-- The Detroit News has published a page with 26 video previews of ads that will be shown during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The auto makers have the largest number of ads to be shown. Ads at the Super Bowel are some of the most expensive to show. -- Videos: [Detroit News] -- President Obama used Google+ hangouts to hold the first live exchange of questions from the public over the internet. The format was quite interesting as individuals not only got ask a question, but respond with follow up questions to the president's answers. If you missed it, it has been recorded on YouTube. -- Story: [Video] -- Struggling through life is a relatve think, but if we look around at what others have to deal with, we can appreciate how mine our struggle can be. This video is about Nick Vujicic, a young man who has no legs or arms, but lives life to its fullest everyday. -- Story: [Video] [Web Site] -- The large and increasing number of wolves in Michigan has made them a major problem for farmers whose livestock are easy prey for hungry wolves.
Story: [MLive.com] -- A flim crew visited Bay City on Wednesday to take some shots of Bay City for the PBS show "Under the Rader," and they were very impressed by what they saw. Show Host, Tom Daldin, said, "When we came here to scout, we were blown away by how cool the homes, the waterfront and the architecture town was.
Story: [Bay City Times] -- The United Communities of America held an auto parade lead by a dozen or more hearses through several crime ridden neighborhoods before ending with a rally at the Fellowship Chapel. The procession consisting of autos and trucks covered several blocks was escorted by police cars.
Story: [MLIve.com] -- The new Bay City Academy school started this school season by developer Dr. Steven Ingersoll may already be expanding. Mr. Ingersoll has made a purchase offer on the empty YMCA building which he plans to turn into another Bay City Academy school facilities.
Story: [MLIve.com] -- 2010 was a year of amazing recovery for the U.S. automakers, and like old times... General Motors regained it former status as number one in worldwide auto sales. Hard to believe how dramatic a change this is from 2010 when it was on the verge of bankruptcy. -- Info: [MLIve.com] -- Two months before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream," speech in Washington, D.C., he shared an original version of it in Detroit, where he had deep connections with the city. This is all document in a new online King Center archive. -- Info: [Detroit News] -- Bay City's Center Avenue Historic District has been expanded, and now includes 252 homes dating back to the 1860s. A new organization has been founded, Center Avenue Neighborhood Association, to oversee preservation and provide financial support for the preservation of these homes. -- Info: [Center Ave. Org.] -- If daily barrage of bad news is overwhelming you, you might want to visit MSNBC's Wonderful World section where you'll find nothing but good uplifting stories.
-- Info: [MSNBC.com] -- After a few days much information is coming out from the CES show in Los Vegas. If you don't want to browse through separate articles on the newest items, this link will take you to a series of videos that you can browse. -- Story: [Yahoo! News] -- Los Vegas will be booming as the Consumer Electronics Show, industry's largest trade show, begins tomorrow. Already an array of new devices have made the news; a new 10 inch table only 7.7 mm thick, a video lens for the iPhone that'll capture video in all directions, 100-core chips, and much more.
-- Story: [CNet] -- Normally playing a guitar would not get much attention, but this isn't a normal guitar performance. In this case, five people are playing a single guitar at the same time with excellent results.
-- Story: [YouTube] -- Can this be true that Michigan government is expecting up to a billion dollar surplus from its 2010 budget? Kind of makes one wonder if the severe budget cuts were necessary? It may also mean the State's economy is improving bring in more revenue to the State.
-- Story: [Detroit News] -- The medical industry is slowly moving forward on high tech solutions to better health practices. This article speaks to the six big health tech ideas that will change medicine in 2012.
-- Story: [TechCrunch.com] -- NASA has launched twin spacecrafts that will provide a detailed study the moon. Both are now in obit and over the next few weeks they will be placed in position to begin gathering information and images.
-- Story: [NASA]