Proving that America's most engaging and original artists do not have to come from culture industry hubs like New York and Los Angeles, Ohio's Devo crawled out of the Midwest industrial city of Akron to become one of the most well-known...

Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O") is an American New Wave group, formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their style has been...

University Wire 08-23-2000 (Oklahoma Daily) (U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- Five spudboys from Akron, Ohio, dared to ask,"Are we not men?" No, they're Devo, one of the ground-breaking new-wave acts of the late '70s and '80s. The band's work is celebrated on Pioneers Who Got...

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After months of slowly climbing in the polls, Republican Dick DeVos now leads incumbent Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) 48% to 42%. Granholm had a very slight edge in last month’s survey 44% to 42%.Though the polls have been close since February, this is the first...

With Michigan's rickety economy continuing to loom large in minds of many voters-45% say it is the election issue that most concerns them-Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) and Republican Dick DeVos remain locked in an extremely competitive battle for the governor's mansion. In our July survey...