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…' The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com . . ~.< Friday, September 12, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September12, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS HOUSTON Ike churns in Gulf, targets Texas coast, metro Houston Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants yester- day as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2008 -- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, September iS, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS GALVESTON, Texas Hurricane Ike death toll rises The death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 25 across nine states Sunday, as rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people from waterlogged streets and splin- tered houses. Glass-strewn Hous- ton was placed under a weeklong curfew, and milli...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS CHICAGO Ike to blame for Midwest flooding Residents of the Midwest faced blackouts affecting more than 2 million homes and businesses and flooded homes yesterday after a weekend of devastating weather caused by the remnants of Hurri- cane Ike. The violent weather in the Mid- west, the latest in a brutal sum- mer that has slammed parts of the region with severe flooding, brought Ike's total ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com nW 17 2 Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Fed keeps interest rate steady, market closes with gains Wall Street ended another tumultuous session with a sizable gain yesterday, partly recover- ing from its worst sell-off in years after the Federal Reserve said it was keeping interest rates steady. The central bank soothed fears of a worsening financial crisis even as the market waite...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com- Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 3A * The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September18, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS * WASHINGTON Hackers gain access to Gov. Palin's Yahoo account Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evi- dence a few inconsequential per- sonal messages 'sh...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 19, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS Freshmen 'finest' WASHINGTON Dow rebounds, surges more than 400 points The stock market finally found reason to rally yesterday, and Con- gress promised quick action as the Bush administration prepared a plan to rescue banks from the bad debt at the heart of the worst cri- sis on Wall Street since the Great Depression. Details of the plan were still being work...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 22, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Paulson resists help for bailout bill Treasury Secretary Henry Paul- sonisresistingaDemocratic pushto add additional help for households to the $700 billion bailout bill. Paulson said Sundaythat because financial markets remain under severe stress there is an urgent need for Congress to act quickly without adding other measures that could slow down ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush, Congress agree to some bailout terms Scrambling for a swift deal on the $700 billion bailout for fail- ing financial firms, key Democrats and Bush administration officials agreed Monday to include mort- gage help for beleaguered hom- eowners but wrangled over other issues, i...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Pain meets her first world leaders Sarah Palin met her first world leaders yesterday. It was a tightly controlled crash course on foreign, policy for the Republican vice presidential can- didate, the mayor-turned-governor who has been outside North Amer- ica just once. Palin...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS NEW YORK Obama: "more important than ever" to hold debate Republican John McCain said yes- terday that he wants to postpone Fri- day's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, but Democrat Barack Obamasaid "it's more impor- tant than ever" that the country hear from its next...…

…S The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 26, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Obama, Biden and theirwives to campaign in Detroit Barack Obama, Joe Biden and their spouses willhold a campaign rally Sunday afternoon in front of the Detroit Public Library. The Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates will be joined by their wives, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. Obama and Biden are expected toremindpeopleaboutMichi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 29,2000"'- 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Congress tentatively agrees on bailout plan Congressional negotiators and the Bush administration's top Trea- sury officials go to work yesterday on settling the final details of a his- toric $700 billion Wall Street bail- out aimed at keeping credit flowing and saving the nation's shaky econ- omy from collapsing into a crip- pling recession. "We've...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS COLUMBUS, Ohio McCain says Obama 'will deepen nation's recession' Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate John McCa- in unleashed a blistering attack yesterday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a simple question: "Country first or Obama first?" In his first public appearance since Friday night's debate, McCain said Democrat...…

…4A - Tuesday, September 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74} l$iC~tigan EaihJ Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations ...…

…4A - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com i Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 w tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent sole...…

…4A - Thursday, September 4, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower:' -Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, explaining in his speech at the Republican National Convention yesterday the pains he experienced growing up in ...…

…4A - Friday, September 5, 2008 ).pinioll, The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74C fiC41*gan4:aly V Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and ill...…

…4A - Monday, September 8, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com It's hard, it's tough, but it's also the classic example of why we need change inWashington." -Republican presidential nominee John McCain, commenting on the federal government's takeover of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday, as reported y...…

…4 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 EL74 tIC t an al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI48109 tothedaily@umich.edu I-F The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe officialposition of the Daily's editorialboard.Allother signed articles and illustrations represe...…

…4A - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, criticizing the Republican Party's adaptation of his reform message at a speech in Vermont, as reported yesterday by ABC News. A YouTu be-...…

…4A.- Thursday, September 11, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu None of us will forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in the world." -President Bush, in his address to the nation on Sept. 11, 2001. The seventh September ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY ...…

…4 - Friday, September 12, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…

…4A - Monday, September 15, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu We're suddenly being ripped apart" - Roger Freeman, a nine-year veteran of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., on the firm's collapse, reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal. 6 I ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE E...…

…4 - Tuesday, September 16, Zoos p r The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position'oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent sole...…

…4A - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University af Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely t...…

…4A - Thursday, September 18, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely ...…

…4 - Friday, September 19, 2008 mMihigan .aily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com This has been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. There is no question about it." - Mark Gertler, an economist at New York University, explaining the urgency of the U.S. financial crisis, as reported yesterday b...…

…0 4A - Monday, September 22, 2008 . _ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. k <__ 420 Maynard St Ann Arbor, M 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN GARY GRACA GABE NELSON EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent s...…

…4 - Tuesday, September 23, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the ...…

…inion 4A - Wednesday, September 24, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MT 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF. GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent...…

…4A - Thursday, September 25, 2008 1111011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position oftthe Daily's editorial board. Ali other signed articles and illustrations represent ...…

…4A - Friday, September 26, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu What this looked like to me was a rescue plan for John McCain." - Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn), commenting on what he saw as John McCain's destructive influence on bailout negotiations, as reported yesterday by The Washington Post. 0 AND...…

…4A - Monday, September 29, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflectthe official position of the Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the v...…

…4 - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com firtidiigan~ak Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@umich.edu ANDREW GROSSMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF GARY GRACA EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR GABE NELSON MANAGING EDITOR Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the.Daily's editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations repres...…

…the Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com hhTuesday, September 2, 2008 -5A In campy album, Wilson lives on Legendary Beach Boys songwriter returns with quirky solo effort By DAVID WATNICK Daily Arts Writer That Lucky Old Sun is not a cool album. It's slick, campy, nostalgic and a tad too friendly. Of course, these attributes place it in at least moderate con- trast with Wilson's last proper effort, the 38-years-in-the-mak- ing Smile. That recor...…

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…9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 4, 2008- 5A SPEND A SEMESTER OF LATE NIGH TS WITH SOMEONE EXPERIENCED USED BOOKS CAN SAVE YOU UP TO 25% OFF THE COST OF NEW. AND WITH UP TO 50% USED TEXTBOOKS, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. -V BOOKSTORE 549 E. UNIVERSITY AVE. 734-662-3201 www.ULRICHS.coM 317 SOUTH STATE ST. 734-665-4990 www.MICHBOOK.coM YOU'RE CUTE!. SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I'LL HOOK YOU UP WITH TEN OF MY BEST FRIEN...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 5, 2008 -5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, September 5, 2008 -5A Bland action, worse acting Turning brass to gold By NOAH DEAN STAHL Daily Arts Writer I try to like Vin Diesel, though perhaps against my better judg- ment. Yes, he's the empty ves- sel that drove the, first "Fast and the Furi- ous" movie, Babylon not to mention the critical * and commer- At Quality16 ci...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 8, 2008 -5A FINE A RPEIEW UMS looks to Arab world "Do you know what they say about guys with a big nose and big ears?" Empty beauty By NORA FELDHUSEN Daily Arts Writer Every day we are bombarded by televi- sion and online images of the Arab world. Photographers and pundits shape our con- ception of this vast region, in which our country is heavily invested, but from which we are cult...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 9, 2008 -5 Finding fine art in a punk rock icon P atti Smith. She's the mother of punk in all her messy glory:her rattyblack hair, her throaty performance of "Because the Night," cowritten with Bruce Springsteen and her con- troversial(yet quintessential) song lyrics like "Jesus died for somebody's sins /but not mine." But how WHITNEY does this relate POW. to "fine arts"? You might n...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 10, 2048 -5A A real-life Batman Imagine what he'd look like if he actually did crack. Bad, even foi Once-promising actor slumps through generic remake of 1999 action film By JONATHAN HURWITZ For the Daily Even if you haven't seen "Bangkok Dan- gerous," there's a pretty good chance that you've already seen something a lot like it. Danny and Oxide Pang's remake of their own 1999 Th...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday; September 11, 2008 - 5A CHECK OUT THE DAILY'S NEWEST BLOG, THE TABLE, FOR RECIPES AND TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET. THETABLE.BLOGS.MICHIGANDAILY.COM/ PHOTO BY BILL O'LEARY/ The Washington Pos The Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001 memorial, seen here at night, officially opens today. Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain plan to make a joint appearance at Ground Zero today to commemorate the seventh...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 12, 2008 -S FINE ARTS PREViWFM VE Global art in Michigan By NORA FELDHUSEN Daily Arts Writer During the school year, Tati- ana Calixto is alecturer ofSpan- ish in the Romance Language Department. This past summer, she spent her time photograph- ing the daily lives and culture of the Andean people with whom she lived nearly 4,000 miles away in Cusco, Peru. Her work is displayed at the ...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 15, 2008 -5A This show will soon be outsourced to cut costs. A tough 'Job'market "This is the shit, like, the total government shit." Fire, but no spark Star-studded cast r fails to energize the Coen brothers' latest political jaunt By ANNIE LEVENE DailyArts Writer with an election year such as this, there's bound to be an increased interest in all things political. As People Magaz...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -5 The gaping'Hole' in fall TV The new cast of "CSI: Roswell." Scientific failure N sei ste Wh Boston cal stc begin the sc certair beginn epic success tunate J.J. latest tries classic netwoi fails ti its gen "Fri tive sc out the expect netwo: rew paranormal harness the increasing popular- ity of the su...…

…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Wednesday, September 17, 2008 -5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, September17, 2008 -SA When legends fall and iPods sell: The anatomy of a sellout a a my mo listened times g no mat how ma times I my way throug album The Lon some C " ed Wes will ne have lis to thos tracks thing li or "Cop tinged trips to or my f moose that wi It's h being f the firs tainly r a talent got a d But me, a...…

…0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 5A . M' falls to Wildcats for first time ever Late goal not enough for visiting Wolverines By JOE STAPLETON Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's soccer team lost to Kentucky last night, 2-1, but the Wolverines' coach says it wasn't because Michigan (4-2-1) was the worse team. "We had a large track of posses- sions where it was clear we were the superior team," Michiga...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, September 19, 200$ -5 Sparkless'Lightbulbs' By SASHA RESENDE Daily Arts Writer The British electro-pop- pin' quartet Fujiya & Miyagi has recently made a name for itself with its atmospheric synth-beats and lighter pop ele- ments. The . band's 2006 Fujya & sophomore Mjyagij release, Transpar- Lightbulbs ent Things, 'Deaf Dumb& Blind was well- received and placed the band on the indie radar, allo...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 22, 2008 -5A In 'Submarine,' Pollard forges on By DAVE WATNICK Daily Music Editor It's hard not to write off Brown Submarine as another installment in Robert Pollard's seemingly infinite string of vanity proj- ects. As prolific as he's always been, Pollard's Boston output has never Spaceships approached the type of eclectic Brown stylistic diver- Submarne sity that would Guided By Voi...…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 23, 2008 -5 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, Septemher 23, 2008 -5 AP PHTOS Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin don't always agree, especiallyon the issue of global warming. While McCain has said humans in part drive global warming, Palin has consistently questioned this argument. On climate change, Pali and McCain diverge Unl...…