Bob Wojnowski

Holmstrom will be back at net

He'll be there again, the marked man standing in front of the masked man, the guy who does his job so well, he makes goalies angry and NHL officials downright goofy. Tomas Holmstrom will be back where he should be today, in front of goalie Marty Turco, hunting for the screen or deflection that could send the Stars home and the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals. There's no backing down or butting out now. - 05/17/2008

• Ted Kulfan drops the puck on Game 5
• Scoring is scarce beyond top line

• Audio: John Niyo on the Wings' 3-1 loss in Game 4 vs. Stars
• Photos: Red Wings prepare for Game 5
• Red Wings weblog
• Forum: Sound off in Red Wings Talk

Laura Berman

Detroit cop living amid suspicion

In the four weeks since Detroit Police Sgt. David Cobb was released from police custody, he's been free of everything but suspicion. - 05/17/2008

Terry Foster: Terry's Town

Nationals are really rolling

CANTON -- It almost looks like a shift change at Ford Motor Company. - 05/17/2008

Lynn Henning: Baseball 101

Whatever you do, just don't flip the baseball

As uncomfortable moments go, a pitcher being excused from a baseball game by his manager after a bad stint at least cracks the top 20. - 05/17/2008

• Horrid inning dooms Tigers

Brian J. O'Connor: Brian O'Connor

Recession-proof your brain

Are we in a depression? No, not a Great Depression, where the U.S. economy is falling apart, but a mental depression, when you feel like your personal economy is falling apart. - 05/17/2008

Mary Carol Garrity: Style at home

Pillows will transform look of living room

Q . I'm looking for an easy way to freshen my living room's look. Any ideas? - 05/17/2008

Glenn Haege: You can do it!

Dimmer switches let you set the right mood

Replace your light switch with a dimmer switch. Lighting can be very important to the mood of a  home. Having more control of how much light a room has can effect the way you feel. Changing out static light controls to dimmer switches is easy and can give you the ambiance you are looking for in a room. CFL (compact fluorescent bulbs) are available in a dimmable feature. - 05/17/2008

Martha Stewart: Living

Milk is the difference between cheeses

Q . How does Parmigiano-Reggiano differ from Pecorino Romano? - 05/17/2008

Dr. Duane A. Kimmey: Pets

Dog's scooting is treatable

Dear Dr. Kimmey: I have a 7-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever that is constantly rubbing his rear end across the carpet and when he is outside on the grass. - 05/17/2008

Glenn Haege: The Handyman

Noise isn't just aggravating, it can damage your health

It's a nice spring day and you go outside to enjoy the deck. The tulips and trees are in bloom. Ah, this is the life. - 05/17/2008

Khristi Zimmeth: Trash or Treasure?

Value of 'Millie' comic book collection could go up

With the release of the new movie "Iron Man," comic books and their superheroes (and superheroines) are once again in the spotlight. Comic-book collecting, however, has been a popular pastime since the first comic book was released in the late 1800s. As popularity increased, publishers came up with new stories and characters, including Action Comics No. 1 in 1938, which featured the introduction of Superman. - 05/17/2008

Jeff Ball: Yardener

Learn to keep the soil food web active and fed

Last week, I tried to convince you to take the annual feeding of your soil food web seriously. This week, I'll give you the options available for giving the soil food web its annual lunch. - 05/17/2008

Nancy Szerlag: Gardening

Hit the road to experience variety of plant nurseries

Thanks to modern technology, there is such a vast array of garden plants available that no one garden center can carry them all. - 05/17/2008

Marney Rich Keenan: Home life

Global disasters give us option to offer aid, relief

In the course of less than two weeks, an eerie number of natural disasters have struck around the world, and no matter how far away, the devastation has been palpable. - 05/17/2008

Jocelynn Brown: Handmade

Loopy chain-mail bracelet is a simple, stylish project

Just six months after going to a bead store to have an item repaired, Lisa Hammerlee opened the doors to her own jewelry-making shop, String Beads! "I just felt at home there," says Hammerlee, who's been quite successful with her shop during its 23 years. She does, however, admit to working a second job in the beginning. - 05/17/2008

Dr. Paul Donohue: Your health

Too much throwing injures young arms

Dear Dr. Donohue: My 12-year-old boy is a baseball phenomenon. I'm serious. I'm not bragging. I don't know where he got his talent, but it wasn't from me. My wife says she never threw a ball in her life. The kid is a mutant. At any rate, he's the star pitcher for his baseball team. I wonder about overdoing things for a child of this age. Is there any guide that puts limits on a 12-year-old's throwing? - 05/17/2008

Jeanne Phillips: Dear Abby

Woman wants a life separate from in-laws

Dear Abby: I have overbearing in-laws who refuse to let their children, all of whom are in their 40s, live their own lives. - 05/17/2008

Lynn Henning

Tigers' plight 'puzzles' Leyland

A baseball team's behavior, its  psychology, is as much at issue as the scoreboard when things begin to deteriorate. With that in mind, it was necessary to study Tigers manager Jim Leyland after Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. - 05/16/2008

• Tigers' pitching staff ready to take swings
• Joyce still slugging, unlike rest of Tigers

• Forum: Join the discussion in Tigers Talk
• Tom Gage's Tigers weblog
• Tony Paul's blog: Covering the Bases
• MLB scoreboard

Vartan Kupelian and Mike O'Hara: Behind the Scenes

Jones' comeback mission

Kevin Jones is preparing for a combination audition/job search. Jones, released in March after four seasons with the Lions, has scheduled a workout June 28. He must show NFL teams he is healthy enough to play. For the second consecutive season Jones, a running back, is coming off a season-ending injury that required surgery (left foot, 2006; right knee ligament damage, 2007). - 05/16/2008

Tony Paul: Covering the Bases

A sunshine state of mind

The two hottest teams are in Florida, and for once we're not talking about the visiting teams -- or the weather, for that matter. - 05/16/2008

Tom Long: 'Son of Rambow' -- Grade: B

'Rambow' rocks

Coming-of-age story becomes much more in smart British film. - 05/16/2008

• Young stars take potential fame in stride

• Blog: Tom Long's Mostly Movies

Mark Gaffney: Labor Voices

U.S. should be ashamed for exporting anti-labor tactics

"In no other developed country do employers routinely fight to the death efforts by their employees to form a union." That's the finding about the United States of John Logan, a professor at the London School of Economics and an expert on union organizing issues. - 05/16/2008

Frank Beckmann

Michigan has questions for Obama

It was awfully kind of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to visit Michigan, the state he blew off during the January primary that he recently claimed to have won -- an amazing feat since he removed his name from the ballot. - 05/16/2008

Neal Rubin

Right plan makes biking to work easy

It's considered polite, when riding your bicycle to work, to only laugh inside when you pass long lines of traffic-throttled motor vehicles. - 05/16/2008

Mekeisha Madden Toby: Web Tube

'Wheel of Fortune' wants Detroiters

If you or someone you love has ever wanted to be on "Wheel of Fortune," you may be in luck. - 05/16/2008