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  • Michigan gas prices rise 10 cents over past week

    AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 10 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.88 per gallon.Michigan joins the rest of the country in reporting price jumps in the past week.The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66 nationally.Of the cities surveyed in the lower 48 states, Tucson, Ariz., has the ...

  • Billboard awards put on one impressive Vegas show

    Quick, name a Billboard Music Award winner. Yeah, we'd be hard-pressed to do it, too. As with most such shows, it's the performances that get people talking. USA TODAY recaps Sunday night's musical numbers.* * * * (out of ...

  • Are SPF ratings on sunscreen just a gimmick

    Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group.A survey of 1,400 sunscreen products by the ...

  • I-75 in Troy reopens after closure from semi-truck fire

    Truck fire closes I-75 in Troy: A truck carrying toilet paper and paper towels caught fire in Troy early today, closing the northbound lanes north of 14 Mile Road. Tammy Stables ...

  • Technology upgrades among big-ticket items in school elections

    Deamarian Johnson, 13, checks out a new Google Chromebook at the East Middle School library in Plymouth. A proposal would give all students a digital device. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free ...

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Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

When Richard Yates published his first novel Revolutionary Road in 1961, it was part of a wave of social criticism that rejected the comfy conformity of the American suburban ideal of the 1950s--manicured lawns, happy housewives, and bring-home-the-bacon husbands--by ... ...

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  • City of Detroit furlough day Monday

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) - Some of Detroit's city offices will be closed Monday, May 20, because of a budget required furlough day. These offices include: Board of ...

  • Craft-brewing boom changes Grand Rapids culture economy

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Greg Brown "can't claim to be a super connoisseur" of craft beers, but he does like to think he knows more than a little about the subject, and he has been a fan of Michigan brewers such as Founders Brewing and New Holland Brewing for a while now. Still, the 26-year-old Ferndale, Mich., resident was taken aback in February when he made his first trip to Grand ...

  • Grand Rapids craft beer scene Touring 8 top breweries

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - With Grand Rapids' craft beer scene getting barrel-fulls of national and international attention, several of my pals and I decided to put the city's breweries to the test. None of us are what you'd call beer elitists, but we all spent a fair amount of time studying the fermented arts during our years at Michigan State. We figured to be up for whatever ...

  • Michigan hikers found rescued in Red River Gorge

    HAZARD, Ky. - Searchers have found three hikers safe in the Red River Gorge.WYMT-TV ( http://bit.ly/YUiC4I) reported the out-of-state adventurers somehow strayed off the Osborne Bend Trail in Wolfe County.Officials said the group consisted of two women and one man, all between 20 and 30 years old. They became lost after setting out on a Sunday day hike.They were found and rescued late Sunday ...

  • Decommissioned Coast Guard ship set for reopening

    Port Huron - A decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard ship that was sold to a private owner by the Port Huron Museum is being reopened to the public. A Friday ceremony at the 180-foot Bramble at Seaway Terminal Bean Dock will be the first public viewing of the vessel since it was sold in January to Robert Klingler of Marine City. The Times Herald of Port Huron reports the Memorial Day weekend ceremony ...

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