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...still hard to tell whether Detroit is really serious about the hybrid-car business. After all, the same companies touting their hybrids today just lobbied successfully to put the brakes on legislation that would have mandated tougher fuel-efficiency standards. President Bush has proposed tax credits of $2,000 to $3,000 for hybrid-car buyers, but those funds aren't likely to kick in for another two years, if ever. Until then, if you want your fancy hybrid car, you'll have to pay a premium. Maybe that's what appeals to the movie stars...
...Supreme Court, who won renown first as a college and pro football player and then as an even-keeled, defiantly independent jurist; of complications from pneumonia; in Denver. Known for his speed--and record rushing yardage and pay--as a defensive back for the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) and Detroit Lions in the late '30s and early '40s, the Rhodes scholar never shook his nickname, Whizzer, much to his ire. Appointed to the court in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy after serving as Robert Kennedy's deputy Attorney General, White consistently supported civil rights but took conservative stands...
...Warp label’s most acclaimed artists, Plaid throw all pretensions out the door. Their music is quirky and experimental, even resembling some of the insectile funk and robo-talk that had preceded them. Yet it’s a perfectly logical extension of the Detroit techno, electro and old-school hip-hop that birthed virtually all of today’s electronic music. Every bone-cracking snare, shuffling high-hat and well-timed bass bomb was there for a reason—to loosen the body and spirit and push grooves to newfound heights...
...effort to promote student awareness about racial profiling, the Asian American Association (AAA) and the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations screened a documentary last night about the widely controversial 1982 murder of a Chinese-American man in Detroit...
During the case, prosecutors argued the beating was motivated by Ebens’ and Nitz’s belief that Chin was Japanese. Prosecutors said the men resented the Japanese because they believed imported Japanese cars were causing layoffs in the American automobile manufacturing industry. Detroit in 1982 was experiencing severe layoffs in the business...