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'Jesus Toaster' Pops Up a New Kind of Wonder Bread

By Larry KnowlesSep 10th 2010 – 9:50AM
Galen P. Dively III

Galen P. Dively III

(Sept. 10) -- Six years after a Florida woman auctioned off a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary, a Vermont man has introduced a toaster that sears the image of Christ on each and every slice it toasts. Call it a miracle! Or just call it the Jesus Toaster. Retailing for $39.95, the revelatory...

Opinion: Give Me Work -- The Terrible Price of Outsourcing

By Mark BudmanJul 13th 2010 – 6:09AM
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Chris Hondros, Getty Images

(July 13) -- If I were to pick the single-biggest issue that dampens the American spirit, damages our economy and ruins our future, it would be unemployment. Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June; the unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What drives...

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Henry Ford Health System Jumps On The Midtown Development Bandwagon With $1 Billion Project

May 30th 2012 - 05:35PM

As Michigan's economic development gets the spotlight this week at the Mackinac Policy Conference , Henry Ford Health System officially announced the beginning steps of a $500 million, 300-acre mixed-use development at the border of Detroit's Midtown and New Center neighborhoods.

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7-year-old Detroit Boy Found Dead In Suspected Suicide

May 24th 2012 - 08:42AM

Detroit police responded to a tragic call from Pingree Street Wednesday afternoon.

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Detroit Police Shoot 72-Year-Old Man Allegedly Carrying A Knife

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 15th 2012 - 12:45PM

Detroit Police officers shot an elderly man three times Monday night on Detroit's west side, after he charged at them with a knife, they allege.

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Car Guys Know We Need Strong Regulations

By Mark Burns May 10th 2012 - 04:30PM

When I got my driver's license at 17, I was curious about how things worked under the hood of the family's battered '63 Ford Fairlane station wagon.

henry ford News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Outdoors: A lesson in lures Source: The Sentinel - Carlisle PA He's not into fly fishing, but instead prefers throwing lures for bass or trolling for walleye.
  • 06/01/12 Hospitals fight drug scarcity, fear patients harmed Source: FOX - KDSM 17 - Des Moines IA At the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, pharmacists are using old-fashioned paper spreadsheets to track their stock of drugs in short supply - a task that takes several hours each day.
  • 06/01/12 Lions Charities and Henry Ford Health Systems create a... Source: NFL - Detroit Lions Henry Ford Health System and Detroit Lions Charities have teamed up to promote the importance of living a healthy lifestyle in metro Detroit.
  • 06/01/12 New Skin Transplant Method For Vitiligo Patients Source: Medical News Today In the United States, approximately 1 in 200 are affected by vitiligo - a skin disease that causes the skin to lose color and develop white patches.
  • 06/01/12 Model A's chug into Sharon Sunday Source: My Walworth County - Elkhorn WI Hundreds of Model A Fords are coming to Sharon this Sunday, and those who come to see them, will get a history lesson behind the man who made them.

Background on henry ford

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.

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