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Danny Howes comes back to the Detroit News from his vacation and treats the economic proposals traditionally made during the first week of collective bargaining talks as his own private exclusive. He may not have noticed the reason the "media blackout" on UAW contract talks has been so "disciplined" this year is because there's been — you know — some other stuff to talk about while he's been gone fishin'. [Detroit News]