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...When the Detroit auto show opens this week, horsepower gains will take center stage as usual, with a parade of bulked-up cars, crossovers and light trucks. But some of the most interesting vehicles on display will be small, even tiny. Audi will showcase a model called the A3, a 200-h.p. hatchback sold in Europe and coming to U.S. dealers in May. Mercedes will unveil its smallest import, a wagonlike "sport tourer" dubbed the Baby Benz, expected to start around $25,000. And get this: DaimlerChrysler will officially launch in the U.S. the Smart brand that has been such...
...unchanging opinions held by either side, abortion has become a wedge issue that no longer stimulates debate, only hostility. As a “morals” litmus test, abortion has convinced poor farmers from the Midwest that their political needs are fundamentally different from those of laid-off Detroit factory workers. Both groups need better schools for their children, legislation to ease the hardships imposed by a changing world economy and a strong, government-administered plan for Social Security. But the former votes Republican and the latter Democrat, primarily thanks to the issue of abortion...
Nobody owns a town the way Ben Roethlisberger, the rookie quarterback for the Steelers, owns Pittsburgh, Pa. Not Bill Ford in Detroit. Not Steve Wynn in Las Vegas. Not even Broadway Joe Namath in New York City during his glory years. So when Roethlisberger, who shattered an NFL record by winning the first 13 starts of his career, looks to unwind, he can command a choice table at any upscale joint along Pittsburgh's revitalized Strip. But most Monday nights he and a few friends hold court at Jack's, a dive on the city's South Side, where...
BASKETBALL NBA stars fizzled in Athens. And the league is still reeling from the brawl that spawned criminal charges against five Indiana Pacers and seven Detroit fans...
...brawl at the Detroit Pistons-- Indiana Pacers game resulted in criminal charges against seven fans and five players, including Pacers forward Artest. The free-for-all, which started when a fan hurled a cup of ice at Artest and he charged the stands, inspired some soul searching about the sorry state of sportsmanship in the U.S. today. And it also taught us not to throw things at tall people with a history of anger-management issues...