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2012 was a big year politically – and we tried to include as much as we could in Truscott Rossman’s annual calendar. Here is a guide to everything featured in this year’s calendar – from left to right, and from top to bottom: Top “row,” from left to right: 1.     Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on the moon, after promising (if elected) a manned

We're working with The Detroit News' editorial cartoonist Henry Payne on this year's calendar, which you'll see in the coming weeks. As always, we're asking you to come up with a quote for our calendar.

"I am a striver," says Monique Longmire.

It took several painful days, but it looks like Susan G. Komen for the Cure is finally taking steps to regain its reputation as the world’s leading breast cancer organization. That’s a lofty moniker to live up to, and it’s safe to say everyone who witnessed Komen’s recent descent into partisan bickering was disappointed – some downright devastated.

We fired up the Wayback Machine to take a look at how Michigan newspaper websites have evolved from 1997 to today.

I understand that automakers can’t make everybody happy, but it would be nice if they at least made me happy.

I have major doubts about that after reading a story in the Free Press yesterday about GM and other automakers’ plans entice my generation into buying new cars.

Our CEO Kelly Rossman-McKinney will be master of ceremonies for the

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Nothing hurts worse than making a mistake that hurts people you care about. But we sure stepped in it yesterday by posting a caption contest for our annual calendar.

A month ago, Coke rolled out white Coca-Cola cans to celebrate the holidays. It was a symbol for a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, meant to highlight global warming’s threat to polar bears' arctic habitat. The flop-of-a-campaign left Coke customers seeing red, and wanting back their precious red cans. Complaints of blasphemy came from consumers on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Sure enough, the...