
The intuitive trend in America to move to where the land is open and the climate warm has hit a road bump. Thanks to the housing crisis, which makes the idea of taking on a new mortgage scary and risky, people are
staying put.
The population slowdown specifically hit the western and southern states, which had seen huge growth and migration over the last decade.

The number of annual marijuana arrests have been setting all-time records lately. Sales and trafficking aside, there are more possession charges nationally than violent crimes combined. Maybe there are a lot more smokers than violent people, or it could be prosecuted disproportionately.

Pizzeria Offers Free Slices For McCain Signs A Warren, MI, pizzeria is exchanging free pizza in return for McCain campaign signs. "Turn in your sign, get some free food," offers Diana Franzoni, owner of Salvatore's Pizzeria, the restaurant giving away the pizza. Still seething over the fact that McCain pulled out of the battleground state, she contends: "McCain gave up on Michigan, so you should give up on him."

MI GOP Official Sues News Website Over 'Lose Your Home Lose Your Vote' Story A Republican official in Michigan has filed a defamation suit against an independent news site,
over a story in which he is quoted as stating his party plans to challenge voters whose names and addresses appear on foreclosure lists. Just a few days after the article was published, Carabelli back-tracked on his statement, telling the
Macomb Daily that the party has "no plans to do anything." Later, he issued a full-throated denial, calling the original article "not true."
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John McCain will reportedly stop employing staff, airing ads, and sending mailers in Michigan, instead
relocating resources to Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida. Since McCain is taking Michigan tentatively out of his win column, let's take a closer look at the electoral map. We hear all about national polls, but those don't matter on November 4.