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...bouncing through foster care, are stunned by the power of the books over their students. "Many of these kids have grown up without parents, but they still have to make moral choices in their lives," notes Ebony Thomas, 25, an English teacher at Cass Tech High School in Detroit. "Before, those choices might have been dictated by church, by family, by community; now you have to face that alone, and the choice lies within yourself. This is a generation that really needs Harry Potter...
...African Americans for slavery reparations is expected to get a boost this month when Los Angeles passes a measure requiring any company doing business with the city to disclose whether it has ever profited from slavery. Los Angeles' ordinance is modeled on one passed by Chicago last October. Detroit; Cleveland, Ohio; and New York City are considering similar measures. States have moved in the same direction. California passed a law three years ago requiring insurance companies to report slavery profits (eight companies have thus far disclosed that they sold policies on 614 slaves), while Georgia and Pennsylvania are considering following...
...Detroit automakers are jumping on the bandwagon, fitting concept cars like this year's Dodge Avenger with gargantuan 20-in. wheels. But carmakers know that if the wheels are too big, they can screw up the power steering or transmission. Hence the industry's slow shift to 17-in. rims. Over the past two years, shipments to automakers of 17-in. tires have risen 9%, while shipments of 15-inchers have fallen nearly 12%. Even BMW's pint-size Mini Cooper comes with optional 17-in. wheels...
...competitors, the company, based in Rancho Dominguez, Calif., debuted a 26-in. wheel long before there was a "street-legal" tire to go with it. (South Korea's Kumho Industrial started shipping a 26-in. tire last month, the first to meet federal testing requirements.) The good news for Detroit is that big rims are finally maxing out. Bazo Wheels, in City of Industry, Calif., admits that the 28-in. wheel and tire it unveiled last fall will never make it past the prototype stage. "It's just too big," says marketing chief Bill Koenig. "It looks like a rubber...
...expect choppy sea conditions with a weak sea breeze, possibly current as well, at Detroit,” Bischoff said. “In other words, the opposite of the Charles River...