Detroit were forced to leave containment efforts to an unmanned truck shooting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil barrels explode as fire rages at Mich. fuel storage site, residents evacuated for miles</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-barrels-explode-as-fire-rages-at-mich-fuel-storage-site-residents-evacuated-for-miles-131020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Exploding oil barrels flew into the air as a fire raged Tuesday at a fuel storage facility about 65 miles north of Detroit, authorities said. Area residents were evacuated and two firefighters suffered minor injuries.

Multiple explosions forced fire crews to back away from the White Oil Co. storage facility in Genesee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dow Chemical prices $2.75B debt offering, on track to pay off bridge loan by year-end</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it priced a $2.75 billion public debt offering, and will use the proceeds to help repay a loan used to acquire smaller rival Rohm &#038; Haas Co. for $16.5 billion earlier this year.

The offering includes $250 million of floating rate notes due 2011, $1.25 billion of 4.85 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ArvinMeritor posts 3Q loss on production decline; inks deal to sell wheels unit for $180M</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TROY, Mich. — Auto parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. posted a $162 million loss Tuesday for its fiscal third quarter as worldwide vehicle production fell and said it has agreed to sell its wheels business, the latest in a series of divestitures.

The company said it expects lower revenue and a wider loss per share for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shares of auto supplier TRW rise as 2Q results beat analyst estimates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIVONIA, Mich. — Shares of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. surged Tuesday after the company reported a second-quarter loss that was narrower than analysts&#8217; expectations.

The auto supplier which provides safety systems said it lost $11 million, or 11 cents per share, in the quarter, compared with a profit a $127 million, or $1.24 per share, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs trump fears of terrorists in small Michigan town where Guantanamo detainees may be sent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Flesher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STANDISH, Mich. — To many people struggling in this job-starved part of rural Michigan, unemployment is a bigger threat than terrorists.

With unemployment at more than 17 percent, many residents say they would welcome detainees from Guantanamo Bay in order to save the 280 jobs at a prison scheduled to close because of state budget cuts.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast food, long time: Mich. women depart McDonald&#8217;s after more than 4 decades combined work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH MUSKEGON, Mich. — When Marlene Wickerink and Janet Chapman decided to retire from the McDonald&#8217;s restaurant in North Muskegon, more than four decades of experience walked out the door with them.

&#8220;In many instances, these are short-term jobs,&#8221; franchise owner Mark Dahlke told The Muskegon Chronicle for an article published Tuesday. &#8220;But these are exceptional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy warns Mich. woman about begging for cigarette money, arrests her after she begs again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DECATUR TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 49-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who asked a sheriff&#8217;s deputy to lend her money for cigarettes after just being told to stop begging by the deputy ended up behind bars.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reported the woman was warned on July 23 and again on Friday by the Van Buren County sheriff&#8217;s department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaydon board boosts regular quarterly dividend 5.9 percent to 18 cents, payable Oct. 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kaydon Corp. on Friday said its board boosted its quarterly dividend by 5.9 percent to 18 cents per share.

The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company had previously paid a 17-cent dividend. The dividend will be payable Oct. 5 to shareholders of record at the close of business Sept. 14.
Kaydon makes products for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan power company CMS Energy back 2009 outlook of $1.25 per share</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Mich. — Power company CMS Energy on Thursday reaffirmed its adjusted profit outlook for 2009 of $1.25 per share.

The outlook is 2 cents below estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
The company reported that its second-quarter profit rose 68 percent as lower operating expenses offset a decline in revenue along with one-time gains that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do not pass go, go to jail: Michigan man jailed after assault during game of Monopoly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRASER, Mich. — A game of Monopoly has landed a Michigan man in jail. WDIV-TV reported a 54-year-old man was playing the board game Saturday night with a female friend when he tried to buy Park Place and Boardwalk from her.

When she refused, Fraser police Lt. Dan Kolke told WWJ-AM he hit her in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kellogg increases 2009 earnings guidance but says it will spend more on cost-cutting plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. revised its second-quarter guidance Thursday and said it will invest more in its cost-cutting plan in 2009.

The Battle Creek, Michigan-based company said it is on track to save $1 billion annually by the end of 2011. It now expects to take a charge of 26 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kellogg profit increases in second-quarter, ahead of Street expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Kellogg Co. reported second-quarter profits that beat expectations Thursday, saying it expects full year results at the high end of its goal.

The world&#8217;s largest cereal maker said its profit rose 13 percent to $353 million, or 92 cents per share for the quarter, from $312 million, or 82 cents per share last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dow Chemical posts 2nd-qtr loss on special charges related to Rohm &amp; Haas acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday posted a second-quarter loss driven by charges related to the buyout of rival Rohm &#038; Haas and dismal sales for chemicals used in everything from plastic bags to cars.

Yet aggressive cost cutting by the Midland, Mich.-based company led to a surprise profit if one-time charges are stripped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool weather across parts of eastern US disappoints many beach-going tourists, delays harvests</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Towels draped over their heads, Lisa Hendrix and Jennifer Webster lounged on a sparsely populated Lake Michigan beach Friday as raindrops trickled from a gloomy sky.

It&#8217;s been that kind of a summer in northern Michigan, and across much of the Midwest and East Coast.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to a wedding tomorrow and were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan brothers boast of a pair of behemoth bovines weighing a combined 3,334 pounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOWLERVILLE, Mich. — The Bontekoe brothers can boast of bovines that have grown to behemoth proportions. Jack and Cal Bontekoe of Deerfield Township raised two dairy steers with a combined weight of more than 3,300 pounds, the Livingston County Daily Press &#038; Argus of Howell reported in an article published Friday.

Nester, a dairy steer raised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>150 dogs found dead in freezers at Mich. home after over 110 dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, rescued</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Mich. — Police on Friday found about 150 dead dogs packed in freezers in the basement of a Michigan house littered with feces and trash where more than 110 live dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, were rescued this week.

Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said the 56-year-old man found Wednesday in the suburban Detroit home with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AnnArbor.com, successor to The Ann Arbor News, goes live as new news source in college town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ann Arbor has a new source for news.

AnnArbor.com, an online news operation, is up and running after The Ann Arbor News published its final edition Thursday and went out of business.
AnnArbor.com has the same owner, Advance Publications. Besides a free Web site, it will publish a print edition on Thursday and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 90 dogs _ mostly Chihuahuas _ taken from feces- and trash-filled Detroit-area home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Mich. — A man kept more than 90 dogs — mostly Chihuahuas — in a small suburban Detroit home that from the outside looked generally well kept but inside was filled with feces and trash, authorities said Thursday.

Neighbors in the past had complained of an odor, but this week was the first time Dearborn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Drunken driver makes rest stop on lawn of Michigan State Police post in Paw Paw</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAW PAW, Mich. — Authorities said a lost and confused drunken driver picked the wrong place to stop and rest — the front lawn of the Michigan State Police post in Paw Paw. Police said the man drove onto the lawn of the post early Thursday after overshooting the station&#8217;s parking lot. He was visibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Farewell Ann Arbor&#8217;: Michigan newspaper closes after 174 years; new online site emerges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed White</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Ann Arbor News hit the streets Thursday for the last time in 174 years, a victim of the struggling newspaper industry, and will be replaced by an online news operation built from scratch by the same owner.

The paper&#8217;s 12-page front section was dedicated to a history of the News and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford Motor Co. posts surprise $2.3B 2Q profit on debt reduction and cost cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co.&#8217;s return to profitability last quarter won&#8217;t last long unless it can boost sales of cars and trucks and continue to grab market share from rivals.

On Thursday, Ford cemented its position as the healthiest U.S.-based automaker by reporting a surprise $2.3 billion net profit in the second quarter, mainly due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan newspaper, Ann Arbor to close after 174 years</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Geoff Larcom has covered higher education, written columns and led sports coverage at The Ann Arbor News. His final assignment: the newspaper&#8217;s own obituary after 174 years. The only daily newspaper in this college town — daily circulation 45,000 — is rolling off the presses for the last time on Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan family cries foul after their turkey was taken from their home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLIMAX, Mich. — Police are on the hunt for a prowler who made off with a western Michigan farm family&#8217;s fowl. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff&#8217;s office said the 3-month-old female turkey was stolen sometime Sunday or Monday from a rural home in Climax, about 50 miles south-southeast of Grand Rapids.

The Kalamazoo Gazette and Battle Creek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Energy tenders $309.4 million in senior notes due 2010 and 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Mich. — Utility company CMS Energy Corp., said Wednesday that $309.4 million of its senior notes were tendered under an offer that expired Tuesday.

The notes include 7.75 percent senior notes due 2010 and 8.5 percent senior notes due 2011.
Shares of the company fell 9 cents to $12.34.
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		<title>Appliance maker Whirlpools 2nd-qtr profit falls 33 percent on lower consumer demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Prichard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A significant drop in consumer demand slashed second-quarter profit 33 percent at Whirlpool Corp., the world&#8217;s largest maker of home appliances.

The profit was better than analysts expected, and the company brightened its full-year forecast. But Whirlpool&#8217;s revenue dropped 18 percent to $4.17 billion from $5.08 billion, missing Wall Street&#8217;s average forecast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler says it will match government&#8217;s $4,500 &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; trade-in incentive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler says it will match the $4,500 government incentive for people to trade in their old gas guzzlers for new vehicles under the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program.

The automaker announced Wednesday that it will offer up to $4,500 cash or zero percent financing for six years on most of its 2009 Chrysler, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler says it will double government&#8217;s $4,500 &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; trade-in incentive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler says it will double the $4,500 government incentive for people to trade in their old gas guzzlers for new vehicles under the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program.

The automaker announced Wednesday that it will offer up to $4,500 cash or zero percent financing for six years on most of its 2009 Chrysler, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whirlpool 2nd-quarter profit falls on softer consumer demand for home appliances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Second-quarter profit fell 33 percent for Whirlpool Corp., the world&#8217;s largest maker of major home appliances, as consumer demand for its products significantly weakened.

But the profit handily beat analyst expectations, and the company, whose brands include Maytag, KitchenAid and its namesake, also boosted the low end of its full-year profit guidance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whirlpool 2nd-quarter profit falls on softer consumer demand for home appliances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Whirlpool, the world&#8217;s largest maker of major home appliances, says its second-quarter profit fell 33 percent as consumer demand for its products significantly weakened.

The company, whose brands include Maytag, KitchenAid and its namesake, earned $78 million, or $1.04 per share, for the period ended June 30. That&#8217;s down from $117 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford says it will produce 4-cyclinder EcoBoost engine next year to deliver V6 feel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly S. Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will offer a four-cylinder EcoBoost engine for some of its vehicles starting next year, an effort to provide greater fuel economy to consumers without compromising on horsepower.

At a showcase of the company&#8217;s 2010 model lineup, Barb Samardzich, Ford&#8217;s vice president for global powertrain engineering, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magna wants to turn former Chrysler Corp. HQ in Highland Park, Mich., into seating facility</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/magna-wants-to-turn-former-chrysler-corp-hq-in-highland-park-mich-into-seating-facility-116164/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Eggert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LANSING, Mich. — The site of the former Chrysler Corp.&#8217;s headquarters in Highland Park is expected to become an automotive components plant in 2010.

The Michigan Economic Growth Authority on Tuesday approved $4.5 million in state tax incentives for auto supplier Magna International Inc. The state says up to 420 jobs could be created over five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product chief says there&#8217;s no room for flops as GM tries to woo customers with new vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WARREN, Mich. — As the new chief of product development for General Motors Co., Tom Stephens knows he has no margin for error.

Gasoline, he says, will dictate what cars or trucks people buy. Pump prices, he says, will rise again due to simple world supply and demand, raising the need for small cars. Yet GM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Lakes water levels rebound after long slump, but scientists say further declines likely</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Flesher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUDINGTON, Mich. — Great Lakes water levels are rebounding after a decade-long slump that hammered the maritime industry and even fed conspiracy theories about plots to drain the inland seas that make up nearly one-fifth of the world&#8217;s fresh surface water.

The three biggest lakes — Superior, Huron and Michigan — have risen steadily since fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleanup, inspection start where tanker blast leveled bridge over busy highway near Detroit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David N. Goodman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Smoke filled the air Thursday above the collapsed bridge where a tanker carrying 13,000 gallons of fuel crashed and exploded a day earlier, and crews started clearing the rubble on the major Detroit-area freeway.

Three investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were to arrive later Thursday to look into the crash, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleanup, inspection start where tanker blast leveled bridge over busy I-75 near Detroit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David N. Goodman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Smoke filled the air Thursday above the collapsed bridge where a tanker carrying 13,000 gallons of fuel exploded a day earlier, and highway officials vowed to quickly start clearing the rubble on the major Detroit-area freeway.

Police said a car spun out of control along a winding section of Interstate 75 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: 2 truckers dodged each other to prevent further damage in fiery Detroit area crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Michigan police say two truck drivers tried to dodge each other to prevent further devastation in an accident in which a car lost control on a Detroit area highway causing a fuel tanker to explode and an overpass to collapse.

Part of Interstate 75 remained closed Thursday morning with debris still smoldering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gasoline tanker explodes, shuts down I-75 north of Detroit; no injuries immediately reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Flames shot hundreds of feet in the air after a gasoline tanker exploded Wednesday night underneath a highway overpass near Detroit. Part of the overpass collapsed onto the interstate below and spilled fuel burned as fire crews doused the road with water.

The drivers of the tanker, a semitrailer and a car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6-year-old tees up SpongeBob golf ball and hits 85-yard shot for first hole-in-one</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ONEKAMA, Mich. — Braeden Furlow teed up his SpongeBob SquarePants ball from about 85 yards out, picked up a 3-wood and made a solid hit that bounced twice on the fairway before landing in the hole. Some golfers go their whole lives without marking down a &#8220;1.&#8221; Braeden&#8217;s hole-in-one was his first, but that shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autopsy: 5-year-old girl found buried, covered in cement in Mich. suffocated by inhaling dirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONROE, Mich. — Autopsy results indicate a 5-year-old girl whose body was found buried near a Michigan river suffocated after inhaling dirt.

The Monroe County Sheriff&#8217;s Department said Tuesday that Nevaeh Buchanan either was buried alive or had her face forcibly pressed into dirt by another person. The autopsy could not determine the exact manner of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a map of Michigan? Don&#8217;t forget the Upper Peninsula, state lawmaker says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Eggert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LANSING, Mich. — There&#8217;s more to Michigan than the mitten.

That&#8217;s only the Lower Peninsula. To make sure the Upper Peninsula is not forgotten, state lawmaker Michael Lahti proposed legislation requiring that both be included on official publications that include an image or map. A state House committee unanimously approved the measure Tuesday.
The U.P. has nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama proposes $12 billion plan for community colleges, says he welcomes job of fixing economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-proposes-12-billion-plan-for-community-colleges-says-he-welcomes-job-of-fixing-economy-109417/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WARREN, Mich. — Conceding unemployment will get worse before it gets better, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy.

&#8220;I love the folks who helped get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama proposes investing $12 billion in community colleges, warns of higher unemployment</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-proposes-investing-12-billion-in-community-colleges-warns-of-higher-unemployment-109375/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WARREN, Mich. — Watching the unemployment rate continue to climb despite his efforts to stop it, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a $12 billion investment in the nation&#8217;s two-year colleges to help train millions of unemployed people for jobs he says will be created once the economy turns around.

Obama flew to Michigan, a state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Financial repays $1.5 billion in TARP loans</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chrysler-financial-repays-15-billion-in-tarp-loans-109244/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chrysler-financial-repays-15-billion-in-tarp-loans-109244/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler Financial, the former financing arm of automaker Chrysler LLC, said Tuesday that it has repaid in full its $1.5 billion in government loans.

The funds used to repay the TARP loans were obtained through the completion of an automotive asset-backed securitization. Chrysler Financial said its original TARP loan contained provisions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Motors CEO says automaker&#8217;s July sales appear weaker than year ago</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-motors-ceo-says-automakers-july-sales-appear-weaker-than-year-ago-109220/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich. — General Motors Co.&#8217;s top executive described July auto sales as weak compared with the same month last year, but said it&#8217;s still early.

CEO Fritz Henderson, speaking to reporters Tuesday at an event to launch the redesigned Buick LaCrosse sedan, said it seems like industrywide U.S. sales will once again fall below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago mayor&#8217;s guard catches 1 of 3 escapees from Ind. prison; other 2 remain on the loose</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chicago-mayors-guard-catches-1-of-3-escapees-from-ind-prison-other-2-remain-on-the-loose-108322/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND BEACH, Mich. — A convicted killer who escaped from the Indiana State Prison was caught Monday near the Michigan vacation home of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley by an officer on the mayor&#8217;s security detail, authorities said.

Police warned nearby residents to stay inside because two other escapees were still on the loose. The three men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago mayor&#8217;s security guard catches convicted killer who was among 3 Ind. prison escapees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND BEACH, Mich. — A convicted killer who was one of three inmates who escaped from the Indiana State Prison was caught Monday near the vacation home of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley by one of his bodyguards, and authorities warned residents nearby to stay inside.

The guard was holding the inmate, 48-year-old Charles Smith, at gunpoint [...]]]></description>
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