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FREE PRESS YOUR MIKE CARTOON CONTEST: Ohio State week winner!

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

See who's entry was picked to complete this rough sketch!

FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON: Beware! Big Government!

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's not big government that''s been America's problem.

Photo gallery: Wings lose in overtime

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Check out Free Press photos from the Wings' 2-1 loss in OT to the Panthers.

Volleyball semis: Full Class B and C semi results

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Check out Free Press stories from the Class B and C state semifinals

A Woman Among Warlords

Red Tory v.3.0 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Via Pacific Free Press (This is What Courage Looks Like): Malalai Joya is an Afghan politician who has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she has publicly denounced the presence of what she considers warlords and war criminals in the parliament. She is [...]

666-5: Sic!

World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

• Isthmus Magazine of 30 October discussed a public Halloween bash, Marjorie Van Handel tells us. It wrote, “The desire to strut your Sexy Noun outfit can be powerful stuff.” She wrote, “Most people prefer a Sexy Nun, except perhaps those wild and crazy English majors.” • We’ve been here before, I think, but Charles Patrick felt that the London Free Press of...

SF Tidbits for 11/21/09

SF Signal (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Interviews & Profiles @SFX: Gary Russell , director of the new Doctor Who animated adventure Dreamland . @Bookgasm: J.C. Hutchins ( 7th Son: Descent ). @Innsmouth Free Press: Joe Brusha ( Neverland ). News In his own words: Michael Moorcock is writing the a new Doctor Who novel . SFWA Statement on Harlequin's vanity press imprint . @Charity Buzz: You can bid now for a chance to enjoy a private...

Behind the scenes: Wally Triplett looks back

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

Wally Triplett was the first drafted African American to play in the NFL. He played for the Lions in 1949-50 before two years in the Army. After the service, he played two years for the Chicago Cardinals. Triplett, 83, has made Detroit his home since he got out of football in the early '50s. Before arriving in Detroit, he played at Penn State in 1945-49, where he also helped break down barriers....

The Longfellow controversy and technical difficulties?

Glass City Jungle (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

The Toledo Free Press has a brief article in this week’s edition, Proposed Bowman-Longfellow swap draws criticism and WTOL has a story up tonight as well, Community divided over plan to move Longfellow school. But if you are curious as to what the proposed new school building on the campus of Start that is [...]

Chairman Berman’s opening statement at hearing, “Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?”

Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Thursday, November 19, 2009 Verbatim, as delivered Americans have the right to travel to Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, which seeks a nuclear weapons capability in violation of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. We can go to North Korea, which threatens to destabilize East Asia with its nuclear weapons program....

Michigan 0, Ohio State 0 | 1st quarter: Live blog: U-M, Ohio State play 106th 'The Game'

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

Free Press sports writer Shawn Windsor is live-blogging today's Michigan-Ohio State game from Ann Arbor. Feel free to discuss the game here.

MSU vs. Penn State: Live blog: Spartans ready to get going in home finale

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

Free Press sports writer George Sipple is live-blogging today's Michigan State-Penn State game from East Lansing. Feel free to discuss the game here.

Reading list

dramma per musica (Free subscription) | yesterday

A few of the books that are teetering precariously on the bedside nightstand: Terry Teachout, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Houghton Miflin Harcourt) Robin D.G. Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Free Press) Alan Walker, Hans von Bülow: A Life and Times (Oxford) Morris Dickstein, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of [...]

Deer hunter cleared in hiker’s death – Toronto Star

Hunting Archery Duck Deer (Free subscription) | yesterday

CTV.ca Deer hunter cleared in hiker's deathToronto StarAnd you need to be aware of what hunting is going on." Schmid was killed on the opening day of deer hunting season. The 67-year-old hiker had been unaware …Deer hunter acquitted in woman's shooting deathCTV.caHunter acquitted in accidental shooting deathToronto SunHunter cleared in manslaughter trialCBC.caNews1130 -London Free Press...

Connolly: Pat Robertson should apologize for comments, Islam “not a religion” but “violent political system”

Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Say it ain't so! 11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly has called on Pat Robertson to apologize for his statement on his “700 Club” TV show that Islam is “not a religion” but a “violent political system.” In a statement issued Wednesday, Connolly said Robertson caused substantial hurt and damage for the Muslim community in Northern Virginia and across the Commonwealth...

• Congressman Gerry Connolly Stands up For Islam - Islam in Action