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    By Loren Berlin

    | 4:45PM 8/29/2011
    There has been a pleasant lull in reporting about the debt ceiling and budget debate, but don't let the quiet fool you. Right now, 11 men and one woman are crafting a plan to reduce the federal budget deficit by $1.5 trillion over 10 years. They are the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- aka, the Deficit Supercommittee.

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 11:00AM 5/03/2011
    Lotteries are big businesses in most states, and they can provide windfalls for both the winning ticket-holders and state coffers. But which states give the most back to ticket-holders and through government services?

    By Danny King

    | 6:30PM 3/04/2011
    Unemployment has been slipping, according to a new U.S. Labor Department report Friday. But what about underemployment? According to a new Gallup poll released Friday, national underemployment averaged 19% last year, and Illinois, California and Michigan had the highest rates.

    By Danny King

    | 7:00PM 2/10/2011
    U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed that the government auction off its portion of the wireless spectrum to private companies to boost access to high-speed Internet and cut the federal budget deficit.

    By Christopher Faille

    | 1:30PM 2/02/2011
    It has become clear to politicians and scientists that corn-based ethanol isn't the solution for creating a home-grown fuel source. Enter "cellulosic ethanol," made from wood chips, weeds or algae. Could it be the fuel of the future?

    By David Schepp

    | 12:15PM 11/15/2010
    The automaker plans to roll out its first all-electric passenger car in 20 U.S. cities late next year.

    By Gergana Koleva

    | 6:00PM 11/05/2010
    The explosive popularity of alcoholic energy drinks laced with caffeine, guarana and other body-tricking stimulants, combined with a series of incidents involving young consumers who suffered serious -- some nearly fatal -- health effects after drinking them, has led Michigan to issue a statewide...

    By David Schepp

    | 12:22PM 10/28/2010
    General Motors plans to invest $190 million in its Lansing Grand River assembly plant where it will build a new Cadillac model, resulting in 600 new jobs and the addition of a second shift.

    By David Schepp

    | 4:10PM 10/26/2010
    Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have been granted a combined $2.1 billion in tax breaks to invest in 17 new projects in Michigan, the state's economic development agency said Tuesday.

    By David Schepp

    | 3:55PM 10/25/2010
    Ford Motor (F) plans to spend $850 million during the next three years to improve and expand plants in Michigan that will result in in 1,200 new full-time jobs, the automaker said Monday. The capital improvements are part of the company's plan to upgrade its facilities in the state, increase the...