Topic: Kalamazoo

How Ted Nugent might fend off the Secret Service

The Secret Service is set to interview the shocker rocker Thursday about his anti-Obama comments, and whether he meant to threaten the president's life. Let's imagine some points Ted Nugent might make during that session.

Obama fast-tracks part of Keystone XL pipeline (+video)

After rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline proposal in January, President Obama gives a green light to its southern leg – a bid to ease a key bottleneck to new oil supplies and defuse critics on gas prices.

Tacugama gives sanctuary to chimpanzees - through war and peace

Even an 11-year civil war couldn't stop Bala Amarasekaran from rescuing and rehabilitating chimps in Sierra Leone.

10 best fiction books of 2011

10 best 2011 fiction titles as chosen by Monitor reviewers

Advice from a job creator: Bring on the optimism, Obama

This CEO of a small business says the most important thing Obama can do is break the cycle of fear with a message of optimism. Fear works on businesses like winter. They freeze hiring.

"Once Upon a River," by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Campbell's plucky heroine, Margo, carves out her own epic on the Stark and Kalamazoo rivers.

3 more 2010 novels you don't want to miss

Crumbling ruins loom large in this late 2010 fiction roundup: There's a castle haunted by a madwoman and a mystery, a derelict race track that's the setting for this year's National Book Award-winner, and a once-stately manor home that now houses the insane and infirm.

How well do you know Derek Jeter? Take our quiz

Longtime Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter finalized a three-year, $51 million deal with the Bronx Bombers on Tuesday. Jeter is in some pretty select Yankee company, when it comes to records and all. Take our quiz and see how well you know the 11-time All-Star. Answers are revealed on subsequent pages.

2010 National Book Awards: more surprises

The 2010 National Books Awards included a few unexpected moments.

Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of November 15, 2010

Readers write in about issues of food safety, Britain's budget cuts, and help for Pakistan's landless poor.

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen’s latest is already the year’s biggest novel.

Michigan oil leak polluting Kalamazoo River; Governor declares disaster area

Michigan oil leak is not on the same scale as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But it is causing concern in southern Michigan.

Obama at Kalamazoo Central High School: How did it win the honor?

Kalamazoo Central High School beat out more than 1,000 applicants to win the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. Obama delivers the school's graduation speech Monday night.

Kalamazoo high school grads win celebrity speaker: President Obama

Kalamazoo Central High School beat out more than 1,000 schools to win the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.

Classic review: Suite Française

Two novellas deliver a sharp, ironic view of the Nazi occupation of France - written as it was taking place.

Obama signs jobs bill, but how much will it help?

The jobs bill will create 200,000 jobs at most, estimates at least one economist. Obama signed the jobs bill in a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday.

Obama directs $250 million for science and math education

New funding will increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and math teachers. The goal is to improve US students' mediocre ranking in math and science performance.

Google: Free WiFi at airports this holiday season

Google's free WiFi at 47 airports kicks off today, and runs through January 15.

Classic book review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

There's still every reason to be wild about Harry.

Seven steps to reviving Michigan

Reliance on the beleaguered auto industry is out. But what to do? Economic sages weigh in.

Restoration, renewal, rebirth

A Christian Science perspective.

Obama speeds past his stimulus critics

Job losses hit black men hardest

Some 8 percent of black men in the US have lost their jobs since November 2007, according to a recent study.

Homemade for the holidays

Instead of buying last-minute Christmas gifts, make them and create memories at the same time.