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FREE PRESS EDITORIAL: Scandal puts city's troubles in the backseat (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:16:04 GMT

The United States Conference of Mayors has launched a national crusade for the federal government to adopt a genuine urban agenda -- a substantive program to give the nation's cities their due, something this country has not embraced in almost 50 years. (The Free Press has been pushing a similar agenda in an editorial series, "Cities: Now and Tomorrow," which you can find at freep.com/cities.)The...

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Free Press Editorial Board: RMGN! dies a welcome death (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:53:21 GMT

The sweeping revisions to the Michigan Constitution included in the "Reform Michigan Government Now!" ballot proposal were just to unwieldy to make good policy.

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MARK PHELAN | FREE PRESS AUTO REVIEW: Ford has hit with Flex (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Appealing, unique looks, good fuel economy for its class, roomy, comfortable interior and excellent ride and handling make the crossover wagon one of the most intriguing and satisfying new vehicles to hit the market this year.

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Free Press Mourns The Tragic Passing Of Courageous U.S. Representative (FraudbusterBob)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:43 GMT

Free Press mourns the tragic passing of courageous U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones August 21, 2008 Bob Fitrakis, with the Ecological Options Network crew, interviewed Rep. Tubbs-Jones after the 2004 election debacle and subsequent 2005 challenge to the Ohio electoral votes. Watch it here:

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Bravo to Free Press, Public Knowledge, other Consumer/Public Interest Groups on Net Neutrality Decision at FCC (Digital Destiny)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:46:23 GMT

Terrific legal, advocacy and organizing work–bolstered by FCC public interest-focused Commissioners Copps and Adelstein–had led to an important decision by the Commission on the Comcast case. These groups deserve praise and support for their critical efforts. It was almost ten years ago that I came upon a cable industry blueprint which reflected its determination to [...]

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City's gains in business sector stymied - Detroit Free Press (business | serious-news.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:04:06 GMT

City's gains in business sector stymiedDetroit Free Press, United States - 3 hours agoMost business people agree the mayoral scandal has proved a considerable distraction, if hard to quantify given the negative economic forces buffeting the … Original post by "business" - Google News

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A Free Press: The Latest Casualty in the “War on Terror” (ACLU Bog of Rights)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:41:39 GMT

Beyond indefinite detention, numerous allegations of torture, and a massively deficient court system created by the Military Commissions Act, the case of Sami al Hajj, an Al Jazeera reporter, adds the prospect of uncovering a new and equally disturbing side of Guantánamo: its use as a mechanism to further silence the the press. Illustration drawn [...]

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Comcast gets 30 days on P2P traffic throttling (p2pnet)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:24:59 GMT

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Comcast has been given 30 days to comply with a Federal Communications Commission order to cease its traffic throttling actions aimed at P2P file sharers. Following complaints by Net neutrality advocacy group Free Press, Comcast, America’s largest cable company, should be punished for violating principles that guarantee customers open access [...]...

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VW May Partner with ORNL on Diesels (Green Car Congress)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:35:14 GMT

Chattanooga Times Free Press. Volkswagen, which is building a $1-billion assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, may work together with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on future research projects, especially related to diesel engines.

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Previewing Doncaster - Ex-QPR and Doncaster's Rufus Brevett Talks About His Two Clubs and Predicts...Doncaster (QPR REPORT)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:47:00 GMT

- Doncaster Free Press - Rufus tips Rovers to beat QPR Rufus Brevett talks to Jonathan Jurejko Rufus Brevett is one of Rovers' youth system's most successful finds - spending much of his post-Belle Vue career in the Premier League. After joining Rovers from school he made his debut as a 17-year-old in 1987 and played 118 times for the club before joining QPR in the top flight in a big...

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It's HBO weekend ... or it can be if you're lucky (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:32:00 GMT

HBO has smiled upon the Free Press and, in turn, we're smiling upon Play readers. Here's what we're giving away this week.

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BEST OF THE BLOGS: 'Active recovery' easing bitter loss (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:12:53 GMT

Donna Williams mother of track star Lauryn Williams -- who was the defending Olympic silver medalist in the women's 100 meters but finished fourth Sunday -- is blogging for the Free Press from Beijing. Donna Williams is a former longtime Detroit school teacher. She recently moved to Miami, where her daughter resides.

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Emily Gould Is Offering You the Red Pill (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:53:54 GMT

Former GalleyCat contributing editor Emily Gould has done more this summer than completing the essay collection she sold to Free Press . She's also got a byline in the latest issue of Technology Review , discussing books about online culture . "Like an expatriate who reads every new novel that's set in her homeland," she writes, "I read books about the Internet to remember the time I...

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No Takers for Motoon Crisis Book (Gates of Vienna)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:14:00 GMT

The American book-publishing world has shown once again that it will take no risks whatsoever in defense of our First Amendment right to a free press. Flemming Rose, the Jyllands-Posten editor responsible for publishing the infamous Motoons, is unable to find an American publisher for a book he has written about the Mohammed Cartoon Crisis. According to Berlingske Tidende (my translation):...

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[Spiffy] The Great State of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese (Fark.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:47:08 GMT

Burlington Free Press

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FCC on Comcast: Bravo! (Lessig Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:54:45 GMT

Free Press (and others) alleged that Comcast was blocking the BitTorrent application. We've known for sometime the result in this case (because of the weird practice of the FCC to release the results of an order without necessarily releasing the order). But at the crack of dawn (California time) today, the Commission released its 34 page order. It is fantastically well done. So much so...

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Barbados, Antigua: Peter Pays for Paul? (Global Voices Online)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:33:50 GMT

Barbados Free Press is not convinced that the CARICOM arrangement is beneficial, referring to an article about the recent double-murder in Antigua to make their point: “The ‘Caribbean Brand' for tourism…was a disastrous policy created…as part of the effort to prop up the pretense and phony benefits of CARICOM. According to the article, we’re [...]

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Georgia: Schools partner with public libraries to make best use of limited resources (Resource Shelf)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:01 GMT

From the article: As possible funding cuts threaten the budgets of Georgia school systems, partnering schools and public libraries makes best use of limited resources to instill in students a love of learning and reading, officials said. Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Fire at Auburn Hills apartment complex (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:34:54 GMT

An apartment building said to house several Oakland University students has caught fire in Auburn Hills, according to Free Press reporting partner WDIV-TV Local 4.

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HEROES * Canada - Trucker, motorist hailed as heroes (trucks world news)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:04:00 GMT

A Highgate man and a Leamington woman are being hailed as heroes after they pulled a victim from a burning car after a highway crash in Kingsville Chatham-Kent, Canada - The London Free Press, by TREVOR TERFLOTH -August 19, 2008: -- ... Police said truck driver Jody Rumble, 47, and motorist Alissa Douglas, 29 , saved the man's life... At about 3:45 a.m. Saturday, OPP responded to a crash...

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