July 27, 2026

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As I See It: My thoughts about the Trayvon Martin verdict…and its aftermath

Rina Risper012 mins

By Joseph Harris
 
The evening of July 13th will remain a night I remember for a long time. It was the night a jury in the United States made it a capital crime to be a young black man. There is, of course a lot about this case we will never know. We do know there were two people present and one killed the other. So we will only have one perspective to go on.

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The Kid’s Doctor: Norovirus is still going around

Rina Risper05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
 Another on call weekend just completed, it seems that gastroenteritis, also known as the “tummy bug” or “stomach flu,” is still hanging around.
 

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Retire Smart: What do proposed Social Security changes mean to me?

Rina Risper08 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
There’s nothing like proposed changes to Social Security limits to get readers of this column going. After President Obama released his fiscal 2014 budget, a number of you wrote in asking, “What will this mean to me?”

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Interpersonal Edge: End the gravy train for ‘special’ employee

Rina Risper07 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
Q. I have an employee on my team who is charming and always trying to get me to give him extra goodies. He wants extra time with me, special treatment or for me to bend the rules for him. I’m exhausted trying to manage him. How do I let him know his gravy train is over?
 

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NEWS SPOTLIGHT: Voluntary Recall of Mild and Medium Chunky Salsa Because It May Contain Large Glass Pieces

Rina Risper03 mins

 Olam Tomato Processors, Inc., today announced the voluntary recall of three production codes of Chunky Salsa because it may contain large glass pieces.

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Younger Women Are Battling and Surviving Breast Cancer

Rina Risper012 mins

 

Left:  Brayana Ardister, Monica Blackwell and Kaniya Jackson. Blackwell said that she learns to appreciate life more after her experience with breast cancer.  Shown here with her granddaughters.
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Bottom:  When Michelle Brennan found out that she had breast cancer, her Lansing family and friends became her support system.  Shown here at Golden Harvest,which is the best place for breakfast and brunch in town (located at 1625 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan 48906).
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LANSING, MI — Breast cancer can be a frightening diagnosis. At 36-years-old, Monica Blackwell was diagnosed with a very rare aggressive form of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). According to the National Cancer Institute, IBC accounts for 1 to 5 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States.

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World’s top five aerial trams

Rina Risper07 mins

 
We’re often stuck on cars, buses and trains, commuting to work or trying to get to our next destination, but what about transportation that highlights a destination? Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, often as a means to an end, but sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves. With gorgeous views and unique experiences as our criteria, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of the “Top 5 Aerial Trams.”

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Nelson Mandela’s Long Goodbye Has Lessons For All of Us

Rina Risper011 mins

Firstpost, Commentary, Sandip Roy
 
Nelson Mandela is dying.
 
Hard as it is to accept the fact, the world has to come to terms with it.
 
It’s not surprising that South Africans are praying for his recovery. But perhaps a final gesture of gratitude to the man who is indisputably the Father of the Nation is to pray for his peaceful death. Or passing. Or transition. If those euphemisms offer some solace and sound less final than death.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-13

Rina Risper09 mins

Tragedy Strikes:  Fireworks, Murder, Depression and Suicide
 
Dear Readers,
 
The Fourth of July is always going to be bittersweet for me.  I love the celebrations, barbecues and picnics.  I love marching in the Lansing Fourth of July parade with The New Citizens Press Community Action Network’s (TNCP CAN’s) Stop the Violence group. This year we had almost 80 people marching with us this year.  

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i

Rina Risper06 mins

By Frank S. Washington
 
DETROIT – A guy walking by asked “what is that” and the response was it’s a Subaru. Then, he said, “You can’t wrong with at Subaru.”
 

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