GM investing $21 million in Flint Assembly plant

General Motors Co. says it plans to invest more than $21 million in its Flint Assembly plant to build the 2011 Chevrolet light-duty crew cab truck.

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‘Meatballs’ serves up a goofball comedy

Adults and kids alike will enjoy the gags — some smart, some silly — in this comedy about an inventor who makes food fall from the sky.

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GM kills plan for new Michigan small-engine plant

General Motors Corp. has scrapped plans to build a new factory to make engines for the Chevrolet Volt, instead choosing the less-costly option of assembling the engines at an existing plant.

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Flint, Mich., mayor resigns weeks before recall

Flint's mayor resigned Monday just weeks before he was to face a recall election over his representation of the struggling city's finances.

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"Regular Folks United" looks like a great new website, with a grassroots, middle-America focus... This article is by a young lady from a working-class area, near where Michael Moore was - but she has a VERY different outlook on things.

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One out of every 200 homes will be foreclosed upon…. Every three months, 250,000 new families enter into foreclosure…. One child in every classroom in America is at risk of losing his/her home because their parents are unable to pay their mortgage.2

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WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - For some U.S. Rust Belt cities, the future will be smaller and greener.

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WOODLAWN - Firefighters quickly put out a blaze at a pigment manufacturing plant early Thursday, but assessing the damage to their equipment - which is now splattered in red - will take much longer.

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There are 18 listings in Flint, Mich., for under $3,000, according to Realtor.com. There are 22 in Indianapolis, 46 in Cleveland and a whopping 709 in Detroit.

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Keith Olbermann's Porn Segment

Keith Olbermann's interview with a Village Voice columnist about Larry Flint's proposal for a congressional bailout of the porn industry is probably going to generate a lot of complaints to MSNBC. It should.

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Rap artist MC Breed remembered in his home town.

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The Flint, MI native, best known for his 1991 hit "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'," had suffered from kidney failure and was hospitalized in his adopted home of Atlanta in September.

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In 1989, Moore became an international figure for his film, "Roger and Me," which centered on the declining auto industry in his hometown of Flint, Michigan and the ripple effect on the town's residents.

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The charred remains of flint from prehistoric firesides suggest our ancient ancestors had learned how to create fire 790,000 years ago.

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Forbes Magazine came out with its list of "America's Fastest Dying Cities". Out of 10 locations, Ohio has four cities on the list: Cleveland, Youngstown, Dayton and Canton.

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Please view this video. Equal Parenting Bike Trek Cyclists Interviewed by Studio 1714 out of Flint Michigan.

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A big effort is under way right now in the city of Flint to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Five cities in Michigan already have medical marijuana ordinances on their books.

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The annual ranking of the nation's most dangerous cities found St Louis first, Detroit second and Flint third, according to a study to be released today by Morgan Quitno Press, a Kansas-based company that publishes "City Crime Rankings," an annual reference book.

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Videography of Flint Michigan Sitdowners Memorial Park filmed with VX 7000 Verizon Cameraphone. Nice look at Labor History which changed the world in 1930's. Labor Day Week video clips.

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Michigan Marker Historic Site Photos General Motors Flint Sit-down Strike 1936-1937. Great Labor Day 2006 Photos & story on Michigan Marker. Every day is Labor's day.

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Flint Sitdowner Monument Memorial start. Monument is part of Flint Sitdowner Park. Great history.

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Protesters not allowed to disrupt funeral, leave town

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, have left the Mid-Michigan area after they were unable to secure permission to protest on land adjacent to a funeral home. The funeral of deceased Swartz Creek Marine Brandon Webb was to be the site of a war-rel …

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