Texas politicians cover ground beyond the Lone Star State

AUSTIN -- Some of Texas' most well-known politicians are spending a lot of time outside the Lone Star State.?

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Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has traveled from California to New York on a campaign of poaching business and poking local Democrats. Among his next scheduled stops is Missouri, where a $200,000 ad campaign paid for by donations to the Texas Economic Development Division's Texas One Program are scheduled to hit the airwaves. ?

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"Every year more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State, because Missouri families and businesses know Texas is a great place to live and work," Perry says in one of the 60-second radio ads, which concludes with pitch for listeners to visit texaswideopenforbusiness.com.

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"He's got the band back together and he's trying to strike up music that the voters will like," said Dallas Morning News Austin Bureau Chief Christy Hoppe. "Perry is uphill. Second acts are tough in politics, and that's why he's trying to reconstitute himself to Republican voters."?

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In Texas this week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) brushed aside questions regarding presidential ambitions and whether his apparent dual Canadian ?Citizenship would get in the way.?

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"It's very easy for folks in the media to focus on the sideshow," Cruz told reporters Tuesday in Houston. Yet the presidential overtones of Cruz's travels to the early nominating states of Iowa, South Carolina and this weekend's visit to New Hampshire are difficult to ignore.

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"Ted Cruz is so nakedly ambitious that there's no mystery there, other than the fact that he is trying to raise his national profile, and he knows how to throw red meat to the Republican faithful better than almost anybody," said longtime Texas politics watcher and Quorum Reporter editor Harvey Kronberg.

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State Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) and Mayor Julian Castro, the twin Democrats from San Antonio, have enjoyed the national spotlight ever since Julian Castro's debut at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. By the end of the year, they're expected to have traversed nearly a dozen states between the two of them, either delivering speeches or rubbing shoulders with national power players along the way.?

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"This is building a national reputation, it's helping fundraising," said Hoppe.?

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"That national celebrity has never hurt anybody in terms of fundraising and building organization and building a list of people who owe you favors," added Kronberg.

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Whatever role any of them plan to play in the upcoming national election, Texas' politicians certainly appear to be racking up miles on the road to 2016.?

Source: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Texas-top-politicians-covering-ground-well-outside-the-Lone-Star-State-220866821.html

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Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower

A worker stretches on a chair during a morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A worker stretches on a chair during a morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A visitor is seen at Tokyo Stock Exchange during a morning trading in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A visitor takes a picture at Tokyo Stock Exchange during a morning trading in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

TOKYO (AP) ? Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday.

Asia's biggest benchmark, Japan's Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 21,075.01, while South Korea's KOSPI index rose 0.1 percent to 1,885.77.

Japanese shares have tended to gain as the yen falls, on expectations a weaker currency will help heavyweight exporters like Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony. Early Tuesday, the dollar was at 94.80 yen, compared with 94.99 yen late Monday in New York. The euro was steady at 1.336.

Shares had climbed on growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will maintain its current policy stance when policymakers meet this week. But that optimism appears to be wavering.

"There is still some selling pressure but overall the markets are sidelined. Investors are quite cautious about the Federal Reserve meeting," said Linus Yip, a strategist at First Shanghai Securities in Hong Kong. "The market will wait."

Markets have gyrated in recent weeks on worries the Fed might choose to start cutting back on the volume of its financial asset purchases, which are intended to encourage spending and investment by helping to keep interest rates low.

Investors were spooked when Fed chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the U.S. central bank might ease its aggressive support for the U.S. economy if indicators, especially hiring, improve.

Markets across Asia were hit by sharp drops in share prices as investors pulled back from emerging markets.

Shares were mostly lower early Tuesday, also losing ground in mainland China and Australia. Shares rose in Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.

A meeting of leaders from the Group of Eight top industrial countries in Northern Ireland appeared to be having little impact on the markets given the gathering's main focus on diplomatic issues such as Syria and North Korea.

In Europe overnight, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares ended Monday up 0.35 percent at 6,330 while Germany's DAX rose 1.1 percent to 8,215. The CAC-40 in France was 1.5 percent higher at 3,863.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.7 percent to 15,179.85 while the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.8 percent to 1,639.04.

Oil prices rose ahead of the Fed's meeting, with the benchmark New York rate up 3 cents at $97.80. The contract fell 8 cents to finish at $97.77 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday.

In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3355 from $1.3340 late Monday in New York. The dollar fell to 94.77 yen from 94.86 yen.

Associated Press

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Egypt investment minister aims for 7 percent growth in two years

By Patrick Werr

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Monday he aimed to boost Egypt's anemic economic growth to as high as 7 percent in two years by improving the environment for private investors.

He said he would work out reconciliation agreements with business people who had fled abroad or were suffering legal problems since the 2011 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's economy was growing at about 7 percent annually for several years before the uprising. But even that pace was barely enough to produce work for the large number of Egyptian youths entering the job market - one of the drivers of the protests.

Since then, the economy has been battered by political instability, a loss of tourism and foreign investors and regular labor strikes. It grew by 2.2 percent in the fiscal year that ended last June and 2.4 percent in the last six months of 2012.

"Next year we aspire to have 3.7 or 4 percent GDP and the year after we aspire to touch base with 6.5 and 7 percent," Hamed told the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.

His numbers seemed ambitious, given that 10 economists polled by Reuters in April expected the economy to grow by 2.0 percent in the fiscal year to June 30, 2013, and 3.0 percent in the year ending June 2014, revising down their forecasts from the previous September.

President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood has come under fire for not moving decisively to revive an economy kept afloat by loans from Qatar and other states in the region. It is also in talks to obtain an IMF loan in exchange for economic reforms.

Businessmen complain that government officials have been afraid to take decisions in Egypt's fraught political climate. Foreign investors are also concerned that the currency is overvalued and will soon have to be devalued sharply.

Popular anger is still simmering too. Millions have signed a national petition demanding the president resign and plan to take to the streets on June 30, when Mursi marks a year in office.

"BAD SIGNALS"

Hamed, a member of the Brotherhood, was appointed to the cabinet in a reshuffle last month. At 34, he is one the youngest ministers in the country's modern history.

He listed plans for road building, the distribution of land for agricultural and industrial projects and other schemes where private investors would play a leading role.

"If the deals start in the next fiscal year, which will start in a few days from now, we can get the 4 percent, if we have a very good strategy," Hamed said, in English.

He hoped to rapidly increase investment by government and private and foreign investors from the current $40 billion.

"In order to reach a sustainable 7 percent GDP growth rate over seven years, we need to increase from $40 billion to $60 billion, and we can't have the $60 billion except by the private sector," he said.

The minister the cabinet had approved changes to the investment law that would give him greater scope to negotiate reconciliation agreements with businessmen in exile since the uprising to try to the jumpstart investment climate.

He said the banning from Egypt since the uprising of figures such as Rachid Mohamed Rachid and Mohamed Mansour, who as ministers were major forces behind Mubarak-era economic liberalization policies, was "giving very bad signals".

Rachid, minister of trade and industry from June 2004 until January 2011, fled to Abu Dhabi during the uprising, and Mansour, minister of transport from 2006 until 2009, remained in London where he was receiving medical treatment at the time.

An Egyptian court convicted Rachid in absentia and sentenced him to five years in prison in June 2011 for profiteering and squandering public funds. Hamed did not say how he planned to work with the pair, or whether he intended to invite them home.

"We have to give very positive signals for people to start coming and investing in Egypt, and we can't do that unless we give positive signals to the locals, and then invite foreigners to come and invest in Egypt," he said.

(Editing by Alison Williams)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-investment-minister-aims-7-percent-growth-two-205126631.html

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Boeing's Conner says battery didn't slow other programs

By Alwyn Scott

PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing's extraordinary effort to solve battery problems that hit the 787 Dreamliner early this year did not disrupt progress on other aircraft programs, which remain on schedule.

"It didn't slow down development," despite doing three years of work in three months to fix the problem of overheating batteries on the 787, said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner, speaking at a news briefing ahead of the start of the Paris air show which opens on Monday.

Conner said the company expects to deliver 11 or 12 787s by the end of the first half, counting from when the grounding of the 787 ended in April.

One 787 was delivered in January before the worldwide 787 fleet was grounded. Two lithium ion battery incidents aroused safety concerns with regulators, prompting the grounding.

Conner said Boeing was on track to deliver more than 60 Dreamliners this year, as promised.

(Reporting by Alwyn Scott; editing by Jason Neely)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/boeings-conner-says-787-battery-fix-did-not-120902709.html

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Smith holds off Larson to win Nationwide race

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) ? The rain drops splashed down on the pavement at Michigan International Speedway about an hour after Regan Smith's victory Saturday.

Too late to interrupt the race ? and that was fine with Smith and crew chief Greg Ives.

"I've had a lot of different situations over the years, of weather and how it plays into it," Ives said. "I had the radar on my screen, and I saw it breaking up. None of my strategy really came off the weather ? whether or not the rain was going to come. ... If it would have came and rained us out, it happens, but I wasn't going to guarantee myself anything on the rain."

Smith won the Nationwide Series race, holding off Kyle Larson in the final 10 laps and more than doubling his lead in the points standings. He took the lead with 13 laps remaining when Parker Kligerman had to pit. The race was run under threatening weather conditions, but all 125 laps and 250 miles were completed with no delays.

Kligerman led for 13 laps toward the end, but the rain that might have helped him didn't arrive in time.

"We played it perfectly for that situation," Kligerman said. "There was debris everywhere the last 20 laps. Of course, no one threw a caution, so we ran out of fuel and finished wherever we finished."

Kligerman finished 25th. Sam Hornish Jr., who is second in the standings, fell from 23 points behind Smith to 58 points back. He finished 32nd ? his day ended early because of an oil pump problem.

"One of the pieces of debris that were flying around on the track probably from one of the cars that got wrecked early on came through the nose of the car and actually broke the oil pump," Hornish said. "That basically allowed that front bearing to dump a bunch of oil out of the engine."

Smith won for the second time this year. It was his 11th straight top-10 finish, and although Larson closed the gap a bit toward the end, he wasn't able to overtake Smith's No. 7 Chevrolet.

Smith's final margin of victory was 0.33 seconds. He also won at Talladega in May ? but he was unsatisfied with recent results despite his lead in the standings.

"We didn't feel good. I think every time we go to the racetrack, we want this team to be the team that's up front, that's leading laps, that's contending for wins," Smith said. "Unless we're winning every race, we're not content."

Smith won last year at Homestead in his debut race with JR Motorsports. He now has three Nationwide victories since teaming up with co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr.

"Regan had kind of been at the top of my list for a couple years," Earnhardt said. "I think as a company that we've actually batted a pretty good percentage on tapping into good talent."

Paul Menard finished third Saturday, followed by Kyle Busch and Trevor Bayne. Pole winner Austin Dillon was 20th.

Larson, a series rookie, took second for the second time, but he has yet to win.

"It's not bad, finishing second," Larson said. "It would have been nice to get it today for Jason Leffler."

Leffler died earlier in the week in a sprint car crash in New Jersey. Larson's own background is in sprint cars, and he drives for Turner Scott Motorsports ? a team Leffler used to drive for.

Smith also acknowledged Leffler after his victory.

"Although I wasn't as close as some guys around here were to him ? definitely knew him and had a lot of conversations with him," Smith said. "Certainly, he's going to be missed, and we don't want to forget about his family."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/smith-holds-off-larson-win-nationwide-race-203931611.html

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Detroit Photos And Video: Detroit City FC, Diana Ross, Dancing The Jit; More From The Week Of June 9-16

Soccer Supporters Shake The Stands

Meet 600 or more of the most passionate, loyal fans the 313 has ever known.

Endless Love

Berry Gordy talks candidly about his struggles managing Diana Ross, and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/15/berry-gordy-diana-ross_n_3442536.html?utm_hp_ref=detroit&ir=Detroit" target="_blank">the moment he says he realized</a> he loved her. "That was it," he said.

Built Detroit Tough

An employee uses a hammer and an anvil to hammer in copper rivets on a pair of denim jeans at Detroit Denim, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The Commerce Department is scheduled to release monthly business inventories data on June 13.

Jit Down

The editors of HuffPost Detroit are committed to bringing our readers the best of Detroit's jit-dancing videos. Check out this one: jit troupe The League kicks and steps so fast, you'd think they were fast-forwarded. Nah, that's just talent. Hustle on!

Feels Like A Winner

Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson reacts to making a catch during an NFL football minicamp practice in Allen Park, Mich., Thursday, June 13, 2013.

Wanna Buy A Watch?

From the iconic, handmade wood box to a personalized "Thank You" note, the Detroit-made Shinola Runwell watch is all about the custom touch. Watch one of these beauties get unwrapped and explained. Wow.

Modern/Classic

Reynolds Metals Regional Sales Office, Southfield, designed by Minoru Yamasaki. <a href="http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/CAMec3.html" target="_hplink">"Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America"</a> runs at the Cranbrook Art Museum through October 13. Read more <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/michigan-modern-design-cranbrook_n_3437045.html?utm_hp_ref=detroit" target="_blank">here</a>.

"Public Meeting"

People wait to go through security before a public meeting with Kevyn Orr, emergency manager for the city of Detroit, not seen, at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, June 10, 2013. Whether Detroit careens into the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy depends on emergency manager Kevyn Orr's convincing creditors during the next two months that his plan will revive a city plagued by deficits, crime and strained services.

Material Information

Materials are carted to a meeting of creditor representatives during a meeting with Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr in Romulus, Mich., Friday, June 14, 2013. Orr says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt. Orr said that Detroit is asking creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what they're owed. Underfunded pension claims will get less.

D-Fault

Detroit's financial collapse, and last-ditch restructuring plan, is the subject of an informative and balanced PBS Newshour segment.

Dimes On The Dollar?

Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr speaks with reporters after a meeting with creditors in Romulus, Mich., Friday, June 14, 2013. Orr says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt. Orr said that Detroit is asking creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what they're owed. Under-funded pension claims will get less.

Tender Moment Captured

Detroit Tigers' Prince Fielder, right, celebrates with Miguel Cabrera after defeating the Minnesota Twins 4-0 in a baseball game, Friday, June 14, 2013, in Minneapolis.

"Detroit Calling"

Put on your techno shorts and dance... or just ponder the alignment of techno and poverty. There's a lot going on in this track. NSFW Language may not be suitable for all listeners.

Those Bands Are Sellouts!

We don't mean it as an insult. Grizzly Bear and The XX's June 12 performance at the Fillmore Detroit was a record-breaker, marking the venue's record 11th sellout of the year.

Photog Has National Geographic Moment

Looks like the AP has an amateur bird-watcher on staff! A bird catches a bug on the infield during a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

Weekley Takes The Stand

Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley testifies during his trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Weekley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones. She was killed during a chaotic police raid to find a murder suspect at a Detroit house in 2010.

Boggs, Like You've Never Seen Her

"Most people know me first through this conflict." While we're sure you newshounds have heard of Grace Lee Boggs, this documentary into the civil right activist's youth and early organizing work will open your eyes. See an excerpt from a new doc featuring this 98-year-old icon.

Detroit Photos & Video from the week of June 2-9

Whole Foods opens in Midtown

Shoppers lined up to get a glimpse of the brand new Whole Foods Market, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/detroit-whole-foods-midtown-grocery-opens-_n_3389605.html" target="_blank">which opened Wednesday to much fanfare</a> in Midtown. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/detroit-whole-foods-midtown-grocery-opens-_n_3389605.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see more photos of Whole Foods' opening in Detroit.

The Next Generation

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013, photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, right, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit. The auto industry is on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles.

The Sound of Silence

Carole Hoste, plays piano Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at the Detroit School of Music, a former Detroit Public School building, where she gives private music lessons in Detroit. This was among dozens of Detroit schools forced to close in recent years as the public school system sank deep into debt and parents sought better education options for their children. A number of former Detroit Public Schools have found new life in the private sector, including as a movie theater, a church and recording studio.

Baby Penguin At Detroit Zoo Gets New Foster Parents

This two-week old macaroni penguin chick being sheltered by foster dad, Tubby, is one of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/baby-penguin-detroit-zoo-foster-parents_n_3397163.html" target="_blank">newest additions to the Detroit Zoo.</a>

Rape Kit Backlog

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, right, addresses the media as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, left, and Attorney General Bill Schuette stand by at a news conference Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Lansing, Mich. Snyder and top law enforcers proposed spending $4 million to test DNA evidence in thousands of unprocessed rape kits in Detroit, saying victims have waited too long for justice and suspected rapists can still be caught for old crimes. After taking over the city's crime lab in 2008, the state discovered more than 11,000 untested rape-evidence boxes dating back 25 years.

Praise!

Detroit Tigers' Victor Martinez celebrates his solo home run against the Cleveland Indians in the second inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Mich., Friday, June 7, 2013.

Bizarre Borders

If you think the Canada-U.S. border is one of the most boring places on Earth, you're <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/07/canada-us-border-video_n_3402435.html?just_reloaded=1" target="_blank">in for a surprise</a>. A new video on the quirkier aspects of the border from the popular educational YouTube channel CGPGrey has been watched more than a million times since Wednesday. Read <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/07/canada-us-border-video_n_3402435.html?just_reloaded=1" target="_blank">more.</a>

Orion Music Festival Rocks Belle Isle

Kyle 'Gumby' Gunther of Battlecross poses during the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival at Belle Isle Park on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Deftones at Orion

Chino Moreno of Deftones performs during the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival at Belle Isle Park on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Dust Bowl

Festivalgoers mosh during the Metallica show at Orion Music Festival on Belle Isle in Detroit on June 9, 2013.

Metallica At Orion

James Hetfield of Metallica performs during the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival at Belle Isle Park on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Pyrotechnics at Orion

What's that BOOM?! The Metallica light show sends a flare over the evening sky at the Orion Music Festival on June 9, 2013.

Deftones at Orion

Chino Moreno of Deftones performs during the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival at Belle Isle Park on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Gogol Bordello at Orion

Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello performs as part of the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival on Bell Isle on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Japandroids at Orion

Brian King (L) and David Prowse of Japandroids perform as part of the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival on Bell Isle on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Destroid at Orion

Downlink of Destroid performs as part of the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival on Bell Isle on June 9, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

Photos from May 25-June 2

Prix Party Crashers

C'mon ducks, just because you didn't get tickets to the Grand Prix doesn't mean you get to take a seat on on the track.

Cars & Champagne

Lots of madness at the Belle Isle Grand Prix this weekend. We just hope they're dry cleaning those fire suits. DETROIT, MI - JUNE 01: Mike Conway of England, driver of the #18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, celebrates winning the IZOD IndyCar Series Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park with third-place finisher and teammate Justin Wilson of England, driver of the #19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, on June 1, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Crooning & Cars

Grand Prix attendees got a treat -- Dwele performed on Belle Isle this weekend. DETROIT, MI - MAY 31: Dwele performs at Belle Isle Park on May 31, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images)

One Happy Nerd

Gov. Rick Snyder smiles during his keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Friday, May 31, 2013.

Leyland Shows Support For The Troops

DETROIT, MI - MAY 27: Manager Jim Leyland #10 of the Detroit Tigers poses for a photo with First Lieutenant Robert McLean of the Michigan Air National Guard during a ceremony to honor Memorial Day prior to the interleague game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park on May 27, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Pirates 6-5. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

They Totally Stole The Show

With ESPN in town to peek around Detroit, the organizers of the bid to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/x-games-detroit-party-video_n_3109933.html" target="_blank">have the city host the Summer X Games</a> had no choice but to throw a huge outdoor party to wow the network. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O_IJzpdIRcY" target="_blank">crowd really got into it</a> at Campus Martius on Tuesday, but these two stars-to-be might have been the best part.

Historic Fort Gets A Little Surreal

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/451855601563900/?ref=22" target="_blank">Here's what you missed at Fort Wayne last weekend</a> while you were too busy partying at Movement..

Prehistoric Art

A fire breathing dragon you can ride in? Why not.

A Former Pistons Great Throws In The Towel

<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/grant-hill-retires-nba-19-seasons_n_3373108.html" target="_blank">Grant Hill announced he was retiring this week</a>. The Los Angeles Clippers player has put 19 seasons in, but back in 1995 when this shot was taken, he was just drafted out of Duke, playing his first NBA season with the Detroit Pistons and on his way to winning Rookie of the Year. AUBURN HILLS, MI - 1995: Grant Hill #33 of the Detroit Pistons poses for a portrait circa 1995 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Love & Baseball

Redditor ryanfx and HuffPost Weddings were focused on the irritated looking woman in the foreground, but we're busy having our hearts warmed by <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/30/funny-proposal-photo_n_3361135.html?utm_hp_ref=detroit&ir=Detroit" target="_blank">this joyful engagement at a Tigers game in Pittsburgh this week</a>. Any man that proposes while wearing a Verlander jersey is a class act in our book. Too bad they didn't get a win as well!

Detroit Visualized

Illustrator Julie Stewart of Making Ideas Visible created this piece of art from a panel on Detroit's turnaround that included State of Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon at the Mackinac Policy Conference.

A Wet Week

A rainy week got even wetter Thursday when a water main broke, <a href="http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/massive-water-main-break-floods-detroit-streets-forces-rescue" target="_blank">causing extensive flooding</a> near Rosa Parks Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue.

Mayors At Mackinac

The mayoral forum at the Mackinac Policy Conference might have been barely civil, but the candidates, as evidenced by the perfect look on Lisa Howze's face, managed to pull a few verbal punches.

Getting Schooled

StudentsFirst head Michelle Rhee answers a question from Craig Fahle, host of "The Craig Fahle Show" on WDET 101.9 FM, following her speech at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

Verlander Bathed In Light

What a shot! BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 01: Justin Verlander #35 of the Detroit Tigers pitches in the fifth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 1, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

Detroit Heads North

We're not sure <em>exactly</em> what's going on in this teaser video from Detroit's 4exit4, but from the looks of it, a town on the northern edge of the Upper Peninsula is about to get some Motor City style.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/16/detroit-photos-video-best-michigan-_n_3451082.html

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Car bombs kill 8 in Shiite regions of Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) ? Officials say four car bombs in Shiite-majority parts of central and southern Iraq have killed at least eight people and wounded 31.

Police say the deadliest blasts on Sunday took place in and near the central city of Kut, where two parked car bombs targeted an industrial area and a gathering of construction workers.

Two police officers said at least five people were killed and 26 others wounded.

Another police officer said back-to-back car bombings in the southern city of Basra killed three people and wounded five.

Two medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/car-bombs-kill-8-shiite-regions-iraq-070610099.html

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