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  • Steve Young learned about industrial musicals when he started coming across compilations, like this one, in used record stores. (You definitely want to <a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/11/05/bathroomscover_custom.jpg">click to enlarge this</a>.)
    Sales Take Center Stage: To Boost Morale, Companies Burst Into Song
    Industrial musicals were like Broadway shows, only written and performed for corporate sales meetings or conventions. And as ridiculous as the songs were — "My bathroom, my bathroom is a private kind of place" — they were often delivered by very talented people.
  • Hundreds of people line up outside an Apple store in Chicago to buy the iPhone 4 in 2010. Apple had removed its products from EPEAT's registry of environmentally friendly electronic devices but later reversed course.
    Apple's Change Of Heart On Green Certification
    Apple is rejoining a widely used registry of environmentally friendly electronic devices. The surprise move comes after the company received harsh public criticism for turning its back on its green environmental image.
  • Do "food stamp challenges" help?
    Newark Mayor Corey Booker did it.And last week, both Congressman Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint) did it.They all made a…
  • Who’s more conservative? Upton and Hoogendyk square off in debate in Kalamazoo
    Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) has been in office for 25-years. Former state representative Jack Hoogendyk challenged Upton in the republican…
  • For A Girl And Her Horses, A Bumpy Ride To Adulthood
    More bodice unbuttoner than bodice ripper, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiSclafani, is nonetheless an ode to a young girl's sexual awakening. The novel follows Thea, a 1930s teen whose family banishes her to an equestrian boarding school after a mysterious transgression.
  • Timothy Geithner at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2009
    GM IPO could break records
    The Wall Street Journal is reporting that GM's IPO tomorrow could be a biggy:The automaker's biggest investor, the United States Government, is anxious to…
  • In this morning's news...
    Andrew Shirvell Fired Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was fired yesterday by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. Shirvell had been publicly…
  • In this morning's news...
    Snyder Filling Positions in New Administration Governor-elect Rick Snyder will announce key positions in his new administration later today in Ann Arbor,…
  • President Obama signs a series of executive orders on gun control Jan. 16 surrounded by children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence. They are, from left, Hinna Zeejah, Taejah Goode, Julia Stokes and Grant Fritz.
    Why Politicians Want Children To Be Seen And Heard
    Right now, children are central to campaigns on gun control, immigration and same-sex marriage — demonstrating their effectiveness as political messengers. Politicians know that on almost any issue, kids can make an argument more compelling.
  • Corinna Borden was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma six years ago. She wrote a book about her experience - "I Dreamt of Sausage."
    Our murky understanding of cancer and chemicals (Part 1)
    According to the latest numbers from the National Cancer Institute, roughly 41 percent of us will be diagnosed with some type of cancer in our…
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