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Name won't be Kubang, but Maserati SUV coming

The name will change, but the Maserati sport luxury SUV concept on display at the North American International Auto Show is close to the production model that will be built in Detroit.

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Honda gives peek at 2013 Accord with concept coupe

Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday offered a peek at what the 2013 Accord midsize sedan will look like when it goes on sale in the fall.

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Acura unveils trio of vehicles, including 2013 RDX

Acura has unveiled a trio of vehicles, including a redesigned version of its RDX crossover SUV that's set to go on sale this spring, as it tries to rebound from a difficult 2011.

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Lexus unveils LF-LC hybrid, a concept sport coupe

Lexus unveiled a sleek, powerful concept sport coupe Monday that the luxury brand said offers a look at how its future offerings might be designed.

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Chevrolet aims 2 concept cars at Millennials

Chevrolet is aiming a pair of concept cars at the growing number of drivers in the Millennial generation, giving them a look Monday at what the outside of the coupes might look like and asking them to help design the interiors.

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Detroit police: Killer may be targeting escorts

Detroit police fear a killer may be targeting escorts after learning that three of four women found dead in car trunks within blocks of each other had placed sex-related ads on the same website.

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Lead, other chemicals taint some urban gardens

With remnants of once-legal lead paint, leaded gasoline and other pollutants from the nation's industrial past tainting land in U.S. cities, soil researchers warn that the growing number of urban farmers and community gardeners need to test their dirt and take steps to make sure it's safe.

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Greenhouse showroom feels like a botanical garden

The displays inside the new greenhouse showroom of an interior landscape design company in suburban Detroit feel more like a botanical garden than a nursery. But at Planterra's new home in West Bloomfield, nearly everything is for sale.

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GM cancels shifts due to Mich. parts supplier fire

General Motors Co. canceled production shifts at assembly plants in Flint, Mich., and Lordstown, Ohio, and made changes at several others because of a fire at an auto parts plant in Michigan that makes interior components for a number of automakers, the company said Thursday.

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'Jim Dine: Sculpture' looks at pop artist's career

For pop artist Jim Dine, his new exhibition in Grand Rapids offers the broadest look in one showing at the sculptures he's created over the past five decades.

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BYD committed to selling electrics, hybrids in US

Chinese automaker BYD Co. is committed to selling electric and hybrid vehicles in the United States even after plans to offer an electric crossover to buyers in 2010 didn't materialize, the company's founder and chairman said Monday.

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Efforts to kill invasive plant worry beekeepers

An effort to fight an invasive plant with insects that eat it has drawn opposition from beekeepers who worry it will leave them without an adequate source of nectar and pollen for their honeybees.

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Mich. changes when food stamp users get benefits

Michigan will change when many of the state's nearly 1.9 million food stamp recipients get their benefits, officials announced Thursday, spreading out the distribution as a way to help improve access to fresh food and keep grocers better stocked.

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'Vertical Farm' envisions tall future for farming

A new book by an urban agriculture visionary aims to change the way people think about farming, offering a look into a future where city skyscrapers — not rural fields — produce the world's food.

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Group wants to open historic Ford plant for tours

A historic Ford Motor Co. plant that churned out millions of Model Ts could be opened up for tours and host a visitors center for Detroit-area auto tourism under plans by a community development group.

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U-M art museum exhibits Whistler prints collection

An exhibition of more than 100 prints by James McNeill Whistler at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is the largest collection of the 19th century American artist's work to be displayed there in more than 15 years.

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Flint-grown produce getting spot at farmers market

Starting this weekend, shoppers at Flint's farmers market will have a place to buy vegetables, herbs and fruits grown in the heart of the Rust Belt city.

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Police: Teen stripper caught at 2nd Detroit club

Police say an underage girl found dancing at a Detroit strip bar earlier this year was caught this week dancing at another topless club in Detroit.

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Lawmakers seek to speed efforts to stop Asian carp

If a group of lawmakers backing a federal bill introduced Wednesday get their way, the waterways linking the Mississippi River basin and the Great Lakes would be permanently separated to keep Asian carp and other invasive species at bay.

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Medical marijuana user sues over Walmart firing

A man who uses medical marijuana to treat symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday he was wrongfully fired from a Walmart store in Michigan after testing positive for the drug.

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More companies create tools for rooftop gardening

Using heat from a forge that turns orange-hot metal into everything from car parts to hand tools, a Michigan manufacturer is developing an energy-efficient way to warm a year-round greenhouse on the company's roof.

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Detroit ex-mayor could get boot camp, cut prison

The Michigan Department of Corrections says imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is eligible for a 90-day boot camp program that could cut his time in prison.

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Detroit group, Triscuit partner on urban gardens

A nonprofit that puts vacant urban land to use for growing food will kick off work next week on one of several new community gardens it's planning for the Detroit area under a nationwide partnership with Kraft Foods Inc.'s Triscuit brand.

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Motor City may provide model for urban agriculture

Detroit, which revolutionized manufacturing with its auto assembly lines, could once again be a model for the world as residents transform vacant, often-blighted land into a source of fresh food.

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Michigan farmer honored for guarding environment

Lynn Henning's southern Michigan farm is within 10 miles of a dozen large livestock farms, and for years she's gathered water samples and used aerial photography to help hold them accountable to environmental laws.

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