Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) articles from April 2006

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) archives from April 2006

Long road to mental wellness: Native Detroiter finds her way back with the help of her family and a Wayne State program.
April 30, 2006... Byline: Patricia Anstett Apr. 30--Mental illness doesn't always intrude into a person's life as a single disease with clearly defined symptoms. Ask Dana Parker. For more than 20 years, she struggled off and on with depression, anxiety...

Detroit Free Press Susan Ager Lifestyles column: SUSAN AGER: Snow looks like the right man for the job.
April 30, 2006... Byline: Susan Ager Apr. 30--What a marriage this will be: George W. Bush, the big guy in big trouble, and Tony Snow, the celebrity with great hair who'll sweet-talk the press and the public and maybe make us laugh again. Don't be...

Detroit Free Press Marta Salij Lifestyles column: MARTA SALIJ: Duchess of fine writing.(Duchess of Nothing)(Book review)
April 30, 2006... Byline: Marta Salij Apr. 30--I'm wagering that 98% of the planet will have nothing to do with "Duchess of Nothing." If anyone in that 98% should happen upon the book in some sort of grotesque misalignment of planets, some cosmic...

Mission: Perfection: Behind the scenes drama kept 'Mission: Impossible III' stalled for years -- until Tom Cruise put 'Alias' mastermind J.J. Abrams at the wheel.
April 30, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 30--Paramount Pictures claimed not to be worried, but unlike Fox and Warner, they had only one true real "tent pole" -- a brand-name film series that can provide an instant infusion of customers and cash. ...

A utopian way of life: Leelanau families share ownership to preserve land and their chosen lifestyle.
April 30, 2006... Byline: Cari Noga Apr. 30--CEDAR -- Follow the 1983 Mercedes with the biodiesel decal. Follow it outside the rural Leelanau County town of Cedar. Follow it as it turns up the hill covered with grapevines. Follow it to the end of the...

EDITORIAL: THE NEEDLE: Who's revved up, who's stalled.(Editorial)
April 30, 2006... Apr. 30--REVVED KAY HOLEKAMP MSU zoology prof wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to turn 18 years of research into a book on the hyenas of Kenya. No laughing matter. TONY SNOW Conservative Fox News commentator joins White House as...

EDITORIAL: Bird Flu Defense: Best response to an unlikely outbreak is information, community preparedness.(Editorial)
April 30, 2006... Apr. 30--Don't panic. But do pay attention. Bird flu may never transform into a human-borne illness, let alone a worldwide pandemic -- but if it does, knowledge and preparation will make the difference between hard times and outright...

EDITORIAL: New points of interest.(Editorial)
April 30, 2006... Apr. 30--Mitch Albom is on the move. Look for his Sunday column next week on the front of the Local News section in the new Sunday Free Press. A new opinion section, On Point, will replace Free Press Sunday. The section will feature a full...

EDITORIAL: A Law Too Far: Reset proposed limits on funeral protests.(Editorial)
April 30, 2006... Apr. 30--The Michigan Legislature is on a hurry-up track to enact restrictions on the anti-gay protests that have disturbed the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. Many other states and Congress are moving in the same direction since the...

FREE PRESS BOOK CLUB FOR KIDS: Take a swing at fun, exciting reading with baseball books.
April 30, 2006... Byline: Cathy Collison Apr. 30--April showers turn to May flowers this week -- and magical books keep blooming beyond belief. Your readers can start stocking up for summer and definitely have plenty of fodder for the final book report...

Detroit Free Press Mark Stryker Music column: MOT dazzles in anniversary concert.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Mark Stryker Apr. 29--It was 10 years ago last week that Joan Sutherland declared a half-finished Detroit Opera House open for business, inaugurating a black-tie, sold-out gala featuring more than a dozen singers headed by...

EDITORIAL: Answer the Threat: U.S. should work to build consensus against Iran.(Editorial)
April 29, 2006... Apr. 29--It seems hard to believe that the civilized world cannot come to universal accord on the frightening prospect of nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran, a nation with an ambitious, irresponsible leader and a history of supporting...

Nessie, knights pitch Meijer: Chain goes quirky to outdo fierce Midwest competitors.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Kortney Stringer Apr. 29--Farmer Jack is doing it. Kroger is doing it. And Wal-Mart built an empire on being good at it. Everyone is advertising low prices, so it's tough for Meijer to do it in a unique and fresh way. But the...

Wagoner's total pay cut in half: Automaker withholds top GM bonuses.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Michael Ellis Apr. 29--General Motors Corp. cut Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner's pay by 46% to $5.48 million for his work last year, which he said was one of the most difficult in the 98-year history of the automaker. ...

Bad part latest Ford pain.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Sarah A. Webster and Jason Roberson Apr. 29--A problem with an inconspicuous transmission part shut down seven Ford Motor Co. assembly plants, including three in Michigan, giving 15,000 workers an unexpected day off. Ford...

EDITORIAL: Granholm, DeVos: Discussion sets tone, starts to draw distinctions.(Editorial)
April 29, 2006... Apr. 29--The audience staked out the strongest position at the first forum of the 2006 governor's race: Let neither candidate take any vote for granted. While Republican Dick DeVos gets credit for appearing in what is generally solid...

911 calls are of little help; baby is slain: Detroit neighbors reported trouble.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Amber Hunt and Ben Schmitt Apr. 29--Residents of an east-side Detroit neighborhood said Friday they called 911 in vain for hours, hoping police would come to investigate an uproar that ended with a man later being arrested on...

Woman found near Milford had been strangled.(Brief article)
April 29, 2006... Byline: Maryanne George Apr. 29--A woman whose body was found floating Thursday in the Huron River near Milford had been strangled hours before she was found by two hikers, police said Friday. Milford police released a sketch of the...

PENTECOSTALISM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS: Sounds of praise from the soul: Diversity, joyful services a draw for worshipers.
April 29, 2006... Byline: David Crumm Apr. 29--One of Oakland County's largest churches is hosting a 100th birthday party Sunday for Pentecostalism, a high-spirited American religious movement that gave birth to thousands of churches around the world,...

Advice for new grads: Pursue your passion.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Niraj Warikoo Apr. 29--Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, comes to Michigan today as the main speaker at this year's commencement at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was asked Friday by the...

Freedom Weekend will focus on call to action.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Jack Kresnak Apr. 29--Today's hip-hop concert and poetry slam -- part of Freedom Weekend V -- was to have featured a performance by the Detroit rapper Proof. But what was planned as a celebration of the city's hip-hop culture...

Off-duty officer shot dead after birth of 2nd son.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Ben Schmitt and Zachary Gorchow Apr. 29--The people who fatally shot Detroit Police Officer Charles Phipps III early Friday are suspected of preying on at least three other people recently. Phipps, a nine-year veteran of the...

After 3 days, a jury is chosen for Unger's murder trial.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Frank Witsil Apr. 29--BELUAH -- It took three days and a list of more than 300 people, but attorneys for Mark Unger and the state attorney general picked 12 people Friday to decide the fate of the Huntington Woods man charged...

Jury awards Troy teacher $2.4 million: High school math instructor said her firing was racial.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Lori Higgins Apr. 29--A federal jury awarded more than $2 million in damages Friday to a former math teacher at Troy Athens High School, agreeing with the claim that she was fired because of her race. Agnes Auvenshine, who is...

DeVos, Granholm fire early salvos: The first face-off signals a hot race.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Chris Christoff Apr. 29--Gov. Jennifer Granholm met her Republican challenger Dick DeVos face-to-face for the first time Friday in a debate at Cobo Center that revealed their fundamental differences about government and social...

Bogut remains grounded as Croatian culture stays with rookie.(Andrew Bogut)(Interview)
April 29, 2006... Byline: Chris Silva MILWAUKEE _ He considers himself a man of culture, spends his summers back in Australia and currently drives a Pontiac. Milwaukee Bucks rookie Andrew Bogut, the top pick in last year's NBA draft, isn't your...

Lions take Florida State linebacker, pass on Leinart.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Mark Snyder DETROIT _ After six years, finally it was grit over glamour. It took until Matt Millen's sixth draft as Lions president to select a first-round defensive player. Maybe all it took was having a defensive-minded...

Oilers top the Red Wings to grab 3-2 series lead.
April 29, 2006... Byline: Helene St. James DETROIT _ Those Red Wings. They storm through the regular season scoring on everyone, and now here they are in the playoffs, and like in previous years, goals are a problem. Despite battering Dwayne Roloson...

Native of Grand Rapids area is killed in Iraq.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Cecil Angel Apr. 28--A U.S. soldier born and raised in the Grand Rapids area died Tuesday when he came under enemy fire in Baghdad, the U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday. Sgt. 1C Richard J. Herrema, 27, was assigned to...

Key issues trim Unger panel.(suspect Mark Unger)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Frank Witsil Apr. 28--BEULAH -- Ross Bramer of Beulah left the Benzie County courthouse Thursday filled with disappointment and relief. Disappointment, the 38-year-old said, because after two days of waiting and several...

The roots of life: readers share fond memories about trees.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Marty Hair Apr. 28--Today is Arbor Day, time to honor trees for their many fine contributions. Cleaner air, cooler homes in summer, beauty, wood, wildlife habitat -- what's not to like? Yet lofty as their function, trees...

Check out the closet before you shop: authors say style starts at home.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Georgea Kovanis Apr. 28--Style gurus Joe Lupo and Jesse Garza -- whose credentials include appearances on Oprah and a helpful new book -- think dark skinny-legged jeans and wedge or platform shoes are good buys for women this...

Detroit Free Press Marty Hair Gardening column: GARDEN PLOT: Squirrels got your tulips? Swedish Skewers may help.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Marty Hair Apr. 28--In a perfect world, people would plant tulip bulbs in the fall and, the following spring, the bulbs would sprout and flower. Anyone who plants tulips knows that this is not a perfect world. In...

Detroit Free Press Kelley L. Carter Arts column: Kelley L. Carter: hot coffee, cool crowd.(Beans and Bytes)(Column)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Kelley L. Carter Apr. 28--Not everyone has an affinity for clubs, smoke and shot specials. Sometimes people just want to get out and have a good time at a place where like-minded folks come together. Since late last...

Heirs ask DIA to pay: $15-million van Gogh in dispute.(Detroit Institute of Arts)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Mark Stryker Apr. 28--The Detroit Institute of Arts should return a van Gogh painting or pay appropriate damages to 15 heirs of a German Jew who sold the picture during the Nazi era, according to a claim made by the heirs...

Photography exhibit is about process as well as the images.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Keri Guten Cohen Apr. 28--Whip out that camera phone and you're instantly a photographer. Download the image to your computer and you're capable of sophisticated manipulations ranging from cropping to altering colors to adding...

Been there, spelled that: Akeelah's cute, but story is just too predictable.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--Truth told, I don't know if Starbucks makes the best latte or not. All I know is that unless there are three or four people in front of me who can't make up their minds about which froufrou concoction they...

Film noir benefits from a teen twist: High schooler must track down a missing dame.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--Sam Spade cuts class in the droll comic mystery "Brick," but this film's smoked-out sleuth is not the nail-spitting Bogie of "The Maltese Falcon." He's more like a teenage version of the luckless, hangdog...

A baby does the taking in 'Hard Candy': Teen turns tables on Net hookup.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--That thin line between exploitation and provocation gets crossed frequently in "Hard Candy," a film whose starting point is all too believable these days: An Internet predator strikes up on an online...

Musician copes with unquiet mind: Film profiles songwriter with bipolar disorder.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--If you have never heard of singer-songwriter primitive artist Daniel Johnston, the subject of "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," don't worry. This well-done documentary will explain why Johnston has never been...

Actor keeps film above water: Unemployed Brits get plucky again.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--In England, being laid off or downsized is called being made redundant. If you know that, it's only because you have seen so many English films -- from "Brassed Off" to the current "Kinky Boots" -- about...

Detroit Free Press Mark Stryker Music column: MARK STRYKER: Bad Plus trio takes a risk.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Mark Stryker Apr. 28--JAZZ A trio of diverse trios highlights the scene this weekend. The Bad Plus, an alt-acoustic piano trio, has won a wide following with unlikely covers of material by Black Sabbath, Nirvana and others,...

An original in landscape of chains.(American Bistro)(Sterling Heights, Michigan)(Restaurant review)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Cassandra Spratling Apr. 28--The busy neighborhood around Lakeside Mall bursts with cookie-cutter stores and restaurants that repeat themselves all around the country. So it's refreshing to come across a place where the owners...

EDITORIAL: Pipes, People: Call for new water authority challenges full region.(Editorial)
April 28, 2006... Apr. 28--U.S. District Judge John Feikens could not have made it any clearer Thursday that southeast Michigan needs regional governance of the water-sewer system now run by the City of Detroit. The required buy-in-- both of dollars and trust...

EDITORIAL: Get 'Em Out: State should send deportable inmates packing.(Editorial)
April 28, 2006... Apr. 28--The State Parole Board is denying release for some foreign citizens who could be safely deported from Michigan prisons, saving taxpayers millions of dollars. The Department of Corrections ought to ensure that foreign nationals...

Chrysler incentives put drag on profits: Report raises concerns of slowdown.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Joe Guy Collier Apr. 28--Chrysler Group showed for the first time on Thursday signs it could be slowing down. A drop in profits raises questions about the automaker's ability to continue its success without the use of costly...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column: Business booming for auto market forecaster.(Company overview)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Tom Walsh Apr. 28--There's nothing wrong with the automobile industry. Overall, that is. Sales are growing solidly around the world. In the United States, the best six years of car and truck sales have been the last six....

Workers for DTE picket headquarters: They're incensed over looming cuts.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Jewel Gopwani Apr. 28--Union workers at DTE Energy are angry that 1,200 of them could lose their jobs by the end of next year, even though DTE's profits are on the rise. They let the company know it Thursday morning. ...

DISABILITIES ON THE JOB: enabled: Work provides Compuware employee independence.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Margarita Bauza Apr. 28--In the two years Jonathan Gehrls has worked at Compuware, he has gained independence, a sense of responsibility and purpose. Gerhls, 20, of Lathrup Village and Detroit was born with Down syndrome, a...

Local activists want impact, not backlash.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Margarita Bauza Apr. 28--Detroit immigrants and sympathizers are being urged to rally Monday and boycott both work and shopping, to join a national show of solidarity against legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal...

Developers combine skills: Equity Alliance redoes old malls.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Greta Guest Apr. 28--Two Michigan retail real estate developers have created a fund that will jump-start at least $1 billion in retail property acquisitions across the country in the next three to five years. Grand Sakwa...

Detroit Free Press People in Business column.
April 28, 2006... Apr. 28--Benjamin Smith, vice president of development and brokerage at Farbman Group, was reappointed by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to the City of Detroit's brownfield redevelopment authority community advisory committee. Plymouth-based Aisin...

Detroit law firm plans to work at Ford Field.
April 28, 2006... Byline: John Gallagher Apr. 28--The promise that Ford Field could become more than a football stadium will take a giant leap toward fulfillment this weekend. Bodman LLP, one of Detroit's biggest and most prestigious law firms, is to move...

EDITORIAL: Generous Dreams: Readers can again make summer special for kids.(Editorial)
April 28, 2006... Apr. 28--For 13 years, Free Press readers have exhibited astonishing generosity, contributing millions of dollars to send thousands of deserving Michigan children to summer camp. All told, you have given more than $12.5 million to the...

Water woes don't flow to some suburbs: They operate own systems instead of using Detroit's.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Zachary Gorchow and Kathleen Gray Apr. 28--You'll have to excuse residents of Milford, Mt. Clemens and Wyandotte if they're wondering what all the fuss is about between their suburban neighbors and the City of Detroit over water...

Detroit cop to be honored by peers: His life changed after 6 gunshots.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Amber Hunt Apr. 28--Detroit Police Officer Derrick Hayes hasn't been the same since he was shot six times by a suspected robber last year. His left leg is paralyzed from the knee down. Two of his toes were fused straight...

Lakeview recall election is Tuesday: School cleaning contract led to outcry.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Shabina S. Khatri Apr. 28--It's going to be a busy weekend for school board members in Lakeview Public Schools -- and for those pushing to recall them. With Tuesday's election looming, both sides are stepping up efforts to...

Drug prosecutor's plea bargains investigated: deals weren't authorized, sources say.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Joe Swickard Apr. 28--A lawyer in the Wayne County prosecutor's drug unit was fired last week and now is under investigation for allegedly cutting unauthorized -- and substantially shorter -- plea deals to defendants in drug...

Plymouth-Canton bond causes stir: Some say ballot proposal isn't clear.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Naomi R. Patton Apr. 28--Just days before two multimillion-dollar bond proposals go up for a Tuesday vote, some are accusing Plymouth-Canton Community Schools officials of misrepresenting the millage rate residents would pay for...

State to investigate Livonia therapist in child-sex case.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Zlati Meyer Apr. 28--The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Thursday that it will investigate Livonia child psychologist Charles Bruce Fraelich, who was arrested last week, accused of arranging sex with an...

City might run historic house: Farmington Hills weighs the costs.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Julie Edgar Apr. 28--If Farmington Hills can take care of possible lead and asbestos problems and outstanding liens against the historic Longacre House without spending too much money, it may take it off the hands of a nonprofit...

West Bloomfield race heats up: school budget plans spur 2 to run.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Lori Higgins Apr. 28--What had been a quiet, uncontested race for the West Bloomfield Board of Education has suddenly turned hot, with the addition of two write-in candidates and allegations that some school officials are trying...

Not ducking their duty: each year, St. Clair Shores seniors guard mallard family.(duck Imelda)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Steve Neavling Apr. 28--She just doesn't get it. Every year for the past decade, Imelda the duck has returned to the same St. Clair Shores apartment building, laid eggs beneath a bush and less than a month later embarked on a...

Warren firefighter off duty till judged: He's charged with fraud in training.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Dan Cortez Apr. 28--A Warren firefighter who is facing fraud charges in Oakland County agreed Thursday to step away from the department while his criminal case plays out. Warren spokesman Joe Munem said the city's agreement...

Land calls for stricter driver education rules.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Chris Christoff Apr. 28--Driver education requirements would be tightened and instructors more closely watched under changes proposed Thursday by Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. It would be the first significant...

Detroit to Boston is next route for Spirit: New flights will start in August.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Jewel Gopwani Apr. 28--Spirit Airlines Inc. plans to start direct flights between Detroit and Boston in August, becoming the second carrier to serve that market daily from Detroit Metro Airport. With low-fare carrier Spirit...

'Stick It' falls back on sports formula.(Movie review)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Terry Lawson Apr. 28--The advertising for "Stick It" proudly proclaims it as being "from the makers of 'Bring It On,' " the exceedingly clever 2000 teen comedy set in the world of competitive cheerleading. "Stick It" bears a...

Bad part adds to Ford woes.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Sarah A. Webster and Jason Roberson DETROIT _ In a rare move, Ford Motor Co. stopped building vehicles at seven assembly plants, including three in Michigan, and told 15,000 workers to not report to work after the automaker...

GM CEO's total pay cut in half.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Michael Ellis DETROIT _ General Motors Corp. cut Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner's pay by 46 percent to $5.48 million for his work last year, which he said was one of the most difficult in the 98-year history of the...

Pistons running with the Bucks.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Krista Latham DETROIT _ Identity theft can be crippling, even in basketball. Just ask the Milwaukee Bucks, a running team that has watched the Pistons skip away to 49 fast-break points in the first two games of their playoff...

Somehow, Lions need their Verlander.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Drew Sharp DETROIT _ Brand me a heretic if you wish, but Saturday's Saturation Saturday far surpasses the little Super Sunday we had here a few months back. Now this is a Dee-troit party _ a little playoff hockey by day, a...

Oilers' Greene plagued by penalty calls.
April 28, 2006... Byline: George Sipple EDMONTON, Alberta _ Edmonton Oilers rookie defenseman Matt Greene spent nearly as much time in the penalty box as he did on the ice Thursday in his first NHL playoff game. Greene played 6:59 during 12 shifts in...

Clutch pass in Game 4 shows Datsyuk's back to his old form.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Helene St. James DETROIT _ The Red Wings bring a tied first-round playoff series back to Joe Louis Arena on Saturday because on their fourth try, they finally looked like a No. 1 seed. The team played with poise Thursday...

Yzerman's iconic, 23-year career could be ending soon.(Steve Yzerman)
April 28, 2006... Byline: Michael Rosenberg DETROIT _ Saturday could be Steve Yzerman's final home game. Ever. We have no way of knowing, of course. The Red Wings might win this Edmonton series (with two home games left and the series tied, 2-2, they...

Barbie through the years.
April 27, 2006... 1959: Barbie makes her debut, wearing a strapless black and white swimsuit. 1961: Barbie goes to Europe. 1964: Barbie goes to college. 1965: Barbie is an astronaut. 1971: Barbie gets so tan she becomes known as Malibu...

Writer John Feinstein is living his dream.(Interview)
April 27, 2006... Byline: Janis Campbell Spring is the best time of year for sportswriter John Feinstein. Why? For starters, the weather is starting to warm up in Potomac, Md., where he lives, and three of his favorite assignments happen -- one right...

More companies using consumers to carry the message.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Kortney Stringer DETROIT _ Companies want to make you a star _ in ads at least. You might have heard that some marketers are using ordinary people like you to make ads to get the word out about their products. Now, marketers...

The mortgage maze: Buyers can use help figuring out process.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Suzette Hackney DETROIT _ You've made the big decision to buy a house. Now the challenge becomes finding an affordable mortgage. What's best for you? Conventional? No-money down? Adjusted-rate mortgage? Interest only? In...

Video-game review: `Brain Age'.
April 27, 2006... Byline: David Crumm and Benjamin Crumm, 16 _ "Brain Age," four stars (out of four); Nintendo for Nintendo DS; Rated E; $19.95 ___ "He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision -- he cried out twice, a cry that was no more...

SUMMER DREAMS: Make children's wishes come true: Slumping economy makes your donations all the more important.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Jeff Seidel Apr. 27--Nonprofit organizations in Michigan face a cruel reality that affects thousands of children across the state. "When the economy suffers, our donations suffer, and yet the demand for services goes up," said...

Web site helps with dating dilemmas.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Georgea Kovanis Apr. 27--You're just back from a date and you had a good time. Now what? Do you e-mail? Send a text message? Log onto the Internet dating site where you met to see if he has logged on since your date to look...

ROLL MODELS: Detroit's Derby Girls gear up for league play with a slammin', jammin' exhibition Saturday at the Masonic Temple.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Erin Chan Apr. 27--They look so lithe in their 8-inch-by-10-inch photos. Their images -- dozens of artistic roller skaters posing in tight, bright sequined leotards, their arms as dainty as those of dancing figurines -- hang in...

Detroit Free Press Susan Ager Lifestyles column: SUSAN AGER: Sudden decision may have built for years.(how the elderly decide)(Column)
April 27, 2006... Byline: Susan Ager Apr. 27--Three months after his beloved wife died of cancer, an affluent man we know collapsed while shoveling the deck of his lakefront home. Surgeons replaced his hip. He recovered in the home of a stranger, a...

DSO Jazz Series to host 2 Marsalises.(Brief article)
April 27, 2006... Byline: Mark Stryker Apr. 27--Wynton and Delfeayo won't be performing, but Branford and papa Ellis will be making their way to Detroit. No word yet about Jason. Announced today, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 Jazz Series...