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Breaking the Silence: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Rina Risper18 years ago05 mins

Domestic violence homicide victims’ names from calendar year 2006 are listed alphabetically along with a synopsis of the circumstances surrounding each murder as described in newspaper articles. We cannot be certain that we have included all of the domestic homicides in the state. Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board (MDVPTB) contracts with a clipping service that provides newspaper stories reporting on domestic violence homicides printed in newspapers throughout Michigan. The stories are then put into synopsis form for the purpose of creating this document.

Shabazz Students Present the Power of Poetry

Rina Risper18 years ago04 mins

Left: Jeronte Jasper smiling while reciting the words to the children’s song “The Wheels on the Bus”. The kindergarten students were immediately engaged and began to sing along. Below: The gym was packed with students and parents.

October is Small Business Month

Rina Risper18 years ago017 mins

How to Successfully Navigate Your Business through an Economic Downturn

An economic downturn is a phase of the business cycle in which the economy as a whole is in decline. This phase basically marks the end of the period of growth in the business cycle. Economic downturns are characterized by decreased levels of consumer purchases (especially of durable goods) and, subsequently, reduced levels of production by businesses.

JURORS DISCUSS O.J.’S GUILTY VERDICT

Rina Risper18 years ago05 mins

Panelists say decision influenced heavily by secret audio tapes

Seven jurors from the O.J. Simpson trial say their guilty verdict was influenced more by secret audio tapes and surveillance video than eyewitness accounts, reports the Associated Press.

Local Sorority Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October

Rina Risper18 years ago01 mins

The Women of the Lansing Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
will be observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
The theme is "Knowledge to Save Lives" to be held in the Banquet Hall at the Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Rd. East Lansing MI 48823 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Democrats’ Hands Aren’t Clean in the Financial Mess

Rina Risper18 years ago09 mins

The normally expansive Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but that when she was asked if the Democrats should get some of the blame for the Wall Street financial mess. Pelosi answered with a terse “no.” But Pelosi quickly got expansive when she finger pointed Bush and the Republicans for creating the mess. This is the standard Pelosi line.

Nu Resolution 7-19

Rina Risper18 years ago05 mins

“Will you ever make change if you’re always coining the same attitude?”

Plain Talk 7-19

Rina Risper18 years ago04 mins

Run for your lives the sky is falling. The sky is falling! That’s what Mr. Bush would have us to believe. Gloom and doom that’s just what we need to hear from our leader or is it?