MITCH ALBOM

Millen is gone, but the ugliness lingers

Hire Millen. Aw, come on, if you don’t laugh now, you’ll cry. It can’t get any worse, but it keeps getting worse. There’s no lower to go, but they keep going lower. The Lions fell behind by 31 points Sunday, didn’t score until the third quarter ...

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DREW SHARP

Lions fans: Look forward, even if Marinelli won't

In the delusional sphere that is RodWorld, the dawning of a new morning erases the sour aftertaste of yesterday. There's nothing that rolling up your sleeves and wiping the sweat of hard work away from your brow can't cure. But reality will soon hit Rod Marinelli -- if it hasn't already.

SUSAN TOMPOR

'No place to hide' in economic fallout

Auto stocks slammed on the brakes this morning, as anxiety about the economy hit a frenzy and the Dow tumbled 500 points at one point.

MATT HELMS

Rising salt prices could be big hit to road maintenance

Metro Detroit drivers will need to brush up on their wintertime driving skills, as rising salt prices put the hurt on already wounded highway maintenance budgets.

JEFF SEIDEL

I have the secret that'll make us rich

Today, I will tell you how to become a millionaire.

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Shock wins 3rd title in 6 years

The Shock swept its way to its third championship. The final score of Game 3 of the WNBA Finals was 76-60, but in deference to the battered San Antonio Silver Stars, let’s call it a three-round knockout.

MARK PHELAN

New smaller cars attract full attention of Paris show

GM and Ford both need to make money on small cars now. To do that, they'll offer style, comfort, advanced features and high fuel economy.

SUSAN TOMPOR | ECONOMY ON EDGE

Start planning for your own financial rescue

With or without all the bailout blather, many consumers have felt crunched for months. We all need to build a bailout, especially since economists say the fallout from the financial crisis is expected to drive a U.S. recession well into 2009.

RON DZWONKOWSKI

Without severe cutbacks, $10-trillion national debt will keep growing

At a time when just about every business, every state and local government and every household is being forced to cut back, why does Washington get to run deeper and deeper into the red?

TOM WALSH

State gains in defense contracting

"O Michigan, give me your unemployed fabricators and welders, your fastener technology, your engineers, your idled manufacturing capacity ..." That's Uncle Sam calling.

STEPHEN HENDERSON

Michigan pullout signals bigger trouble for McCain

Quick: Tell me how a John McCain presidency would revive Michigan's economy, our beleaguered auto industry, or U.S. manufacturing in general.

BRIAN DICKERSON

Johnny, we hardly knew ye: McCain's Michigan meltdown

Nobody was more disappointed than I was when the McCain campaign announced that it was drawing down its Michigan forces and redeploying them to friendlier precincts. Except maybe dozens of Michigan Republicans whose odds of surviving the Nov.

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NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA’S BLOG

Lions coach Marinelli vows not to quit, but won't argue if fired

If William Clay Ford were to fire him, Lions coach Rod Marinelli would not argue. “I always look at authority, and I respect authority — which a lot of times doesn’t happen in this country.”

MARK SNYDER'S BLOG

U-M game film does nothing for Rodriguez's disposition

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was angry after Saturday's 45-20 loss to Illinois.

SHANNON SHELTON'S BLOG

Spartans CB Chris Rucker doubtful for N'western game

MSU Coach Mark Dantonio said Sunday night that sophomore cornerback Chris L. Rucker might not be available for the Northwestern game after suffering an injury in the fourth quarter against Iowa.

RON DZWONKOWSKI

Invest in America bonds?

Would you be willing to invest, directly, in America?

O STREET

Who asked you, anyway?

Oneita the Radio Listener tunes in to FM98 WJLB as Charles Pugh gives his perspective of rude people, then she offers her own. For real.

ROCHELLE RILEY | OFF THE PAGE

O.J. Simpson's reality erodes his legend

Life - and the truth - have finally caught up with O.J. Simpson. Thirteen years after he was acquitted of killing his wife Nicole in the fourth Trial of the Century, a different jury heard a new case.

HELENE ST. JAMES' BLOG

Holmstrom likely to play Sunday; Datsyuk still iffy

Quick update from Joe Louis Arena today: The Wings practiced at City Rink because of a concert at the Joe, so the players dressed and drove back and forth.

BARB ARRIGO

Palin angst

Count me among those who were extremely relieved that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a decent showing Thursday night in her debate with Sen. Joe Biden. No, the vice-presidential debate will not change my vote. But, assigned to write

ROCHELLE RILEY | OFF THE PAGE

McCain's Michigan concession may mean more than you think

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced that it would open a new office in Grand Blanc. That makes more than 50 Obama campaign offices across Michigan.

NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA'S BLOG

Lions' Ramirez will get his first offensive start Sunday

Right guard Manny Ramirez essentially will make his NFL debut Sunday against Chicago, and coach Rod Marinelli made it clear today that Ramirez will have no excuses.

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