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MenuPages Blog :: Chicago (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Looking to jazz up your cocktail hour? is now selling gigantor spherical ice cubes 2.5 inches in diameter. They're made by the for a whopping $8 a pop (bargain hunters take note: you can snag five for $35). We asked the good folks at DoD who, exactly, is buying them, and they admitted that while they're marketing them to bartenders and mixologists, no Chicago institution has yet taken the bait. We'll...
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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Dearborn, MI – Ford Motor Co. earned $1 billion in the third quarter, fueled by U.S. market share gains, cost cuts and the government’s Cash for Clunkers rebates. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker on Monday reported net income of $997 million, or 29 cents per share. Ford says it now expects to be “solidly profitable” in 2011. [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
| | | | | | Posted: 11:15 p.m. Nov. 3, 2009 Mayor, all but one council incumbent re-elected in Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly Jr. beat challenger Michael Prus, an analyst with the state Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, with 88% of the vote.The mayor's term is for 4 years.In the Dearborn City Council race, all but one of the incumbents up for re-election retained their seats....
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On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls for an immediate and independent investigation into the FBI’s fatal shooting on October 28 of Islamic leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah in Dearborn, Michigan. The FBI killed him during a series of raids of the Masjid Al-Haqq Mosque by federal and local law enforcement officials in which 11 others [...]
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
DEARBORN, MI (MARKET WIRE) Unwilling to be influenced by a down economy, Westborn Market is striving to lift people's spirits and the local economy with an 8,000 square foot expansion of its Dearborn store, due to be completed before the end of this year.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
... said he spoke with law enforcement officials from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Dearborn Police Department on Thursday night and Friday to discuss the Texas shootings and how they might affect minorities."Arab Americans are as devastated about those killed and wounded and their families as all other Americans are," said Osama Siblani, publisher of the Dearborn-based...
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MT-Soft Website Development (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I’m in the Detroit area this week, exploring plans for a Maker Faire here next summer. I’ve been spending most of the time at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, a treasure-trove of American making. On Saturday, I’ll be stopping by the new hacker/maker space called I3 Detroit in Royal [...]
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The Not Quite Crunchy Parent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It’s been a long time coming but one of the big three auto makers made a big hit with parents everywhere yesterday. They introduced inflatable seat belts for the rear seats. In other words, cars will now have a suitable version of the air bag for rear seat passengers! I traveled to Dearborn this week to witness the big announcement and was not disappointed. I was able to see and touch...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ford just unveiled their new not-an-air-bag inflatable seat belt here in Dearborn, a device Ford adamantly claims will not decapitate the big, heavy heads of small children or compress the thoraxes of the elderly. The seat belt, which Ford has said clearly and often is not an air bag, inflates via an inert cold compressed gas that flows through a channel in the buckle in about the same time...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
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KentNewsNet.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Kent State club hockey team will host Michigan-Dearborn this weekend for a double dip tonight and Saturday.
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Open Left (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here's a picture of Republicans shooting themselves in the foot: Click to enlarge. This shows the dramatic change in support from the Arabic-speaking community in Dearborn, Michigan. In 2000, Bush won with around 70%; in 2008, the community voted nearly 100% for Obama. I found no other community with change this stunning. This is what happens when you demonize a group of people: they stop voting...
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Detroit News Online (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Dearborn --For Srini Sundararajan, the new inflatable seat belt system that Ford Motor Co. debuted Thursday represents the culmination of a decade of work and the realization of his dream to make automobile transportation safer.
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CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... car companies, badly needs cultural change. " How Ford Is Making Its Comeback : The news from Dearborn is sunny, except for the auto maker's labor relations," in today's WSJ by Paul Ingrassia
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