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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Detroit</title>
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		<title>Can Detroit Be Saved?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/27/can-detroit-be-saved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit is known by many names: The D, Motor City, and Motown, among others. But this once sprawling metropolis of nearly 2 million has over the past few decades become more synonymous with poverty, crime, unemployment, and urban blight. ]]></description>
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		<title>Automakers Optimistic About Constant Progression</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The woes of the auto industry have dominated business headlines all year – which has had and will continue to have a devastating toll on African American suppliers.]]></description>
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		<title>Aerotropolis Is Expected to Help Revive Detroit&#8217;s Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the November 2009 issue of Black Enterprise, Can Detroit be Saved? highlights the industries that can conceivably take hold in Detroit to help wean the city from its dependence on the slumping auto industry and help ease the city’s financial crisis. In addition to those industries mentioned in the magazine, the city’s airport and tourism can serve as economic drivers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Industry Holds Prime Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/tourism-industry-holds-prime-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cobo Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tourism industry is big business. The Detroit metro area alone took in about $5 billion in tourism last year – but this can be improved. ]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit to The World: Don&#8217;t Count Us Out</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/18/detroit-to-the-world-dont-count-us-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Bing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Battered by a crisis of faith in local government triggered by the scandal surrounding former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, as well as the economic devastation of the automotive industry that gave Motown its name, it is easy for us non-Detroiters to assume that the city is down for the count. Nothing could be further from the truth.]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Bing Elected Detroit Mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/06/bing-unseats-interim-detroit-mayor-with-four-point-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/06/bing-unseats-interim-detroit-mayor-with-four-point-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what Detroit newspapers called “a stunning victory” local businessman Dave Bing was elected mayor Tuesday and will finish serving the remaining term of convicted Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayoral Candidates Bump Heads in Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/17/detroit-mayoral-candidates-bump-heads-in-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Bing]]></category>
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Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel and businessman Dave Bing agreed on very little at their second mayoral debate Wednesday evening, except that -- as General Motors, a top Detroit employer goes bankrupt -- the city is in desperate need of revenue and jobs.
Bing went into the debate in attack mode saying that Cockrel lacked leadership in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayoral Race Heats Up Amid City Council Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2009/04/03/detroit-mayoral-race-heats-up-amid-city-council-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Bing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The collapse of the auto industry isn’t the only thing making headlines in Detroit. The race to succeed Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is heating up in anticipation of the May 5 election between interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., the former city council president, and Michigan businessman Dave Bing. After the 15-candidate, non-partisan election last February Bing received 29% of the vote and Cockrel 27%. ]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Rate Hits 8.5%</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/04/03/unemployment-rate-hits-85/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/04/03/unemployment-rate-hits-85/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s unemployment rate soared to 8.5% in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayor to Resign, Do Jail Time</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2008/09/04/detroit-mayor-to-resign-do-jail-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2008/09/04/detroit-mayor-to-resign-do-jail-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury and has agreed to serve four months in jail.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit&#8217;s  Battles</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2008/03/27/detroits-battles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2008/03/27/detroits-battles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The indictment of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is causing a firestorm and mixed reactions from local African American civic and political leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayor Will Fight Indictment Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2008/03/24/detroit-mayor-will-fight-indictment-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2008/03/24/detroit-mayor-will-fight-indictment-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick refuses to resign and vows to fight several charges brought against him by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Kilpatrick faces eight felonies and Christine Beatty, his former chief of staff, faces seven felonies, including perjury, obstruction of justice, and misconduct in office. Worthy announced the 12-count criminal indictment Monday stating Kilpatrick and Beatty lied under oath during a whistle-blowers' trial last summer when they denied having a romantic relationship.]]></description>
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