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FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON: Impending disaster
30.08.2008 02:46
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Republicans will be running for high ground!
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Jazz festival starts with a wail of 2 cities, Detroit and Philly
30.08.2008 02:46
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Even before the 29th Detroit International Jazz Festival kicked off Friday evening in downtown, Detroiter Sylvester Crook was already in a seat at the Compuware Here and Now Stage at Woodward and Congress waiting for the action to start.
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Arts, Beats & Eats brings out the sun
30.08.2008 02:46
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All Friday morning and afternoon, the sun was blocked by a slate-colored sky that cast a moody pall over metro Detroit. And then, about the time hundreds and then thousands of people streamed into the streets of Pontiac for Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats, the sun punched a hole of pale blue into that sky. And then several holes, until no gray remained.
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Michigan State Fair Schedule
30.08.2008 02:46
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The Michigan State Fair runs through Labor Day at the corner of 8 Mile and Woodward. It's open 10-10 daily. Admission is $10; $5 for children 3-12, $5 for seniors 62 and older, free for kids 2 & younger. Parking is $7 per vehicle. Ride all day wristbands are $15 on weekdays (except Labor Day) and $25 on weekends (including Labor Day).
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THE SATURDAY LIST: Free Press critics' picks for this weekend
30.08.2008 02:46
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"For the Love of Grace," 9-11 tonight, Hallmark Channel. Steve, a firefighter, is quiet and gutsy. Grace, an author of how-to books, is social. He gobbles hamburgers; she snips at salads. They are opposites; naturally, this movie will nudge them together.
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Duchovny says enough is too much
30.08.2008 02:46
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It was been rumored for years. And insiders wondered, when David Duchovny was chosen to play a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication," whether art was too close to reality.
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New 'Idol' judge might find 4's a crowd
30.08.2008 02:46
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Is trouble already brewing for the newly appointed fourth "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi? "Idol" producers announced Monday that the Grammy-nominated songwriter will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul at the judges' table when the show premieres its eighth season on the Fox Network in January.
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Dad-daughter tale ends tragically
30.08.2008 02:46
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QUESTION: During the 1980s, I saw a movie on cable about a girl and her father, the publisher of a small newspaper that had great political influence. Their relationship ends when tragedy strikes.
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Alert the first responders to clear the auditorium
30.08.2008 02:46
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"Disaster Movie." The name says it all. Not since the Hindenburg has something crashed and burned as spectacularly as this film. This is the latest juvenile attempt by writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer to milk laughs out of the formulas used in their "Scary Movie," "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie."
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Weekend events
30.08.2008 02:46
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Bump: 8 p.m. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. 248-544-3030. $10. Colgate Country Showdown: 7 p.m. Michigan State Fairgrounds Band Shell, 8 Mile & Woodward, Detroit. 313-369-8250. Free with fair admission: $10, $5 seniors and children ages 3-12. Free for kids younger than 2. Parking $7.
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UTAH AT MICHIGAN | 3:30 P.M. | ABC: After an off-season filled with turmoil, Rich Rodriguez has become U-M's face of change
30.08.2008 02:45
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Today, for the first time since 1985, Michigan's football team will begin its season ranked outside the Associated Press top 25. The team will be directed by a man who didn't know the words of the school's iconic fight song until this past winter -- and still might not, were he pressed.
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MSU AT CALIFORNIA | 8 P.M. | ABC: Questions? Cal has more to answer than the Spartans
30.08.2008 02:45
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EAST LANSING -- Michigan State has questions about the strength of its offensive line and a desperate need to replace the passing production lost with the departures of wide receiver Devin Thomas and tight end Kellen Davis to the NFL. California has more concerns.
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FINAL ROSTER CUT DAY: Six Lions draft picks could make Lions' final roster
30.08.2008 02:45
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Before this year's NFL draft, Lions coach Rod Marinelli said he didn't want to swing for the fences with his picks. He wanted to hit solid doubles. "I want them here," Marinelli said. "I want them playing."
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TIGERS CORNER: Dontrelle Willis, Joel Zumaya likely done for '08
30.08.2008 02:45
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On Monday, a little less than three months after he was sent to the minors, Dontrelle Willis is expected to rejoin the Tigers' active roster. Yet, as with many aspects of Willis' turbulent first season in Detroit, the specifics beyond that are unclear.
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DETROIT 6, KANSAS CITY 3: Granderson keys winning rally with triple
30.08.2008 02:45
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Curtis Granderson has hit more triples than anyone in the major leagues over the past two seasons, and so many of them have looked alike: He swats some unsuspecting fastball into the right-centerfield gap, takes a peek at the rolling ball and turns around the bases with fire and ease.
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