<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Michigan</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/mi?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><description>Michigan</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Fluffy Bites of Heaven]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41515-2005May6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41515-2005May6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  My parents categorically present a unified front --  except when it comes to ambrosia salad.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Student Lost After Ditching Plane in Lake Michigan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21614-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21614-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Jonathan Leber was at home in the water and in the air.]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District of Columbia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8058-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8058-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Architecture <br>   WALTER HOOD   --  Monday at 7 p.m. The landscape architect talks about turning neglected urban areas into parks that celebrate local history. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. $17, students $10. For reservations, call 202-272-2448.]]></description><author> Local Listings</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economic Worries Not Resonating on Hill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6118-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6118-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Both parties face risks if they fail to pivot their attention to economic issues, but the stakes are especially high for Republicans as an election year approaches.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEA, States Challenge 'No Child' Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4741-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4741-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The nation's largest teacher's union  joins school districts in Michigan, Texas, and Vermont in filing a federal lawsuit charging that the Department of Education has failed to provide adequate funding for the No Child Left Behind initiative.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicians Outrun Poor Records, Pasts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44899-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44899-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facing problems in one state, hundreds of  doctors simply moved and restarted their careers despite a system designed to prevent just that.]]></description><author> Cheryl W. Thompson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 Years After Vaccine, Polio's Legacy Endures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40442-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40442-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Smithsonian opens the exhibit "Whatever Happened to Polio?" to mark 50 years since Jonas Salk and his team defeated the dreaded disease.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Plunge As Stocks Are Low]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39151-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39151-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Robert A. Olstein, whose Olstein Financial Alert Fund (OFALX) outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index in eight of the past nine years, said he tries to avoid money-losing investments by buying stocks that have already collapsed.]]></description><author> Edgar Ortega</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[TELL ME ABOUT IT .]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11346-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11346-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hi Carolyn: <br>   My paycheck goes straight into our joint account, where it is strictly budgeted. My wife is at home with our kids, but she picks up a few thousand a year from various projects. She treats this as "her" money. Am I out of line to expect this to be...]]></description><author> Carolyn Hax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Rally for Separate Taiwan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3845-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3845-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Several hundred demonstrators gathered near the Capitol Saturday to protest a law that would allow the Chinese government to use military force against Taiwan if the island moved toward formal independence.]]></description><author> Bill Broadway</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders of the Packed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2624-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2624-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cushioning materials are a small but growing part of the very large packaging business. The Institute of Packaging Professionals estimates that packaging in North America alone is a more than $200 billion-a-year business.]]></description><author> Kathy Lally</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milwaukee: Something's Brewing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1007-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1007-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Raised Baptist, I never did get the hang of dancing. But I can stamp my feet along with the best of them, and enjoy watching other people make damn happy fools of themselves.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2358-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2358-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John J. Mancini    Business Executive  <br>John J. Mancini, 73, a retired Washington area business executive with IBM, Loral Space & Communications and Lockheed Martin, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Feb. 27 at Sunrise Senior Living in Sterling.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52578-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52578-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      THE REGION  Zoo Posts Panda Pregnancy Watch <br>Regular updates of the hormone levels and behavior of the National Zoo's female giant panda will be posted on the Friends of the National Zoo Web site to allow the public to follow news of a possible pregnancy.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Prices, Market Head Different Ways]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48910-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48910-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stocks <br>Oil prices soared. Stock prices sank.<br>That was the tune again last week as crude oil prices jumped 4.2 percent, to $56.72 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.39 percent, to close the week at 10,629.67. The S&P 500-stock index ended down 0.87...]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Fear]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45486-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45486-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   LIGHTNING OUT OF LEBANON<br>  Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil]]></description><author>Reviewed  Daniel man</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaign Funding in Md. Used for Array of Costs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50459-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50459-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Candidates seeking election to the Maryland General Assembly are using their campaign funds on far more than yard signs, bumper stickers and direct mail.]]></description><author> John Wagner and Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50428-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50428-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     MARYLAND  Car, Firetruck Collision Hurts 7 <br>Seven people, including four young children, were injured in the Riverdale Park area of Prince George's County last night when a firetruck on its way to a fire and a car collided.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the Good Life  Right Where You Left It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45911-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45911-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When Jim Davis graduated from Pennsylvania State University, he figured he was leaving for good. But more than 50 years later, he's back, this time for retirement.]]></description><author> Adam Geller</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver Guilty in Explosives Threat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45667-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45667-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/mi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Michigan man who threatened to blow up his van near the White House two days before President Bush's second inauguration pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item></channel></rss>