http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/Statewide News and UpdatesenThu, 01 May 2008 12:59:56 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noStatewide News and Updatesmichigannewshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/dsMX1eMX-uU/hundreds_rally_in_detroit_in_s.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Thu, 01 May 2008 12:59:56 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.939832 ]]>AP PhotoProtesters carry a banner and signs during an immigration march and protest in Detroit on Thursday. Immigration activists and civil rights leaders, with rallies and marches nationwide, hoped to revive an immigration reform debate grown surprisingly stagnant in this...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/05/hundreds_rally_in_detroit_in_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/fXS-otbUkKs/obamas_former_pastor_addresses.htmlElectionTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:11:11 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.928008 ]]>AP PhotoThe Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. acknowledges the audience at the Detroit NAACP's 53rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner on Sunday. DETROIT — An outspoken minister whose words have rallied many but also riled up others told a 10,000-strong...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/obamas_former_pastor_addresses.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/LeBGse5dlqU/granholm_touts_green_energy_wh.htmlEnvironmentjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:03:05 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.927147 ]]>AP PhotoGov. Jennifer Granholm tours the Harvest Wind Farm on April 21. The 53-megawatt, $90 million wind farm has 32 turbines that can generate enough electricity to power more than 15,000 homes. OLIVER TOWNSHIP — They look like small propellers...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/granholm_touts_green_energy_wh.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/SqdpJUvgzK8/power_of_the_internet_lets_loc.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:25:58 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.925097 ]]>GENESEE COUNTY — The Internet connection can be fickle, outside is a war zone and Army Spc. Jeremy Glasstetter has been up since 6 a.m. in Baghdad. But after a day of work, seven hours ahead of his classmates and...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/power_of_the_internet_lets_loc.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/6Rpwtg4X9Dc/gm_ceos_2007_compensation_wort.htmlBusinessjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:43:22 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.922800 ]]>DETROIT — General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner's compensation package for last year is valued at $15.7 million. That's 64 percent more than 2006 when the package was worth $9.57 million. GM spokeswoman Julie Gibson says much of...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/gm_ceos_2007_compensation_wort.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/Y3aTmkTq1ww/obamas_former_pastor_to_give_s.htmlElectionTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:27:36 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.922757 ]]>PBS/AP PhotoRev. Jeremiah Wright speaks with PBS's Bill Moyers on April 23, 2008. DETROIT – The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. has no problem speaking his mind about black self-determination in sermons to the 6,000-member congregation at Trinity United Church...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/obamas_former_pastor_to_give_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/bMBoFFUh_EQ/woman_dies_after_husband_set_h.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:20:13 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.922722 ]]>MONROE — A woman who was severely burned in an assault by her estranged husband has died. The Monroe Evening News reports Teresia Thompson died Friday at a hospital in Toledo, Ohio, where she had been since the attack in...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/woman_dies_after_husband_set_h.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/pYp5hbHfzKA/prosecutor_to_appeal_ruling_in.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:28:57 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.919962 ]]>DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said she will appeal a decision upholding a 36th District Court judge's ruling not to disqualify himself and the entire bench from hearing the criminal case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Worthy also...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/prosecutor_to_appeal_ruling_in.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/EBiyJHEYCrY/toyota_takes_1q_world_sales_le.htmlBusinessjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:37:47 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.915538 ]]>DETROIT — Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its North American sales drag down gains in other markets. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/toyota_takes_1q_world_sales_le.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/qEiglsyTZ0I/dalai_lama_highlights_individu.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:08:06 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906734 ]]>LEISA THOMPSON | THE ANN ARBOR NEWSThe Dalai Lama and Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan president, share a laugh after His Holiness placed a kata, a silk ceremonial scarf given as an offering, after his talk on sustainability for...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/dalai_lama_highlights_individu.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/UNyjLVxc8gk/live_video_the_dalai_lamas_fou.htmlTop Storiesmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:53:37 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906342 ]]>The Dalai Lama has completed the Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability at Crisler Arena, his fourth and final appearance in Ann Arbor. Watch the archived video stream of the lecture here. If you can't see moving video, hit the...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/live_video_the_dalai_lamas_fou.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/jowERCz3eT4/pope_blesses_ground_zero_in_ny.htmlTop Storiesmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:32:18 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906299 ]]>AP PhotoPope Benedict XVI prays as New York Cardinal Edward Egan, left, looks on during a ceremony for first responders, survivors and victim's families at ground zero in New York, Sunday, April 20, 2008. NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Benedict...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/pope_blesses_ground_zero_in_ny.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/jR5cwu3it_Y/automakers_expect_strong_china.htmlBusinessmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:17:07 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906277 ]]>BEIJING (AP) -- Global automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year -- a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere. Sales of some individual models...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/automakers_expect_strong_china.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/3NUotqgnuPo/jaguar_land_rover_ceo_geoff_po.htmlBusinessmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:06:33 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906270 ]]>DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Jaguar and Land Rover's Chief Executive Geoff Polites, who is credited with steering the storied luxury brands through the ongoing sale process to India's Tata Motors Ltd., has died. He was 60. Polites died Sunday in...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/jaguar_land_rover_ceo_geoff_po.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/JslSYXlrshk/harry_potter_case_illustrates.htmlBusinessmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:05:22 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906268 ]]>NEW YORK (AP) -- For a time, "Harry Potter" superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to be living a geeky dream. His Web site -- an obsessive catalog of spells, characters and creatures in J.K. Rowling's novels -- was a hit...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/harry_potter_case_illustrates.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/wTOI7c-X3Hw/live_video_dalai_lamas_first_s.htmlTop Storiesmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:36:05 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.906170 ]]>The Dalai Lama delivers his first lecture of the day, a continuation on the theme he explored in Saturday's speeches titled "Engaging Wisdom And Compassion." Casting aside attachments to everyday worries in order to attain a state of joy through...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/live_video_dalai_lamas_first_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/j8KYOCQ8XvY/detroit_mayor_i_am_being_punis.htmlTop Storiesjoosting@mlive.com (Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com)Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:27:13 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.905426 ]]>DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is facing charges stemming from a text-messaging sex scandal, says he is "being punished by my God." The Detroit News reports Kilpatrick addressed a mostly male crowd of several hundred people on Saturday...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/detroit_mayor_i_am_being_punis.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/zMBDSUo6f5A/live_video_dalai_lamas_second.htmlTop Storiesmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:25:26 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.904770 ]]>The Dalai Lama delivers his second lecture of the day on "Engaging Wisdom And Compassion" at 2 p.m. at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. In his morning lecture on the same topic, His Holiness talked about the importance of honoring...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/live_video_dalai_lamas_second.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/76qFGd3O8jY/live_video_the_dalai_lama_in_a.htmlTop Storiesmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:23:44 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.904543 ]]>Leisa Thompson | The Ann Arbor NewsThe Dalai Lama appeared on the stage at Crisler Arena for the first of four talks this weekend. The Dalai Lama on Saturday encouraged people gathered for the first of four weekend talks at...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/live_video_the_dalai_lama_in_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michigannews/~3/UW61wU1l-wo/facebook_asks_users_to_transla.htmlBusinessmitchue@mlive.com (Mike Itchue | MLive.com)Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:16:25 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/michigan//1259.904473 ]]>TOKYO (AP) -- The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global. Its users around the world are translating Facebook's visible framework into nearly two dozen languages --...http://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04/facebook_asks_users_to_transla.htmlnonadult