WASHINGTON – It’s about to become official: The recession is over — but not the pain. The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has awakened from its deepest slump since the 1930s and is in the early stages of a recovery. But the following week, the government will issue [...]
Midwest restaurant chain Max & Erma’s filed for bankruptcy protection this month in a move that gives insight into the difficulties facing casual dining chains. The Columbus-based company operates 106 restaurants, including 79 that are company-owned. One location is in Ann Arbor on East Eisenhower north of Briarwood Mall. The bankruptcy, according to reports, is [...]
Jim Tressel Meets The Press
Chris Rock’s `Good Hair’ documentary prompts straight talk about hair, black women and beauty .. Shockingly unknown fact: It was Cleveland inventor Garrett Morgan who first created a formula for hair relaxer. Yep — our town turns out to be the underappreciated birthplace for the chemical straightening process favored by countless black women from [...]
McDonald’s McRib is not your standard fast-food sandwich — and it might be the only one parodied on an episode of The Simpsons, where it was described as being oddly addictive, like Grateful Dead music. And that could explain why some people are already salivating upon learning that the sandwich of boneless pork slathered [...]
