DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen 7 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $ 3.38 per gallon.The auto club said Monday the average is about 4 cents per gallon less than last year at this time.Of the cities it surveys, AAA Michigan said the cheapest price for self-serve unleaded fuel is in the Traverse City area, where it’s about $ 3.32 a gallon....
Who are these guys at QB in Super Bowl?
Labels: TechnologyNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom Brady is not playing in the Super Bowl. Neither is Ben Roethlisberger or either of the Mannings.This Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces in Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, one of whom will leave New Orleans as the latest and greatest at football's glamour position.For each, this is new territory.Flacco, the only quarterback to win a playoff game in each of his first five NFL...
Why haven't we learned from fires?
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSPyrotechnics, overcrowding, poor exits have contributed to tragic fires in recent yearsYou would think the world would have learned from past incidents, John Barylick saysConcertgoers have to be their own fire marshals, he saysEditor's note: John Barylick, author of "Killer Show," a book on the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, is an attorney who represented victims in wrongful...
Egypt protesters defy curfew after emergency rule imposed
Labels: BusinessISMAILIA/CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptian protesters ignored a curfew on Monday to take to the streets in cities along the Suez canal, defying a state of emergency imposed by Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to end days of violence that has killed at least 51 people. One man was killed in violence late on Monday in Port Said and another was shot dead earlier in Cairo as...
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Fed waits for job market to perk up
Labels: WorldLONDON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's ultra-loose monetary policy is a root cause of the "currency wars" that some see as a looming threat to the world economy, but don't expect the U.S. central bank to signal a shift back to normal any time soon. The Fed, whose policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee concludes a two-day meeting on Wednesday, said just last month that it expects...
Djokovic completes Australian Open hat trick
Labels: TechnologyMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No shirt ripping or bare-chested flexing this time.Novak Djokovic completed his work before midnight, defeating Andy Murray in four sets for his third consecutive Australian Open title and fourth overall.It was also the second time in three years Djokovic had beaten his longtime friend in this final. So the celebration was muted: a small victory shuffle, raised arms, a...
Women in infantry: Tough challenge?
Labels: LifestyleHospital Corpsman Shannon Crowley packs for a mission as Lance Cpl.. Kristi Baker sits on her bed in 2010 in Afghanistan.STORY HIGHLIGHTSMaren Leed: Ban on women in combat has hurt operations, women's promotionLeed: Integrating women into the physically demanding infantry presents challenges Women are already in combat; she says, the "front line" and "rear line" no longer existLeed: Research into...
Freezing rain, fog expected to complicate roadways
Labels: Health The National Weather Service has issued a freezing rain advisory for northeast Illinois that warns of an ice storm that is expected...
Nightclub fire kills at least 232 in Brazil
Labels: BusinessSANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A nightclub fire killed at least 232 people in southern Brazil early on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. The blaze in the university town of Santa Maria was started by a band member or someone from its production team...
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