The Detroit News

Motor City blues

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, took the unprecedented step last week of announcing that he considers Detroit's elected leaders incapable of fixing the city's fiscal problems, and so he will appoint an emergency financial manager with...

Marla Dickerson named business editor of L.A. Times

2012-08-14 15:14:00

Jerome Horwitz dies at 93; developed potent anti-AIDS drug AZT

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the...

Hobo or Boy Scout? Credit quiz tells the score

2013-05-20 02:30:05

It's one of the most important numbers influencing life on this planet, and I don't mean your ZIP code, dress size or how much you spent on Mother's Day gifts for your wife. I mean your credit score, which, besides determining how much credit you get...

SUNDAY GRAVY: Joe Girardi working his magic with Yankees

2013-05-19 04:24:03

O.J. Simpson appeared in court earlier this week. Let's hope his search for the real killers is going a little better than his search for the prison salad bar. --Managers often get too much credit when a baseball team succeeds, especially in major...

Ex-Lions WR Young arrested again

2013-05-12 12:30:00

Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young ran into more trouble off the field Friday, when he was arrested for the third time in less than a week. Young broke into a house in San Clemente, Calif., according to the Orange County Sheriff's...

Report: Toyota sudden acceleration class action may cover 22 million owners

2013-05-16 09:29:00

Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Toyota, Earnings/Financials A total of 22.6 million current and former Toyota owners have been sent notices that they may be eligible to receive compensation from the automaker for damages related to the unintended...

Some students to receive new MEAP math scores

2013-05-17 04:51:00

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some students will get new Michigan Education Assessment Program math scores after a problem with some questions on the exam. Students in grades 4, 7 and 8, as well as special education students in grades 3-8, can expect...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tipsheet column

2013-05-15 08:44:02

ESPN insists the Cardinals face a middle infield crisis. Writing earlier this week for ESPN Insider, Paul Swydan wrote this: "The middle infield duo of Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma has predictably been a disaster." That was an odd bit of analysis...

Dad: Titus Young has brain disorder

2013-05-14 09:18:00

Titus Young's father said Monday his son needs help because the former Detroit Lions receiver suffers from a mental health disorder. Titus Young was arrested Friday in California for the third time in a week for allegedly breaking into a house. Less...

Report: GM to go coastal on dealer improvements

2013-05-14 08:00:00

Filed under: Car Buying, GM According to a report from The Detroit News citing "sources familiar with the company's plan," General Motors will spend $200 million to revamp dealerships on the East and West Coasts, specifically in California, New York and...

College graduates getting a B.A. in IOUs

2013-05-13 02:30:05

It's commencement season, which is the time when middle-aged crabs like me offer our sage wisdom to you, our graduating young'uns. We do this not only out of a sense of duty but also because we are deluded enough to think that you might just pay...

(CAPTION INFORMATION). Photos are of University of Michigan fans on South University near Church St. in Ann Arbor, celebrating the Wolverines' victory over Syracuse in the Final Four, April 6, 2013. (David Guralnick / The Detroit News)

2013-04-06 00:00:00

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz, also a Baltimore native, declined to give specifics when asked about a report by the Detroit News that wide receiver Calvin Johnson played with broken fingers last season.

2013-02-21 00:00:00

Until now, V6 pickups were generally low-priced base models with little power or appeal. The Ram changes that, with a long list of advanced features and a correspondingly high price.

2012-09-21 14:37:00