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Township Wants Ford To Fund $150M Chemical Contamination Cleanup

Researchers say Macomb County residents are at risk after the discovery of dangerous chemicals in the soil near the old Ford Motor Company plant in Shelby Township.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/25

A worker assembles a  Ford Explorer at the Chicago Assembly Plant .  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Lawsuit Contends Ford Motor Put U.S. Consumers At Risk

A lawsuit filed this week claims Ford Motor Company was installing electronic systems in its vehicles in Europe that could prevent unintended acceleration as early as 2005, but didn’t take the same precautions in the U.S. for another five years.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/30

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CAR Study Shows Impact Of Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant

A new report by the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit research organization based in Ann Arbor, calculates the substantial economic impact a single assembly plant has on the state and national economies and showcases an important example of the value of the automotive industry overall.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/21

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. The president made a populist pitch to voters for economic fairness, saying the federal government should more do to balance the benefits of a capitalist society.  (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

President: U.S. Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Help U.S. Control Its Own Destiny

President Barack Obama says the United States is finally in a position to control our own energy future producing more natural gas at home.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/12

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Big Profits Mean Big Profit Sharing Checks At Ford

Ford earns $5.7 billion. North America leads the way with 8.3 billion profit.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/29

The hydrogen logo is displayed on the side panel of a car at the NAIAS. (Getty Images/Bryan Mitchell)

Ford Joins Effort To Speed Development Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Many automakers have been testing the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for years, but so far haven’t been able to bring costs down enough to sell the vehicles in mass markets.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/29

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Henry Ford ‘Clones’ Show Off Oldest Surviving Model A During Auto Show

We met quite a gentleman in Ford country — Henry Ford himself to be exact. Actually five Henry Fords materialized in the exhibit — each representing the engineering genius at different points in his life.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/19

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Best Books About Detroit

Unlike Good King Wenceslas or St. Thomas Aquinas, Detroit’s luminaries didn’t plant daisy patches or rise to power because they were pure of heart. Not every leader can be as classy as a long-stemmed rose. In Detroit’s case, they have been more like rogue stems with ubiquitous thorns.

2012/11/26

A Gleaners Food Bank worker unloads food collected in a food drive. (WWJ Photo/ Pat Sweeting, File)

Gleaners Gets Donated Ford Truck In Time For Holidays

The trucks by were donated by Newsman’s Own, Inc. and Ford to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/19

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“The Wall That Heals” Coming To Dearborn

A half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall will be in Metro Detroit this week. Named “The Wall That Heals,” it’ll arrive in Dearborn on Tuesday, and starting Thursday, it’ll be on display on the grounds of Ford Motor Co.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/22

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