The Detroit News plans to move the following stories for clients of the New York Times News Service for editions of Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. For questions, contact: News desk: 313.222.2533 Sports desk: 313.222.2260 Features desk: 313.222.2480 Business desk: 313.222.2738 BUSINESS ('f') CAF? -- The EPA and NHTSA announce a historic joint policy, setting tailpipe emissions limits set to take effect in the 2012 model year and a 34 mpg by 2016 (It's less than the previously expected 35.5 mpg because of credits automakers get for improving air conditioning systems). By 2016, it will add about $1,100 per vehicle in new costs, and gives smaller automakers like BMW and Daimler a less stringent requirement. By David Shepardson. Developing. MALE-JOBLESS -- In a normal recession, women eventually start to lose their jobs at a fairly equal rate than men. But this is no 'normal' recession. The huge losses in manufacturing have come down hard on Michigan men. These numbers show the creep: 2000: male, 3.5 percent of men were unemployed compared to 3.6 percent of women. But by 2005, 6.9 percent were men compared to 6.3 percent of women and that had hit 9.1 percent of men to 7.4 percent of women in 2008 (we are attempting to get some 2009 stats). This flip in the status quo upsets the basic structures in many households in which the man is still the titular head, and had made the larger salary. The men are grumpy and more women are becoming the sole-breadwinner. By Louis Aguilar. With art. Developing. FRANKFURT: (Frankfurt, Germany) -- Detroit's automakers are occupying less space at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, and in the European auto market, after shedding brands and assets to get through a global industry downturn that hit them especially hard. General Motors Co. will essentially be fielding one brand in Europe -- Chevrolet -- once it completes the sale of its two European brands, Saab of Sweden and Germany's Adam Opel GmbH, which GM has owned since 1929. Ford Motor Co. is more successful in the region, but it also will be confronting a cutthroat market with only the Ford brand after dismantling its collection of European premium marques. Figures released Tuesday by the European Carmakers Association show GM's market share shrank this year, and Ford's European share also is down, excluding this year's sales of Volvo, which is on the selling block. But while Ford is fully in control of Ford of Europe, its main business on the Continent, GM faces the added challenge that it will have to manage an increasing amount of its overseas business through alliances with other partners. GM has partners in China, in South Korea and now in Europe, where it will be a minority owner of Opel alongside Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. and its Russian partner, Sberbank. By Christine Tierney. Developing. with FRANKFURT-PRODUCTS: (Frankfurt, Germany) -- Renault unveiled four electric vehicles Tuesday at the Frankfurt Motor Show that will all go into production within three years. Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said the electric cars would be priced so that the cost of ownership would be similar to or better than the cost of owning a diesel-powered car in Europe today. Other big rollouts today in Frankfurt included a new Ferrari, a new Bentley, Kia city car, and news about Mini expanding its U.S. operations and unveiling 2 new concepts. By Neil Winton and Christine Tierney. Developing. GM-LORDSTOWN (Warren, Ohio) -- President Obama visited a General Motors Co. automobile assembly plant Tuesday hard hit by the industry downturn and hailed economic recovery efforts that will put more than 1,000 workers here back to work next month. In his first visit to an automobile plant since the November election and since General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC emerged from bankruptcy court, Obama said 'automakers are getting back in the game,' and defended the government's $50 billion dollar investment, and ownership stake, in GM. 'We intervened for one simple and compelling reason: Your survival and the success of our economy depended on making sure that we got the U.S. auto industry back on its feet,' he told a cheering crowd that included GM President and CEO Fritz Henderson. 'Our belief was that if GM retooled and reinvented itself for the 21st century, it would be good for American workers, good for American manufacturing, and good for America's economy. I'm pleased to report that's exactly what's begun to happen at this plant and at others.' But he cautioned that there is much work to do. And fears linger in a region with the sec-highest rate of unemployment in the state. By Robert Snell. Developing. METRO ('a') JOBLESS-BENEFITS: (Washington) -- The chairman of a key Senate committee said today Congress will act quickly on legislation extending unemployment benefits to the nation's jobless. 'It's a major problem, the number of people who are unemployed,' said Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. 'We are going to act in the best way we possibly can.' Baucus made his comments at the end of a hearing by his committee to look at options to deal with 1.4 million unemployed workers -- including 100,000 Michiganians -- facing their last unemployment check at the end of the year. A Senate bill would extend unemployment benefits through December 2010, plus give unemployed workers in states with jobless rates of at least 8.5 percent an additional 13 weeks. That would mean in Michigan, with the nation's highest jobless rate of 15 percent, unemployed workers could get up to 92 weeks of benefits -- nearly 2 years. By Deb Price. Developing. ACTIVIST-SHOOTING: (Owosso, Mich.) -- Family of jailed homicide suspect Harlan Drake believe that the 33 year old's depression played a role in his killing spree on Friday in Owosso, and that there was no premeditation nor intent to make a political statement, according to a statement made by the family's attorney. Drake killed an anti-abortion activist and a gravel company owner and was then caught before he could kill his third target, a realtor. The District Court Judge Terrance Dignan, meanwhile, has ordered Drake to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. On Wednesday, family and friends of longtime activist Jim Poullion will memorialize him at a football stadium at Owosso High School, which family leased anticipating heavy attendance. By Catheine Jun. Developing. LIFESTYLE ('l' designation) CELLPHONE-CANCER -- Most Americans own a cell phone. But what most people don't know is that a large body of international research on the effect of such radiation on human tissue links cell phone use to brain tumors and decreased fertility for those who carry it in their pocket. And we're not talking about phone junkies here. Using a cell phone once a week for six months may lead to a health issue, research shows. And men who carry a cell phone in their pocket have a decreased sperm count on that side. Cell phone use is particularly harmful for children younger than 12. After more than a decade of debate, the topic has recently gotten a bump in attention. On Wednesday (9/9), the Environmental Working Group in Washington, D.C., released another study indicating a link between cell phone radiation, brain tumors and other health issues. And a group of national and international researchers is holding what is believed to be the nation's first public discussion about solutions on this topic at 'International Expert Conference on Cell Phones and Health' in Washington, D.C. Sept. 13-15 (some space is open to the public there). But is it true? A number of researchers debunk the recent studies. We talk to researchers, medical doctors and everyday people as well as researchers about the topic that could pose danger to nearly all of us. By Kimberly Hayes Taylor. With art. Developing. ENTERTAINMENT ('e' designation) FALL-TV-PREVU -- We tell readers when their favorite shows like 'Desperate Housewives' (Sept. 27) come back and when the new shows such as NBC's 'Community' (Sept. 17) debut. Story has intro that focuses on the return of all ten sophomore shows (Fox's 'Fringe' and ABC's 'Castle') and includes a listing of dates and synopses for all the other series. By Mekeisha Madden Toby. Developing. SPORTS ('s' designation) HARWELL (Detroit) -- Think of it as a celebration. Ernie Harwell will speak into a microphone tonight at Comerica Park. But it won't be like old times. It will never again be like old times. He's not returning for an inning to the broadcast booth. He won't be telling us that a man from Portage caught that ball. He won't be saying a hitter was guilty of excessive window shopping -- as much as we wish he would. But when he's about to convey what we all have meant to him, aren't we doing Ernie a disservice to think only in terms of what he's meant to us, however natural it is? 