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At the Detroit Auto Show, a month before Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Audi unveiled a concept vehicle that had more than a few cold-weather-lovers daydreaming of six more weeks of winter.

Can paying recent graduates to work and play in Detroit infuse the city with extra creativity? Challenge Detroit is banking on it. "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," President Obama's then chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is reported to have said of the 2008 meltdown of the financial sector.

Detroit isn't a blank canvas. Instead, it's a complex scene that has everything an entrepreneur needs to start his dream company, Josh Linkner writes. "Detroit is a blank canvas." I cringe every time I hear this phrase, even though it's used by people who mean well.

This scene is nothing like Silicon Valley, New York or Boston. We asked a few of the Motor City's finest to share the moments that define the way they work. Detroit's start-up scene may be as young and zealous as the start-ups that comprise it, but make no mistake, the city has a deep-rooted, roll-up-your-sleeves culture that has shaped its entrepreneurs from day one.

Whitney Houston was allegedly involved in a tense exchange on a Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Detroit, after refusing to fasten her seat belt before take off at the flight attendant's request. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports.

As a design student in Detroit, Veronika Scott was keenly aware of the increasing numbers of homeless people suffering deeply during the relentless winters. At the tender age of 21, she created The Detroit Empowerment Plan not to solve homelessness, but to provide much-needed warmth to the city's 20,000 street dwellers

A Brief History of Inc.com Fifteen years ago this month, Inc.com was born. To mark the occasion, we took a ride in the way-back machine

As car companies become more technology driven, Detroit is parking itself among the startups. Silicon Valley: home to Google, Intel, countless tech startups, and..

The founder and CEO of the National Cash Register Co. was known to be a stern control freak.