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...nailed it on the subject of the freak show that is Glenn Beck. But Fox News, the infotainment network, still provides a valuable storehouse of material for Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Melissa Risselada, ST. JOHNS, MICH...
...Consumers need to know the price of a given item in the local grocery store, and discipline themselves not to bid above that number. Such self-restraint is no easy task. "We joke all time about the Little Debbies," says Chris Crepeau, owner of Michigan Auction Sales in Holt, Mich. "People always want those specific snack cakes, and pay too much for them." The auction process sweeps up some shoppers - I just want to win, darn it, no matter how much I pay for that dog food. Others figure that while they're at the grocery auction anyway, they might...
...meantime, Chrysler is melting away. In response to pressure from Obama administration, Chrysler has proposed more plant shutdowns. Set to be closed, according to sources familiar with the discussions inside the company, are assembly plants in St. Louis, Mo., and Brampton, Ontario; engine plants in Detroit, Trenton, Mich., and Kenosha, Wis.; and another plant in Mexico that builds big engines. Chrysler's assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., also has been identified by some analysts as a possible candidate for closure. If executed, the shutdowns would further downsize a company that is already far smaller than it was only...
Americans are afraid of this economy. As a result, they're getting locked and loaded. To wit: Jacquita Baker, a soft-spoken single mother from Kentwood, Mich., near Grand Rapids. She works as an administrative assistant at the Grand Rapids Urban League and is studying criminal justice at a local university. As of Monday, she's the proud owner of a shotgun. Why bear arms now? "The economy played a large part in my decision," says Baker, 27. "When people don't have jobs, they might go breaking into people's homes. I want to be safe in my home...
...target shooters said they believed firearm purchases would "become more difficult" under the new Administration and a Democratic Congress. "Everybody is waiting for when the next foot is going to fall in taking away the right to bear arms," says Doug VanderWoude, owner of Silver Bullet Firearms in Wyoming, Mich., near Grand Rapids. He estimates that business is up 50% in 2009. (See pictures of an ammunition plant...