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			<title><![CDATA['There are bad economies. And then there is Michigan']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd said he was trying to lift up the spirits of his national audience &quot;in a weird way&quot; by recounting the economic horrors of Metro Detroit on Thursday -- specifically the sale of the Pontiac Silverdome for almost $600,000. Find the Nov. 19 &quot;Thundering]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:13:55</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Michigan gets hailed for Top 10 university president]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michigan likes to boast about its higher education system, and Time magazine has given it a boost by naming University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman one of the top 10 university leaders in the country. See here.
Coleman gets special kudos for fund-raising, generating $3.2 billion from]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:20</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York Times discovers farming in Detroit]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The New York Times editors catch up with urban consultant Aaron Renn's piece about turning Detroit into farmland. They're behind the curve on the idea, but at least they are taking notice (see here).
&quot;Renn says the sheer size of Detroit -- a largely vacant urban prairie bigger than Manhattan,]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:17</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['Somehow Detroit wound up in Ohio for a minute']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Leave it to Rolling Stone magazine to give us the behind-the-scenes look at Bruce Springsteen's geography fiasco at the Palace concert last Friday night. To hear E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt tell it, Springsteen knew he was in the Detroit area, but somehow confused it with being in the]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:04</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Michigan is forgettable]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's hard to say who is getting the worse rap for forgetfulness -- Michigan or rocker Bruce Springsteen. This in the wake of The Boss' Friday night concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills, where he repeatedly said &quot;Ohio&quot; to the crowd -- a week before the heralded University of Michigan-Ohio]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:29</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GM gets a nod for killing two brands]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Wall Street Journal article wonders why more brands haven't been eliminated. It quotes an auto analyst who argues that &quot;government intervention to save auto-related jobs has forestalled the inevitable -- broad and deep restructuring that would shut down unneeded plants and close loss-making]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:07:29</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pontiac Silverdome 'latest symbol of futility' for region]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal jumps in a day early to report that bids are due today for buying the abandoned Pontiac Silverdome, the 80,000-seat domed stadium that has been mostly empty since the Lions moved to Detroit in 2002.
Instead of waiting a day to see whether any bids are offered, the Journal]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:20:02</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unions control Detroit's future]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the future of Detroit would seem to lie in the hands of re-elected Mayor Dave Bing, the Reason Foundation's Shikha Dalmia sees it being held hostage by the city's employee unions.
&quot;Bing needs to confront the hard reality that the city needs to pare back its liabilities, identify]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:08</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Urbanophile: 'Detroit, New Frontier']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aaron Renn, a so-called &quot;urban success strategist&quot; based in Chicago, writes on his Shareable blog that Detroit can be right-sized and revitalized as long as the region addresses stopping suburban growth.
For Renn, Detroit is a new frontier where population decline is slowing, and the]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:46:21</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['Ford wins election']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of Detroit's automakers gets a pat on the back while another gets paddled for going back to the federal trough one too many times by the Wall Street Journal editorial board. The Journal opines that Ford is winning the election among consumers in the showroom.
Bailed-out Chrysler is losing]]></description>
			<author>(Richard Burr)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:45</pubDate>
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