January 11, 2025

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News Spotlight: Free Day at Potter Park Zoo for Ingham County Residents

Rina Risper01 mins

Potter Park Zoo will hold its annual county free day this Saturday, October 1. Parking and admission into the zoo will be free for Ingham County and City of Lansing residents. General admission rates apply for non-Ingham County residents. 

 

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NEW MSU MUSEUM EXHIBIT ASKS: WHO ARE YOU BEHIND THE MASK?

Rina Risper07 mins

 

E. LANSING, MI — The Michigan State University Museum presents a special exhibition, “MASK: Secrets and Revelations” that puts many of its global collections on public display for the first time.
 
Photo: Painted mask from India

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Ask Tamara: My Family Is Still Friends With My Ex!

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My boyfriend and I broke up six months ago after dating for seven years and he just won’t stop coming around. He pops up at family functions and constantly stops by my mother’s house. The other day I went over there and he was helping my mother paint the living room!

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Good Cookin’ Peach Recipes with BONUS Peach Preserves Recipe

Rina Risper01 mins

PEACH PRESERVES

 

12 fresh peaches, pitted and chopped
4 1/2 cups white sugar
1 (2 ounce) package dry pectin

Crush 1 cup chopped peaches in the bottom of a large saucepan. 

 

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Good Cookin’ Peach Recipes

Rina Risper07 mins

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
 
By Sharon Fox

 PEACH COBBLER ROLLS

 
5 large fresh peaches – peeled, pitted and sliced
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
 
1 1/3 cups buttermilk baking mix
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons margarine, melted
1/3 cup milk
 
2 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 
In large saucepan over medium heat, combine peaches, water, 1 1/2 cups sugar and cornstarch. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Boil for one minute, then reduce heat to low to keep warm. 

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R&B Star Musiq Soulchild New Ambassador for Susan G. Komen

Rina Risper04 mins

New Music Video Features Breast Cancer Survivors

BPRW- – Atlantic Records Recording Artist Musiq Soulchild announced his new role as ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Circle of Promise, a movement designed to further engage black women around the globe in the fight against breast cancer. As an ambassador for the movement, Musiq will raise awareness about breast cancer so that younger women know the importance of early detection and why it’s important to pay attention to their bodies.

 

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Movie Review: Contagion

Rina Risper06 mins

Studio:     Warner Bros. (1hr. 05 minutes)
Plot:     A global pandemic threatens mankind.
Cast:     Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Sanaa Lathan, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ****
 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
The statistics are startling and the setting is equally frightening in this pandemic movie which travels, much like its virus, through several continents.
 

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Ask Tamara: My Husband Disciplines Like a Drill Sergeant

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My husband and I have two different parenting styles. He is from a military family and grew up getting spankings, or as he often calls it “whoopins” I did not grow up getting spanked and think it is unnecessary to hit a child to get them to obey. 

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Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rina Risper03 mins

Studio: 20th Century Fox (1hr. 50 minutes)
Plot:   A genetic experiment results in the development of intelligence apes who declare war on the human race.
Cast:  James Franco, David Oyelowo, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, John Lithgow 
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line:  ****
 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
He’s a chimpanzee called Caesar that inherited a deeper intellect from his mother ‘Bright Eyes,’ who was used as a test subject for a drug intended to cure Alzheimer’s.

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Ask Tamara: Am I Showing Favoritism Between My Children?

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My husband has accused me of showing favoritism between our children because I spend a lot of time traveling with our daughter and preparing her for her pageants. I know the pageants are time consuming, but I really don’t think that is true at all. I love all three of my children the same and I treat them all the same. It really hurts my feelings when my husband says this and I don’t want my children growing up thinking that I show any differences between them or that I love my daughter more. What can I do to show them that I don’t play the favorites game?
– A.C.
 

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