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...Born in Michigan and raised in Northbrook, Ill., Hughes never went Hollywood; the industry went to him. His signature movies were written and filmed where he grew up. As a copywriter and then as a contributor to National Lampoon magazine, where his "Vacation '58" humor piece led him into movies, he learned to deliver work that was fast and good and never slowed the pace. If his name didn't appear on recent films, that's because he wrote the Beethoven movies, Maid in Manhattan and last year's Drillbit Taylor under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes (taken from The Count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Hughes, Chronicler of '80s Teens, Dies | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...Began attending the Naval Academy but transferred to Hillsdale College in Michigan, from which he graduated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...Edgar Prince, a wealthy and influential Michigan Republican who helped found the Family Research Council in the late 1980s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...problem is fairly concentrated geographically. Places where house prices have fallen the most have been hit the worst. That includes states that saw the wildest speculation and overbuilding - like California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada - and those that have been gutted the worst economically, such as Ohio and Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Half of All Mortgage Holders Expected to Be Underwater | 8/5/2009 | See Source »

...These results show that sedentary behavior, and more specifically television-viewing, is related to blood pressure independent of body fat or obesity level," says Dr. Joey Eisenmann, a kinesiologist at Michigan State University and one of the study's co-authors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching TV: Even Worse for Kids Than You Think | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

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