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The morning of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24, Mitt Romney arrived on schedule clad in a blue suit. He stood behind a lectern framed by an overhead sign that read “Obama Isn’t Working” and delivered what aides billed as a “prebuttal” to the speech.

Is the beer mug half full or half empty as we appraise the 2012 Milwaukee Brewers? There's a case to be made on both sides. Belly up to the bar and let's try to sort it out. On one hand, the Brew Crew is coming off its first divisional title and playoff series victory since 2011, and there's a superb starting pitching staff ready to go. But the offense has question marks all over the place, with ...

Three issues dominated public concern in Ypsilanti in January of 1912: gas, roads, and a crumbling bridge. Hotly debated was the proposal for the city to seize control of the privately-owned gas plant on North Huron (now the DPW yard). The plant generated not natural gas, but coal gas, a toxic and sometimes lethal fuel created by burning coal and piped to city homes.