MITCH ALBOM

Well-dressed, clean-shaven no way to end it

But Game 7? At home? A one-goal difference? This is too fragile to drop, too rare to give away. The players shrugged as they said their good-byes Friday. But now, when there is no practice, no media, nothing but memories, the hazy pain of Friday becomes the throbbing headache of the summer.

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MATT HELMS

I-75 could reopen by the holiday

Metro Detroiters, rejoice: I-75 in Detroit is now set to reopen in early July, nearly half a year ahead of schedule for the massive project to rebuild the freeway.

DESIREE COOPER

With faith, miracles can happen

I've learned that there are mostly two kinds of people: those who have faith, and those who have yet to find it.

TOM WALSH

Staffing manufacturing isn't easy

Here's the dilemma for Michigan and the nation's eroding manufacturing base, and for the National Summit in Detroit this week, which aspires to help solve such thorny economic issues.

TOM WALSH

Detroit steals scene at summit

It was probably inevitable that the spotlight at this week's National Summit would land on the role of Big Brother in the host city's wobbly auto industry.

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Bill Laimbeer has no shot at coaching in the NBA

Bill Laimbeer has it backward. He thinks the NBA wonbt hire him because he has been coaching women. In fact, he has been coaching women because the NBA wonbt hire him.

MATT HELMS

State roadwork maps and gas prices

A good old-fashioned printed map is available for travelers wanting to avoid major roadwork statewide this summer. Plus, the gas-price rollercoaster takes a dip.

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

You cringe when you hear of pain Wings endured

On the afternoon of May 24, as his Red Wings teammates took the ice in Chicago for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, captain Nicklas Lidstrom wondered about the future of his testicles.

FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON

Iran in chaos

The streets of Iran erupt after that country's presidential election.

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NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA

Millen plays victim: 'I was to blame for the ... auto industry and the housing market'

Matt Millen still doesnbt get it. At the very least, he doesnbt accept it -- responsibility for the Lionsb historically horrible record while he was their president.

JEFF GERRITT

Sex offenders create controversy in Detroit prisons

Itbs not often that inmates object to the release of other prisoners, but itbs happening in Detroit.

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Lions might consider moving training camp, but not yet

The Detroit Lions say they are not considering moving training camp from team headquarters in Allen Park, though they could consider it in the future.

MIKE BROOKBANK

Weight loss takes dedication

It happens every year shortly after Christmas b people make a New Yearbs resolution to lose weight. I did it in January of 2008. At that time I weighed 217 pounds and my body fat percentage was 27%.

RON DZWONKOWSKI

Will there be businesses to help?

Detroit couldn't get President Barack Obama here for this week's National Summit on the economy, but the city will have something to show for being the site of this first-ever gathering of CEOs, economists, academics and public policy makers.

KEEP BURNING TRASH?

Round 2: Incinerationbs pluses and minuses

The debate over Detroit's incinerator continues as the authors of Monday's two commentaries respond to each other.

MATT HELMS

State roadwork maps and gas prices

A good old-fashioned printed map is available for travelers wanting to avoid major roadwork statewide this summer. Plus, the gas-price rollercoaster takes a dip.

MIKE BROOKBANK

And now, something hideously cute

I have worked in television news long enough to know you like to see two things: cute kids and animals.

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